Reviews of professor Lorena Navarro

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Navarro is such an amazing professor. I was so scared to take this class cuz I'm terrible w/psych, but she made it so easy to understand the material. Her exams are super easy if you study. SHE ALSO DROPS THE LOWEST EXAM SCORE! She really cares about her students. She also curves grades!!! Class consists of 4 exams + 3 short papers. TAKE HER!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Navarro presented lectures in a clear understandable manner, & shared her clinical & cultural experience with specific diagnoses. For the paper, she provided APA template & breakdown on how to articulate ideas. Before exams, she gave study guides w/ concepts on the exam & 5 example questions. She lets you drop your worst test score.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Save yourself the headache and avoid this class/prof. She is really hard to reach outside of class, she's not clear on instructions for the group paper, and lectures directly off slides. The group paper is 8-10 pages and we have not discussed it once since the 2nd week of class. Her exams are simple multiple choice/short answer.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
AVOID DR. NAVARRO AT ALL COST! Shes always late to class, she reads off her slides, on the syllabus she says she will post lecture the night before but NEVER does, her exams are harder than they should be. She takes points off for not participating. WORST PROFESSOR. Honestly, CSULB does NOT deserve her! Do your research and find a different prof.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Navarro is the worst professor I've had in my entire college career. She reads directly off her slides word for word, and she still doesn't seem like she even knows what she's talking about. If you have a question, it's honestly better to not ask it because she's just going to refer you to the textbook. Do yourself a favor and DON'T TAKE HER.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
As said by many she's not the professor you want to take if you are easily put to sleep by boring lectures. Puts effort into presenting the info each class, but it's taken directly out of the textbook. She cracks down on people skipping lecture because of this by making attendance mandatory. If you are new to upper division courses perhaps take her

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Synchronous class is not mandatory. She uploaded prerecorded videos of her lectures every week. 1 group research proposal + presentation. Weekly discussion posts. 3 exams. She would post her material late and did not explain the project very well. For the most part we all taught ourselves.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Terrible professor. Attendance was mandatory, but all she did during class was read from her slides VERBATIM. So disappointed that she was a horrible professor, bc the material is actually interesting. It seemed like she didn't know ANYTHING about the psychology of sexuality. Couldn't answer basic questions. I DO NOT RECOMMEND TAKING HER!!!!