Reviews of professor Joseph Orr

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great professor with a funny and interesting personality. The class if a little tough not a class you take if you want a blowoff or an easy A, I got an A because of all the reading and practice I did to memorize the overload of info from this class. Not necessary to go to class but necessary to stay on top of the material and do outside studying.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Orr decided to not have any exams this semester which made his class extremely easy. He moves pretty quick in his lectures so unless you read the book, get read to write many notes to go back later. Even without lectures, you would just need to pass the weekly quizzes and get an A in the class. There are two papers but are not graded heavy.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I've taken many neuroscience classes in previous semesters, so I didn't go to class and only read the lecture slides and still did fine. Attendance is not mandatory. There are two papers with peer evaluations and about 15 online quizzes. The exams were curved and lowest quizzes and exam are dropped.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I was nervous coming into this class because it's newly required for Psych majors, and is statistics, but Dr. Orr makes it great. Homework has multiple attempts with feedback, and the same with exams. Great professor who cares about his students. If you do the assignments, you'll get an A.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Easy A if you take notes during lectures and maybe read the textbook. Dr. Orr is a good person; however, he is not a good teacher. The material is very interesting, but he made the class so boring that I just stopped going to lectures and still got an A. If you want an easy A? Take him. If you want to learn and have an engaged professor? Don't...

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Orr doesn't post lecture slides which are where most of his quiz and assignment questions come from, so I would just screenshot the slides from recordings, make a PDF and take notes. Also for his assignments and reaction papers, Just use the textbook to find the answer. I put minimal effort into this class and got a B, take him. NO TESTS.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Orr is pretty chill.  Worst thing is he doesn't post slides, but I'd recommend writing what he says, then screenshotting slides from videos.  Quizzes are meh difficult, review notes beforehand.  In class are easy as well.  Majority points from 2 essays, start early (1 week) and follow the rubric.  Also has form for rec letters if you need.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class is NOT an easy A class. You have to put effort in studying (and memorizing) his slides in order to excel on his exams. Dr. Orr also curves HEAVILY, so you don't have to do perfect just better than most of the class. His lectures are useless and will likely throw you off. STUDY THE SLIDES!!