Reviews of professor Scott Neufeld

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Scott is great! He takes the time to explain things and is super tactful with touchy topics. He has interesting views and got me interested in many new things this semester! Really inspiring and hilarious! TA's were terrible at marking papers this time though. Mad inconsistent.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Scott is a wonderful but he needs to work on his teaching style. His lecture slides were too vague. But it was nice of him to have recordings so one can go back and refer to it. He gives you many opportunities to boost your mark like participation marks, quiz, 2 papers, reflection paper, midterm and final but his tests are hard. Interesting class!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Spends too much time on "Fuzzies" which are questions about previous material, if students feel they are confused they should make time in office hours, Scott shouldn't allocate nearly 30-45 minutes to discuss past material that few are mistaken on. Assignments clearly defined, but grading system not explained well enough/ is based on TA's opinion

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
One of the coolest professors at SFU. Psyc 363 with him is probably my favourite course I've taken during my undergrad so far.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Scott is one of the most accessible and reasonable prof I have encountered. He tried out this thing for our covid semester called one week extension with no excuse needed. It fixed my studying habits with procrastination. There are many nice things I can say about him, but he is both a researcher and teacher. He sometimes teaches by not teaching.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Really enjoyed the class, lectures where interesting as well funny! Assignments where very clear as well interesting. He is easy to talk to as well will reply to emails quickly. Participation matters and exams are usually lecture heavy so best to go to class! Lectures are also recorded which helps with his slides

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Interesting class and good first time instructor. a 3 hour lecture is tough but Scott tried to make it relevant to issues going on today which was eye opening.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Scott is new. He spends 1 hr explaining "fuzzies" from last lecture, so he has less time to explain content for the lecture for that week. TA's were horrible this sem & tough markers. Scott has barely info on his slides, so looking back at lecture recordings are a must. Exams are also lecture heavy, barely anything from textbooks and MC are tricky

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I really enjoyed this class and think Scott was an engaging lecturer. He was always prepared, tries to make it interesting and clearly cares about the topic. You need to work for your grade, participate and take good notes since he doesn't spoon feed everything to you.