I really enjoyed this class! I took it freshman year, and even though the 8 am was brutal, the prof was super engaging and passionate on the subject. Her lectures were clear and slides were helpful for studying. the Midterm was online open note, and the final was in person closed note. would recommend ankowski!!

Overall, I highly recommend Psych10 for all students, even those who are not considering majoring in psychology/psychobiology. I came into this class having absolutely zero background knowledge about psychology (I did not take AP Psychology in high school), yet I I felt like this class does a great job of easing you into the material. Some of my Psych10 classmates took AP Psychology in high school and said that this class was easily manageable. The material that I learned while taking Psych10 has come up in numerous other classes of mine (in communications, sociology, and linguistic-based classes), so the information you learn will serve you well regardless of if you are a psychology major or not. Professor Ankowski is a very engaging lecturer, and she teaches in an interactive way which definitely helps make the 2-hour lecture go by faster. She posted recordings of each lecture after class. Attendance is taken using iClicker (where you answer live questions based on lecture material that are not graded. The class is composed of one in-person midterm, one in-person final, a few online quizzes every week or so, article analysis projects (where you read a scientific journal and answer questions about the article's main findings), and in-class labs which are widely-applicable and not difficult. Your weekly assignments will definitely help you boost your grade if you do not perform as well on the midterm/final, so definitely make sure you put effort into those. The midterm and final are manageable if you master the material you learn in class - I recommend looking over slideshows and rewatching lectures.