I would not take this course with anyone except Professor Avishek, The course itself is extremely dense and full of information, so it will be hard regardless of the professor, however he is teaches the information in an extremely clear and engaging way, breaking down a difficult topic into simple terms, and is very helpful with anyone confused. The class is tough however, due to the vast amount of information being taught, and full of very dense slide. However, he allows 2 pages of cheat sheets front and back for his exams, and you can literally fit everything on them, and print them out, which saved me on his exams.

great lectures. The concepts build on each other, making the subject clear and easy to learn. I disliked the grading scheme, and the professor was not really interested in talking to students.

Lot of info. Did average on first midterm, above average on second midterm and final. Had a bad quiz average though. Cheat sheets helped along with being able to understand and apply material to dif situations. Prof and TAs are VERY helpful!! Do well on quizzes!

THERE IS SOOOO MUCH INFO. The worse and worse it gets over the quarter, try and do really well on your first and second midterm. Write down EVERYTHING he says on your cheat sheet and really study your cheat sheet so during the test you know where to find the exact answer.

Good luck! #takeitoversummer

You really need to put in the work for this class. The only thing that saved me were the 2 cheat sheets (front and back, can be printed) per exam. Not only did I attend every lecture, but I also watched each of his recorded online lectures too. I wrote down quite literally everything he said and every word on the slides.I got a 92% on the first midterm, 96% on the second midterm, 90% for the quiz category, 78% on the final, and I didn't even get an A.
I will say def take this professor over the others solely because of his cheat sheet allowance, which comes in so much handy if you utilize it correctly

Slides were numerous and dense. Prof Adhikari was generally a good lecturer with a sense of humor, but sometimes struggled to keep me engaged due to the quantity and complexity of the material. Overall, I'm happy I took this course for the Psych Category A requirement, but I'm also glad to be done with it.

The grade was split between weekly quizzes, 2 midterms, and a final. All multiple choice. The weekly quizzes were generally free points since they were open note. 2 page double-sided notes were permitted for exams.

Avi is the goat!! This is a super interesting class, and he does an amazing job keeping all of the lectures engaging (he really likes doing rat impressions :) You learn a LOT in this class, and I loved it. By nature, the material is very dense--it might not look like it with only ~20-40 slides or so per lecture, but it is (some slides have a lot of text + images/diagrams). With that being said, the class structure is very low maintenance; in our quarter, all we had were 7 weekly quizzes (lowest 2 dropped) and 3 midterm-length exams. No reading or additional assignments!

I would, however, steer away from calling this an "easy" class. If this class is taught in-person, the Winter 2023 reviews and Winter 2021 grade distribution are not representative of how people generally perform. The exams are very doable--you get two pages of cheat sheets and the medians for each were around a B- (exam 1), B (exam 2), and A- (exam 3). While these are typical psych department averages, you do not have much padding for your grade aside from the quizzes. It is not too difficult to get a decent grade in the class, but to get a solid A you need to be consistently scoring at least in the upper quartile on the quizzes and exams. Overall though, you should be perfectly fine if you leave yourself time to study instead of cram. You really do have to earn EVERY point in this class, but ultimately you come out of it with an extremely rewarding experience.

I'm really sad that Avi doesn't teach more psych classes :( I would love to take another course with him! If you're willing to put in the work and find nervous system anatomy interesting, I highly recommend taking this course!

This class was a breeze. Study the lecture slides and you’re guaranteed an A. (NOTE: Tests are no longer online! The professor does allow up to two, double-sided, sheets of paper for a cheat sheet for midterms and the final).

I loved learning from Professor Adhikari. His lectures were engaging, he was passionate about the topics that were discussed, he was super understanding, and overall an amazing professor. You definitely have to put in time to understand the material to do well in the class but the lecture slides were very clear and his explanations were very helpful. This was my favorite class I have taken at UCLA. Definitely recommend!!!!

He has the best slides that has everything on them. I can't find a second class that has so informative but also readable slides. Most people did pretty well if you look at the distribution of scores on bruin learn. There were easy weekly quizzes and exams. Exams are slightly harder than quizzes, but still not hard.