Professor
Courtney Demko
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Winter 2024 - Super easy class. In fact, it was my easiest class this quarter but I overheard from other classmates that your experience could vary depending on your TA. My TA (Stephanie) was amazing!! She was really approachable and very responsive to questions that we had. The discussion sections were comprised of breaking up into small groups to discuss one of the week's readings, and usually 1-2 people would share with the rest of the section what they discussed. Attendance is taken both in lecture and discussion (10%). You can only be up to 15 minutes late to lecture or else you cannot sign the attendance sheet. The course is very similar to AP Psychology but a lot of the concepts are applied to the different stages of life (adolescence, adulthood, etc.) I enjoyed learning the content and the assignments were really easy. There were only 3 writing assignments (30%), where you write a half to 1-page reflection based on a week's reading. You write one in a week of your choosing (you are limited to completing only one reflection each week), so I suggest knocking out all of them before midterms. They took me around 30 minutes to an hour each and they are essentially graded on completion. The midterm (30%) and final papers (30%) were both take-home and scenario-based essays that were around 3-4 pages each. They only took me about 2-3 hours to complete. During the final, she gives up to 5 points of extra credit (5%) Although I personally have not interacted with Professor Demko outside of class, many students felt comfortable approaching her after class. She seemed really sweet and understanding toward students. The pace and structure of the class felt right to me and I enjoyed how we got to focus on the different stages of life throughout the quarter.
Winter 2024 - Super easy class. In fact, it was my easiest class this quarter but I overheard from other classmates that your experience could vary depending on your TA. My TA (Stephanie) was amazing!! She was really approachable and very responsive to questions that we had. The discussion sections were comprised of breaking up into small groups to discuss one of the week's readings, and usually 1-2 people would share with the rest of the section what they discussed. Attendance is taken both in lecture and discussion (10%). You can only be up to 15 minutes late to lecture or else you cannot sign the attendance sheet. The course is very similar to AP Psychology but a lot of the concepts are applied to the different stages of life (adolescence, adulthood, etc.) I enjoyed learning the content and the assignments were really easy. There were only 3 writing assignments (30%), where you write a half to 1-page reflection based on a week's reading. You write one in a week of your choosing (you are limited to completing only one reflection each week), so I suggest knocking out all of them before midterms. They took me around 30 minutes to an hour each and they are essentially graded on completion. The midterm (30%) and final papers (30%) were both take-home and scenario-based essays that were around 3-4 pages each. They only took me about 2-3 hours to complete. During the final, she gives up to 5 points of extra credit (5%) Although I personally have not interacted with Professor Demko outside of class, many students felt comfortable approaching her after class. She seemed really sweet and understanding toward students. The pace and structure of the class felt right to me and I enjoyed how we got to focus on the different stages of life throughout the quarter.
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