Wong was a really good teacher, engaging lecturer and gave extra credit, only curves the class if it helps the majority. Held review sessions and generally was a cool guy. This class is all neuroscience though, don't take it if you don't like science or you're not trying to fulfill that Life Science GE. I got a B+ in the class cause I crammed and never went to lecture, but if you study right its a pretty easy class with not that much of a workload. I don't think the textbook is necessary

The class was a lot of fun to take! There is no discussion attached with it, and attendance was not mandatory. He gives out two or three extra credit opportunities that you have to be in class for, though. They're usually given near the midterm and final, and they're easy. Each is worth 1pt of extra credit. The midterm and final are both worth a lot and are only multiple choice, so if you study and memorize you should be good. The professor was very nice and friendly, and I'm sure if you were confused on something you could just ask. The homework is super easy and you get several chances to get a perfect score on it and that's worth like 15 percent of your grade, and it's like once a week that you do it. WARNING- if you are not good at memorizing, this is not the class for you!! It is really interesting, but there is a lot you need to know and understand to pass!!!

I would highly recommend taking this class as an easy GE. Dr. Wong is a funny guy and really cares about his students learning and understanding the material. Overall the class was extremely easy. There's a midterm and final (not cumulative) each worth 42.5% of your grade. Both are straightforward and you can easily ace them if you memorize the study guide. The rest of your grade comes from weekly online homework assignments with 10 questions each, but you can get 5 right and still get full credit. There's also 2/3 extra credit opportunities as long as you go to class. The class is only curved to benefit students if it's curved at all. Overall the course was really interesting and Dr Wong is great!

His class is purely based on memorization. There are 2 tests: the midterm and the final (non-cumulative), each worth 42% of your grade. There is much information to memorize for each test, however all questions (multiple choice) are straight forward.

There is almost no homework, other than 10 online multiple choice questions per week. You only need to get 5 correct to get 100% on that assignment.

YOU DO NOT NEED THE TEXTBOOK. The textbook is completely useless as Professor Wong has very detailed powerpoint slides that outline exactly what you should know. He even posts them online after the lecture for you to review.

Lastly, this quarter 36% earned A's and 35% earned B's.

This was definitely an interesting class; however, I found it difficult at times because this class requires A LOT of memorization. The midterms are fairly straightforward, but be prepared to memorize all of the slides word for word! You definitely do not need to get the textbook since everything you are tested on is on the slides. Although I did learn a lot, I wouldn't consider this class as an easy GE.

Wong is an excellent lecturer and has a pretty nice sense of humor at times, and definitely kept the class engaged throughout each lecture. Homework is given weekly in the form of online quizzes, but if you get 5 or more right out of 10 on them, you'll get full credit, so don't stress out over them. The midterm and final are very straightforward, and there are comprehensive study guides for them, though the content itself is quite a bit of memorization (though it's not too hard). There were 3% extra credit points given, 2% for quick questions that he handed out in class, and 1% for a majority of the class filling out the evaluation, so even if you don't do spectacularly on the exams, you'll probably still have a solid grade. Oh, and don't buy the book. I got it just in case, forgot to return it when I realized I didn't need it, and never opened it. Still ended up with an A+. Overall, I would definitely recommend taking this class with Wong.

Professor Wong is the best. 10/10 would take another class with him, he brought starbursts for the entire class (like 200+ people) once. Also DO NOT BUY THE TEXTBOOK. Seriously, several people told me this, and I still bought it to be safe, I opened it maybe 5 times to look at some concepts I didn't follow during lecture, but I EASILY could've gone without it.

Our TA was helpful because she made study guides for the midterm and final and had review sessions. I basically just studied the day before both (minus going to the review session), and if you just review the study guide questions and the lecture slides you'll be fine (it is a LOT of brute memorization though).

Professor Wong also gave out a total of 3 extra credit points to your final grade if you did the assignments (had to be at lecture to get the assignments which is tricky because his lectures are almost exactly just the lecture slides that he puts online so you're tempted to sleep in often).

Definitely recommend this class as an easy easy GE, especially if your a North Campus major who needs a science GE.

If you are good at memorizing things (good with stuff like bio), you'll do well. All you have to do is remember the lecture slides and go through the Midterm/Final review. I only studied for this class right before the midterm and final and got an A-. Don't buy the textbook unless you want to waste your money lol. I just got an older version online for free and I didn't even use it lol. Take this class, it's not that hard if you like remembering things.

Disclaimer: I didn't find myself very interested by the material, so read this review knowing that.

Wong's a good lecturer, and he posts his slides on CCLE, and they're a good resource to study from. The study questions should be a free 15%, and if you show up to the lectures (which you really should), you'll get another easy 3% from extra credit. The book's pretty unnecessary, but it can be a good study resource. However, it's probably not worth the price. The T.A. also put up a pretty comprehensive study guide for the midterm and the final, but there is a lot of information that you need to know, and if you're not good at memorizing science terms, like me, they can be pretty tough. So, in my opinion, it's not an easy GE by any means, but if you're interested in the subject, I think it provides a good intro.

Not a hottie, tbh. He is engaging enough, I always had trouble staying focused after 50 minutes because the class was 1:15, but most people don't seem to have that problem, especially if you're into the material. It is definitely more biology than it is psychology at all, so keep that in mind.

The class is composed of midterm and final (multiple choice both). He has weekly quizzes that have unlimited attempts so it's an easy way to make up 10% of the class. He does give out extra credit throughout the quarter but it's at random so you should go to every lecture. He posts the slides online but they do won't have videos or graphics so it might be hard to understand.

He cares for student learning but since there is no discussion at all it is very impersonal and hard to keep up.

No need to buy the textbook just memorize his slides. Our TA, Lauren Harris, made study guides for us so that's what we studied.