This class requires a lot of paying attention in class and rewatching the lectures online. Its not a hard class you just have to put in the work studying, I thought Professor Wassum was a very helpful professor in terms of clarity, she repeats a lot of things and explains them in different ways until her point comes across. Exams are very lecture based.

Wassum is a very nice and helpful professor. She really tries to help you understand the lectures during office hours and even gives you hints on what to study for during the exam. However, be aware that this class is mainly about rats, dogs and pigeons. I honestly didn't like this class since I had no interest in this topic. The lectures are also podcasted which helped a lot!

Breakdown of class:
20%- weekly quizzes (1 quiz dropped)
-consisted of 4 free response/true false questions (book-based)
80%- 3 midterms (all equally weighted)
- 20 multiple choice and approx. 10 free response + 1 bonus question
-ALL LECTURE BASED

Honestly, taking 110 with Wassum isn't as bad as all the reviews here make it out to be. And trust me, it's not because I studied extremely hard or already understood the material. I entered into this class expecting to be miserable, but it was extremely doable. Her lecture material is extremely organized, and although the material can get confusing, podcasting and rewatching lectures helps a lot! Her exams were very lecture based and fair. She's quick to respond on the discussion forum, and her office hours are really helpful as well.

AVOID THIS PROFESSOR! Her lectures only consist of research & graphs. Her exams expect you to know every little detail of those studies which is impossible. She doesn't even help you to understand what will be on the exams which are short answers and multiple choice. The short answers are graded way too harshly. There is no extra credit and your grade is made up of 2 midterms, a final, and weekly quizzes with your TA.

Took this class and felt that it was extremely difficult! The exams are completely unpredictable, she doesn't give you any hints on what could be on the exam, you have no clue what to study for, and her office hours are never helpful. Class is taught very broadly but very specific details that aren't even mentioned in lecture and that I actually could not find in the book were tested on the exam. You go into the class thinking it's easy because lecture is very shallow so you think it's easy until you get to the exams and as soon as you look at it, you scream FML. She talks too fast at times as well and goes off topic on many slides which make it harder for you to connect the material which she is lecturing on to the material on the slide. Very hard class where I put a ton of hours of work and did not get the results that I feel I deserved because this class is very unfairly difficult.

VERY HARD EXAMS. Felt they were a bit unfair. Not straightforward and off lectures. Outside knowledge and other sources are needed to even have a chance at passing the exams.