Easily one of my favorite professors! Very easy to approach, actually interested in making sure you understand the material. Mostly straightforward test questions, although they do require a thorough, solid understanding of the material. Make sure to go over the lecture notes, emphasize the book less and use it mainly for diagrams.

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Took Physci 107 AND Physci 146 with her.

Dr. Phelps is extremely nice and approachable. She really wants to help you learn and is easy to talk to. She is at her office a lot and talking to her at office hours helps especially for Physci 146. For both classes she hands out the printed lecture notes at every class so that you never have to print anything on your own. The notes are straightforward and easy to read and her lectures follow it very well. She presents interesting information and I wasn't bored in her classes. Her exams are straightforward as well and as long as you study hard and memorize pretty much everything, you'll get an A. Her PS 146 class is a small sized class that includes reading articles and presenting on one, but it isn't bad at all. I enjoyed her classes very much and I think she's one of the best professors I've had at UCLA.

107 is pretty intense, lots of information-keep up, but Dr. Phelps is awesome, such a caring professor.

Professor Phelps is awesome! She is super organized and really stands out among other UCLA science professors. She cares for her students and really makes sure that they leave with useful information. Her tests are straightforward. She is not trying to trick you. Just be sure to memorize everything on her notes. I took her for PS 107 and PS 146 and she was consistent throughout. THe PS107 practical is actually pretty cool. You have to identify parts of the brain when the specimens are in front of you. If you pay attention during lab and study during open lab you will do fine. Her midterm stresses the material that she writes herself/leaves blanks for on her outlines. She does give a lot of interesting information on the side, but its not heavily emphasized on the test. If you liked her teaching style for PS107 then take PS146 as an elective. It is a small class so you really get to know her and its easy to learn the material. Its not too difficult to get an A in her classes. It just requires that you know the material. No trick questions :)

Professor Phelps is very organized and I found it very easy to study off of her notes for the first half of 107. Though there was a great amount of information from her lectures, I felt like it wasn't very hard to memorize all of it simply because the information all connected in one way or another. Her labs were very eye opening, but you do have to pay attention in labs&open labs.
This was a very difficult class because of the massive amount of information. Make sure to study for the weekly quizzes, the time you spend studying for those will pay off for the midterm. Her practicals wasn't too hard, if you paid attention is labs and open labs you will do fine! Goodluck!

I LOVED this class. Phelps was a good lecturer and presented the material in a clear, organized, and easy to understand manner. You definitely need to make sure to study regularly and work hard if you expect to do well, but the material is so interesting that it is pretty easy to remember. Phelps' half of the class is definitely the most detailed and covers an introduction to neuroanatomy and the cardiovascular, respiratory, and reproductive systems.

This class is very, very difficult because of the sheer amount of material. For Dr. Phelps half of the class, you are tested on specific details in the lecture, so don't skip over anything in the lecture. Practicals can be easy or very hard depending on how much of the open lab time you actually spent reviewing structures correctly. The class requires a lot of dedication, much more so than lower div LS classes. There is no curve, so you truly earn your grade, and none of the points come without sacrifice, you have to put in the effort, but you will do well if you put in the necessary time.

Phelps has awesome lectures with lecture notes and makes sitting there and listening ALOT less stressful. Most everything is there for you on her handouts and she leaves blanks so you have to fill in and dont completely zone out. Everything is laid out for you in her lectures but there is alot of information. Her tests are tough too but doable. You have to know her lecture notes inside and out. Overall, i liked her once I got the swing of her style.