I feel like Professor Robles is a great professor who really cares about his students. I loved taking his class because he's very organized and clear on what he expects. Although the grading system might take a little bit of getting used to, it technically is in your favor and really makes it easier to get an A (for instance, one of the requirements to get an A is to get above a 75 percent on three out of four exams). Plus, if you score above a 90 percent on his exams (which are open-note and pretty straightforward), you can test out of writing the two reflection papers he requires. But this is just my opinion. I have heard from several others that they dislike this method of grading, even though in my opinion it makes it much easier to pass/get an A.

In general, I feel like this class is very informative and straightforward. His exams are not hard at all and it's relatively easy to get an A in his class if you just complete his asynchronous modules (which are very short to begin with) and show up to lecture.

Professor Robles is a really nice guy who is passionate about helping his students. That said, the online version of this class during COVID was a disaster. The grading system and syllabus were incredibly complicated because he moved from exams to essays. The essay grades were all stacked until the last few weeks of the quarter, so it was week 9 and we only had gotten 2/5 grades on the essays back. I ended up changing to P/NP when I found out more than half of the class failed the second essay. His asynchronous lessons were good and he is a decent lecturer. Before you take his class, make sure he reverts back to exams or you will definitely regret enrolling.

I really liked the style of this class! Your grade is mostly based upon papers that evaluate your writing skills and application of concepts learned in class.

Tips:
* Don't slack off on writing the papers!! There is one almost every week so be on top of it
* Go to office hours: You can walk through your ideas with the TA or the professor and the advice is super helpful.

This class was intimidating at first because there were three midterms AND a final, but honestly so doable and as long as you just attend class and fill out his notes/handouts you will get an A. He literally tells you exactly what you need to know for each midterm and final, all you have to do is memorize the information and know how to apply it. Most of it is common sense, and he offers extra credit opportunities.

Professor Robles is an amazing lecturer but sometimes can seem very monotone. He is very informative and clear on what he expects of his students, and as long as you follow his standards you will do just fine. People would complain about the exams being tough, but they also did not study enough for them. Would recommend taking the class with him!

Great professor. Lectures are engaging, and even though the tests weren't easy, he gave us study guides with learning objectives (on the syllabus) that say exactly what to study for each exam. He's pretty cool, and gives opportunity for extra credit- like 4% of your grade if you do it all. Worth taking for sure.

Professor Robles cared that we learned something important during the class. His tests were very fair; they covered material in the class and screencasts, and if we read the books, paid attention, and watched the screencasts, we could ace the tests which were about applying material we learned (which I really appreciate since we got to test our knowledge). The class was very well organized, he was available, had fair extra credit, and really thought about the students. Take it with him if you can!

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I took this class because I was interested in the content but he runs the course as if its a research class. Tons of research methods and fine distinctions involved, lots of busy work. There are weekly assignments that he opens and closes access to in very small windows of time, and he sets the due date and time at 5pm which makes it impossible if you have a job and other classes to consistently get them in on time. My biggest complaint is that he spends too much time on telling you how to read the research he assigns and skimps a bit on the content of the course so what he can't fit into a lecture he assigns in "screencasts" and videos to watch on your own time. He gives 3 exams (which he makes very tricky) AND a final as if the students don't have 3-4 other classes they are taking. I feel it should be a 5 or 6 unit class for the amount of work involved. With that said he issues outlines and study guides for each lecture and all the exams. He is helpful and clear most of the time and his personality is good. When he does get to the content it's interesting but if you are not strong in research methods you will struggle.

This class was pretty easy with Robles. He has a handout for each lecture that outlines exactly what u need to know/take notes on and they have the learning objectives which are the only things you need to know for the exams (makes it easy to study). I never read the book once and got an A+. He overs TONS of extra credit. Lectures are bruincasted which is nice, he tried using tophat for participation but only asked like 5 questions all quarter on it. There are THREE midterms and a Final (cumulative). This sounds like a lot, but since each midterm had only a couple weeks worth of info to study it wasn't bad at all. He also gives you every learning objective that will be on the final which makes studying for that easy as well. I really recommend this class with this professor! I think that things you learn are also very relevant to life and health!

I had zero interest in this class at the beginning of the quarter, but this ended up being my favorite one. Professor Robles' lectures are clear and informative. He provides podcasts and handouts that are extremely helpful for studying. I purchased the book, but I found that I didn't need it. The exams are short answer. There are weekly assignments due on ccle that I kept forgetting were due (should have checked more often). Top Hat is used in this class, which is similar to using an iclicker, except you can use your device or cpu.