Wow, what can I say. Dr. Ho is an amazing professor, her lecture presentations clear and concise, never boring with the research and excitement she shares with the class. The class content is interesting, and the fact that we learn about a variety of adolescent psychiatric conditions that draw in the biology and computer science fields really adds a spark to learning! Take this class as your laboratory requirement for psych with Dr. Ho!! No exams, only paper, research presentation, and some R coding that is super simple to follow along with (no prior experience needed!)

Overall, solid class and really great professor. I took this class thinking it would be somewhat like a mock clinical practice--using screening and diagnostic tools as well as creating treatment plans, etc. Instead, it was more focused on analyzing and conducting research using R. This was a little tough for me because I had never learned R (my PSYCH 100A course was taught in Jamovi lol), but Professor Ho was very accommodating and spent a lot of time catching us all up to speed. She was super kind and patient, and didn't make us do anything too crazy with the programming. She did not grade harshly but did expect you to pay attention and participate in class discussions, which were engaging. Being in her class, it felt like she had an awareness of how students were feeling and wanted to help them succeed, which was much appreciated. The workload wasn't very heavy, and the final research paper was really satisfying-- we had to work with a partner (we got to choose), but my partner was great and we got a perfect score. There were no exams or quizzes in this class and it wasn't recorded.