very firendly and personal

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Excellent teacher

Makes Tuesday night classes extremely bearable!

Better than a stand-up comedian. Amusing and informative.

A hoot to have as a prof.

Excellent prof

Cool!

Awesome course and prof!

Great Prof- she is very helpful, very approachable, and she makes learning fun!!

This prof rocks so hard I wish I could take the course again!

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She rocks!

Very nice prof, but the multiple choice questions are rough

Loved her fair presentation of all different sexualities and sexual practices.

Great lecturer. Funny!! Not too crazy about the tests, though

Lectures were fun, but tests were hard, and pointless.

GREAT PROF!! she's so funny, but watch out for those tests of hers!

Great prof & course but beware--it's more difficult than you probably think!!

Great lady! Smart, funny, good examples, clear lectures, fair tests!

Very charming. Tests moderately difficult. A fun class, lots of laughs.

she asks us all about our sexuality and stuff. i think she should finally come out to the class about herself. create a level playing field.

Really fun class, funny and informative lectures, but really really rough exams. Who knows where she gets her questions from.

She's a very hard marker, but if you really pay attention, ask questions, and do all the work, you can do OK. She really has a passion for what she teaches and is a great teacher though. I'd take more classes from her.

Summer 2003 -- excellent course. Tests are multiple choice and very reasonable. Easy to pay attention. She takes all questions seriously and will look into anything she's not sure of. Great prof!

Good prof, very laid back and explains things well and keeps everyone fairly interested. HARD MCQ exams...avoid taking it as an elective unless you're in an easy term.

She really likes what she teaches. She incorporates her own experience in with her lessons. She makes her lectures fun and keeps her students awake. A great class to finish the week off with!

She is great, i have already signed on for her next level class! BJ makes learning fun! honestly..You must read and attend class to be sucessful, (thats really the way it should be) her tests are well thought out.

Very funny. Tests can be difficult but if you read and come to class it's ok

Booooring style of teaching; Thinks her jokes are funny, but the suspence of waiting to draw a laughter from the audience kills the humor. In her exams, she likes to gather up a whole lot of jargon from the book or dull statistical things from the class.

Delightful juvinile humor with Sex class.. sometimes tries to hard at jokes. Good lecturer....great class. Her tests are FAIR! learn your stuff. this class is an easy elective.. a couple mult choice tsts and thats all

Great teacher...good sense of humor and VERY interesting lectures :)

Great Teacher, makes things interesting! But HARD MC test!

The course was dry, but BJ made it fun & interesting! her jokes were a little lame, but at least she makes them. She always takes time to answer questions. You have to go to class to pass the exam, but thats why we pay to go to school.

Funny, easy to talk to, and presents very interesting information.

Great prof, able to keep things light, tho her joes do occasionally fall flat. Be warned tho, don't take any of her courses with the expectation of an easy pass... her MC tests are quite difficult.

funny, smart, knowledgeable, excellent

Great prof. A little odd at times with her sex jokes, but it makes the course interesting. I would definitely recommend this class!

really good prof, interesting material, not hard to get a good mark if you try. go to lectures!

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Cool teacher, nice person, funny. very interesting material. this course should be a must take for all those who dont plan on becoming nuns or priests. u will learn alot. u actually enjoy the lectures.

I don't think SMF 204 could be taught by any other professor. She is amazing at giving real-life situations about topics to show how certain things can directly affect you. She provided so much information that other profs may have been shy to talk about. I learned a lot of new things!

She rocks! She is entertaining and this course is really easy. There is very little reading required. I wish she taught all of my engineering courses too.

Holy Crap! funniest prof ever! And for the people who complain about her tests....if you read the material the exams are a piece of cake. Most wonderful prof ever and she makes everything really easy to remember! Highly interesting course! I recommend for all!

Her personal stories are amazing. The most accepting and thoughtful professor I know. Her classes are among the best...not to mention she one hot tamale!

Most enjoyable class ever. Text book was good, lectures were interesting. The tests were not bad at all if you actually study and do the readings. I wish BJ taught more classes!

BEST PROF EVER!! soo interesting and she makes everything funny as hell. I reccomend this class to EVERYONE!! Text book was 100% worth my $. Tests were easy (i dont know what the person that said theyre impossible was doing). just study BOTH notes and text and you'll get a really good mark FOR SURE!

She was a fantastic teacher, really great. The lectures were interesting, the notes were clear, the textbook was engrossing. However, the tests were really tough. For people who have problems with multiple choice, I do not recommend this class. Overall, a good experience and an enjoyable class!

fun n ez

This prof is one-of-a-kind. She's hilarious, you'll love the class, but the tests are INCREDIBLY tough. I got a 50 and never missed a class. You need to be a psych person to do really well. Still, the class is a lot of fun...maybe better to sit it on than enrol in.

I loved having her as a Prof. She really opened my eyes regarding what a good prof should be like. Tons of fun going to her classes... but her tests are really hard. Its worth it just to be in her class, she really does seem to enjoy what she does.

Fantastic, wonderful, excellent. Take this course. WOO HOO. Great Prof.

I find professor Rye to be a very helpful and fun person. Her lectures are so interesting, and she always has the best stories to tell. I really learned a lot from her, and her class decided my major. She is amazing

The lectures were very enjoyable however I didn't really feel like they prepared you well for the tests. You must read the text thoroughly. Some of the test material seemed fairly obscure and a little unfair, however I would recommend this class as it was an eye opener, interesting and actually applicable to your life.

GREATEST PROF EVER! She opens your eyes to the content of the course. Hard tests, alot of studying is required but it is completely worth it. I will only take another SMF course if it is offered by Dr. Rye. Everyone should take this course.

BJ really is an amazing prof. I didn't know what to expect from this course, but I found it so entertaining, and the material was quite relevant and informative. The tests are really weird, but easy as long as you know the material and can integrate everything. I HIGHLY recommend this class to anyone! Good work BJ!

She has a unique sense of humour and always tries to answer everyone's questions, BUT I found the midterm very unfair - all of the major concepts were ignored or only had one question focused on them, while the small details that were not useful information were asked about several times on the same test.

great person; love to have her an as aunt or a friend or something, but not as a prof. while she is good at lecturing and keeps us entertained, her tests are ridiculous and not a good representation of material learned in class or the text book. bizarre questions.i wish she would look at the site and see hwo everyone thinks her tests are to hard.

BJ is a very entertaining professor and really cares about the subject she teaches. You can learn a lot of life lessons from her if you attend class, which I found to be the most valuable part of the course. I didn't ace this course, but I thoroughly enjoyed it!

She is a good prof. Her background is clinical psychology, but she makes a successful effort to understand and teach biological aspects of human sexuality. Her examples really drill concepts into your head. I got a 90%, but that involved doing the readings and writing down the material-related questions that she posed during most lectures.

I had her in my first year and I loved her lectures! Fantastic at keeping the class interested and entertained! Her test weighting is a little stressful, but it isn't impossible to do well in her class. If you go to the classes and read, chances are you can manage a B

I look forward to going to her class. She seems fair, interesting and knowledgable and has interesting projects that are exciting to do. She has a good sense of humour, cares about her students and all around is a really great prof. I wish to take more classes from her; highly recommended.

You must keep up on readings! This class seems to be more enjoyable than her 204 class, but it is just as hard. She issues a quiz on the day's reading before each class which helps us to keep up. Tests are extremely hard. I recommend rereading the most important readings and going through your class notes along with the slides a couple times.

Very funny, interesting and personal professor. She keeps class engaged, but strict with electronics. Textbook readings are mandatory, as the multiple choice tests are VERY specific.

It was a block course in the spring which means you have 6 hours of lecture each week. You can imagine how much material must be prepared and covered in a week. Very hard to keep up. Her exams are fair. In theory should be quite easy since they are all multiple choices. But being a non-psych student, bombed the midterm without knowing how to study

The midterms are incredibly hard (#1 had a 68% average, #2 had a 69% average). The final exam is cumulative and the course covers a lot of material. She does, however, tell a lot of stories and make a lot of jokes. Recommended if you're ready to put at least 6 hours of studying aside, not including reading the textbook.

Loved going to Professor Rye's class! Has a great sense of humor and makes the material interesting. Tests are a bit difficult though and the exam this semester is worth more than half your grade which is stressful. However, I found that if you attend class, do your readings, and study well in advance for tests you'll be ok. Highly recommend her!

BJ Rye was my very favourite professor. If you ask her, she will help, but you have to carry your own weight and grade in the class. That means studying and attending lectures and doing readings- there are no free grades.

She was probably my favourite prof teaching my favourite course in my undergraduate career. Her testsquizzes are fairly difficult but doing the readings doesn't feel like a chore.

I loved her class. She was fun and informative. Her tests are all MC and super difficult. However, I found that they didn't get harder. If you can survive one then you can survive the others. Just attend lectures, pay attention, and study.

She was hilarious, and I really enjoyed the lectures. She used a variety of teaching methods which helped you to really learn things, and she incorporated every perspective into her teaching, not only her own beliefs. That said, the tests are difficult but if you study hard you'll do well. Her powerpoint slides online are vague, so attend class!

There is quite a bit of reading for this course but nothing too intense. Her tests are fair and you need to study for sure. THIS IS NOT A BIRD COURSE. BJ is an interesting lecturer but pretty out of date and very research focused. If you have taken psych and or physiology this course will be easy for you. Very science and psych focused.

Really good teacher, very lecture and content heavy, difficult texts, but very interesting if you are engaged in discussion.

B.J. does her research and updates her lectures accordingly. She is very accommodating of any special needs providing you have your documents (like a doctor's note)

The workload reflects that this is a university course. Dr. Rye uses exams that are difficult to pass if you haven't studied. In a lecture she used to use the N word to form an example. She apologized publicly when confronted and immediately updated the lecture. She does teach from outside the textbook since no textbook is comprehensive.

Plenty of care is taken when creating accessible lectures. While the slideshows have little written content, the voice-overs are extremely thorough. Her sophisticated vocabulary is present on tests, prepare appropriately and take your time and you will do just fine. By far the kindest and most accessible professor. My saving grace this term.