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“Professor Klimes is by far the worst professor I have ever had”
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This professor is extremely two sided. She says that if you read the book you'll get an A...I read it, pretty much memorized it, and the tests are still near impossible to get an A on. She takes questions that the book prepares (fyi). Interesting class and book, but she really didn't contribute much.
I could have taught myself better just by reading the book. She gives extremely boring lectures, and doesn't contribute. Monotoned.
Take class with a different professor. She is extremely disorganized and the tests are the hardest I've EVER taken. The Q's are far too detailed and the material is impossible to memorize for the tests, no matter how much you study. I was looking forward to this class, but now left greatly disappointed and most likely going to have to retake it.
You will need to read the book; she won't summarize it for you, which I like. Lectures rarely overlap with book, but 95% of exam material is from the book. She encourages in-class discussion and questions. The exams were fair, and conceptual more than memorization. She is very nice and welcoming to questions or just conversation.
The worst teacher I've ever had. I mine as well have taken the course online seeing as her lectures made no sense. She goes off on tangents and does not sound like she even knows what she's talking about. She wastes lecture time telling stories that take her way longer to tell then they should.
This Professor is really not the best. She seems to have bias when talking to some students based on some of the feedback I got from other students. If you are looking to get more from the class than what the book offers..I suggest you take it with another professor. She lacks communication skills badly.
I've found that Professor Klimes-Dougan's students either hate Abnormal Psych, or love it. The ones that hate it only study the lecture notes and expect to ace the exams, and the ones that love it thoroughly read the chapters and do very well. Most lectures are very interesting, though I'd say about 3/4 of the exam material is from the text book.
The class material is very interesting. However, Professor Klimes-Dougan is not interested in teaching. She would come to class and give a quiet, monotonous, lecture then leave. There would only be one or two questions from the lecture on the test, otherwise questions were straight from the book. The best thing to do is to stay home and read.
The material is easy if you read the book. The lectures weren't very helpful and the random quizzes are useless. Overall, the class isn't bad, but the worst aspect are the quizzes (you will get one on the 2nd day of class). Read the book and attend class for the first 15mins to take the quizzes and you'll do well.
Bonnie is one of the best teachers I've had. She is renowned in her field and anyone interested in psychology can appreciate that. Sorry to the folks below me, but college isn't a cake walk. Not all of your teachers are going to put on a performance for you.
One of the worst teachers I've had. Doesn't seem to want you to succeed. If you have an option take another teacher, if not show up for all the classes because she likes pop quizzes. We had a pop quiz second day of class before everyone had the book!
She was very nice. Interesting lectures and made abnormal psychology enjoyable. You can tell she knows exactly what she is talking about. When I had her class, she still was seeing clinical patients too. Cool to see a professor that is still in the practical field too. She ain't easy, it's the U of M. Don't take it if you're gonna whine and moan.
I took both her abnormal and clinical psychology classes and loved them both. Prof. Klimes gives lectures that follow the book fairly closely, but she adds in personal experiences with patients and I always found those stories really interesting. Very reasonable grading system, super nice and easy to talk to.
All I gotta say READ THE TEXTBOOK AND MAKE OUTLINES FOR EACH CHAPTER! Thats the ONLY way to do good on her tests. For one of the tests, I read and outlined the chapters and I got 43/44 on the multiple choice. Also, she's a nice lady. Attendance isn't mandatory but you should go because there is participation points.
Bonnie is a great teacher. This class was great. The lectures highly correlate to the tests, which were not particularly difficult. She kept it interesting with a lot of videos of people with different mental illnesses and always had cool stories to share. Highly recommend. Fairly easy class ;)
Much of the information conflicts with the book and with other classes that overlap in subject material. Make sure you know the book really well.
A lot of the information given in class conflicts with the book and other classes with similar subject material. She will rely upon you to teach yourself the material from the book, and then she will randomly quiz you on it. She is very disorganized and loves to change projects with little notice.
She is NOT helpful in any way. Solely relying on TA's to answer all questions & respond according to when they have time to answer questions. There was no point in going to class because she randomly bases her exams on what she feels is important within chapters. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS UNLESS YOU KNOW HOW TO MEMORIZE AN ENTIRE BOOK, WORD FOR WORD.
I thought this class would be super interesting, but after the first week I had no desire to come to class. Professor Klimes rarely lectures herself, almost always guest lecturers who are renowned in the field, but not necessarily up to lecture to a large class. I'd say 75% or more of the test is out of the book, not worth coming to class.
Has mandatory quizzes and participation exercises for points, but they don't help for the exams. The exams are based off the book almost entirely so READ THE TEXTBOOK. She is the most boring, monotonous lecturer/professor ever. You will need to teach yourself the material in order to do well on the tests (each one is 40% of your grade!!!!!)
Lectures were useless, the professor was VERY unhelpful, she awarded unfair grades, and was inconsistent in the expectations of students that she put forth. 0/10 DO NOT RECOMMEND!!!! Take any other professor if at all possible.
Absolutely horrible. Especially online. I do not recommend this professor to anyone.
require Lots of reading from book.
The online abnormal psy class requires reading an entire textbook and 4 tests each cover 14 of the book. Simply read the e-book and type detailed notes on your computer while doing it. Reread before test. Easy A or B :) The material is fascinating and is not difficult to comprehend (for me anyway but i'm a biology so take that as you will).
Online lectures seemed a bit long and dragged out at times. They were recorded during a previous semester so you will hear a lot of weekly updates that don't pertain to the online course. Know the textbook chapters well. Few questions came from the lectures but the guest lecturers presented the material well.
Exams just don't make any sense. No study guide, but the questions are EXTREMELY specific. I have worked very hard on this class, but I didn't get what I deserved. Her exams would even ask you about specific situation of the cases mentioned in the text, like she is checking that you have read the text. And her lecture is dull and not helpful at all
Professor Klimes is by far the worst professor I have ever had. You are required to pay $17.50 per exam, each exam has SO MANY errors that there is no possibility you could get a perfect score and refuses to correct this or make up for it in any way, and she is absolutely the most unhelpful prof who cares so little about her student's success.
This class was reading intensive. The homework was not too difficult and if you studied for the test you would not be surprised by any of the questions.
I took this class online and really liked it. It is extremely difficult, however, and requires you to read each chapter AT LEAST ONCE if you want to do well on tests. Tests have very specific questions that you would only know if you read the chapters thoroughly. Tests were broken up into 4 chapters or so and no cumulative final.
I took this class online and Professor Klimes-Dougan only taught about 3 lectures. It was a lot of interesting material, but if you don't read the book, you won't do well on the tests. There is extra credit that's available and the tests are curved.
As an online class you rarely see or hear from Bonnie at all. Lecture videos can be long and boring, but you don't really have to watch them since there are only a few questions from the lectures on the tests. If you read the book chapters carefully and take notes the tests will be easy. Doing extra credit can boost your grade 5% at the end.
I spent the whole first half of the semester trying to keep up. There are 4 units and they have exams, video reflections, peer comments, e video lectures, and multiple quizzes for each unit. I wish I could start over. I would have prepared more and worked ahead. Interesting class and I liked the format. It is a lot of work though.
The lectures can be long and boring but not always. Klimes-Dougan seems to have a speech impediment at times? It is strange for a professor. Beware of tons of reading, you will have every sentence of that textbook read. There is a curve so tests are easy to get good grades in especially if you read the book. Lectures- only 10 questions on exams....
Prof. Klimes is not a good teacher. She lectures almost exclusively from the textbook and throws in a couple half hour long anecdotes. She is hard to listen to as she has some sort of speech problem. If you read the textbook thoroughly you'll be fine. The quizzes have weirdly specific questions, so be prepared.
The online version of this course has weird deadlines for the online activities. The hardest part of this course was remembering to do the assignments - no late work is accepted for credit. The tests are based primarily out of the textbook with the last maybe 8 questions being on the lectures. No need to watch the lectures - just read the PDFs.
To be honest, Bonnie did nothing to help me learn abnormal psych. Given it is an online class, but she hardly gave any of the lectures and was so unaccessible. She puts in no effort. The tests are hard but if you READ, HIGHLIGHT, and make quizlets of the book like I did you'll be FINE I swear; this method worked great for me. Also the curve is good
Though this class can be interesting at times, the video lectures are dry and most of the time breeze through important information while focusing on anecdotes. The lectures DO NOT really overlap with the test material. If I were you taking this class, do your best to read and outline the textbook. I recommend this course with a different proff.
I'm taking Abnormal Psychology this semester from Klimes-Dougan. This is an EXTREMELY intensive course that relies very heavily on the textbook. Be prepared to spend many, many hours meticulously going over the chapters and taking detailed notes. The textbook is fascinating though and very clear on the subject matter, Cengage is indispensable!
Not incredibly present as video lectures are guests, but she sends out some helpful emails regarding due dates and exams. HW is due at really weird times in the middle of the day. The textbook is interesting, and you NEED to read it to passtests are 70% textbook material. I rarely watch the video lectures; reading the slides for them is sufficient
If you're taking PSY3604 online, be prepared to be a self-motivated learner. You need to really read the textbook closely and study lots because the exams are very specific! The lectures are all old recordings from 2013 and they're very boring but there are always 10 questions about them on the exam so watch them! Overall lots of work, but doable.
If you take this class, be ready to work for your grade. Basically just memorize the textbook and lecture slides and you'll be fine. You also have the potential to earn up to 5% of extra credit. The curve in the class was also very helpful. Overall, an interesting course, but I just wish tests weren't so specific.
in order to well on exams you must read and outline basically the whole textbook. if a psychology class curves every single exam and curves the final grades, I don't think there was an actual attempt teach us anything. go to exam reviews to know what to study for.
Don't take this class online if you don't have to, trust me. You basically have to read the textbook cover to cover and memorize tiny little details. I also didn't know my actual grade the entire semester, which was really annoying. Somehow managed to get an A, but really had to work for it. Do the extra credit and attend the review sessions
Be ready to read the textbook, but otherwise this class was not that hard. REP makes it really easy to raise your grade 5% so you have some room to do badly on a test or two.
Do not take the online section unless you don't have a choice. She basically just throws the text book and several lectures from other school's websites to your face. Study guide only says read your book and watch your lectures. Tests were super detailed. Review sessions were useless, and she does nothing in helping you study.
I took this online and you NEED to be ready to read the entire textbook if you want to do WELL in this class. Interesting content, but the tests are UBER specific and the workload is insane. Don't take this course if you have a heavy semester. Also, no grades were put in the entire semester so that was awesome. Very smart lady, though.
Tests were impossible. Still have no idea how I passed this class. I averaged 10 hours a week working on readings and stupidly boring lectures. Doesn't give study guides either. Wouldn't recommend unless you're ready to put in a LOT of work and are very passionate about Abnormal Psychology.
I think overall this professor cares more about following the rules than the actual students she is working with. I was very interested in the subject of this class but found myself disheartened by the way this class was taught. No willingness to see that effort to learn was being made and for that I don't recommend taking this class with this prof
The class was a lot of work! Do not take it during a heavy semester. That being said, the material was interesting but the video lectures were long and boring. If you need this class as a requirement, I highly recommend taking it in person... online is not where it is at
SO many reading assignments that you must complete. Her tests are extremely hard and she knows that over half of her class will fail them. Abnormal Psychology is overall interesting but just do not take it online with her.
Hardest class I've taken so far. Tests are really hard and super specific and reading the textbook and listening to the lectures won't help. The study guide is not helpful at all either. I would not take this unless absolutely necessary, and if possible do not take it online.
I took this class online. READ your textbook. Take notes on your textbook and study them. This class is super enjoyable if you enjoy the subject of abnormal psychology! Professor Klimes-Dougan does some lectures herself, but the rest are from other speakers (This isn't really a problem as the exams are book content heavy.)
This class requires a textbook where you have to read all required chapters to do well on exams. The class was divided into 4 exams with no cumulative final, and there were 4 additional assignments in this class. Professor Klimes was thorough at communication and had many TAs available when needed.
This class was okay. It was definitely a hard class to take but there was a good amount of extra credit available through REP points. LOTS of reading and notes. This class was more work than a 3 credit course should be in my opinion but if you like psych it wont be too bad! Prepare to work really hard to get an A. Really important to read!!
Her tests are really specific and difficult, but tests are only worth 65% of your grade and the other 35% is easy points. She also gives a TON of extra credit. For the first half of the semester you'll be panicked thinking you'll fail because of the difficulty of the tests, but I ended up finishing with OVER 100% in the class. Interesting content.
This class was so hard due to the tremendous amount of textbook reading we had to do and the very very specific test questions. However, there are a lot of extra credit opportunities that'll boost your grade up a ton and the information is very interesting. Make sure to do as many REP points as you can.
This class is pretty difficult if you don't read the book. The book chapters are really, really long so make sure you're spacing out your studying time weeks in advance if you wanna get through all the chapters. The tests are basically the entire book so you need to know everything. Study guides are not that helpful. The tests are worth a lot too.
It is very very reading heavy. If you don't read, you won't pass. Tests are very specific and cover 4-5 chapters (each chapter in the textbook is very long, my typed out study guides were on average 32 pages long). However, if you put in the work you will be able to do fairly well, especially after REP points are added. Tests are curved.
Exams are very specific, I memorized 300-500 flashcards per exam but I learned a lot and found the content interesting. However, lectures are painfully boring, I recommend watching on 2x speed for the sake of your own sanity. As long as you memorize the textbook you'll be fine. There is also an insane curve on the exams and opportunity for REP.
Like others have said, doing well relies heavily on reading (or rather, memorizing) the textbook. Though the material is interesting, there's a lot of it, so staying on track with readings is paramount. That being said, if you put in the work, it's not too hard to do well. I ended with over 100% in the class and didn't feel too stressed throughout.
There is a lot of reading each week, 1-2 chapters a week each chapter is 25-45 pages long. Quizzes are easy if you get 6/10 or higher it gets changed to 100%. Tests are sort of hard, I found that using quizlet is VERY helpful when studying! If you do bad on the tests, it is hard to make up. Very interesting material, just need to know a lot of stuf
I don't want to be overly harsh, but she's a lazy teacher. All the learning is through reading the textbook and watching guest lectures. She seems to barely do anything and brags about how hard her intro class is. Plus she didn't add content warnings for something obviously graphic and upsetting, she should know better. Wouldn't recommend.
I took this class an an elective out of pure interest (I'm an engineer) and was sadly disappointed. All the lectures were prerecorded videos, most of which from 2012-2014 and horribly outdated (old terminology and diagnostic criteria) so you won't learn anything up to date. There was a LOT of reading and EXCESSIVELY long lectures not even on tests.
Y'know how some really hard classes are manageable because the professor is great? This isn't that class. There are multiple weeks where you're expected to watch 6+ hours of lecture videos, there's no communication, the tests are impossible. Don't take this class with Prof. Klimes-Dougan- wait until it's offered in person. Don't make my mistakes.
The online course sucked so bad. Every time I think I would be doing good on an exam I would end up failing anyways! Even though I would study for hours on end. :( They were so hard for no reason! Not to mention you have to watch like 3 2-hour long lectures every week. Find another professor!
You shouldn't take this class unless you're extremely interested in clinical psych. This class was captivating as someone pursuing professional psych. If I was not interested in the topic, however, I would have hated the 40-80 page readings and 2-5 hour lectures each week. This class goes into nitty-gritty detail, so either love it or leave it.
The content was really interesting, I am pursuing psych. I did not mind the extensive reading because it was interesting. The lectures were a bit old and very long. I found the best way was to put them on 2x and fill out the study guide questions along side. The inflexible due dates were the most annoying. And things being Due Tuesday at 2pm ��
Beware there are lectures that are from years ago that are extremely long. The prof does not even put any trigger warnings. Take this class if you have too but would not recommend for fun. I took it for fun but the professor and TA's don't seem to care for their students at all.
You basically teach yourself the entire textbook and memorize it cover to cover. The course offers REP for extra credit which is extremely helpful (5% grade increase), so do that. The exams are really specific and the prof did not seem to care much about us at all. However, the material was extremely fascinating, which made the class bearable.
The class average on every test was like a 70%. She is just a terrible professor, straightup. I was able to get an A by doing extra credit and not missing the quizzes, but this class was way too much work for just 3 credits. Oh, expect to read upwards of 150 pages and 6 hours of lecture some weeks. At least the material was interesting?
LOTS of reading, but very interesting material. it is very doable but you definitely have to work for a good grade in this course
This class covers interesting material, but there is just so much work. You have to read so much from the textbook every week and watch lectures that are hours long from past years. Overall its a very lazy class on Klimes' part, all lectures are very old and you just teach yourself the content from the book. Don't recommend this class.
Very good professor. She is very understanding and will work with you if you have concerns about your grade (if you have done the work). The quizzes are easy and help you stay on track. Notes took me a good, I would say, 5-10 hours a week. I went to Starbucks on Saturdays specifically to take notes for this class so stay on top of it! :)
There's not enough time in the week to do all the work this professor expects you to do. Bonnie seems to be overcompensating by giving ridic amount workload so everyone is aware that this isn't an "easy online class". in doing so, she made this the worst class to exist. do NOT take her if you still like psychology.
If you are looking to take this class, I recommend you DO NOT. She is the worst professor I've ever had. She expects 15+ hours of work a week on top of studying. Clearly, she thinks the only class we are taking is hers.... I've never been more stressed and depressed over a course. This class requires more work than organic chemistry....
I'm going to be honest, Professor Klimes-Dougan seems like a very sweet lady (even though there's not much communication between her and the students), but the class is DIFFICULT. The tests are unusually hard, and even if you think you have the right answer, you're probably wrong. I think I have cried over this class twice a week.
Unless you are passionate about this subject, don't take this class. Some weeks you will have around 7 hours of lecture to watch in addition to literally memorizing the textbook if you want to do well on exams. I have no idea how this class constitutes 3 credits. Its not. I've put more work into this class than into 5 credit courses.
If you want to learn about abnormal psychology, Bonnie knows her stuff. She is not messing around with assigning stuff. If you are serious, you will do fine, but some weeks are too much in my opinion for assigning. All in all, however, I would suggest the course.
I really enjoy this subject, but her class will suck any and all interest you have out of you. the amount of work per week is astounding, and the tests are entirely memorization. I thought I did well on most of these exams, but I would be completely wrong. Please stay away!!!!
I spent more time reading, studying and watching lectures for this course than classes in my major or minor. Tests do not cover concepts, only minuscule details that are mentioned for maybe one sentence in the textbook. Upwards of 150 pages to read a week plus multiple hours of lecture material. I can't believe this is a 3 credit course.
I usually like online classes, but I did not like this one. I would not recommend taking it unless you have to and enjoy the content. Majority of your grade comes from tests that are very difficult. Each week you need to read 1-2 chapters and teach yourself the content because the lectures do not cover the content from the book.
I was so excited to take this class but I was majorly let down. There is between 1-2 modules every week: each module contains at least one textbook chapter, between 1-3 hours of lectures, a quiz, and sometimes a writing assignment. Besides the high workload in this class, the lectures are also so old. Some of them are from 10 years ago!
EXTREMELY hard class. Weekly quiz. About 100 pages of reading and 5 hours of lectures weekly. A little much for an intro to abnormal psych class. Clearly intelligent, learn a lot, but be ready to sacrifice lots of time.
Tons of reading-"drinking from the fire hose" content-wise. as long as you can get through the reading chapters and retain AMAP you will do well on exams. Its very simple, just read and test on the book. Can be annoying with super specific stats from book, etc. Long lecture videos, always over an hour. Def do online mode I'd hate in person for this
Way too hard for an abnormal psych class. If you do not need to take this course do not. Reading 50-100 pages in the textbook every week with 1-3, 1 hour +, lectures videos. Tests are very textbook heavy and questions are always so specific. Lecture videos are like 10 years old too. She is a very nice person tho. Do REP points!!!
I did the fully online version, so it's hard to say how this professor is in-class. What I will say is that this class is EXTREMELY homework heavy. Do not take if you don't need to/aren't completely interested in the subject matter. It was kind of a shame, because I felt like most things this class was comprised of could be looked up on google.
Super tough class. I learned a lot but this class was basically the only one I could focus on all semester. Creating a thorough study guide and then basically memorizing all of it was the only way I got a good grade on the tests. I definitely would not do it again.
Her lectures were great, and were very helpful. I disliked the textbook we used, especially as most of the tests were based on the readings. A lot of memorization and I would only recommend taking if you have a strong background in psychology. Homework/quizzes were not hard, but the exams were difficult.
Decent class and professor. The content was interesting. There was a lot of textbook reading and some lectures. If you put in the work to memorize the concepts you should do good in this class. There are also a few extra credit opportunities that helped me a bunch because the grade is mainly based on four unit exams.
Treat it like a 4-5 credit course, despite being 3. The amount of reading is CRAZY, on top of video lectures that are HOURS long. You will read the textbook front to back, meaning multiple chapters a week (each one being about 45 pages long), and exams are almost completely book based. Take a light load, or be ready to cut back on other classes.
Intense course with tons of reading and long lectures. Exams are heavily textbook-based, so be prepared to memorize a lot. Use Unstuckstudy alongside other study tools to tackle the heavy workload.
Took Spring 2024. The lecture videos were not particularly remarkable, and the lecturer could be easily exchanged. This course largely involved reading straight off the textbook, so was not particularly enjoyable.
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