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“As a teacher, she's all over the place”
PSY1013 - 2.0 rating“Made me lose interest in Psychology”
1013 - 2.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
62%
Textbook Required
0%
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PYCH
5.0
(1)INTROTOPSYC
5.0
(1)PSYC10131023
5.0
(3)PSYCHINTR
5.0
(1)PSYC
4.8
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PSYC1003
4.0
PSY1013
3.2
PSYCHOLOGY
3.0
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3.0
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3.0
Reviews (84)
Does fun stuff in class.
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very good prof...explains things so thy are really easy to understand....and I didn't have to take a page of notes in her class.
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Fun prof who gives us lots of examples and breaks class up with videos and activities. I'd recomend her.
I love her...
She is awesome, and very clear. She does great demonstrations.
She makes biological psychology bearable. Super instructor. Great illustrations and in-class activities!!
cute,funny and smart
Great prof. Good combination of lecture/discussion/audio-visual. Tests aren't too hard...she doesn't emphasize the obscure, she teaches you what is important and what you need to know for future courses. Very good marking scheme and she is quick...no w
Very smart, class is useful and fun and those eyes! I sometimes forget to breathe.
not a bad prof...but not a great one either...
I have nothing bad to say about the lovely Ms. Gunn, she makes learning fun.
Interesting Material, but do not expect to be able to question anything she says. She stress that she wants us to be free thingers but if we question anything she says she shuts you down. on a huge power trip. there is a**** load of reading material, and one extreemly long and hard xeam.
Very good
i like Dr.Gunn... shes cool. i find some lectures kinda boring but i like the movies we watch. they help me understand what were learning about.
generally a really awesome prof, super nice, not retardedly difficult
Ridiculously boring. Just read the textbook, and you'll do fine.
I absolutely loved Carla's class. She is very interesting and a great prof. I'm going to take as many classes with her as possible. You can tell that she actually enjoys teaching.
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME PROF!!! had multiple teaching strategies to make the class interesting, people felt really involved in the material, this teacher made me not want to miss any of her classes!! very reasonable with marking and projects!! challenging yet fun.. you wanted to learn the material!! love love love her teaching!!!
Actually seems to like what she does! Lots of examples and activities during class to help you understand what she's lecturing.
she gives powerpoint pres. and you can get her notes online:) makes life easier
Great prof. She loves her job. Do not have to take any notes in this class, she puts them all on the internet. Provides lots of examples and activities to help you understand!
She teaches very well, one of the few professor's that actualy knows how to use power point properly. Tests were hard, but fair, and in class assignments were easy. Her examples and metaphors were extremely helpful to help grasp concepts.
great prof! take her if you can! I didn´t want to take psych cause that´s far from what i want to major in, but with her as a teacher it was hard not to get interested.
Positive attitude that reflects onto the class. She gives the class a good tone, making a good learning environment even though the class is large. Keeps the class interesting by providing lots of examples and explaining things well.
Carla is a great professor! She is very fair with tests, as long as you study you should be fine. She also has tons of examples to explain things in class and you don't have to take notes because she puts them all up on the internet. Awesome!
Carla is nice and a super good prof. She uses powerpoint for lectures and the slides are all on the web in Ms Word format--Easy to print and good for studying. It's a good idea to print them ahead of time and add your own notes to them during lectures. Read the assigned pages before going to class, they're a big help as they make lectures clearer.
Very clear on what she wants, she's very approachable and willing to help. Really loves what she does and is really nice to all of her students. It's very helpful to take her notes and add to them during class.
good class, in class assignments, tests are easy.
Makes use of powerpoint very well. In class demonstrations and videos make the class exciting and worth attending. Exams are relativly easy, if you read and go to class.
She is my favorite prof i've had so far. Extremely good at explaining things and uses alot of internet based videos that are extremely helpful with helping you to remember what you are learning. Easy easy tests as long as you go to class and pay attention. There is an assignment every week but its super easy and gives you extra marks for nothing.
Great professor and easy to understand. Always leaves extra resources on webct (which is helpful)! My one peeve about this class is that she never once had responded to any of the e-mails I had sent her regarding hand-in assignments that she had misplaced :S
Loved her! Made things clear by giving us plenty of examples and related everything into real life situations. Extremely approachable, and gives lots of opportunities to make extra marks.
Excellent prof, very easy to understand. Makes notes and slides used in class available on WebCT. Does not respond to e-mails, not very accommodating if you get sick and quarantined, thus being unable to come to class. Many in-class assignments, moderate amount of homework. Do the readings. Do the review questions she gives, some are on the exams.
An engaging and dedicated prof. Her classes are well planned and her expectations very clear. She is dynamic and involved, and makes it easy to learn. I am taking a class from her again.
not very passionate about the subject. assigns either an in class or take home assignment most classes, usually fairly easy, however she doesn't give any feedback on them just checks to see that you've done them.
Great prof. If you pay attention and go to class, you will learn a lot and get a good grade.
Amazing prof! She keeps you well engaged, and really cares about her students opinions. Work was easy, but you'll still learn a lot, so it's a great Intro course. Definitely worth taking!
Amazing professor! I highly recommend her classes to anyone!
She've very understanding and helpful and the course is easy if you attend class. Only three exams all multi choice
Carla is super sweet, understanding, and if you go to class, you won't have a problem with the exams (only 3, all MC). Make sure you read the text because she tests on stuff she doesn't go over in class.
I really enjoyed this class and her teaching methods. I would recommend this class to anyone who thinks that they might find Psych interesting.
She is a great professor. Tests are all multiple choice. Provides very important information in class and posts all slides online. Would recommend!
Overall great prof, keeps you engaged, and NOT monotone! which is fantastic! If it is snowing out at all then class with be canceled and you will be given a online assignment for that class, and you have to be there and real the text, as tests and exams are on both, and she may not go over something in class, but it is in the text.
She is so nice, and so helpful. She keeps you focused and interested in this course. Easily my favorite prof from first semester, and I'm happy to be taking the second part of psychology with her in second semester.
Carla is nice, and helpful when needed,but no matter how much I studied for her tests, read the text book, slides, everything, and getting over a 65 was impossible. Made me lose interest in Psychology. I do not recommend her for these classes.
I really like Carla. She was very nice, and easy to talk to outside and inside of class. She can be dry when she's teaching, but I didn't personally mind that. In order to pass her tests, all you had to do was attend class, read the parts of the chapter that weren't covered, and do the practice questions.
She's great, all profs should be like her! She puts her slide shows online which is helpful and she helps you understand with examples and little assignment that she only grades if they are done or not. Yes the class does require a fair amount of work but it will help you in the end. She gives practice questions and the answers to do alone to! LOVE
Carla is great, very funny. Try to read most of your text but most of all show up for class because what she talks about will be on the test, also does surprise attendance marks. Does at home video assignments and cancels class. Pass everything in and study and you will do fine! Wish I could take her again.
Good Prof, Take notes FAST and show up...
Dr. Gunn made my first and only psychology class very interesting. The best part about her class was how easy she made it to get a good grade! There were 4 tests, a few video and homework assignments, and some in class questions. Besides the tests however, everything is only graded on participation! Just do the work and you'll get a good grade!
Carla Gunn is a great prof. She gives so many opportunities for students to bring up their grades with homework assignments, bonuses, etc. Her tests aren't too hard as long as you study hard. She gives comprehensive lectures and seems to genuinely care. Read the textbook before class, it helps a lot!
Carla's class is quite dry, but it's a very easy class to do well in. The tests are fairly straight forward (if you study) and she gives participation marks away very easily. Most of her assignments she doesn't actually grade; you just get a mark for doing them.
LOVED Carla!! Great prof, fun to listen to and is great at explaining complicated things. She's super sweet. Wish she taught upper year courses too.
Overall, I found her to be a wonderful proff. Her lectures were clear and concepts were explained in a way that made sense. Definitely approachable. It's a lot of work, but doing extra credit can really boost your grade.
Very interesting class. Gave 5% extra credit which was awesome! Not interested in going into psych but she made me enjoy the class.
As a teacher, she's all over the place. She'll go forward 10 slides and back 8 and then forward another 3 and eventually become lost herself. I will not be taking another one of her classes again as she has made me come to not enjoy Psychology.
She's the one of the worst profs that I've ever had and is completely unorganized. Her questions don't make sense at all and she is grammatically incorrect on homework assignments and tests. I would recommend her class if you want to fail
Carla is so sweet! I enjoy having her for Psych. She will make you work for your mark. She will randomly assign homework but only for participation marks.
Carla's class is amazing. The class is nice, she is super accessible, and her exams are really easy. She gives practice questions before the exams that are really helpful. Just do the work and you will be fine.
good professor but she is unorganized with her power points which makes it hard to take notes/follow along. more of a teach yourself course.
Loved her, easily my favourite professor at STU.
Her lectures are clear enough and so are assignments and exam materials. Great example stories and videos. Just pay attention in class, do homework, read the textbook and you'll do good.
She is funny and lovely, would recommend. be aware of homework assignments. fair grader.
I took Carla's Psyc class the spring of 2020 and I found her teaching to truly help me grasp an understanding and a love for the subject. She valued students opinions and made sure to explain in great detail as well as have in class hand in questions on the subjects so that she could check students understanding. Gave me a love for Psychology.
If you value your mental health and want to continue liking psychology, do NOT touch this class even with a 10ft pole. Nice person but lectures are unorganized, test questions are wordy, confusing, and nothing like the notes from her lectures. Does not take input from students. Every exam felt like it was impossible to get over a 75.
Professor Gunn is a good professor. She explains everything in detail and her exams are multiple choice and pretty easy, you just need to take notes of the textbook and her lectures and you´ll be fine. Lectures this year were too long but I learned a lot. Downside: she didnt really take feedback from their students when complaining about lectures.
Carla's class is better than Bourque's. With that being said, Carla easily gets lost/confused in lectures, homework assignments are grammatically incorrect, and her tests are wordy and confusing. Pretty much impossible to get over 75%. Says random stuff in lectures but doesn't put it on slides but puts it on tests and homework. Work hardC grade.
Dont take dr. Gunn if you plan on taking psych courses again because shell probably turn you off of it. Each week theres a big chapter to read, plus a few hours worth of lectures, plus another couple hours of videos. There is en exam every few weeks, which are closed book even though every other prof does open book especially for online courses.
I would have to read the whole chapter of the textbook to take my notes because she was never clear what she wanted us to know. Only 4 test and all multiple choice which was nice. Overall this class was good but tough.
Personally I couldn't stand the lectures had a hard time understanding as she is too smart that she can't dumb it down. Although it's nice that the tests are all multiple choice some of the questions are so bizarre. If you don't read the textbook or watch the videos you will struggle as there are often several specific test questions. It's lik
I would not recommend taking Psych with Carla if you want to continue down that route. By far my hardest course, it's making me reconsider my major. There's hours of lectures that are all over the place, homework due weekly that takes hours to complete, and your mark is primarily from huge tests (practice tests are NOTHING like her real ones)!
Gunn is a solid professor for someone who has the time to read every page in the textbook and spend a lot of time watching longer online lectures and required videos. As someone who did not have the time/wasn't great at balancing all 5 classes in my first semester at University, I struggled more than I thought that I would. Very nice professor.
On a scale of 1 to 10, this professor would easily be a 1. I do not recommend taking her class. I passed by the skin of my teeth. The tests are hard. 50 questions in 50 minutes? No thanks. There is 'homework' every week... her questions make no sense and they're not straight forward. There's multiple choice, but questions are unclear. Never again.
Tests are fully multiple choice, she is clear about what she expects and does not take attendance. She heavily expects her students to do the textbook readings and homework assignments, and if you do, you will do great. Open to any questions and very responsive through email.
I love this professor, she is so passionate about what she does and she is so smart. She is very patient and happy to answer questions. She doesn't read from the PowerPoint all the time which I like. She has so much knowledge and she is very kind. I highly recommend this course.
Dr. Gunn was an excellent prof. I had her in the fall of 2022 and winter of 2023. She is super nice, gives good feedback, and ensures lots of time for studying for exams. Somehow, she just explains the subject matter so well. Definitely recommend for a first year student taking first year psych.
Carla Gunn has such a passion for psyc and it is obvious as she teaches. She only has four exams that you are graded on, likewise, if you show up for class and put in the effort you will pass. If you dont show up or do the readings, you will have a difficult time.
Her class is very content heavy, you must attended classes or else you may face penalty. Additionally, her exams are shortish yet, wordy and applied. So be prepared to apply terms to real-life situations without any explanation on how to do so. She gives opportunities for extra-credit work, which is nice. Although, it does not compensate.
She's great!
Carla is a very sweet and caring person. She wants you to show up and be prepared. Her lectures can be very plain and montone, but she really tries to make them interesting with stories and videos. Her tests are great and you can do things for extra marks. She has a big heart, I would recommend her and I would take her again!
She is very smart and her lectures are interesting. She makes lots or real life connections and also provides practice questions and class activities. The questions are her tests are mostly from lectures. If you don't go to class you likely won't do well in this course. If you go to the classes and do the readings you will likely do fine.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
62%
Textbook Required
0%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.71 avg changeRatings by Course
PYCH
5.0
(1)INTROTOPSYC
5.0
(1)PSYC10131023
5.0
(3)PSYCHINTR
5.0
(1)PSYC
4.8
(4)Difficulty by Course
PSYC1003
4.0
PSY1013
3.2
PSYCHOLOGY
3.0
MULTIPLEHOMICI
3.0
INTROTOPSYC
3.0