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“Catya is a very knowledgeable person but she is extremely disorganized and difficult to follow”
261 - 1.0 rating“She somehow would spend an hour explaining an assignment, and it was no closer to making sense”
PSYC261 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
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very confusing and teriible work load. she expects way to much.
I think she is crazy herself...she needs to take a chill pill and just teach the info. instead if being all over the place.
Nuts! Disorganized! Very intense assaignments! Lots of work! I think she expects way too much from a GE course. Be prepared for a huge huge paper utilizing many complex psyc studies.
The workload is intense, but the class was very inspirational. She teaches from the text, but clarifies points that are less obvious. Overall, I think she's an excellent presence in the classroom and I would take her for another course.
Too much work. She is full of herself. Does not help you become a better teacher. waste of time.
The notes she gives you have nothing to do with what you are tested on. If you just follow the book page by page you will have absolutely no problem. She is very willing to talk your grades over and always values your opinion. The workload gets to be kind of intense but it's manageable.
This woman is a nut job!!!!! She is just crazy, so if your looking for a little humor take her, however the humor gets old when the work starts getting intense...and it does!
WAY too much work, she talks too much about her "special" daughter. BLAHHHH! I was late for the final and she told me YOU CANNOT TAKE THE EXAM I had to talk to the dean to even take the test! HORRIBLE TEACHER
if you are up for a challenge then take her... if not, don't come near her classroom! You will do a ton of work but on the positive side... you actually learn and retain the info unlike other easier classes. Quirky, smart, and rigid is her style. In the end, she is fair on grading papers but tests are not done by her and are harder than sh&t!
Don't fall behind and start researching your topic right away. I worked my butt off in this class and pulled off a B+, but the lecture time is so stupid. All she does is talk off of power points that she made and she relies too heavily on them. Tests were online for us and the group presentation went well. Again, a lot of work(for a 4 credit class
Unless you have a real desire to hear a crazy lady talk about her daughter's dreadlocks or give you cheesy praise usually reserved for kindergartners every time you come to class, don't take her. Tests are easy but lots of hard and very unclear assignments
Catya must have gotten some complaints that she was talking too much about her daughter, because she hasn't said anything about her this semester. Personally, I really like her. Don't get me wrong, she is hard, but she has alot of good info and it made the class very interesting & entertaining. I would def. recommend her for your Psyc 261 prof.
Catya is pretty cool. She has her own opinions, which can get tough to listen to if you don't agree with some of them. But she's a very smart woman and is a good teacher. Tests are very easy, open book. Her assignments are explicitly outlined, but if you still have questions you can ask her and she'll clarify. I def reccomend her for 261!
Catya must have changed. I went into this class terrified because of everything I had heard about her. This class was easy. Online, open book tests, just do the reading. Follow the syllabus and outlines, and you will get an A. She likes to scare you, and says things are much more difficult than they are. Funny lady, I recommend her over others!
Catya is a very interesting lady. She really wants to help her students to become expert teachers. She is funny and is very knowledgable, her class is not very hard at all, and I learned alot. I would recommend her.
I was scared to death of Catya the first month of class. At the end of class I realized how much she had taught me and how great it was to have a heavy work load early in the semester. Good teacher, but be ready to spend time on reading material, and your paper and panel presentation for this class.
OMG, this class and the professor sucked! I seriously considered psych as a minor, but no more. The tests and assignments aren't bad, but the fricken term paper is an absolute nightmare. AND sitting through class was pretty much unbearable.
Put in a little effort and it is an easy A. Tests on D2L, open book, straight out of the book. No lecture notes on exam at all. Gives 5% bonus on grade for missing 1 class or none.
Not a bad class. I am not a psych major, but I feel that what she covered will apply in many situations. She does not take criticism well, but is very helpful. Make sure you do the chapter examples- these are busy work but easy points!
Catya is an awesome professor. She's a very smart lady who really wants her students to learn and succeed. My class was huge so I think that's why the # of assign. that we did was decreased otherwise she may have been tougher. Very nice, very funny. Would definitely recommend her.
Let me say first off Catya is as annoying as hell. I literally can't stand to sit through her class. The thing that really pisses me off is that her syllabus is completely messed up. It's set up in a way that only she could understand, plus it's impossible to find out when things are due because of it.
She rocks, she keeps your attention, with her laugh and change in voice, even if she has already talked sttraight for 4 hours before your class, she knows what she is talking about, if your interested, you will love what she has to say!!
Awful teacher. I cannot stand to sit through her class and listen to her talk. She's opinionated and her instructions never make sense. Treats you like you are stupid just because her resources (syllabus, content on D2L) are extremely hard to understand and disorganized. Tests are easy, open book on D2L.
Catya is very passionate about what she teaches, but sometimes the lectures seemed a little unorganized. Even so, we had a lot of interesting class discussions. I also appreciated the way she spread out our assignments over the course of the semester. There’s a term paper, but it’s very do-able. If you have to take ed psych, take it with her!
Catya comes off as being a fun, knowledgeable professor, when she's really unorganized, not helpful at all, and her lectures are boring and pointless. Tests aren't too bad and are based solely out of the book--can use notes and text on D2L tests. Would suggest taking another professor, if possible.
Very bad prof. Lecutre, directions, and syllabus increadibly disorganized, and have many major errors. She never answers your questions, and any attempted answer is very condecending. Went into class very interested and left learning little if anything. Worst teacher I've ever had.
Boooooooooooooooooring. I pretty much fell alseep every day. Not very difficult class but she is crazy and boring.
Worst prof I've had so far. Her lectures were boring and she told us that she was lecturing straight out of the book. Very few people participated in class. She was extremely disorganized and kept going off on tangents about what famous person she had met or was working with. Basically she liked to make herself look great
Catya is a boring lecturer but her class is pretty easy. you just have to write a 10ish pg term paper but do the paper preps and it wont be difficult. her tests are D2L multiple choice straight from the book (theyre open book also). The class is interesting at times, tho boring. i would suggest taking her, cuz the class is relatively easy.
She is boring and crazy and the tests are impossible! She doesn't lecture to the test so going to class is pointless, and the tests are impossible if you dont read the text book.
The lectures are kind of long and we had to write chapter examples sets (equivalent to a 10 page paper by the end of the semester). Tests are open book so know where to find answers in your text. Easy class. I'd recommend taking it.
DO NOT take this class with Catya. Her tests are open book on D2L; however, they are based on minor details from the text book and not her lectures...so they are still really hard. Also, if you email her with a question, don't expect an answer.
I really enjoyed this class. Catya is pretty crazy, but she really knows her stuff and will keep you entertained. However, lectures are pretty pointless, because exams are only from the book. They're easy because they're online and open note/book. The paper and group presentation are time-consuming, but not too hard, and you'll learn a lot.
This class is easy! I got Cs and Ds on all my test- they are all online open book but got an easy A on all my hw and got an A in the class. You just have to do the chapter assignments, and they take ten minutes and you get an A! Her lectures are pointless and tests are hard but hw counts more than tests. Easy Class if you just do the hw.
Class isn't that hard if you read the chapters. The tests are online and you can use your book. She's pretty crazy sometimes, uses a lot of personal stories. The lecture almost seems pointless because the tests are off the book, but she takes attendance.
Those who can't do it, teach it. She knows her stuff but is a terrible professor. When you're teaching a class on classroom management and working with children, student humiliation in front of the entire class is an obvious no-no. Also, the fact that she made no attempt to learn our names didn't impress me.
Catya is a very entertaining professor. But, this unfortunately does not reflect the overall class. Exams are ridiculous, and only based on the book. Chegs aren't as helpful as she thinks they are, and she doesn't even read them. At least they're cushion points, right? I'm a psych major, and I love psych. But this class was lacking...
Katya is a very entertaining professor, however, it is POINTLESS to go to class, yet mandatory. All the tests were open book online, but don't let that fool you, they were timed and super picky and specific. the final is 'somewhat cumulative'and we get a short time. Learned nothing, struggle to get up to go to this class. overall, wouldn't take it
I really liked the subject of this class.Katya is pretty entertaining and is incredibly level headed. All of the tests are online and out of the textbook. Some people had a hard time with them but I thought they were pretty easy. Just read the chapters first. Use the class as a time to read the chapters and you'll be fine.
She is WEIRD! Sometimes i think she talk to herself. She is a nice lady though. Like what everyone said, exams are online and its ridiculous!!!!! There'll be two correct answers and you'll have NO CLUE which one to pick. POOR POOR! I did not like it. I seriously struggled although it was open book. Try taking someone else if you can.
SHE SUCKS! She was a horrible teacher always rambling about the dumbest things. Her powerpoints never made sense and her tests weren't even on what she talked about just the text. She was a waste of my time and I didn't learn anything!
Katya is one of the worst professors I have had. Her lecture is useless, there is zero need to pay attention to it. The best part is when we go into "Von Karolyi" time when she clearly states that none of this matters and is her opinion, worthless. Tests are straight from the book and no pre reading is needed to pass, worthless class, avoid her!
She is weird as hell and goes on many tangents every class. Exams are from the textbook and online so no need to listen to her unorganized lectures or even read the chapters for that matter. The positive side was that we were amused by her weirdness and it was entertaining at times
Katya is such an easy professor. The ways she goes about telling us that the class did well are not the most effective, especially for a classroom management class. She likes to blame all confusion on students. However, all tests were from the book and online and if you only miss one class, you get five extra precent to your final class grade.
Attendance is taken every day, but nothing she says in lecture is on the test. The exams are on D2L and are only on what you read in the textbook. The tests are open book, but that doesn't really help. She is very opinionated and that can be very annoying in lecture. I love the content of this class though--great class, bad professor.
Wonderful teacher and advisor. You have to read the books (obviously, that's what you have them for). She talks about more than what's on the test which makes her a great professor...you actually learn a lot about the topics. Also very humourous.
I highly suggest reading the chapters assigned. Her exams are open-book for a reason (be warned, they are difficult), as almost all of her questions come from the book. Required homework due the class period before every exam (chapter examples) and are a PAIN, but easy. She's not the greatest, but you can definitely pull off a B without trying.
Do not take at all. Blames students for confusion on assignments. Incomprehensibly confusing assignments. Takes 2 hours of class time + 8 pages of instructions for a 1 page paper prep. Claims to be great at detecting plagiarism, yet fails and accuses student of plagiarizing. Admitted lecture has no relations to exams. Lectures are her ranting.
Very entertaining lectures. No, they don't relate to the exams but she tells you that up front. Read the text book and take notes because exam questions are straight from the book (exams are on D2L, open note, open book). Follow her instructions to a T and you'll do fine. Very transparent in her methods, which is a nice quality in a professor.
Worst class i've ever taken. Her schedule makes little sense, the group project is pointless, the notes are unrelated to the tests, the tests are impossible, she says she will help you with something but she actually doesn't. She'll just give you a 0. Good luck if your stuck with her.I was considering a psychology major/minor, not anymore.
Catya is really nice, knows her stuff and is a lot of fun. Her lectures have nothing to do with her online tests, so that means read the book and do the disscusion boards. You do that I gaurantee a B with out effort.
She's helpful, however, lectures don't follow the book and the tests are on the textbook making her lectures not that useful. All tests are taken online outside of class time are very wordy and timed, but it is open book. Tests are weekly covering three chapters at a time (about 90 pages).
She means well but her directions for assignments are needlessly complex. She's very qualified and great in the classroom but seems to care more about formatting than the content. You'll do well in the class but you'll be frustrated 60% of the time.
This class is a lot of work but it's worth it. You have to read the textbook to do well on the tests but they are not that hard. Her guidelines for assignments are very explicit but rather confusing. This class is highly useful for ed majors, definitely worth the work! If you only miss one class you get 5% added onto your grade.
All lectures were pointless. Tests were on D2L and were solely based on the textbook. Her lecture slides were from the publisher of the book, not even her own words. She knows her content, and is a nice lady, but she is SO incredibly disorganized which causes her students to suffer immensely.
This professor assigns a ton of busy work and does not grade any of it. She does not write her tests so the lectures do not help at all. Avoid taking a class with her at all costs especially if you want a good grade or to learn something!!
Catya is the WORST professor on the UWEC campus!! DO NOT take this class with her, you will regret it. She is very unclear, rambles on unrelated topics, and very offensive statements habitually leave her mouth!
Terrible professor! She accuses people of plagiarism when other professors look at it and say it is not plagiarism.
She is very unorganized and not clear at all with assignments and not helpful at all. You have to follow every little nit picky detail from assignments to when you email her. All of her tests are based off the text books and still are very hard and confusing. I would NOT take her if possible but if you follow everything to a T you'll be okay.
Very easy class! She gives students a 5% boost to grades if they miss one class or less. Her in-class directions on assignments were often very poor, but she explains things better in writing. She's not very approachable, but she does lecture well in class.
I took this half in class/online with Catya. She's definitely interesting! The lectures have nothing to do with the online exams, but you get 5% extra credit if you miss 0-1 classes. THIS CLASS IS A LOT OF WORK. If you don't NEED it, I don't recommend taking it. The group project is a nightmare, but she's very organized and explains it well.
One of the worst professors I've had the misfortune to take. Lectures are irrelevant to the tests. Tests come from the publisher and require you to pick lines from the text to answer poorly written and useless questions. Far too much work for the credits earned. Constantly harangues students for not following her over complicated syllabus.
I didn't really have an issue with Catya herself, but the online tests were awful. Reading the textbook didn't help at all and you don't get to see what questions you got wrong after you're finished. Her lectures are pretty good and the "interteaches" that she assigns are helpful, but time consuming.
She is the worst professor I have ever had. She refuses to help or answer any questions. The group project is confusing and she will not help to make it less confusing. All tests are online but quite difficult. She is very strict on getting citations exactly right and warns that it is plagiarism if they aren't right.
Terrible professor. Knows what she's talking about, but doesn't know how to explain it to students. Online activities are time consuming and confusing. Lectures don't really relate to the exams.
Catya takes a little getting used to, but is ultimately not as bad as most people make her out to be. If you're motivated to succeed, you'll find a way to adjust to her thought process and way of doing things. She always responds to emails quickly and is willing to help if you ask. No need to take notes in lecture - tests are right from the book.
Online tests are really difficult because she doesn''t create them herself. Warns against not passing a single one of her tests on the first day of class and she means it. Lectures do not relate to the tests. Interteach assignments are the only thing that will save your grade if you don''t do well on tests
Catya is a very knowledgeable person but she is extremely disorganized and difficult to follow. The assignments are difficult because she does not present what is expected in the project. Make sure to read the book and study the book, the tests are completely based on it. All I can say is, good luck, and get out of this class ASAP.
boring and confusing
Thinks she's organized - definitely is not. Just about everything is confusing, she tries to clarify, but does not do a good job. Lectures aren't too bad, she's knowledgeable and sometimes shares good stories.
Awful class. She somehow would spend an hour explaining an assignment, and it was no closer to making sense. Save yourself, and take this class with a different professor.
Horrible, disorganized, and is rude to students. Doesn't have clear directions and expects you to know what is going on. Is all over the place. Doesn't know her students names. Just horrible. Avoid if possible.
The worst professor I have ever taken. Is totally disorganized and is all over the place. Doesn't explain anything in class and if she does it doesn't make any sense. Is rude to students for asking questions and then complains that we ask so many questions. Honestly, wouldn't take again. Take someone else because she makes you go crazy.
Absolutely terrible and unorganized. If you can avoid taking her, then pick a different professor! Terribly un-clear with assignments. The whole class was confused as to what was going on, we had no idea what to do and she was no help. Her class lectures were unrelevant and often off topic.
Worst professor I have ever had. Doesn't explain anything in class and gets super mad when the class asks questions. Is really rude to students and is just not nice. Makes you sign up for office hours even though she should be their in her office. Haven't learned a single thing in 6 weeks, now. Don't take if you can. Take someone else.
Horrible. Doesn't explain a single thing in class and is super disorganized. She doesn't know how to run a smooth classroom. She even admitted to our class that this is the first time she is teaching this class in this "weird a** way." Doesn't have respect for students and is really rude when the class asks questions. Don't take her ever.
Catya is super disorganized, rude and just plain horrible. Doesn't explain anything in class and expects us to know everything even though she doesn't explain a single thing in class. We haven't learned anything and it is almost the 7th week of school. Doesn't respect her students and is really unorganized. Don't take her, you will be miserable.
Horrible, doesn't know how to teach. Is really rude and disrespectful to students and gets annoyed when students ask questions. Thinks she super great at explaining but in reality she stinks. Wouldn't ever take her again and recommend not taking her. She makes you want to pull you hair out.
This class if very confusing. She does not really teach. She has a huge group project that is super confusing and the majority of your grade. However, all her tests are online but you need to actually read the chapter to pass them. Thats the only easy part of her class (i have been able to get all As on them). Wouldn't recommend.
So rude to students and not helpful what so ever. There is one group project that is worth a large portion of your grade. Very confusing in her directions/lectures. Most of the work is outside of class, however attendance is mandatory. AVOID IF POSSIBLE.
She is not very clear about what she expects from the assignments. She is rude to students and does not give good feedback on projects. My class was a hybrid and she did not teach much. There were a few lectures, but we were not tested on them. Otherwise, we just read the book and take quizzes online. At least the quizzes are easy and open book.
Worst professor I had this semester. Doesn't make sense and doesn't teach anything in class. Basically you read the chapter and every Friday take an online quiz on it (which is nice since it is open book). Assignments are pretty easy, but beware of the group project, it is a nightmare. She is an okay person, but would never take again.
Extremely confusing, poorly put together group project. Lectures are worthless to attend. You must read the book thoroughly if you want to pass the weekly online quizzes, because she doesn't spend time in class going over it. She spends lecture time explaining the semester's project, the grade of which is based hugely on format, instead of content.
This professor is all over the place. She is very unorganized both online and in person and expects way too much from her students. There was way more work to be done than should be in a 300 level course. She also makes her views clear and is not very nice to those who disagree. I would not take her again, and I would not recommend her.
Not bad at all! Would take this class again. All the tests are online and assignments aren't too hard.
I actually love Catya. People like to give her a hard time, but if you show up to class and participate there's nothing wrong with her. She is very passionate about what she does and if you are willing to put in the work, she is more than happy to help you.
Could not recommend a professor less. She is unorganized, rude and disrespectful to students, and a total control freak. She will stop the entire class and call someone out if she suspects they're not doing class-related work and 90% of the time, they're doing nothing wrong. I often leave class more confused than when I come in.
WORST PROFESSOR EVER. Lectures are irrelevant to the test so don't bother paying attention. Assignments are very disorganized and she wants you to be very specific. Extremely rude and condescending. Avoid her at all costs, but if you are stuck with her, just get the assignments done early to stay on top of things.
Honestly, not bad... not GREAT... but not bad either! She's a little crazy, but she told us that she reorganized her curriculum this semester and it feels very fair. Take advantage of your book, it's a lot to read but well written, and always show up to class for interteach days! Other than that, class isn't that important as most points are online
Catya is not a bad person, she's just super unorganized so if you like structure and can't stand it when professors are all over the place, I wouldn't take her. Her grading and assignments, however; are not bad, very do-able and she's also very nice and is willing to give accommodation if and when needed. Just make sure you speak with her about it.
She's pretty awful, extremely condescending towards questions about the assignments. She doesn't even make up her own questions for the tests. Her lectures are scattered and don't matter when it comes to taking the test. Avoid her at all costs!
Katya was a decent professor. All of her tests, including the final, were online so they were open book making them relatively easy. Going to class is irrelevant because she talks about her opinion and not content but showing up is extra credit. There is a lot of reading and a few projects but overall she is a good professor.
Dr. K is very smart and all the topics she talks about are interesting, however they aren't related to the class. Most people don't bother taking notes in class because it is all unrelated to our exams and assignments. All assignments are online.
Avoid. The lectures are NOT relevant to the tests at all. But class attendance has points!
Class Info
Online Classes
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Attendance Mandatory
91%
Textbook Required
100%
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