Hes probably one of the worst professors Ibe had at OSU. He seems like a great guy but I feel like I learn nothing from his class. His lecture are super long and boring. They consist of him just rambling on about assignments and random things that dont fit in the lecture! He makes things really confusing so read the book if you take him!

Not a great professor, he twists concepts around to make them way more confusing than they need to be. Studying is mostly trying to understand what he is saying, and even his powerpoint slides are hard to follow because the grammar is so bad. He seems nice enough, but I highly recommend avoiding taking his class.

You can tell he is having trouble with finding a right teaching method. Its not fair to any of us students because it is affecting us and our grade. Hes all over the place and not straightforward at all. The tests are confusing and he says multiple answers could be right but he says to pick the best one. If you want a good grade do not take him!!!

He literally talked about his rate my professor score in class, trying to passive aggressively justify himself as to why he teaches the way he does. He answers emails rudely, has the grammar ability of a five-year-old, doesnt care about his students grades, and gives zero notice when it comes to doing group projects. 10/10 would NOT reccomend.

Hes unprofessional, brought up this website in class. He seems like he genuinely cares about the subjects but I didnt like his teaching style. He didnt seem like he really cared if people wanted him to slow down. He is very passionate and to pass you have to spend a lot of time with him in office hours. take 2300/3313 with another professor.

Makes an already dull research methods course more boring. Has a talent of making simple concepts more confusing. I don't know if its hard to focus because of his monotone voice or his constant stuttering. Acknowledges that he hasnt prepared us for an exam on numerous occasions but continues to make exams where the class average is a F.

He over complicates all topics. Typical example of a first year teacher coming in and trying to overreach all the material. Hes gone back and forth between lecture styles and the book he offers doesnt offer nearly enough workable examples. Dude is straight floundering and bringing the class down with him. Nice guy, bad teacher.

Unorganized. Its his first year so I try to be understanding, but its ridiculous. Takes forever to grade items, assignments have little structure/instruction, exams are hard. We thankfully have opportunity to make up a few points for an exam. Some people are harsh, but he truly needs to do something much different if he wants students to succeed.

He rarely lectures in a way that makes sense and when he goes over assignments he will be wrong when explaining important topics in the class. His tests are a nightmare (extremely confusing) and the strict attendance policy should be removed considering it's more confusing to be in class than it is to attempt to teach yourself with the textbook.

Worst professors had in my college career. Exams are complex pertaining to more simple content. Countless mistakes that he has to correct. When presenting information he mixes up his words and confuses students. He does not speak with confidence. You'd be better off not going to class and teaching yourself. Do yourself a favor and take someone else

The worst professor I've had in my life. Period. Rather than taking criticism and fixing the things he is awful at, he gets defensive and tries to make excuses for why he makes such a simple so much harder than it needs to be. He messes up on his slides, messes up while talking, and then tries to go back and defend himself messing up. Terrible.

Where do I even start: this guy clearly just doesnt get it. He has now changed his lecture style for a third time, there is little to no practice problems for materials he claims needs to be practiced outside of class, and he CONSTANTLY talks about concepts for several minutes then goes oops no wait I meant the opposite. Ridiculously awful.

This guy... He should not be teaching at OSU. He is nearly impossible to understand in class, is completely scattered and unorganized, and does more to confuse students than teach them. I've done well on the exams because I had previous experience with some of the material, but I understand how others could be completely lost.

One of the worst professors I have had at OSU. I normally can deal with bad professors but he is so confusing and does not provide clear details at all. He is a hard grader and assigns very hard homework. If you take this class, find another professor.

Really needs to take a remedial teaching course: unclear points, constant stuttering, non-confident speaking, etc... Constantly tells us he didn't prepare us for the exams but continues to teach the same way.. Most importantly, this man PULLED UP HIS RATEMYPROFESSOR COMMENTS in class and proceeded to dissect them and defend himself.. very strange

IMO, worst prof at OSU. He's RUDE, awful at explaining EVERYTHING then gets annoyed when the class doesn't understand? (which leads to awk. silences) Makes everything so much more difficult than it needs to be. I DREAD coming to class bc the energy is so bad. Pulled up his ratings in class & tried defending himself. Doesn't know what he's doing.

He doesn't do a good job of conveying information to the class and makes easy topics way more difficult than they have to be. Projects/group assignments do not help with what we are supposed to be learning. He is unorganized and makes typos/grammar mistakes everywhere. The class is fine if you have the book, so just teach yourself if you take him.

Get ready for your grade to be based almost solely on group projects! he's clearly very intelligent, but he almost expects his students to have the same level of knowledge. OSU believes this is a very important class and won't accept any other school's interpretation, and I was pretty disappointed. I felt like I got nothing from this class.

Tedious group projects, overly difficult exams littered with grammatical mistakes, gives out extra credit points for damage control and padding on these group projects, boring and awkward lectures, and a rather rude emailer. Harsh for a first year, I know, but this is a lower level psych class. Take all his classes with someone else if you can.

do yourself a favor and not take his class. terrible speaker, rambles on about wrong things then tries to correct himself and confuses students. gives a lot of extra credit because his exams are terrible and full of mistakes. Group projects have so little to do with the material and he did not even write up the requirements until 2-3 days before

I'm not one to complain about professors but I had to make an exception after this course. He rambled about random topics, constantly had to correct himself, and couldn't answer questions because he isn't an "expert on that topic" as he would say. On many occasions he would give information that was so incorrect students had to notify him.

I feel for this professor bc tries his best. His lectures do not help at all. A lot of unnecessary assignments that do not help you learn. Exams are kinda hard but he gives a lot of EC to make up for that. With that being said this class is very doable if you are able to read the textbook and completely teach yourself the information.

Gives a lot of extra credit that makes up for a higher grade in the class. Lectures are very unorganized and he does not teach. Going to class was a waste of time but he took attendance

The lectures seem like he is just reading from the book, they're super boring and he doesn't seem interested in teaching the material. He is very hard to reach outside of class and takes over a week to respond to emails. He also seems very annoyed when students don't understand the question or know the answer, and will ignore and talk over them.

Often was unprepared for class. His slides matched the textbook sometimes word for word. Less than half of the class attended lecture because if you read the textbook, youd do well on exams. Any examples given in class were exactly what the textbook has. He was rude to students and would talk over you or get mad if you don't understand something.

I make A's in all my courses but I had to spend so much time studying, watching videos, etc in this course just to get the grade I wanted. This is a 3 credit course, but I spent at least 12 hours a week working on assignments for this course. Simplify what we need to know for exams because most of us have to take this for our audit, not by choice

Professor Phenis is a nice guy, and you can tell he knows his stuff. But the way he teaches was unbearable. He was super disorganized, would jump from ideas rapidly with little explanation, wasn't able to make the material understandable and even showed up late a few times.

Lacks empathy and respect for students. Group assignments are pointless and a waste of time. I know this is a required class for psychology majors; find a different professor.

First thing to know, his quizzes are unreasonable difficult. I studied vigorously for his quizzes and still get a 50% at best AND his quizzes are worth 30% of the class grade. The group assignments, which are what you work the hardest on, are barely worth any of your grade. I just feel like his grading is backwards in a sense. Wouldn't recommend

It is extremely difficult to understand what he is explaining. He stammers too much when he talks. He also often does not finish one sentence to start another sentence which makes me so confused and cannot get what he is trying to say.

Professor Phenis is a nice enough guy, but as far as classes/teaching styles go...I would recommend a different professor for this course. Quizzes were *extremely* difficult and made up the largest portion of the grade, the lectures were difficult to follow along and he always seemed frazzled if anyone had a question. Nice guy, not a great prof.

Phenis is not an inherently bad person, but he is overall bad at being a higher education teacher. His teaching is so inconsistent and hard to follow, his quizzes and exams are unnecessarily difficult, and his delivery of the material is hard to follow. I've had him in two classes and his classes have been my largest obstacles in college. AVOID

Very bad teacher. He was so in his own world that he forgot we were intro to Neuroscience students who did not yet speak the foreign language of Neuro. Dude needed to tone it down and stop talking to us as if we had P.H.D's in the field. Really did not explain things at all to us.

He's really passionate about his stuff & is a nice guy BUT I wouldnt take him again. His quizzes are v hard and though I had a 90 going into the final, I bombed it and ended with a B-. He also took weeks to grade our group assignments if you were in a group like #12 and on. Sucked bc we didnt get our grade till 2 days before our final proj was due.

His class is incredibly hard, he is horrible at lecturing and treats students like they should just know better. His lectures are incredibly difficult to get through, long and wordy, but he says nothing throughout them. He grades like he is talking down on you, kind of rude commentary. I have never had a professor like this and I dont recommend.

The coursework is easy and basic. It is easy to understand and learn. He does mandatory group work with a randomly assigned group and it doesn't relate to the course. Feedback is not helpful and he belittles you. The "help" he gives does not relate at all and it does not make sense. Definitely recommend avoiding his course, just wait for a new prof

If I could go back in time, Id tell myself not to take this course with this professor. He doesnt give timely feedback. His quizzes are extremely difficult. All his in class examples can be found in the book. And he admits that his final is way harder than the rest of his content. He is okay as a lecturer but that a good professor does not make.

One of the worst classes Ive ever taken. I didnt believe people when they said he was awful but they were right. The material is so easy but he is sooo boring and the final was one of the hardest finals Ive ever taken. The whole class is basically a group project too and he grades that stuff really harshly. Seriously do not take a class with him

I hated this course. The lectures were hard to follow because it was so boring. He uses terms that he hasn't taught yet and will tell you it'll make sense later but never does. The quizzes are easy but the final exam was horrible. I recommend avoiding this course at ALL costs.

I honestly thought I would ask Reddit and go with their opinion on this teacher (I was warned but not as much as here). If you want a high A dont take him, his class is based on GROUP WORK, if they do bad, you will receive an F! I would take someone else. Quizzes=EASY, but his classes=boring and doesn't explain well on what he wants in his projects

This class is mostly group work so if you participate and have a good group you will get a good grade. BUT lectures are extremely difficult to understand and the final is near impossible. You can tell he knows the topic well,but explains them in the most bland, boring and most un-understandable way that makes the class impossible to learn materials

Currently sitting in his class wishing I wasn't here. He has explained this assignment for over 30 minutes despite the same explanation being typed out on Carmen. He overexplains everything to the point where his point is completely lost. Makes the content and projects WAY more complicated and deep than it needs to be. I tried to avoid him but alas

Overexplains during lecture and is difficult to understand points. Group work is a majority of the class. Slides are easily accessible and lecture is optional (posts zoom), but quizzes are difficult and final is very difficult.

Very difficult to keep up with his lectures and often times his test/quiz questions arent even found on the slides he provides. You'd have to rewatch all of his zoom recordings to understand topics because you cant really study off of his slides.

Do NOT waste your time with him he is so boring and the group projects are probably the worst thing ever. You will inevitably be confused the entire time and not end up learning a single thing

A research methods class truly about neuroscience. Overly complex group assignments that go way out in the weeds. Confusing instructions and generally boring to listen to. Would not recommend

He is the worst professor I've ever taken a class with. He's a boring and bad lecturer, he allows to redo things but you have to get 100% on the remediation and do a bunch of work with it which takes hours. 0/10 recommend him. There's much better professors or classes in general (if this isn't a specific requirement for you). Save yourself

Lectures are extremely boring and exhausting with a huge amount of unnecessarily complicated content. He tries to hide important information for tests from the slides and makes questions as convoluted as possible. His free-response questions are graded all-or-nothing, and remediations are graded harshly. This class makes me hate neuroscience.

Phenis is NOT a good lecturer, NOT an easy grader, and NOT a professor to learn from. If you believe that this class will be a wonderful commencement to your neuroscience major, you will be deeply disappointed. The only reason I get an A is by using materials from other sections and studying for my other neuroscience class. Take Dr. Coutellier.

Horrible group project. Didn't end up learning anything useful due to all of the stress trying to understand the impossibility complex group project directions. His lectures are incredibly dry and uninteresting. Please never take anything with this prof.

He loves to hear himself speak, the majority of class will be him repeating the same thing over and over again. He sucks at teaching and should be avoided.

AWFUL, didn't learn a single thing from this class. Quiz's are trick questions. Lectures are dreadful, zero engagement We all started counting the number of times he would say "but I'll explain that later", to which he never did. Group projects are HORRIBLE!! Ridiculously overcomplicated and gained NOTHING from all the work. AVOID him at all costs!

Group projects absolutely suck and make no sense. His directions are never clear. His quizzes are worded so badly, google doesn't even know what the right answer is. He's the type to encourage you to talk in class with some "no answer is wrong" bs and then tells you your completely wrong meaning you should actually feel ugly, worthless, and gay.

Think of spongebob's voice. But spongebob's is actually tolerable and he says stuff that makes sense. That does not apply to this class, he speaks at 1000x speed in riddles. Haven't learned a single thing so far and I won't. If you actually want to learn something, look elsewhere.

DO NOT TAKE RESEARCH METHODS WITH THIS PROF. This man repeats himself the whole lecture and speaks a mile a minute. I have gained absolutely nothing from this class. I learn better from ChatGPT than I do this class. The group project assignment instructions are extremely wordy which made it extremely difficult to figure out.

I felt as though Dr. Phenis was completely all over the place. This class is a prereq for Neuro majors, and it almost made me consider switching. His class was easy to pass due to it being primarily open note, but the inconsistencies in his lectures made it difficult to do so. I felt as though he solely spewed words at us. I don't recommend.