She talks fast, but her explanation is very clear. She has many trickey questions in weekly quizzes.

If you are looking for an easy class that you can sleep through, don't take this one. Kazemi expects a lot from her students. But if you really want to walk away knowing how to conduct research and feeling like you surpassed your own expectations of yourself, DO take this. It's hard, I'm stressed...but I'm loving it.

Great teacher! She makes you work hard, but you learn a great deal.

This professor is in her 1st year of teaching at CSUN, but she educates like a seasoned pro. She is young, beautiful, & smart. Dr. Kazemi's version of Research Methods is more difficult than others. However, she absolutely devotes her time & energy 2 helping you through the process. I feel confident in my understanding of the material due 2 her.

Dr.Ellie Kazemi is now Dr.Ellie Adzhyan! Make a note of it because SHE IS THE BEST PROFESSOR I HAVE EVER TAKEN! You WILL have to do the work but you won't care. Her knowledge,passion,thoughtfulness,sincerity and REAL caring are just a few of the many qualities that will have you saying "She is the BEST! I love her!" after class. No exageration!

THE BEST PROFESSOR YOU WILL EVER TAKE. NO B.S.

Dr. Kazemi ROCKS! She is living proof that you can have it all.. you can be pretty, super fashionable, and incredibly intelligent. She is extremely passionate about her research and she takes her role as an educator very seriously. If you are serious about psychology and you want to be challenged, take her class. She's great!

Dr. Kazemi is a great professor, but don't take her class if you expect it to be easy. It is a hard class and you have to stay motivated if you want to do well.

Is this a professor or a model...Damn she's hot!

Probably the hardest class that I have ever taken. Looks can be deceiving, just because she looks like a supermodel doesn't mean that she's airy like one. But this is by far one of THE best classes ever. I've learned so much because of this woman and she really makes the course flow. Only 2 exams and opt. final.. Great Prof. TAKE HER!!

Dr. Kazemi is by far my most favorite instructor here or anywhere! She loves teaching and is passionate about teaching everyone and making sure that everyone understands what's going on. She makes it possible for you to have time to do your experiments and guides you along the entire thing. She goes above and beyond to help you out. She's AWESOM

Dr. Kazemi is a great professor and person.Her class should rank among the best you will ever take.She is clever,intelligent, challenging,funny and sincere.I respect her most for her willingness to make posotive contributions to people's lives and her sincere nature.She is not perfect,but she is a role-model and mentor.CSUN is lucky to have Dr. K.

Dr. K is one of those great teachers that really gets the message across. You'll learn an incredible about from her that is actually applicable to your studies. She is totally willing to make time to meet with her students and sometims gets wrapped up in long conversations about the facts of life with you. Its great!

Loved this teacher. Best one i have had at CSUN so far. Renewed my hope that there are good teachers at this school. TAKE her. Makes lectures interesting any really relates topics to real world situations.

AMAZING!! I cannot explain in this little box how much you will get out of this class. She makes you feel her passion about learning. Quizzes often (easy 3 questions), 4 tests (drop the lowest one), one presention (simple). If you go to class and spend time understanding lectures, you will get a good grade. Take this class, you won't regret it.

This was one of the BEST classes I've taken @ CSUN. Dr. K is an amazing teacher. Her lectures are very informative & I really felt I have a lot to take from this class. There are quizzes just about every week, but if you read & attend class you'll be fine. Not an easy A, but definitely worth the effort!!

First of all, the pic on here is not the best, she's so much cuter in person.ANYWAY, she's an awesome teacher; she enjoys what she does. It is not an easy A, but you will learn a lot. If you just make an effort, as with any class, you'll do fine. And, she's always willing to help you if you need it.

Dr.K was seriously the best teacher that I've had in,well forever. This was a really interesting class and I'm glad I took it,I learned so much. The frequent quizzes may seem annoying but actually helps you out in the end. She makes sure everyone understands the topic before moving on. Go to class,skim book,look over lecture notes and you get an A.

WONDERFUL professor...geniuinely cares about students, great energy and excellent at teaching...HIGHLY RECOMMEND

The most caring PERSON let alone professor that I have ever come across in my life.I was able to apply all the concepts that I learned in her class to my 400 level classes, and she gives you information on webct that you can hold on to and refer back to in the future. If you truely care about learning... take her!

She's definately one of the best professors I've ever had. She's very organized, clear, fair, friendly, and helpful. She knows what she's teaching inside and out so she's able to explain it in many ways. She utilizes her very informed T.A.'s very well, so it's like having 2 professors, which was great. She had some of the best T.A.'s I've ever had.

This was definetely a difficult class, however I learned so much.The downside of taking this class with Kazemi is that she over teaches you, and in the end leaving you clueless for the exams. The TA's were useless and unclear making you feel stupid all the time. In the end i dont even know who was running the class, the TA's or the prof?

Do not understand these comments as Dr. Kazemi made everything crystal clear, took all questions, and treated EVERYONE fairly! If anyone was confused you could track her down almost anytime and she was accessible above and beyond what is expected. Her tests are conceptual and make you think, maybe that is why some are complaining. TAs were awsome!

First, this is a COLLEGE class that is inherently conceptual. The people who complained in previous posts clearly expected an easy class in which reading lecture notes right before the exam would be enough to get an A. They were wrong and are now blaming Dr. Kazemi for their own failures.

The reason the class felt rushed toward the end was because it was a large class and the prof was constantly answering questions; sometimes the same questions over and over again. If students were still confused the prof was available, as well as 2 TAs, and the vastly underutilized course website where we all could've helped each other.

Please, when people are saying that she picked "favorites" they are referring to the fact that a handful of people were chosen to give presentations on their self mod. projects. We were a class of 74, not everyone could be chosen. There were NO "favorites," that is not how this professor conducts her class. She is way too ethical for that!

The best professor I have had. Take her if you want to learn but definitely not an easy A.

I really enjoy her teaching style. She makes difficult material easy and interesting. She expects college level work so I really had to work for my grade but she makes it worth it. She is also one of the only professors I know I can find in her office happy to help.

Awesome teacher! Hard class but she is very fair. She inspired me to work in this field. I wish there were more professors like her.

She has got it all. She is very knowledgeable and very interesting. She makes hard material and research related to everyday life. Best professor I have had so far.

I learned so much from this professor! Because of her class I did better in my other classes. I tried taking more classes with her but there were people sitting on the floor. If you can take her, you should. She'll change your life.

Two multiple-choice exams, optional cumulative final, online quizzes you can retake until you get 100%, pop quizzes, and a "self-modification project" which is basically 3 homework assignments. Covers everything you need to know at a good pace. If you pay attention in class, you'll do well.

Not hard at all if you just do the readings and actually listen to lectures and review them on your own. The TA's are very helpful always on top of things and willing to help. Material is not difficult to understand as long as you read and see the examples. Not long hard readings easy to understand. Interesting class and you learn!Would take again.

Best point of advice - The class is out of 100 points, so every point counts tremendously, keep this in mind. The material was easy, dealt with numerous concepts. I felt that the professor had to be tricky to make the tests harder. Definitely go to class, review notes, read the book (to refine) and go to her office hours to show that you care.

A fantastic professor, one of the best I have had. She's incredibly intelligent and approachable and her love for her work truly comes through. If you're willing to learn, work hard, and develop yourself professionally, she is definitely the professor to take!

Has two tests, if you do not do well on one of those you can take her final to replace a bad test grade. She makes the subject as simple as possible and student who do poorly in her class do not belong in college. I never looked at the required text and got an A. Plus she is really hot, no kidding, she is hot. I would take her again.

Dr. Kazemi is one of the greatest professors I have ever had in my 12 years of higher education. She expects alot out of her students, but at the same time provides just means of evaluation. If you want to learn, take a course with Dr. Kazemi.

Professor Kazemi is one of the best professors I've ever had at CSUN. She makes the course very interesting. She is great in explaining very clear the material in this course and she makes sure that everyone understands before moving forward. She is also very nice and easy to talk to, I would definitely recommend this professor.

Great professor. Lectures are very clear and understandable. Only 2 tests and they are conceptual. I felt I knew the material VERY well and yet the highest grade I got on a test was a B. Although difficult, she's pretty fair. Att. not mandatory, but necessary for pop quizzes. I would take her again!!

Great professor, Amazing Person. LOVE HER

Enthusiastic passionate about her work and lecture topic,motivates students, genuinely interested in their level of understanding of material. Offers extra hours of her time to help those who are struggling. Her lectures are chrystal clear.I don't believe in rating a teacher as easy or hard. He/she can be very easy and teach nothing.

Wonderful and passionate teacher who deeply cares about how well her students are learning.

Great professor!!

She is very smart and cares about the students.

Really great professor! A lot of work, but she's there to help you through it if anything's unclear. Both TAs were great additions to the class as well. Lectures can seem a little dull and confusing, but the project at the end of the semester was the highlight. Definitely recommend!

Toughest class I had at Csun but the best professor ever. She is intimidating at first but you forget because cares so much about teaching.

Best class I have had at CSUN. Her class is the way I always thought college would be.

I thought I would hate this class based on what some of my professors had told me. I even disliked Kazemi at the beginning. But, I learned so much and she made the material fun. She makes you work hard but is very accommodating.

Amazing professor. Always happy and positive. I enjoyed her class and honestly I learned many things about behavior analysis. You must read the book if you want to pass. Random 3-question pop quizzes based on readings from the book and parts of lecture. 3 exams that were done online and an optional final. The only downside for me was PEBA.

She is a great and talented professor. There is a lot of work, her class is not exactly easy, however there are opportunities to improve your grade. If you will put time and effort, you will do well.

This class and teacher changed my life. she does an amazing job introducing you to Behavior Analysis. There were almost 200 people in our class but it felt like 40. There's plenty of room to ask questions and participate. The class requires studying, reading, online quizzes and tests but no papers(!). She's humble, open and powerfully smart.

She made this class very fair. Such an easy A if you just go to class. She gives quizzes almost every lecture and as long as you show up she gives you credit for it. The quizzes are also 60% of your grade. So even if you don't do so well on her exams, you can still pass the class.

Show up and you will pass. Kazemi was fair and I enjoyed that if she and her team felt they mislead the students with certain exam questions, they would delete the question and let us have the point. I felt that she was caring about what she teaches and her energy is awesome. I rented the book, but I did not use it.

I LOVED her class & she as a professor! She is so approachable with an questions or concerns, offers a lot of extra credit too! 3 total exams, & 1 is dropped so technically you don't have to take the final! Quizzes are 60% of your grade, &they aren't too difficult! As a sociology major, I took her class as an elective, & her class was my favorite!!

I really enjoyed this class. It is structured differently than another classes Ive had. She gives easy pop quizzes but they are 50% of your grade so dont skip class often. She does drop the two lowest grades though for the quizzes. For my semester , book was not required and we had two online exams. She also gave study guides for them.

This has taught me not to go based off a professos ratings to determine the classes I will take. Bottom line for passing Dr. Kazemi's class is do the work and you will pass. Her lectures are interesting becuase of how passionate she is for her field. Its hard to find a professor now a days that love what they do. I will be taking Psy 356.

This class is INCREDIBLY BORING. Shes a good teacher, the material is fair, and you will pass. But the lectures are so long & boring... unless you care about IO psych its agonizingly boring lol. Usually i can get into different courses but this one is too much mundane lecture. Sorry to say!

One of the best professors I have ever had. She gives interesting examples. A lot of in class quizzes and 3 exams. If you do well in class you don't have to take the final.

Professor Kazemi is the best. She was extremely flexible and patient. Offers a good amount of EC. Class very super straight forward & made up of online modules. Watch the videos and you should have no problem answering the Q's in the modules. No textbook required. Class is super helpful & informative if you're trying to get into this field.

Incredibly caring, and very thorough, but an intense behaviorist. Teaches well, and a fair grader. She works as best she can to create understanding when students don't get a concept. Difficult tests. Very technical questions that require real knowledge and understanding of the concepts. Make sure you pay attention in class and know concepts COLD.

Have taken two of her course and she is one of the best professors at CSUN. She is so knowledgeable and really knows what she is talking about. I have learned so much from her courses and her guest speakers and have been able to apply it outside the classroom.

the only assignments are weekly quizzes, no exams or papers. Quizzes are usually based on a youtube video made from grad students or guest lectures. She's a very kind and caring professor. The only way not to get an A is from not submitting your quizzes, which are only 10 questions and super easy to understand.

Easiest class with a guaranteed A - just do the assignments, quizzes, and one final exam which she gives you two tries on the final. If you are taking her field, take someone stricter and then take her class as a reminder of the knowledge.

Pretty easy going class. This course consists of modules followed by quizzes. Quizzes aren't that hard just make sure to pay attention to the videos. Really cool class to pair with a heavy course load due to its flexibility. No attendence required since it's self lead.

It's impossible to not get a good grade in Dr. Kazemi's class. She's really kind and accommodating, though you honestly won't need any accommodations. 2 modules due each week that are very easy to do, and you do them on your own time. I learned a lot from the modules so far even though they're self-led!

Honestly, such an easy A. The entire class is unlocked so that you can finish the class earlier than the final date. No exams. There are an unlimited amount of tries on the quizzes. Definitely would recommend this class!

I really liked that I could do the classwork on my own-time. There are videos and lots of small quizzes. She makes the class easy but I learned a lot. She was available for all classes if I needed help or had questions. I am starting a new job because of this class this week.

She makes it easy for any student to get an A in this class. I had a lot going on and she worked with me to make up all of the things I missed. The videos and quizzes are based on real therapy examples.

Great class! Self-paced and easy A.

Easy A class, with self-paced work and unlimited quiz retries. Learned the basics of ABA through videos and mini-assignments. Unstuck ai was a helpful study tool alongside the provided materials.

Fully online, fully self-paced class. All you have to do is complete video modules with quick little quizzes for most of the class. Definitely an easy A. f you're loading up on units this class would be perfect, as the workload is super spaced out and manageable. Less than an hour a week spent on this class for the entire semester!

Easiest class I've taken here! Watch short videos with short quizzes; you have all semester to turn in the work- though she does have dates posted as guidelines. This class clearly outlines roles/expectations of a behavior therapist and I have been inspired to pursue that career path because of this class. No final, little effort needed to pass!