3.3

Greg Cole

Psychology - Saint Mary's University

3.3
Quality
2.8
Difficulty
N/A
Would Retake
86
Reviews
3.3
Quality
2.8
Difficulty
3.2
Helpful
3.4
Clarity

N/A

Would Retake

86

Reviews

Rating Distribution
Official

5

37

4

10

3

11

2

13

1

15

What Students Say

Usually wouldn't do this, but seriously the most disorganized man and never gets back to you

PSYC3327 - 2.0 rating

This was the worst class I have ever taken

PSYC3327 - 2.0 rating
Class Info

Online Classes

100%

Attendance Mandatory

0%

Textbook Required

100%

Grade Predictor

Your expected effort level

LowHigh

Predicted Grade

B

74% confidence
Based on 8 grades
Most common grades:
B- (2)
A (2)
A+ (2)
Grade Distribution
A(4)B(2)C(1)D(1)F(0)A-/B+(0)
Based on 8 reported grades
B-: 2
A: 2
A+: 2
D: 1
Rating Trend

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Reviews (86)
5.0
2.0
PSY200
Feb 4, 2002

cool guy, knows what hes doing, marks pretty easy.

5.0
3.0
250
Feb 15, 2002

awesome prof!

5.0
3.0
PSY417
Feb 21, 2002

Awesome prof..he goes to the gorsebrook!!!:)

5.0
3.0
PSY250
Jun 27, 2002

hes awesome!!!

5.0
3.0
PSY250
Jul 25, 2002

best prof ever!

5.0
2.0
PSY250
Jan 7, 2003

Wish I had more classes with him! Makes the 2 & 1/2 hours fly by!

5.0
3.0
PSY200
Jan 28, 2003

He's a great prof..makes class fun.

3.0
2.0
PSY250
Feb 18, 2003

No Comments

5.0
2.0
PSY250
Mar 16, 2003

His tests are great and his assignments are easy! He's an awesome teacher...makes 2 and 1/2 hours go by so quick!

5.0
1.0
PSY250
Apr 7, 2003

Sweet prof and cute too!! The only problem is his TA heather...whatta *****, Cole dogg..u gotta get ridda her dogg...luvs ya ;)

2.0
4.0
PSY250
Apr 26, 2003

I don't think he's that great...he's kinda full of himself, and his humor is rather dry, like the material.

5.0
1.0
PSY327
Apr 26, 2003

Cole is a great prof... the best I have ever had in my four years at SMU... I suggest that everyone take his courses!!! be sure to buy him a black and coke if you see him in the pub! Have you seen my lunchbox???

4.0
3.0
PSY
May 9, 2003

I would agree that hes arrogant in a certain way yet he likes having fun .APPPRECIATEALL THE TRIPS TO THE GORSEBROOK! had fun talking over drinks. Now , go to Tim's a bit too during the day with the class. Then you win. Seriously - he is sociable.

1.0
4.0
PSY250
Aug 6, 2003

Boring!!! Very boring and dry!!

3.0
4.0
PSY250
Grade: B-
Mar 22, 2004

HE is kind of a ****, he spends to much time at the pub with students, it creeps me out. HIs tests are hard and his 2 1/2 hour lectures are soo boring

4.0
3.0
PSY426
Apr 1, 2004

Material is kinda dry, but he tries to change the class format around so that you don't just do lectures. Good sense of humor.

5.0
3.0
PSY426
Apr 2, 2004

Material is boring, the T.A. is a goof, but Greg's a cool guy

5.0
3.0
PSY250
May 17, 2004

ANYONE WHO THINKS HE'S A CREEP IS STUPID! This man is great, especially if you take the time to express some interest in what he says. He's always willing to help, both in and out of class, sometimes even on weekends! Who else would do that??&#63

3.0
5.0
PSY327
Jun 16, 2004

what the hell, Greg is a great guy. THis is not a class you want to take if it doesn't apply to your work!! Nice guy. cares, and wants to help, just a difficult course to teach, hard to make it interesting but he does his best

2.0
4.0
PSY426
Jun 24, 2004

No Comments

1.0
5.0
PSY250
Jun 25, 2004

Grade Scheme is disgusting & not helpful at all. He does not even try to help the students. All he does is read off the slides that are on the P drive and he does not cover anything in the book and expects u to read and understand the book on your own

5.0
2.0
PSY250
Jun 29, 2004

picked an awful text for this course but gave good tests. Changed the grading scheme and syllabus right at the end which was good for me but could've been bad for others. very nice and told us to msn him which is cool. full notes on the p drive.

2.0
4.0
PSY250
Jul 5, 2004

Not worth taking Psy 250 with him, wait for somebody else to teach it. He put no effort in making this class interesting. Ended with a -C- average in the class, first ever in 3 years.

1.0
4.0
PSY327
Jul 6, 2004

Boring and puts as little effort as possible into the class.

3.0
4.0
PSY327
Jul 8, 2004

Boring call, very dry first few chapters. Teast are full of M. Choice, but there the hard kind, as well essay questions. If ya need the class take it, if ya don't I would do it.

1.0
4.0
PSY250
Jul 9, 2004

He used the law of least effort in everything he does, horrible multiple choices, one of my worse courses ever.

1.0
4.0
PSY250
Jul 10, 2004

SUCK BIG TIME. HIS CLASS IS BORING AND HE IS SO LAZY AND DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE STUDENTS HE ONLY CARE ABOYT COMING TO SCHOOL A BE IN CLAS AND GET PAID BUT AS IN TEACHING IT"S NOT WORTH IT TO TAKE THIS COURSE WITH THIS PROF

1.0
4.0
PSY327
Jul 14, 2004

Horrible multiple choices, took for ever to get results. Got a c average first ever.

3.0
2.0
PSY
Jul 18, 2004

mediocre at best

2.0
3.0
PSY250
Jul 19, 2004

took him for a summer course, he just read the notes from the pdrive, didnt discuss the text, no exam review, tricky multiple choice exams, no good opportunity for extra points.. nice guy, but not the best prof...

2.0
3.0
250
Jul 20, 2004

Horrible prof! He doesn't care about his work and it shows. He would never show up for class and dump the work on his poor T.A. His tests were horrid and class long and boring with him flying through his power point presentations. Never take his class.

5.0
2.0
250
Aug 8, 2004

Hard MC exams but he's a great prof. Posts notes to pdrive and gives good examples in class.

5.0
2.0
PSY250
Aug 9, 2004

Great Prof. He's fair, and brings a lot of real-life work experience to the material.

5.0
3.0
327
Aug 9, 2004

Used great examples in class. Good sense of humour. Seems to care a lot about his students, stays after class to answer questions. Liked the notes on the pdrive.

5.0
2.0
PSY327
Aug 9, 2004

Good guy, writes tough exams, but they're fair. He's approachable and knows what he's talking about.

1.0
5.0
PSY250
Aug 10, 2004

Who is writing all these reviews. This guy is a dork!!

1.0
5.0
PSY250
Aug 10, 2004

Who in the Hell is putting all of this positive feedback, it sounds like its from the same person. My advise is not to take any class with Cole.

5.0
3.0
327
Grade: A
Nov 15, 2004

Really good guy, very approachable. Only prof i've had that i've actully been able to hang around for the 2nd half of a 2 and a half hour class for. If you have the chance to take a class with him, do it.

2.0
4.0
PSY327
Dec 11, 2004

Horrible and boring!!!

4.0
3.0
PSYC
Dec 12, 2004

can be a funny sociable guy but is arrogant.

4.0
2.0
PSY200
Dec 14, 2004

BEST prof ive ever had, im a partier believe me and i got an A- in his class, good notes on pdrive, so clear and easy exams...i usually left his class at midpoint and exams were str8 out of book and just know the def's, study the night before and you have it made.good guy

4.0
3.0
PSY
Dec 19, 2004

Good, solid prof. Not the best, but definitly not the worst.

5.0
2.0
PSY
Grade: A+
Jan 3, 2005

He is awesome He explained everything really good. Good guy.

5.0
2.0
IOPSY
Jan 5, 2005

He may not be the best prof but I agree that he is better than most. He is very helpful and has great notes (STUDY THESE FOR EXAMS). Talk to him if you have problems and he will resolve them. TA does all the marking and he rarely is at exams it seems so hard to ask questions if problems arrize.

5.0
1.0
PSY200
Jan 21, 2005

great prof.

3.0
3.0
PSY426
Mar 26, 2005

Lazy and boring! Uses examples in his lectures right from the text, although he says he had his own consulting company! You'd think he'd have some original examples. Uses group work as an excuse so he doesn't have to think about grading more papers. Doesn't have a PHd and it shows!

5.0
1.0
PSY250327
Apr 7, 2005

Nice prof, loves the multichoice and short essays, easy to get a good grade if you put a little effort into it, first time i took him i didnt study at all and got a C, second time i studied and got an A+. loves his rum&coke, only teaches night, 2 hrs max, take this prof!

4.0
3.0
PSY250
Apr 27, 2005

Mr.Cole does a very GOOD job of teaching the material from the text, however, his multiple choice questions for this class were VERY DIFFICULT. It seems to me, that the questions were geared at post-graduate psychology students rather than first year undergraduate students. All round nice guy.

1.0
2.0
IO
Apr 28, 2005

A very poor teacher. Cole does not have a PhD and it shows. Tests are from a test bank and he never coves the material but in a rather simple-minded way in class.

3.0
2.0
PSY250
Jun 12, 2005

No Comments

5.0
3.0
327426
Grade: D
Jul 13, 2005

I loved Greg's class, he's a great prof and the material is presented in a clear way. I got an A+! And, he's totally hot!

5.0
3.0
PSY426
Jul 14, 2005

Greg's great! I've had 3 classes with him and will take more if possible. The class has it's boring moments, but what class doesn't. If you talk to him and try and participate you'll do well. Read the complete chapters and show up for class and you'll do great on the exams!

1.0
3.0
PHY
Jul 28, 2005

No Comments

1.0
3.0
PSYCH
Grade: A
Aug 10, 2005

Very poor instructor who lets his TA mark everything for him. Classes are boring and he leavescass early so his TA can show us a long boirng video.

3.0
3.0
PSYC250
Oct 22, 2005

Not a bad guy, pretty good personality, but definently cut class early to much. I wouldnt always mind this but when its a once a week class it kinda sucks, missed the first class and often had to cut class short for personal meetings and such. If yah wanna get on his good side, bring him diet coke to class.

2.0
5.0
PSY
Nov 15, 2005

this guy was sooo hard, omg i got like a 45% on the first test and he didn't even scale the marks i really didn't like him!

5.0
2.0
PSY327426
Nov 26, 2005

getting out of his "easy" name by making the course a bit harder, but still easy to do well in the class. i think a little bit of effort is expected at the 3 & 4 year mark. read the text book and pay attention to assignment questions. mutli choice and essays for exams. his TAs do all the work, so go through them to get answers. great guy though

1.0
5.0
PSY1250
Nov 30, 2005

very poor instructor

5.0
1.0
PSY250
Mar 3, 2006

His tests are easy and only multiple choice (some people still manage to really do poorly though so read/study the textbook). Also, getting out of class early is a good thing as far as I'm concerned. No final exam either so that's good but he does cancel classes randomly

5.0
1.0
PSYC
Mar 23, 2006

Very freindly and clear on what he wants

4.0
2.0
250
Apr 9, 2006

No Comments

5.0
2.0
PSYC12501
Jun 28, 2006

Prof. Cole was really great. I thought he was very clear in his lectures, and I thought he spent a lot of time going over the material. It would have been nice if he was a bit more available to students, but overall he's a great prof. He's cute too. :)

5.0
1.0
PSYC1250
Jun 29, 2006

I really loved taking this course with Prof Cole. He was very thorough and knew what he was talking about, which is always great in a prof. ^-^

5.0
3.0
PSYC1250
Jul 9, 2006

Loved the class!

1.0
1.0
PSY3327
Sep 7, 2006

Cancels classes a lot, and teaches the lame and obvious stuff. Perhaps it is the IO material but this guy can not teach.

4.0
2.0
PSY4426
Dec 5, 2006

I found the topic interesting and thought Greg did a thorough job presenting it. Lectures pretty much follow the ppt slides and uses alot of his experiences as examples. Will cut class short but I never felt I was being deprived of any info. Exams are a breeze if you study notes, text, ppt slides. In my opinion, a good prof and a great guy.

2.0
5.0
PSYC3327
May 27, 2009

I took the online class and e-mailed him the first day because I was confused (his syllabus and notes did not align and had contradicting information) and still have not recieved an answer to my message and because of this i missed an assignment, and he moved the mid-term twice.. on an online class. This man is getting a pay check for doing nothing

1.0
5.0
PSYC3327
May 21, 2010

Worst ever. I would not recommend taking a class from him, ever. I took an online course that I had to withdraw from to save my GPA because HE NEVER GETS BACK TO YOU. Never. I hope he quits teaching very soon because he is clearly not interested in it.

4.0
2.0
PYSC0000
Jun 23, 2010

I/O psyc was an easy to follow online class, TA was really helpful

2.0
3.0
PSYC3327
Jul 20, 2010

I/O psyc. Terrible prof. Usually wouldn't do this, but seriously the most disorganized man and never gets back to you. Syllabus always messed up, and tells you you have to complete things that aren't on the syllabus or in the grading scheme.

3.0
2.0
PSYCH3327
Aug 9, 2010

This guy isn't really a teacher, its basically talk to the TA, not me, good class to take online bc assignments are easy, but paper is long.

3.0
1.0
PSYC3327
Aug 23, 2010

If you take this course online, you will pretty much be dealing with a TA all the time. Very easy course thou.

1.0
4.0
PSYC3327
Apr 15, 2011

Absolutely useless. Never spoke to him once. Had to bother the TA to clarify things on numerous occasions and to set a date for the exam. Worst psyc course I've ever taken and its my minor!

2.0
4.0
PSYC3329
Jun 23, 2011

I came on rate my prof before taking this class and didn't take these posts seriously. But PLEASE listen to this: worst class I have ever taken in my 3 years here. It was administered online and he was just terrible. Posted the syllabus late, wasn't clear, ignored emails, barely had 4 things marked before the final. Just no. Don't do it. Just don't

2.0
3.0
PSYC3327
Jun 25, 2011

This was the worst class I have ever taken. It wsa administered online. The prof and the TA were totally useless. The course is over and still assignements remain unmarked. There was no communication and emails went unanswered repeatedly. The syllabus was wrong.I could go on and on. Please take the time to report them to Dr. Adam Sarty

2.0
3.0
PSYC3327
Jun 27, 2011

Do not take this online course. It is not worth the constant headache trying to track down the prof and ta

5.0
3.0
PSYC3327
Apr 30, 2012

I took an online class from Prof.Cole and really enjoyed. Quick responses to my questions, although TA wasn't very good. Liked how he used real work examples to clarify material.

5.0
1.0
3327
Jul 4, 2013

Awesome course!Love the material from this course!

5.0
1.0
PSY3327
Jul 16, 2013

The class was straight forward, do the required reading and submit your work on time and you will be fine.

5.0
2.0
PSYC3327
Nov 28, 2013

He's such a tiny little man. He's a good prof. Keep up with your assignments and discussion and you will do well! Quick responses, and very helpful!

2.0
5.0
PSYC3337
Grade: B-
Dec 11, 2013

Midterms are impossible, gets his questions from a bank. I'm a fourth year student and this was the most difficult/annoying class I've ever taken.Takes forever to get grades... still haven't received final grade even though the exam for this class was my very first exam. Received all grades except this one. Plus, the class was small!

5.0
3.0
PSYC3337
Dec 16, 2013

Great professor! Midterms can be challenging but do the readings and assignments and you'll be fine. Greg is always willing to help, and he answers questions quickly and thoroughly. Definitely recommend this class!

5.0
3.0
PSYC3327
Feb 5, 2014

Extremely helpful professor especially with it being an online class and being an out of town student. He was always willing to help me whenever I had questions. Midterms are tough though! Do the discussions and the assignments because they are easy marks and it adds up!

4.0
3.0
PSYC3327
Mar 17, 2014

Cole is a really good prof, especially online. His modules are good and clear, tests are explained, clear and grades are posted promptly. The best thing is he's never out of reach, he responds to emails quickly, and you can even text him for quick questions. He's not super easy, but his classes are worth the effort.

5.0
2.0
PSYC4426
Grade: A+
Dec 11, 2014

Greg is an excellent prof. I was nervous taking a 4000 level PSYC class after being out of school for 4 years (and it was online on top of that). Greg is quick to get back to you, supportive and engaging. I found the tests very fair and the work load completely manageable. Would definitely take another course from Greg!

3.0
2.0
PSYC3327
Grade: C
Apr 21, 2016

took an online class with him. he had no real due dates as long as everything was in by the end of semester (april 5) he was good. It was the best online course I have ever taken, if you do not need help or guidance with things, take this course. If you need to have a prof around or TA then you wont like it, he is slow to mark and often unavailable

Class Info

Online Classes

100%

Attendance Mandatory

0%

Textbook Required

100%

Grade Predictor

Your expected effort level

LowHigh

Predicted Grade

B

74% confidence
Based on 8 grades
Most common grades:
B- (2)
A (2)
A+ (2)
Grade Distribution
A(4)B(2)C(1)D(1)F(0)A-/B+(0)
Based on 8 reported grades
B-: 2
A: 2
A+: 2
D: 1
Rating Trend

Declining

-0.22 avg change
Nov
Dec
Feb
Mar
Dec
Apr
Last 6 months
Ratings by Course

327

5.0

(2)

3327

5.0

(1)

327426

5.0

(1)

PSY417

5.0

(1)

IOPSY

5.0

(1)
+24 more courses
Difficulty by Course

PSY1250

5.0

PSYC3329

4.0

PSYC3337

4.0

PSY327

3.4

PSY426

3.2

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