Not a good professor.

Mr. Know-it-all. I wish he would put as much effort into good instruction as grandstanding.

self-involved, uneducational lecture content. not good.

not a good professor

one of my worst college experiences. rambles on about himself and dismisses students concerns with aloofness.

This guy just can't shut up about himself! He talks on and on in circles! My hole class was feed up with him by the end. He's an alright teacher sometimes, but since he takes forever explaining things that make it all the more confusing, it leaves little class time to work.

He is stuck on himself for some undetermined reason.

Into himself, doesn't keep office hours, strange lecture style.

Dull uninteresting professor. He is hands-off, using scantron tests and dismissing student's needs. Don't take James Todd.

Catch up on sleep in this class, but may not learn anything!

Self-aggrandizement at its worst. This class is a misguided attempt to make serious, important statements despite having nothing, really, to say.

Subject matter is high school level. He's late for class and wants to be somewhere else. Sometimes what's on his tests are not covered in lecture or reading.

If Eastern Michigan University were a basketball game, this class would be a flagrant foul.

This class has not one whit of personality. The professor may as well be a cardboard cutout with empty thought bubbles.

Jim Todd doesn't add anything interesting, special, or memorable to our understanding of psychology.

A lazily structured Frankenstein of a class; bland, worthless, and unimaginative points stitched together in a way the professor hopes you won't notice aren't connected in any meaningful way.

My concentration starts to drift after a few minutes. I feel like I should be somewhere else and I've lost the ability to apply myself. After this, I've lost my interest in psychology alltogether.

Absolute worse class I've ever taken. The man talks about stuff that has nothing whatsoever to do with the course material, and then tests you on it. He is rude to students, unhelpful, and just a terrible teacher. Do NOT take this professor!!!

Didn't President Obama put an end to this kind of torture?

By far the worst professor Ive ever had easily gets side tracked and tests are very difficult he is difficult to understand and makes you feel like an idiot STAY AWAY!!!

As an admirer of the science of psychology, I'd rather assume this class didn't exist.

Qualifies as the worst experience I've ever had in higher education.

Desperately screaming for significance.

You get a certain sour feeling from all this that's unmistakable. It has a certain smugness and self-glorification that's unnecessary and demeaning.

Bored yawns are commonplace from nearly everyone waiting for this semester's biggest mistake to come to its seemingly never-to-end conclusion.

Comes across as unorganized and unimportant, and the execution seems to barely require an effort.

Just Terrible! The only thing I learned is that I don't want to take this professor again.

James T Todd loves nothing more than to talk about himself and rats. He is an arrogant little boy who talks in circles. He loves accusing people of cheating and talking about how smart he is. DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS WITH HIM.

If you're looking for a good psychology class, you may want to look elsewhere. This is an unfocused weird menagerie of meaningless talking points botched up with unfinished and irrelevant asides.

So many topics raised and it makes no sense at all.

Dreadful and draining exercise in which each lecture is nothing more than a big long preach-a-thon.

Horrible experience and the readings didn't help. Ruined my interest in psychology forever.

Not recommended. It's all about the instructor and it drains the enthusiasm to be in this.

This was a HORRIBLE Class. This was my last class for my degree, and the worst one in the entire program. Avoid Todd if you can!! Lectures are all over the place, make zero sense, and the exams are TOUGH. Very confusing and unorganized.

It's strange how everything is left undone. It's so incoherent that it's distracting.

Horrible class. Goes way to fast and after numerous times asking him to slow down you just give up. He does not stay on topic and is everywhere with his lecture. Not helpful and does not respond to emails.

There's something wrong here. How can something be so bad? A worthless exercise.

This professor is incredibly arrogant, obsessed with his own research. He will tell you pretty much everything you've ever learned is incorrect and how his research is much more superior to that of popular psychological thought. Most of your prior knowledge is useless because he insists it is false. Everything is based on the tests! Show up!

His tests suck. Horrible test writer. The worst exams I have ever taken. Not based on difficult material, but because he writes bad tests.

Look he's a nice guy and he has a lot of experience, he would do great in the field, but NOT as a professor. He makes every class feel sooo long. He talks about so much irrelevant information, you have no clue what you should be taking notes on and what you will actually be tested on. He talks about himself more than the material. Exams are hard.

This was my last class before graduation and it was by far the hardest class I have ever had to get through. Way too much information thrown at you and lectures are hard to follow. Exams are extremely hard, even upon attending class, and recording him. Timed exams set you up to fail, too many notes to go through to answer all the questions.

This is the worst teacher a human can possibly have the displeasure of taking.I had a major emergency and missed like 2 classes, I emailed him a very detailed email and he completely ignored me. And when I ended up taking the test (and failing), he called me out in front of the whole class. I ended up withdrawing because he wasnt willing to help.

I was excited to take this class because I am going into ABA, but I regret taking it with him. Graded on 4 tests Lectures are confusing, and examples are mainly on his horses. No text book to help explain concepts. I would have loved some type of homework so that I could see how to use material in the field.

save yourself and please look for another class

The rating should tell you enough.

Me and my fiends all decided to give his rating a 1 with high difficulty due to his lack of assignments. your grade is made up of 5 exams that are extremely difficult.

RUN AWAY ASAP

His class is impossible. Students are always stressed and he lectures for an hour about nothing and gives an exam that is impossible. he laughs at the students because they complain of difficulty. I don't know how he's even a teacher. I talked to my counselor and she explained how she got many complaints from his teaching she does not recommend.

He is the reason why I do not want to do psychology any more. I was depressed for months after taking his class.

I'm surprised he's even employed. What kind of teacher is this? Careless about students and explicitly said "My goal is to make this as difficult as I possibly can to teach you guys a lesson, many of you are not made for this work." What kind of teacher says that?? He ruined me and my friends mental health.

Does not answer emails. Boring lectures. Half the class stopped showing after the first month of school.

I regret doing this. I pray for you if you take this class.

This professor was probably among the worst ones I've ever had. Graded by 4 exams. No extra credit because he doesn't "believe" in it. Boring lectures. Does not answer emails at all. I had him for an afternoon class and over half the class stopped showing up after the first exam. I should have dropped when I had the chance.

Overall, a very difficult class to succeed in. If you like a challenge, then go for it. If not, I do not recommend you take this class. Exam questions are worded very intellectual. It makes it confusing to understand what the question is even asking. He never answere my emails and it was upsetting because I was really seeking help but no response.

Avoid this professor at all costs. Lectures are boring, grading is unfair, and the class is ridiculously difficult. Try unstuck study for better study prep.

Worst professor I've ever had. Drunken incoherent rambling in over 40 hours of lecture videos (summer semester), no text book because "he doesn't agree with it" and no assignments to try and apply the information to gauge your understanding of the overload of information, a lot of which are not relevant to this class & just 4 exams that were hard.