I honestly don't understand why Dr.S gets such high ratings here. His lectures are quite boring besides his laughs at his own jokes. His slides and notes were the most wordy and disorganized I've ever seen, but you need to memorize the them (word-by-word) for the exams, which were quite easy as long as you understand all the awkward wordings.

This was the worst class I have taken at UofM. I've taken other psych classes and loved them so was looking forward to this one. He does not clearly explain topics and does not have students' best interests in mind when it comes to exam structure. 50 questions in 40 minutes with no review or study support. Avoid this prof at all costs.

You have to memorize all the slides literally. He recorded his lectures, GSIs seemed disengaged. An awful experience overall. If youre not required to take this class, AVOID at all costs! Timed weekly quizzes cause more stress than they should. Exams are 50 questions in 40 minutes, and he makes them harder if the class does well. He doesnt care.

Man, I was really counting on these positive ratings. While he seems nice, the time limit is so unreasonably strict, and gets stricter because of perceived improvement on the tests. During times like this, the situation needs to be more flexible, not punitive. I don't think any of my professors do this except him right now and he needs to curve.

He literally doesn't care about the fact that we're in a pandemic and everyone could use all the help they could get. He's just so set in his ways, probably from eons of teaching, that he's not willing to adapt at all when it comes to students voicing their concerns. Total letdown, seriously disappointed.

Professor Snodgrass is horrible at explaining basic concepts, and you have to teach yourself the material from the textbook mostly, which is exhausting and inefficient. He also teaches topics not in the textbook in the most confusing way possible, and for this you don't even have the textbook to help you. Would never take again.

Professor Snodgrass is extremely test heavy and the lectures are boring. Even during a pandemic, students were doing well and he decided to make the final exam harder to lower the average grade. I dont think he thought of his students throughout the semester and how the pandemic could also be affecting them.

I took this class with him since he had good reviews before, but this semester he made things especially hard rather than being understanding during the pandemic. He stated that we as a class were doing too well & he wanted to bring down the class average, so he intentionally made the final much harder than the previous 2 exams to decrease grades.

This fella sucks. Literally the worst explainer on the face of this earth. He teaches like he's gatekeeping the concept. Avoid this man at all costs. Literally the worst professor I've had.

This professor has a really difficult time describing basic concepts. It feels as though he's gatekeeping a lot of the material. Also, he's very insecure about cheating to a ridiculous point. The questions he asks can be really annoying and he doesn't mend anything. Honestly, the worst professor I've ever had and his class took tolls on my health.

This class is one of the hardest classes I've taken. Have 6 question weekly quizzes that are only 4 minutes long. It is nearly impossible to get a 6/6 because you are presented with all the material 1 day before the quiz, which is on a whole chapter. The exams are 40 minutes long for 50 questions, some of the wording is confusing. DON'T TAKE!

It's clear that Snodgrass does not want his students to do well. He gives you 50 questions in 40 min on an exam, while the other professor gives his students double the time. The same time crunch is present for weekly quizzes. It's difficult to even read his confusing questions in that time. Do not take this class with him.

Do not take this class with prof. Snodgrass. His lectures were painful to get through even in 2x speed. I love psychology and really regret taking this class. The tests were not "difficult" in their content but they were sometimes worded really weirdly and it was 50 questions in 40 minutes!! You had to go insanely fast. Also tests are worth 80%.

DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. professor snodgrass speaks in the most monotone, boring voice you have ever heard in your life. he reads directly from slides and when he isnt, the information that hes telling you is not relevant to the topic at all. gsis will get you through this class. tests are extremely difficult and he gives you barely any time

Doesn't communicate well what you should understand for exams, just says that it's the material from lecture A to lecture B. Exam questions can be worded weird. Wastes a lot of time in lectures, reads right off his slides, and just kinda rambles through the material. Recommend looking through the GSIs' study material, even if they're not your GSI.

There's so much information thrown at you for tests and quizzes that don't give you any time to think due to timer. Exams are 80% of the grade and not easy questions. Enroll in a discussion time you'll know you'll never miss. LOTS of studying needed for this class. Looking at the slides is better than listening to his rambling, monotone lectures.

Snodgrass was super boring. He was terrible at explaining material and made the class so much harder than it had to be. His lectures left me feeling more confused. Also, the class grade was made up of only exams. Would not take this class ever.

I do not recommend taking this professor at all. He makes everything 10x more harder than it needs to be and his lectures are very dull, boring, and make no sense. I would recommend just reading straight from the textbook rather than attending his lectures if you really want to understand what is going on in the class.

Snodgrass as a lecturer is atrocious. 90% of your grade is based on 3, 50 question multiple choice exams. The questions are horribly written and very often give only two options, with c & d being both or neither, meaning you must know what obscure thing he's asking. Got A's in way harder classes, this is the worst. Avoid him! take 240 w anyone else

The worst professor I've had. His powerpoints do a poor job explaining, and his lectures are hour and a half monologues (more like a monotone ramble). Because his slides are bad you're forced to listen to this incoherence. His laugh is incredibly obnoxious. Many exam questions are confusing. The course itself is fine, but avoid him at all costs.

Snodgrass was genuinely the worst professor I have ever had. He was boring and could not speak a sentence without having at least five "ums" in between words. As someone who can typically work with anyone, I could not work with him. He is an obvious example of a researcher who is forced to teach and does not care about the success of students.

He was awful. Painfully boring and convoluted lectures, and very similar discussions. The slides are not laid out well, the content covered on the test is unclear, and the tests themselves are HORRIBLY written. As someone who was very excited for this class, he completely ruined it for me. Trust me and the ratings and choose a different professor

Avoid this professor. The exams are most of your grade and worded ABYSMALLY. Additionally, the lectures are unbelievably dry and filled with his own subjective opinions which will almost certainly steer you astray when taking quizzes or tests, and the online CogLab experiments do little to teach you about the relevant course concepts.

Avoid this professor if you can help it. I've had him twice now and his classes are equally unbearable. He talks to students in the most demeaning way possible and throws a fit whenever someone challenges him on something, words questions on exams horribly, and can't get through a lecture without going on a 30 minute side-tangent.

Painstaking, boring lectures that are supplements with labs that have no real help to the students in terms of learning the material. Terrible exam writer and will literally never curve exams.

Prof. Snodgrass has slowly killed my love for psychology throughout the course of this class. He explains the simplest concepts in convoluted, confusing ways, and then looks at you like you're stupid when you don't understand what he's saying. The course is almost entirely graded by exams (which are equally convoluted in their wording).

Professor Snodgrass has caused me to reconsider pursuing a career in psychology. The course was not only laden with numerous tests but also proved challenging due to his lengthy and unengaging lectures, coupled with his lack of relatability.

Avoid enrolling in any class with Professor Snodgrass! You will regret this decision. His age hinders his ability to connect with students, and he displays a lack of concern for our success. My best friend and I took this class together and both regretted it! Exams are hard and most of your grade counts on them.

I had a lot of problems with this professor because he is super rude and the material is hard. I strongly recommend taking any professor but this guy. Also, he is unethical and too old I think to be working with our generation.

Worst doc in the psych dept. If you have a family emergency, it will result in a failing grade. Dude is the epitome of why tenure is bad. Aside from personal grievances, the exams are worded weird and confusing, I am assuming on purpose. What a bummer!

Dr. Snodgrass' lecture and class were unnecessarily challenging in terms of exam questions and lack of ability to teach the material without spiraling on tangents during lectures which possessed no relevance to the material. HIGHLY RECOMMEND taking a different professor!

Don't do it. This semester was incredibly stressful due to this challenging class, and communicating with him was difficult. Instead of offering support or advice when I expressed my struggles, Snodgrass merely suggested I take a late withdrawal.

As a senior psych major, this was the worst class I took at Umich, largely due to Snodgrass. The lectures were disjointed and often irrelevant to the exams, which were deliberately written to be strangely challenging. When I expressed concern about my grade and requested time to review my exam answers, he advised me to drop the class. WEIRD, right?

Even the faculty in the psych department hate this dude. My advisor told me I am one of many who have formerly complained. Avoid!

DO NOT DO IT! He's the worst! But more importantly, his exams are the worst. Take it online during the summer. I should have listened to my friends who warned me about him.

Dr. Snodgrass is my least favorite of all of the psych professors. The whole cohort seemed to genuinely *hate* this class because Snodgrass A.) cannot relate or connect to his students in any way, and B.) goes out of his way to make things challenging. Figure out an alternative if you can.

Doesn't know how to explain material at all. At first I went to lectures but his inability to explain things makes lectures near useless. Special topics he does are confusing too.

His lectures were unbelievably boring, he rambles a lot and he spends half the class making a simple concept more complicated. I actually like psych but I hated his class. His slides also dont make sense at all.

Take this class with any other professor. Snodgrass constantly rambled and got off topic. He was a control freak. When students packed up early, he would get angry and keep talking about irrelevant things until the last second. He also made snide comments about students. The exams were poorly worded and took forever to be graded.

Unclear about final exam time, people showed up late and he berated them while others were testing. Very distracting, and unfortunate for these students. Boring, self-centered lecturer. Often inserts his own personal opinions into the PowerPoint info. The class was a snoozefest, he made no effort to make it engaging. Goes on tangents frequently.

Of all the professors I've encountered at Michigan, Snodgrass' methods stand out as the most counterproductive. It often felt like he was undermining our understanding of the subject, leaving our class more confused and frustrated than enlightened. He also scowls and smells like his clothes have not been laundered. Just plain gross in general.

This class is designed to be a headache. The exams are stressful. You can take this class online during the summer. Believe me - he is the worst professor at Umich.

Professor Snodgrass was unapologetically rude on many occasions to students asking fair questions.

This is my only review for a professor - Snodgrass is simply that bad. I sensed condescention from the first day, and agree with a previous review that his exams seems to be deliberately confusing. I do not view Snodgrass as a professor who is aiming to see his students reach their potential.

A series of boring and disconnected lectures followed by confusing exams. His lectures were hard to sit through. When I stayed after class to discuss my grade, he was dismissive and rude. Ultimately, a waste of time class.

I was pretty surprised with just how bad Snodgrass is. Without question the worst professor I have had so far.

Worst professor I have had thus far. AVOID THIS MAN!

Boring and long lectures and you can tell he HATES questions

I did not like this class. It was so boring, If you want to take Psych240 do not do it with Professor Snodgrass. The tests however are not that bad, I would have done better if I paid more attention in class, but it was so boring I could not stand being there. He also loves to go on rants that do not matter in terms of the course.

The lectures consistently go off on tangents that are not helpful and are long-winded. There are not resources for extra credit, which is understandable, but unfortunately, if you want specific attention for help regarding exams, there are no resources for that, either. Big disappointment.

Save yourself the aggravation and take this class with ANY other professor.

The exams, which are essentially all that matters in this class, are cryptic as compared to questions which would simply teach the material. Both of my parents are PhD psychologists who did research. Also, taught by a boring guy. It's a "no" from me.

Snodgrass is not worth all the trouble. First, the class is boring. The material is not engaging and he is not built to engage with college students of this generation. Second, the exams are a bit confusing. People fail them even after studying. Psych is supposed to be interesting, and this class is not built that way.

Avoid this professor. Take this class online during the summer.