he makes class interesting and fun, you don't have to do psych experiments, he is a good lecturer, but the tests are somewhat hard

Very funny and interesting guy. Great lecturer, keeps everyone interested

I wish he would not be lazy and write his own PSY 105 tests. I understand he has a lot of work, but making students write 5 questions before every exams and then picking them out to use for the test is ridiculous. Other than that, he teaches well.

Do the reading, go to the lectures, and you'll do fine on the tests. Also, the lectures are pretty interesting - he's a good teacher.

Totally awesome. Great sense of humor, never fell asleep during class, knew what he was talking about, kept student interested by relating the material to real life situations/anecdotes. Allows students to determine the difficulty of exams.

A lot of people don't like him, but I think he keeps class interesting and he finds good ways to relate the materials. Tests are pretty hard, you have to put the time and effort into them, but he helps you by giving example essay questions.

i find the lectures interesting and funny, does a good job of trying to keep the material entertaining! tests are fairly difficult, lots of random questions that aren't from the notes. some real easy quizzes and some hard ones.

His lectures are good.Bases his psychlogy on a lot of science.His quizzes are unannounced and either very easy or very hard.Hes funny, and tries really hard to keep the students interested.If you fail the first test he makes you meet with him to disscuss.

exceptional. knows his stuff. funny. interactive. lots of hand motions and acting out scenarios. does voices. seems determined for his students to do well. a very, very good teacher. i recommend him. he is not EASY but also not HARD. just have to try.

Great Teacher

He's a great guy. So funny. The class is hard even for an intro class but I still like him. Def study. This class is not a blow off class but he tries to make it fun and interesting. He doesn't try to be mean or hard. He'll help if you ask.

He is an excellent teacher! His class is really tough and you have to really take your own notes from his powerpoint. Study a lot, but you'll also learn a lot! His lectures are very interesting and you'll remember them well because he is so energetic.

VERY HARD class, he is funny but you have to really study to get an A or B, Study ur A$$ of for the first test.

I loved PSY w/ Sawrey. His class is hard and he expects you to go to class and study for tests. He helped out the entire class on the first one. He is funny interesting and a great teacher. Dont go in thinking you can sleep through it b/c it's hard.

Dr.Sawrey is very funny and does a good job of relating the PSY material to everyday life and makes you laugh with his examples. GO TO CLASS! Read your notes during the week and you will be fine. He made 8 am not so bad.

This is a very challenging class, and even so, I loved it! Dr. Sawrey goes out of his way to help you--he answers questions and emails, offers study sessions, and goes out of his way to try and make things clear. Great sense of humor. Very knowledgeable.

Very animated! Fun!

I like the way he teaches. He makes it easier for all students of different learning styles.

This is not an easy class, but it's sooo interesting. The test aren't too bad, if you have a quiz, watch out! I learned so much in this course, it was worth it, but it is hard. Dr. Sawrey reminds me of Robin Williams, he really silly.

very funny and interesting but challenging

I think that he is the funnest teacher i have ever had. He is constantly moving and making jokes and rolling aroud on the floor.he makes class interesting. the test are hard so be pepared to read the chapters as well as your notes

He's a funny and animated guy. very interesting, but almost fell asleep once. difficult work. overall great class.

this guy was awesome....I loved Psych with him and I'm a bio major....just go to class and study before tests and you'll be straight

He is very interesting and animated but the tests are hard so you really have to study.

If you're interested in psychology or judt need to fulfill your basic studies requirement, take this class! Dr. Sawrey keeps it interesting and is very straight forward and fair. Just go to class every day because you will have many quizzes...all un-announced.

He is by far the best professor I've ever had. He made psyc challenging but I learned so much. You can tell he loves his job..he is very energetic and kept me awake at 8am mwf. Take his class!

Great Psy professor. Makes class fun even @ 8 am. Does give random quizzes, but they are easy if you go to class everyday. Tests are easy too. I opened my book for the first and then not again and got a B, w/only 2 hrs studying. Highly reccomended

Hes pretty funny, keeps me awake at 8 am.Subject matter is very interesting.Hes hard, though.VERY VERY picky about answers on tests.Tests are usually too long in my opinion. His pickiness along with lenghty tests makes it tough. I would recommend him though.

Definitely a great professor. I refused to miss class for the shear spontaneity of it all. His tests are taken from sample questions that he polls the class on, so they're impossible to fail.

He is a nice professor. IT is a harder class but he makes it more interesting.

he's quirky and cookey, and maybe a little loopy, but he KNOWS his stuff. there's no attendance policy, but the material is tough. his test are mostly essay and he expects you to understand and explain a lot of what is covered in the book and in class. overall, he's a nice guy though.

Dr. Sawrey has to be the Craziest professor at UNCW! But his crazy and corkiness kept me awake during his 8am class. He puts all on the students and He'll let you know it. The first day of class he told us most would fail or get a D. Well I proved him..i gotta C. Just try to stay with him cause hes a little scattered brain. Wouldn't take him again.

He was fun to listen to early in the morning. Make sure you write down all the notes that he says, because they are not all on the overhead. If you're one of those people who skips class all the time, don't take him, but I never missed a class, and I always did well on the quizes and tests.

lectures are for the most part very interesting....gives random quizzes that are easy and help your grade if you are struggling. tests can be difficult, but if you follow the chapters in the book as he teaches them you should have no problem doing well on the tests. he made me very interested in psychology

his teaching kept me awake at 8am, which is amazing. He's fun and enthusiastic. You HAVE to keep up with the textbook, and if you do, you'll do well in his class. Lax attendance policy but you don't want to miss too many days or else you'll miss quizzes, but he throws out a few. I love his class. He's always available for help and he's nice!

Great teacher! He'll scare you the first day by telling you that everyone will either get a D or fail, but all in all he's good. As long as you go to class and read the book, you'll be fine. I ended up with an A, but that's only because I studied nonstop!

Dr. Sawrey made a huge deal about 1st impressions and how it's easy to change a good one and hard to change a bad one. So, he gives a take-home informational quiz and tells us to do it to the best of our ability, and that's it. I wrote my answers on another sheet of paper and stapled it-he wouldn't take it & made me turn it in late for points off.

hard but interesting class. come to class, study what you're supposed to, and you will do well. it's just easy to fall behind.

He really isn't that bad. As long as you go to class and listen to him when he talks(take notes on what he says to go along with the P.P) and read the assigned text you will be ok. My suggestion is to make notecards of the important words in the text. He makes the class laugh with the acting out that he does sometimes.

excellent teacher. hard class but if you do the work and come to class it's really not that bad. he just makes the information really interesting and relateable. definitely take this prof.

Go to class-there's quizzes almost daily that will help your grade, they're easy. Hard class if you don't know the material but if you have taken PSY before, it will be easy. Know the vocab words from the book-they're on the tests. No homework, just read the book. Sawrey is really nice, he's very smart and will keep you awake in the morning.

great professor! very relaxed, funny, interesting. you should definitely have him as a professor :) very helpful. may be a little tough on those who dont try, but other than that he's very willing to help.

Dr. Sawrey is a really good prof. He teaches the material really well and makes the lectures interesting and fun. His exams are relatively hard because a lot of the multiple choice are from the book that he doesn't really talk about during lecture. Study the vocab from each section in the book too!

I had Dr. Sawrey and in comparison with all of the other professors he was by far the easiest. He's really lenient about pushing assignments back a few days; however sometimes he wasn't very clear about what assignments were and when they were do. The class itself is a joke, but its required, so you might as well take the easy way out.

Dr. Sawrey has fun and interactive lectures. He tries his best to get you interested in the subject matter. However, the material is hard. There's a group project that isn't so bad but the paper involved is a lot of work. Oh and you have to participate in psychological experiments.

Dr. Sawrey does his best to make the material interesting. However, his tests are hard and there's only 3 of them. There's also a time-consuming group project and you have to participate in psycology experiments. It might be easier to go with a professor other than Sawrey.

Sawrey is really cool. My favorite professor. He has made me want to do more with psychology. Must read the textbook, questions from it will be on the test. Take good notes, and go to class and you will be fine. Fun, active, and just a little CRAZY!

Really interesting class. Dr Sawrey is really funny the way he explains things. You have to go to class because his notes aren't online at all. This isn't an easy class, but isn't bad if you go every day and take good notes to use for studying. You have to do a group presentation as well, but it doesn't make up much of your final grade.

I love Dr. Sawrey. I am taking the UNI class attached to his lecture and I really enjoy it. His class is tough but if you put in the time you'll do fine. I got a 100 on the pre test and an 87 on the first test and I didn't take an previous psych classes. It's definitely do-able.

I was excited to take PSY at first: not anymore. I don't understand him, and his workload is a lot. The book is a MUST READ because that's where the majority of his stuff on the tests comes from: HIS.TESTS.ARE.HARD! Remember that!! Would definitely recommend someone else for a PSY prof. If you're not SUPER interested in PSY this class is HARD!

Dr. Sawrey is a great guy and really is interested in making sure his students learn. However, we had a lot of reading, a LOT of assignments, and a LOT of overall work for a class that did not necessarily require it. Prepare to work harder than most classes, but if you do, you will make an A

I loved this Psych class, Dr. Sawrey is very easy to listen to and he makes his lectures easy to remember. Just be diligent about your attendance and keeping up with the textbook readings and you'll be fine

This teacher is wonderful at keeping you interested during the lectures. He's a great person to start you out in psychology. However, the tests are a huge mix between lecture and book. Pay attention well and study hard. Don't expect him to be clear unless you ask him in an email or right after class. He doesn't like having his office hours wasted.

if you cry, he takes pity on you

The class requires effort. His lectures are really interesting, which helps a lot. Just take good notes. His tests are difficult IF you DON'T thoroughly read the textbook. The tests are equally distributed with lecture and textbook materials. Take advantage of the list of possible written test questions he emails to the class!

Dr. Sawrey just tries to scare you with his tests and that awful final project. All you need to do is go to class, take notes, and read the chapters. His tests are relevantly straightforward and he gives you the topics for the essay portion of his tests. His final project is a pain, but he's a very helpful teacher.

He's a little "out there" but not nearly as strange as some prof's I've had. Weekly simple quizzes. Doesn't post his power points or lectures online like every other professor I've had does so make sure to take good class notes.

He's your average professor. His lectures are interesting and he tells you exactly what he expects. Take thorough notes, DO the study guide & browse around the textbook if he mentions a certain section & you'll be fine. It's hard to do bad in this class unless you don't care.

One of my favorite professors this semester. He gives weekly quizzes on the chapters which you can pass with a basic understanding of the material. Has power points to outline important information and tells you basically everything you need to know in his lectures. He is interesting and funny. Go to class, take notes, and you'll succeed. Great guy

I learned a lot from Dr. Sawrey's class. There are approximately 10 book quizzes throughout the semester that are pretty straightforward. He also has 2 midterms and a final. You will get a decent grade if you read the textbook, attend class, take notes on the lecture, and do the review questions he emails before tests.

As long as you read the chapters and pay attention in class, you should have no problem. If you really pay attention, Dr. Sawrey is actually pretty entertaining. It's an intro class, so he doesn't get to know everyone (who does in a giant lecture hall), but he is super helpful if you go to him with legitimate concerns.

Although Sawrey's tests and Friday quizzes were hard, the class was enjoyable. There's a lot of reading to do but more often than not he gives you hints on what to study, especially if you go to his office. Attendance isn't mandatory but he will do easy assignments in class for participation grades.

I really don't understand why he gets such a bad rap... His lectures are interesting and yeah you need to read outside of class because he doesn't teach everything that'll be on the tests but that's college. he teaches a lot of classes so he's always rushed to leave after class but if you go to his office hours he is happy to help you!

Dr. Sawrey is a good professor and the class is manageable if you put in the work. Half of his multiple choice is from lecture and half from the book, so read it WELL and outline it. Attend class for small assignments that count as much as one test grade. Take notes on what he says, not just his slides. Always do the practice essay questions.

Loved his lectures

I feel like he makes it challenging to weed out not serious psych majors and to prepare freshmen/sophomores for later serious courses. I am a senior now but had him freshmen year and now appreciate how he taught and how he pushed study techniques. Be prepared to study and attend class. Book required.

Sawrey was an awesome professor, and I really don't know why he has so many negative reviews. His lectures were interesting so long as you did the reading they were easy to follow. If you study for his class there is really nothing to worry about.

I honestly don't understand how he has bad ratings. His class has been one of my favorite classes and I would love to take him again. Attendance isn't mandatory but there are pop quizzes which are easy by the way and you get to use your notes so don't be scared. Buy the book and read the chapters that he goes over in class, know the terms.

This class isn't hard at all if you take notes in class and read the book. He tells you exactly what's gonna be on the exam (usually 50% class stuff and 50% book stuff). He does do some baby pop quizes sometimes but usually hints that it's about to come. Lectures are very interesting if you actually like Psychology. Take his class, he's great!

Dr. Sawrey is a great teacher. His lectures are very organized and informative. You need to go to class and read the textbook outside of class to do well on hist tests. If you are in Honors, I would recommend taking the honors section.

I loved Dr. Sawreys animal behavior class. The material is very interesting and i think he presents it really well. Lectures were casual with good class discussions. He doesn't post notes online and his slides aren't very involved so go to class and listen to what he says! The tests were really tough

Dr. Sawrey was a great teacher! Half his test is on the textbook and the other half is on in class notes we took from a powerpoint. He is hilarious and really tries to help his students understand. The tests are straight from the notes and aren't that bad as long as you study.

This was honestly my favourite course I took at UNCW. The class material is fascinating and he does a good job making the lectures and answering questions. The quizzes are not really pop as they are open book and it's heavily hinted when they'll be given. Show up, take notes, skim the book, and its an easy A. Grading is fair, you get what you give.

This was my favorite class I have ever taken. You have to want to learn and be interested in the topic to get a good grade. Tests are all fill in the blank and essay but if you pay attention in class the topics are so unique that you basically can just remember it and not have to study too much. I wish Dr. Sawtey offered more classes like this!

I really enjoyed this class, I dont know why there are so many bad grades. The year are based off both the book & lectures, but attendance isnt mandatory. Just make sure you copy down the lecture notes somehow. The class is really fun and interesting.

Dr Sawrey was one of the most inspirational professors I had at UNCW. And I had quite a few. As our study abroad advisor in Wales he cared about the students in the group. In the classroom in Wilmington the man didnt teach an easy course. You had to pay attention, read, and prepare. You had to participate in your own learning experience.