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Takes an interest in the class and her students.

She really likes to talk about herself... a lot. Very willing to help out students. Going to class is pretty pointless. Tests are based on the book only, and are just created by the test bank. But be prepared, the tests are really hard! Pay attention to EVERY detail from the book and you will do fine.

Fun class to go to once in a while because sometimes she swears or talks about relevant stuff. She's cute too, good body. Asks way too many retorical questions though instead of just lecturing. Tests are made from test bank for the book, take the online practice exams and read the chapters well and you'll do fine.

Great teacher, this lady is hilarious and knows her stuff. I highly recommend her.

She really loves her stuff, she's just a hilarious person to begin with so it makes the class fun. Just take notes and read the text--take the online tests, and it should be an easy A.

Easy class if you read the book. she reads off the books power point. you dont need to go to class, unless you hate actually reading. She is like the audio book. if you can't pass this class, something is wrong with you ;) its that easy

This professor really knows her stuff and knows how to teach it. She's comes across tough but she's funny and makes everything she teaches really interesting. I highly recommend this class even for just an elective. I'd read the book and pay attention in class and you'll be just fine.

Interesting class. READ THE BOOK! Questions are taken from test banks so they can be very detailed. It is also useful to make a study guide. Her lectures are good clarification and she is absolutely hilarious. I recommend this class.

McNeel is Awesome! She does a great job of making the class interesting. She is a great entertainer and makes the class more general fun for the student.

She is really funny, but gets off topic a lot and goes on tangents. Definitely read the textbook, she takes test questions right out of the "test yourself" sections. And take her advice on how to study, it helps. Talking to her during office hours also helps if you aren't doing well. You don't really need to go to class as long as you read.

McNeel is awesome. Her lectures are hilarious and she is always fun to listen to. Sometimes there is a little too much story time, but hey, its better then economics. Read the book thoroughly as the test questions come out of a database. Read the how to study section and take it to heart. If nothing else this class can make you a great student

She's absolutely hilarious and gives fantastic, engaging lectures. However, she has unrealistic expectations for her students. Exams are a test of how fast you can write more than your comprehension/application of the material.

I agree with the person who talked about having to write fast. She expects you to elaborate on your points but it's difficult to get the main points written down in the time given, let alone elaborate! otherwise, good sense of humor and interesting class.

She is really funny and does a great job giving additional explanations when asked, though she does go on tangents often. Her tests are difficult if you only takes notes. READ the BOOK! Her advice on how to study is extremely useful. A good class.

The tests were way to hard. Not an easy class.

she turns the cog seminar into a neurocog seminar. NOT what i wanted, but it was still interesting, even though i would have dropped it because it's not what i signed up for haha. but I'm graduating so i had to take the class no matter. 50% of ur grade is based on a presentation and a paper... which are both due the day of your presentation

That chilly pepper's no lie. Her exams are straight out of the text, I finally aced her last exam because I focused on the CONCEPTS. You MUST read and memorize the concepts to succeed. She's funny, beautiful, helpful, will go over the exam with you. Her lecture reviews the text, but you'd do fine skipping the lecture if you can recite the text.

I took her level 200 cognition class and found it hard and too much to handle. I didn't want to take 410 from her, but it was my only choice. I'm incredibly glad I took it. The seminars with her are amazing. She goes over everything, no huge final paper, and loves to see you improve. Shes a hard professor, but will love you for being honest.

Although Dr. Jantzen is hilarious and really cool, I would not take her again because of her teaching style. Your grade is based on 4 exams. Her power points come directly from the book's website. She doesn't post them online. No study guide. You literally have to memorize the textbook to get good grades.

She is very good at elaborating on concepts to help students understand, but sometimes gets a little off subject. Grades are based off four exams only, and they are not easy unless the textbook is read, and the content thoroughly studied. Be prepared to study A LOT for this class if you want a good grade.

Dr. Jantzen is easily the most entertaining teacher at Western! She tells you everything you need to know on the test so go to the review days! To do well you need to memorize to exam topics using a script (telling a story) She explains that she is not trying to fail anyone but if you don't write the script how she wants then you will not succeed.

Jantzen is honestly the best teacher i've had at Western. She gives you so much time to read the material, she goes over everything in the same order as the book, she takes the lectures slow and talks about everything in detail, we are usually out early, and she is so enthusiastic about everything she talks about. She's also hilarious.

Dr. Jantzen seemed intimidating at first, but she was a really great professor! Great lectures. Must read all the assigned chapters. Tests are challenging, but she is willing to help answer your questions during tests as much as possible. Her lectures are interesting and she is very entertaining.

Dr. Jantzen's lectures are super funny and interesting! As a professor, she's awesome. However, her class is super tough because your grade is based on three 50-question tests and NOTHING else. The tests are based heavily on the textbook as well. If you're good at remembering what you read, it'll be easy. Otherwise... watch out.

Fun professor, but not so fun when it comes to getting your exam grades back. Her lectures are highly based on the textbook, so you won't miss much if you don't show up. However, she doesn't go over many different examples within the concepts besides personal ones. Tests are extremely hard because questions ask about unfamiliar situations.

Dr. Jantzen is fantastic. Her lectures are informative and funny, bringing real life examples to an academic topic, which really helps you apply your knowledge to real life. Tests are all writing so you really need to understand the concepts, but she gives you an idea of what to study the most. She's a whole chili pepper plant. Highly recommended.

Psychoacoustics was pretty lit. It used to be listed as a WP3 course, so she makes you write 1 page lab reports every week. Only 2 exams, and a whole lotta fun. She has high expectations, and expects you to know and utilize the content learned in lecture/book in your labs and exams. She's hard to access outside of class sometimes. So, good luck!

Everyone in this class had a really tough time because Professor Jantzen teaches straight from the book. She doesnt post lecture slides, study guides, and her tests (the entirety of your grade) are conceptual. Read the book. I truthfully only showed up on test days, but I read the book as she said we needed to if we wanted to pass, and I did well.

I dont know what people are complaining about. Dr. Jantzen always told students what was expected of them, how to stay motivated, and how to best prepare/study for the exams. Her lectures were hilarious and she was always happy to answer everyones questions (even the ridiculous ones). Shes not easy, but college isnt supposed to be.

I have had Dr. Jantzen for a couple classes (PSY and LING). Shes super funny and really likes what she teaches. Shes always excited to tell us stuff and see her students succeed. She isnt easy and expects you to work hard, but shes helpful and caring about it. I always thought she was respectful and never rude to me or anyone else in class.

Jantzen is incredibly smart and has awesome lectures. She's super funny and engaging with students. The class was bit disorganized and she doesn't use canvas, but the class was good besides that. Definitely recommend.

Dr. Jantzen is super funny and smart. Her lectures were always interesting and she was always happy to answer our questions. Its a lecture class so only exams towards the grade and they arent easy. However she tells you how to study and answers questions and helps a lot during the tests.

Im not sure why some people didnt like Jantzen. Her lectures were really clear and followed along the textbook. She brought in extra data from experiments in the book to make them clearer. She was always available during office hours and outside of them for appointments. There are four multiple choice exams and she answers questions during.

Her lectures come pretty much straight from the textbook, but she goes into more detail about experiments and theories and answers all kinds of questions. There are four multiple choice exams that she helps answers questions to during the exam. Super funny, smart, and wants students to succeed. Go to class and read the book and youll do fine!

I'm not sure why other students are upset about the three exams. There were originally four exams, but due to Western being closed for a week for snow we lost one of them. Also the third exam is only on ONE chapter and its open book and note. Professor Jantzen is really funny and tries to answer everyones questions, even the annoying ones.

Agreed. It was a crazy quarter due to Western being closed for a week and then COVID. Jantzen handled it really well and worked very hard to make things less stressful for us. She was very supportive of students staying healthy, not getting anxious, and making sure we still learned and succeeded. I didn't have a bad experience with her.

Wow, I had the exact opposite experience with Dr. Jantzen this quarter. Her lectures were really helpful, and hilarious, and she always emailed or Zoomed with me when I needed anything. The exams are open book and she posts possible exam questions ahead of time. She was also my only prof this quarter who said anything about Black Lives Matters.

Dr. Jantzen tried really hard to make online lectures fun. She posts possible exam question banks before exams and the exams are open book and note. She emailed class a lot to make sure we were all OK and feeling good about stuff. She also emailed a few times about Black Lives Matter and making sure students were and felt supported.

I had a really bad quarter due to family issues and COVID. Professor Jantzen helped me out a lot with getting help from Student Life and checking in on me. She made sure I didnt feel alone and was cool about doing weekly Zoom meetings just to answer my questions and make me feel better about what was going on.

I had her for an online class. She provides lectures for each exam. She gives study guides with 160 possible questions for each exam and pulls 80 for each test so you have to know all the answers. The answers are pretty easy to find through quizlet, it just takes a long time to get all the answers. Split up the questions with other students! Read!

Dr. Jantzen's class online was very easy for a 5 credit class. As long as you read a little everyday, watch the lecture videos, and take notes, it's easy. Some of the answers for the Exams are straight out of the lectures. She is very energetic and has a great personality which I always appreciate.

Jantzen is such a great professor in class and super knowledgeable and has so many stories to tell. The class is definitely hard, especially if you have never taken a linguistics class like me, and the class is based only on three tests throughout the quarter. But if you study hard, you'll be okay. She is very caring and open with her students!

Jantzen is super cool, very funny and engaging. The content itself is fascinating. But, the entire class is based on 3 tests (150 questions overall), meaning if u miss a few questions across the quarter, u won't get an A. There's also about 100 pages of reading/wk that is necessary to do well, but not rewarded w/ pts. Also no tech allowed in class.

We had an interesting situation for the Fall quarter, which I won't get into, but McNeel is maybe one of my all time favorite professors. She is passionate, caring, outspoken, and most of all, a great lecturer. Her lectures are important if you want to do well in her class, but it's not so bad, I actually really like learning about the material.

This class only has 3 tests and due to extenuating circumstances, they were all canceled, so I can't really speak on the difficulty of this class, but Professor Jantzen is great. Yes, she's strict about phones and computers, but she's so funny and engaging and the material is super interesting, I loved this class and Professor Jantzen.

Very easy class all you have to do is show up and post a discussion question after every class. Lectures can be very interesting and fun.

Ling 207 was such an engaging and fun class. Entirely lecture centered, go to class! After each lecture, you are required to submit a one sentence question pertaining to the content discussed in class. Super easy and it gives you the opportunity to absorb the content without the stress of unnecessary quizzes and tests. loved her lectures too!

Dr. Jantzen is funny and very knowledgeable, making her lectures interesting. She only grades on attendance and one "scholarly question" per class, however, I wish that there had been more opportunity for engagement with the information, especially with the number of cancelled classes.

This was the easiest class I have ever taken. Go to class, ask a question online, and you get an A. The professor is unhinged in the best way possible. We got to hear about a bowling rival and her skiing trips. I, unfortunately, didn't learn as much as I had hoped because of how low effort getting an A was. In the end, it's a great low-effort GUR.

Took this class for a GUR and ended up loving the material so much because of her that im doing a linguistics minor. If you're not going to show up and listen for every lecture don't take the class. Jantzen is funny and makes boring material interesting and memorable.

If you're looking for an easy 5 credit science gur, this class is great. There are no tests, no assignments, all you have to do is attend the lecture and then submit a question about the class. There is no way to make up late work or absences, but as long as you don't skip you can get through with a 100% in the class. She's pretty funny too.