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Quality1.9
Difficulty67%
Would Retake85
Reviews67%
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What Students Say
“Topcu was one of the worst professor's I have had here at Ferris”
PSYC365 - 1.0 rating“bad teacher but youre forced to take her”
PSYC365 - 2.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
39%
Textbook Required
33%
Grade Predictor
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A+
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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3.0
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3.0
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2.8
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2.3
Reviews (85)
she doesnt know what she is talking about. she is brand new to the school and doesnt teach. she hands out the notes at the beginning of the class and just reads them word for word. it is a very good class to nap in. its an easy A.
She always looks very confused about the subject that she is talking about.With the word uh in every sentence that she says...Easy A, boring teacher.
She just makes powerpoint slides of the pages of the book. You can never go to class and learn it all if you can read the book. But if you take the quizzes and sit through class its very easy to do well.
Other rating is right, just read the chapters and your gauranteed an A. 1.She grades on a curve,2.whatever you got in quize points(everyday quizes)she adds to your test score! Your stupid if you cant ace every test. VERY BORING lectures though!ZZZZZ!
very good teacher, read the chapter, you have good debates sometimes. Down to earth, and for a Prof very human.
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Didnt really liKe her as a professor, although she was a nice person.
Great teacher. Very easy going and helpful. If you forget to turn something in she will let you know and will still give you full credit for it. If you know the study packet she hands out before every test and go over the terms you will get an A.
Boring, just boring, fairly easy to get a good grade in her class, just manage to stay awake and read the terms that were in the chapter that you were supposed to read. The rest comes as common sense.
This is the easiest class ever!! You get 10 free points on the 50 tests, I don't know how you couldn't do well in this class. All you have to do is hand in everything.
If you don't get an A in this class, you shouldn't be going to college. The entire class is lectures from powerpoints and you have daily quizzes that don't count. Her accent is hard to understand at first, but you get used to it. She will help you if you ask her. Easy A.
EASIEST CLASS EVER!!! she has an extremely easy grading system, and if you miss a test she will let you make it up if you go and talk to her. She gives you a good general understanding of psych. class is much more interesting if you participate, because it can get boring sometimes.
Boring class. All she does is read powerpoint slides. She also does not take charge of the class and lets people walk all over her. Easy A, but I would not recommend her as a teacher.
This was an easy class. Do participate cause thats what makes it more fun. Read the pracice quiz after each chapter and you've aced the quiz. She's funny once you get to know her.
if you want an easy A, take this class. if you actually want to learn about psychology, dont take this class, honestly...
i LOVE her
This is the easiest class ever, if you don't get an A then you must have been sleeping the whole time...this has been by far one of my easiest classes.
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This class is sooooo easy. I hardly had to study and i got an A no problem. She requires that you read before each class, but it's never much. You have daily quizzes but if you read the bold words then you'll be fine. Take her if you can.
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Boring but so EASY good choice for psyc classes!! Would take her again
VERY easy. It's a good class; you learn the material without being weighed down by it. Tons of extra credit and such. Easy tests. Only complaint is that she is kind of hard to understand at times.
Very fun and intersting, good teacher
shes a feminist but doesnt go overboard with it. the work is easy and simple. she has an accent but it's not too bad. you just have to pay attention.
very nice prof.
Boring class...but she is VERY fair...wants her students to do well, and she gives you practice questions for every test and quiz. yes its VERY boring...but its worth it
This class is super easy! All you have to do is show up, listen, read a bit of the textbook and you're well on your way to a passing grade! She puts all her quizzes and practice test questions on Web CT so you know exactly what to expect, too. Just be warned that it can get a bit boring at times, though. I said it was easy, not necessarily fun!!
great teacher, great grading ploicy easy to get an A if you do your work
Dr. Topcu is a really nice person, but this class was almost a complete joke! She gives daily quizzes (which suck) but they're basically free points as long as you at least skim the textbook before hand. Tests are pretty easy too, and other than a group presentation it's just a bunch of busy work. Sometimes though, lecture is halfway interesting.
Very good teacher who goes over stuff very well and is very helpful. I would definetely recommend her.
Not a real bad class, nice teacher, easy quizzes every day, easy group papers and projects
Possibly easier than any of my high school classes. there are daily quizzes but they are ridiculously easy and have extra credit. tests are the same way. TAKE THIS PROFESSOR!!!!!!!!
Dr. Topcu had a pretty laid black class environment, she is a great teacher. I would definitely recommend her for psychology.
She's a very nice lady.Vey helpful. Great class to take with this teacher. Very easy ways to get points. I would recommend taking this class if you need it
The easiest class I have ever taken.. I have had over 100% the entire time. She gives you extra credit every day, all you have to do is read the assigned 4 pages that she gives. Highly recommended, EASY A!!!
great class. easy to do well if you read the short sections. no homeowrk, but just reading 4ish pages for short quiz
She is difficult to understand most of the time because of her accent, but she is a good teacher. she gives daily quizzes which are basically attendance and they are really easy. lots of extra credit.
Great teacher. A little hard to understand at first but you get used to it. The first test/quiz most didn't do well on. The first quiz caught many by surprise because they didn't look at the schedule sheet she gave. The first test was set up differently than most thought so there were not good scores but once you see the first you're fine.
Great teacher, had her before for Cog. Psych. She lets you know what information she wants and what is relevant.
She's From Turkey, With A HEAVY ACCENT! She's LOVES PSYCH! There's DAILY Clicker Quizzes & Test Every Other Week. She Gives Extra Credit & Participation Points. STUDY FOR EXAMS OR YOU WILL FAIL! Read Section Before Each Quiz, You Will Be Fine. One Group Project, Be Careful With The People You Pick! Otherwise, Not Bad!
Very helpful and clear expectations.
Very nice lady. She has a good sense of humor, and she has an accent but it's very easy to adjust to. I would definitely recommend her. I actually felt like I learned a thing or 2 about psych from taking this class.
Textbooks for her class are a waste of money just use the lecture notes. boring lectures just reads off slide. group projects and tests. gets confused in her own lecture notes and can and has given the wrong answers on quizs and tests. bad teacher but youre forced to take her. terrible advisor also. won't help you swtich if you have her.
Whoever said the comment below about Dr. Topcu is severely wrong to say the least. Dr. Topcu is an exceptionally bright professor that condenses very difficult information down and makes it extremely understandable. She's one of the best psychology teachers at Ferris State. She does a great job and knows what she is talking about!
She curves all the tests. Daily quizzes but they're straight vocabulary out of the book. 1 group project; we threw ours together and got 100%. No accumulative final. Suggest not taking in the evening because it can get dull.
I honestly loved this class. I've learned a lot too. The only downfall was taking it in the evening. Attendance is not mandatory. The final exam is not accumulative. Online open book quizzes are extremely easy. She's extremely funny, & straight to the point. She curves every test. The group presentation is a piece of cake she gives everyone 100%.
Dr. Topcu made me enjoy coming to class. She has tremendous insight in comparing American cultures to other cultures and tying it all into psychology. Expectations in the class are crystal clear and she curves every test. One of my favorite professors at Ferris.
She is an awesome professor. Her exams are really easy and the online quizzes are a breeze. She keeps class interesting with discussions. She is one of my favorite professors.
Easy class. Lecture is boring some days, fun on other days. She's Turkish, but her accent is not a problem at all. Exams are easy, you take them twice. Once on your own, and once as a class and she averages the two score. I would recommend her!
Easy and fun class. She has a lot of stories to tell. I would definitely recommend her. Her exams are easy, too.
Too easy of a class. It was boring but you didn't have to go to class, quizzes online, and test were super easy as well. Great professor though, uses a lot of examples and relates it to everyday stuff.
Great Teacher! Easy class. You have 1 group presentation but it is easy. The material isn't very hard to know. Tests are multiple choice. You have to study for them but not that much. Overall, She's awesome and I like the class!
Great teacher! She is very helpful understanding. Read chapters and look over power points and you'll do fine.
She is a great professor. She always has a lot of stories to share and she's really funny. Her accent is adorable too! Only thing I don't like about the class is the tests, they are kind of hard.
Such an easy class. The first exam I studied for, I got an A.The second, I studied way less and got an A. The third, I didn't study at all and got an A. I think her whole class is curved. Only one project too, and you do it in groups. I stopped going to class, and I even got an A on my last exam. Others struggle tho but Overall, this is an EASY A!
Topcu is a great professor at Ferris. She helps you relate subjects to youself in order to remember them easier. Lectures are boring but most people didnt come, they just looked over the powerpoints she printed for us. Easy tests, easy class and she gives extra credit.
Dr. Topcu was one of the worst professor's I have had here at Ferris. She talks in circles and most of the time the entire class has no idea what she's talking about. Has an accent and pronounces some things weird but not too bad. The only thing that I enjoyed out of her class were her personal stories that she shared. Do NOT take if possible.
Her exams are completely different from her practice exams, (and much harder.) Also, lecture tends to drag on, and it's only an hour and 15 minute class. She's not from the US originally, and often gets distracted and goes off topic, then assumes everyone knows what she's talking about. It's one of those courses you teach yourself.
She is very nice, and often quite funny. However, her exams are very difficult. If you do not study for her tests, you will not pass. Pay attention, study, and you'll do fine.
Exams are extremely hard. Forst two are 25 questions next two are 50. Her study guides, study exams and study quizzes cover only about 10% of what's on the exam. Lectures don't cover much more. Every one does so bad on the exams she has to give a 20% curve on every exam. Hard to get ahold of through email.
She is very nice but doesnt clearly state instructions to assignments well. The class doesnt take attendance but she complains about people not showing up constantly. She is oringinally from Turkey and is sometimes hard to understand. Almost every class she has issues with the computer, even simple things like the sound or even turning it on.
Dr. Topcu did a fabulous job with the online version of PSYC 345. The class was pretty easy but slightly labor intense . No tests, just quizzes. She really put a lot of thought into this class. Also, she lets us use older versions of the text which cost around $4!
Accent makes her difficult to understand and she constantly flits from one idea to the next without warning - lectures are basically useless. Her exam questions come from the text and slides so follow those and you'll be fine. I would take her classes again because they are easy, not because they are useful. If you want inspirational, avoid her.
This class was the easiest course I have taken in college. I took it over wintermester and finished it within one week. The content is sometimes difficult emotionally, but it was a good class to get some easy credits in!
The most disorganized professor I've ever taken. She flies through notes from 2005 and doesn't stop to explain the excessive amount of information we're expected to know. She's never clear on the due dates for projects or labs so nothing ever gets done and class gets confusing. If you can avoid this class, save yourself the headache.
This was Psychology of Death and Dying. It's a super easy class but you'll learn about other cultures and their processes of funeral, cremations, and traditions. Some are very disturbing. You also need to do 2 things in this course that I'm not telling you. It's going to get you out of your comfort zone. I really loved this class. Super easy!
Professor Topcu was a hoot. Her lectures were very straight forward and she defines long-term assignments early/ She is very flexible and understanding. I loved the course and learned a lot of new things. The class was interesting and she does a good job of keeping things relevant. I took this class to fulfill a credit, but I would take it again.
Love this professor. This class was physiological psychology and was a fully online course. She prepared everything amazingly for the class, her video lectures are long but they are SO interesting. Make sure to study for the tests because they make up a large portion of your grade, but the questions come directly from the lectures.
It takes a long time to get grades back from Professor Topcu, & she doesn't give feedback. She kind of disappeared too - just opened everything up & sent out a couple of announcements & that's all we heard from her. It was a good class if you have self-discipline & can keep yourself on track without being reminded of what you need to get done.
I took this class online in the winter semester. It was really short, but not a ton of work. I really liked the class and funeral home visit surprisingly, and you actually learn a lot of real world stuff. Do all the assignments and quizzes and you'll do great. Awesome class to take in the summer or winter.
This class is pretty much at your own pace with no zooms. There were only a couple quizzes, exams, and one assignment. If you take notes/download the powerpoints you'll do fine on the exams. As long as you keep up with the dates you'll do good. Great class to take when you are taking a lot of credits.
This class is amazing, and you will do well if you learn well with in-class discussions where ideas are shared by everyone.
I loved Ms. Topcu, she is so willing to work with whatever you need for help as a student. Exams and class format are set apart very well and she is very lenient and understanding with grading and assignments.
Professor Topcu is amazing! Was able to pass the class with flying colors without spending hours studying, and I always looked forward to class.
She tells you what you have to do write down during lectures and is very clear on what she wants you to have for your group presentation. You only have one group presentation to do the whole semester, and its based on what you do and not everyone all together. She does go through slides quickly sometimes but other then that amazing!
Class was fine. Was not hard, but nothing special. Grading was done slowly and criteria was unclear most of the time.
does not know how to communicate efficiently or use Technology. She never knew where we left off on slides, failed to respond to us about getting our 3rd meeting the day before our presentation. And then upon seeing the presentation, said it was not up to standards even though we followed the syllabus exactly. Poor communications for a professor.
Easy quizzes and material. There are lab reports we have to do every so often. Her lectures were interesting but a lot of the time she just read off the slides she posted online. She is a very sweet and caring professor and wants the best for her students.
She was literally the greatest professor I have ever had. She gave lots of wonderful examples and taught clear lessons. Lecture heavy, but with valuable and interesting information. Personal experiences were tied into the lessons and not as distractions and her timing was well. Her grading system was very organized and I always knew what was next.
She was great and I enjoyed her class. Lots of examples, and good ones at that. Her lectures were great. The only downside is her attendance policy along with her phone/computer policy.
By far one of the easiest professors. Just a strict no phone/computer policy. Tests/quizzes were all online and you could do them on your own pace. Didn't take points off for late work. Can tell she is passionate about psychology. Uses real world examples. One group project but she walks you through it. Very easy course.
She is overall a nice person, but she is very lecture heavy. She is very strict on attendance, and using no technology. She also gets upset when you leave to use the bathroom.
She definitely knows a lot about Psycology, but I would not recommend her for teaching. Very lecture heavy but she gets extremely off topic/schedule. Temperamental and lots of rules. Absolutely no technology is to be used by students and she gets very angry at students using the bathroom. She will mark you absent if she sees you on your phone.
This professor will literally stop the class for every little thing that “distracts” her. For example. Someone was eating chips and she said she can still eat but the bag is to loud. She is very nit picky and not understanding at all. She doesnt really get into the learning topic but just yaps about her life.
She is huge on technology beign an issue in her classes yet everything is online? It's a very nice class though just a lot of lecture.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
39%
Textbook Required
33%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A+
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.31 avg changeRatings by Course
PSYC105
5.0
(1)PYCH150
5.0
(1)PSYCHOLOGY
5.0
(2)PYSC150
5.0
(1)PSYCH360
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
PSYCHOLOGY
3.0
PSYCH121
3.0
PSYC406
2.8
PSYC
2.4
PSYC365
2.3