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Was not happy or positive! Teacher very difficult, had to work my tail off for a 2.0

has no concept of learning/testing. Teaches new concepts and expects you to function at graduate level instantly. Tests inconsistent format from one exam to the next, so you don't know how to prepare, or waht is expected of you. Lectures lack focus and clarity. Verbose.

He is a really, really bad teacher. He thinks he is GOD.

He is a jerk & joke. He doesn't grade papers forever, and then when you get all your papers back, they are marked down because he maybe preferred more elaboration on a point. Of course, you don't know this until it is too late. He is rude, doesn't return calls or e-mails, and expects way too much from each student. I'm a 4.0 student. Got a 2.1 here

Like everyone else has said, avoid Abn. Psych online. His "study guide" was basically a letter saying don't email me with any questions because I can't be bothered. Had a girl email me asking for clarification on the objective of an assignment because he would not clarify his directions when she asked him. Does not care about student success.

Watkins makes us learn the material; however, I did not know at the time that he is extremely unhelpful. If he cares about student success he does not show it. I worked hard in this class and earned my grade, but his teaching left a lot to be desired. I'm sure he's a lovely individual but should stick to research rather than teaching.

This was one of my first classes taken through EWU and to say disappointing is an understatement. I wrote between 8-10 pages papers weekly and would receive 27/30. When I would ask Dr. Watkins questions, his answers would be unclear or disrespectful. I will never take another class from this Professor.

This professor is the worst professor I have had at Eastern. The tests are absolutely ridiculous, be sure to memorize EVERY SINGLE statistic and graph in lecture as well as the book. He quizzes on every single percentage. Also, everything he says is "correct" so don't expect to have your own opinion on the matter. I recommend NOT taking his course

Poor online implementation. I am senior, 3.7+ GPA, & very happy with most EWU courses in-person & online. His test bank was provably riddled with many errors. Average 1-3+ errors in test bank per quiz, and 12% per mid-term & final each, & wouldn't fix many even proven. Outdated textbook. I love tough professors if logical & reasonable, he wasn't.

A ridiculous amount of reading for a 5 credit class. If you do not read the entire textbook, you will not pass. He asks questions in such a way to make sure you do not do well if you don't agree with everything he says. Does not help at all when you email him and replys are very rude. The final was insane. I believe he does not wish for you to pass

Consistent with other reviews it seems like this professor both didnt care and wanted students to fail. Pretty sure I was one of the only people with a decent grade. I do not recommend. Fortunately I graduated, unfortunately there seems to be a trend of not so good professors at this school. Everything is recycled from quizlet, tells you alot.

Horrible professor. He does not care whether you pass or fail and he will not help you along the way. Keep up with slides. Class is based on four tests and two other assignments. He lets his TA watch over for tests and numeros people have phones out during exams. Brags about having hardest exams at EWU. Run away. No good teacher.

Definitely read the book and his assignments are difficult, i wouldn't recommend taking him for anything. I tried to do assignments to boost my grade but he wants you to fail. I know college is hard but DAMN!

Absurd amount of homework. Will give you bad grades to force you to do the ton of extra credit just to pass. Avoid like the plague if you can. Boring lectures.

This clown is pretty funny in a bad way. He takes all his quiz questions from the quizlet website because he is either too lazy or stupid to think of questions himself. When you take quizzes, just keep a window open to quizlet and you'll find the answers there, word for word! Eastern is great at keeping lame professors on the payroll.

WORST prof I've ever had. Test questions are worded poorly/confusing-grades the essays tough, but hardly gives feedback as to what you did wrong. Rude and unhelpful when you email him with questions. Gives little guidance for what is on midterm and final- and you have to pay $30 (each) to take the mid and final proctored on campus.

The class is doable, but it sucks. The teacher doesnt do much teaching. Its on you to read a massive textbook and write 7-10 pages every week about it. You also take two quizzes a week (answers on quizlet). The final and midterm are worth a ton and are very difficult. He also makes students pay 30 dollars just to take his bad tests. Bad class.

Uncaring, unsympathetic, will not assist you with any needs outside of classroom and does the bare minimum of meeting students needs in the class room setting. He does it for the pay check. He charges $30 to even take the final test. Run away!

took online unaware about having to go to campus for the final and midterm & had to pay 30 dollars for each. he had 2 quizzes a week each 30 questions over 2 chapters on top of that you have 4-9 essay questions that have to be very long for him to give you a good grade. Assignments are all due at 5 pm its terrible & overwhelming amount of work.

Professor Watkins is rather rude and lacks empathy for his students. As for course material, what we learned about was great, but would have been better with ANYONE else. We were told not to ask questions about the material, as it's like "asking him to give us the answers". I needed clarification on some of the material and could not get any.

I LOVE psychology and was SO excited to take abnormal psych. Prof Watkins has made this such an unenjoyable experience. TONS of homework and 60+ pages of reading every 5-6 days, and he is an extremely tough grader. I put in HOURS of work on essay questions and barely got a B. Very unapproachable and I have not gotten ANY feedback from him.

Due to COVID, his class moved to an online format. Two PP lectures totaling less than 90 minutes together, and 34 pages of reading material, his first test was worth 170 points for 30 questions, with a majority of the points being in 5 short answer questions two being worth 24. His autobi...I mean psych book required for the course is a bad joke.

Poorly written tests. Often see a 6-12% bump just because half the class can't figure out what he's asking. Tests are insanely difficult. Impossible to get feedback from. He even admits on the regular that he has a hard time "staying on the trail" during lectures. Belongs in research, not in school.

He asks lots of lecture questions and never answers them. He doesn't know how to make an exam, he made 9 questions on one diagram, which he only explained for 2 minutes in lecture. He believes he is an amazing professor, he shouldn't even have the right to teach. He isn't willing to help, zoom meetings are one sided and pointless.

He asks lots of lecture questions and never answers them. He doesn't know how to make an exam, he made 9 questions on one diagram, which he only explained for two minutes in lecture. He believes he is an amazing professor, he shouldn't even have the right to teach. He isn't willing to help, zoom meetings are one sided and pointless.

I am a third year student at EWU and I have never dropped a course before. I wrote 3 pages to answer his 4 questions he had and was given 11/40 and when asking for clarification he told me I just didnt understand. His extra credit is movies that are not available on any streaming service. He does not make any effort to help you understand.

Doesn't actually know how to teach presents chapters upon chapters of information without really giving you an idea of what the test will look like, then complains that the students aren't working hard when the median grade is failing for his four tests. Course is far too tough for a soft science, where half the definitions are unique to his class.

This professor is the worst I've had the displeasure of dealing with. I usually get really good grades, but I honestly thought I might fail this class. He gives awful, or no feedback. Nothing I could write on his many essay questions was good enough. He never said ONE positive thing to me. I would NEVER take a class from him again.

best way to describe his teaching is he tells you what to learn then you teach yourself by reading it in the booking you are having trouble teaching yourself & clearly struggling he just tells you to do more in-depth when reading. dont take the class he is aware many people do not like him & write terrible reviews but he does nothing to fix that

Total tool. Forces you to buy his book and then he quotes himself. No emphasis on any research outside of his own microcosm.

This guy only gives test in this class and nothing else. You have to read his own book and it very religious heavy. You have multiply Listing items on the test were you have to write out 4+ things for each. This class is hard to pass and I will never take him again. Oh did I mention their is no notes either!

Philip Watkins provided little to no guidance on what to learn for the course, and instead required us to read from the textbook for most of the information we needed for the tests. The amount of detail and understanding he expected us to know was completely absurd. Philip would typically post 1 video lecture per week that was around 10 minutes.

Do yourself a favor and avoid him at all cost. He only posts a 5-10 min video per chapter, he then leaves you learn 99.99% of the material from the textbook which he wrote... Ive never left a review on a teacher but i have to warn you about this one. Be prepared to have a no social life and a horrible quarter if you take his class.

Right now I am barely passing and honestly might have to withdraw from this class and lose my scholarships. He expects you to memorize EVERYTHING from the lecture and textbook and you can't use any notes. If you want your GPA to drop, to cry after every test, and to contemplate dropping out then this is the course for you!

Just don't. This professor is horrible. Avoid this professor at all costs unless you are okay with failing.

He wasn't really caring of his students. I can tell he was just someone who posted lectures and if you didn't do well then it was on you. Like he was not willing to help you out. I had an online class with him and he would literally post 12 lectures in one week or 5 or 6. I suggest to anyone who is wanting an online class to not take it from him.

I'm glad he retired. This professor was awful and his lectures were simply just reading slides. It's like he was yapping to yap. I do not recommend it. He was also not helpful.