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I don't care what anyone else says, Dr. Adams is great, he is brilliant and knows his stuff. Dr. Adams aside from brilliance he posseses great attititude towards life and school. Dr. Adams is not just a great professor, he is HOT!!!! and I mean HOT!!

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not a nice man

WAS NOT PREPARED FOR LECTURES

Yeah! he is easy if your a female. He flirts and gives better grades to girls that suck up 2 him. I went to his office and he shut the door on me because he was on the phone. He dsnt care about students!!!!He sucks!!! Dnt take him guys!!!!

The class is not very difficult as long as you do the assignments every week. He does not teach anything in class that is on the tests so you could basically skip the lectures and get as good of a grade but attendance is mandatory. His views are quite liberal so don't mention any opposing viewpoints or he will shut you down. Pretty big ego.

Stay out from under his radar. I have seen him pick on people in class, humiliate them, or put them down, he thinks it is funny. It's not. He's not fair. A friend of mine did all of her work in his class and he still failed her, ask for a recommendation and he will shoot you down too if he doesn't like you. Not cool. I'll never take him again.

Basically if you sit in his class and don't ever participate and he doesn't know who you are, and do the work you'll get an "A" but if you're like me and very smart, point out his errors, speak up and answer all the questions correctly and he feels you're trying to challenge him, he will do everything possible to flunk you. His ego is huge.

Dr Adams is a nightmare for serious students. Lectures consist of verbatim ppt readings and irrelevant tangents. Regards older, unattractive, and male students with noticeably less favor. He was only hard in the sense that he sabotaged people's grades with his poor communication. No idea how he got his position as a professor, let alone the chair.

It isn't often I dislike a professor this strongly. Tells unrelated, pointless stories instead of teaching needed material. Intentionally confuses students. Makes tests harder than they should be. Gives annoying assignments that don't help you learn the material but just becomes a waste of time that is necessary to pass the class. Study the book.

Weekly journals and tests. You will FAIL if you don't complete every one. Lectures are pointless and consist of him telling loosely related stories. Absolutely doesn't teach the material. Read and re-read the book. Tests are stupid hard with little time to complete. Some tests online, some in class. Releases class early. Unclear and confusing.

Never take this man. You will not do well. I have a 3.0 and above for ivy class in college so far, and this will be the first class I won't pass. Aside from being completely and utterly unorganized, he goes off on random tangents in class and ill flip through slides at lightning speed. DO NOT TAKE ADAMS EVER. I had him for 310 and it was bad

This is a class that you can take if you have no other classes. Too much work, sorry Virgil, you are funny sometimes during lecture, but as a course this is a joke. Going to be a large number of students not passing this year

He doesn't give stay guides when there is like 10 chapters on every test. He claims we won't learn, just regurgitate with study guides. Very, very untrue. Personally I learn and study more when I know what will be on the test, rather than not knowing what to study.

Psy 310 with Adams was the most disproportionate amount of work I had to do for a 3 cred class. This ratio of work and difficulty given versus effort actually put into teaching the course was one sided. Ignore his instruction and read the book to take his tests, AVOID HIS NIGHTMARE OF A SEMESTER LONG PAPER. DON'T TAKE HIM FOR THIS COURSE EVER!

The absolute worst Professor! Clearly doesnt know the material and only reads what is on pwr point. Never clearly elaborates on the material and wouldnt be able to pass his own test if he had to take himself! The project paper is ridiculous and tests are impossible with not enough time to finish. He enjoys making students suffer- do not take him!

Doesn't teach-be prepared to teach yourself-ridiculously hard tests-NO STUDY GUIDE-Belittles people who ask questions & usually answers w/I Don't know. He should know, has taught it for years but wants us to know it-Obviously doesn't want to be there or help a student succeed-Class out early but not informed-Take anyone else except this egomaniac!

Worst professor I have ever taken. His class is ridiculously hard and he doesn't even know the material. He's unprepared and reads off his slides and when students ask questions he says "I don't know, check the book." He spends a majority of class taking about himself and lets us out early every time. He clearly doesn't care for his students.

He should not be a professor. He does not care about his students and just likes to talk about himself. This is the most stressful course and I feel like he doesn't even know what he is teaching.

Unorganized, unhelpful, and excessive describes Dr. Adam's. Too much motivational speaking, not enough lecturing. Term paper is horrific and expect no support. No homework making the 20 extensive chapters hard to retain n understand. He is rude to students. Doesn't know how to use canvas. Provides bare min directions. Overall, awful n dont recomend

Virgil does not participate in teaching in any manner. His lectures are reading the text we read before arriving. Loves to talk about himself. I went into his office hours to ask for help he said i am not going to help, you figure it out. Loves to say he cares about students futures. But his lack of even trying to teach or help, proves otherwise.

I dont recommend taking Adams, this is the most ridiculous class I have ever taken. Lectures are pointless, all tests are straight from the book. You will use blue book for tests. You have to know all vocab at end of each chapter and memorize. 6-10 chapters every test. Paper is a nightmare and when students ask questions he makes them feel dumb.

Hands down the worst professor I've ever had, I should have listened to the warnings. Very egotistical and loves to brag about himself. He knows he makes tests too hard and doesn't care. Will belittle you if you are not up to his standard. If you have to take him, make sure you read the book.

Horrible teacher. You teach yourself by reading the book His lectures are not useful at all and I WOULD recommended not even going to class but he takes attendance randomly His test are so ridiculously hard and the questions on the tests never seem to correlate with what you just learned in the chapters. Avoid his classes like the plague!

By far the worst professor of my entire college career. Such a horrible professor and tries his hardest to be the most difficult professor on campus. he has no idea what he's even teaching, reads straight from the book, and is super disorganized in every aspect. AVOID HIM AT ALL COSTS, YOU WILL HATE YOUR LIFE.

Worst professor Ive ever had. DO NOT take any of his classes you will regret it

I wish I had used this website before taking this professor. I ended up with him for 2 of my classes and it was the hardest 2 classes I have ever taken in my life. He laughed when the average for the first test was a 40% and said that he knew it was hard. He gave us a cheat sheet for the next one and everyone still somehow failed. DON'T TAKE HIM

Tests are hard. They contain questions about percentages and stuff you wouldn't normally memorize. It was very hard for us to understand what he was trying to explain, and he had to repeat himself several times before we finally gave up and just helped each other. Lectures are boring, and he lacks passion. HORRIBLE!

DO NOT TAKE HIM! Normally, I am an A student, his tests are so hard and he is a really hard grader, I am not sure how I got a B after failing all the exams. He stresses that you show up even though it is online, but he never "showed up" when it came to grading, it took two months to get grades back. Honestly if possible, AVOID taking this class

Dr. Adams had no synchronous class. We only had prerecorded lectures, about 3 chapters to read per 2 weeks, and OCCASSIONALLY an UNRELATED paper or discussion. If you, like myself, find it hard to learn without a structured class meeting, do not choose Adams. Actually, just avoid him at all costs, trust me, my cohort agrees with me.

HORRIBLE! He does not grade anything in a timely manner and his exams are hard. This professor does not assign assignments that are relevant to what we are learning. Also, he has very little sympathy for his students. You email him a concern about something and he responds like he does not care what you just said. Very unprofessional professor.

Worst Professor I have ever had. I have had straight A's in all my courses but he makes it impossible to get an A in his class. He rarely gives full credit on assignments and definitely not on papers even when I follow the rubric exactly but do not receive credit or an explanation. Lectures are pointless, test are straight from book.

CI staff will tell you not to take him because of how rude and uncaring he is towards his stunts. He'll speak down to you when you ask a question and contradicts himself ALL THE TIME then gets mad when students show confusion. he should be fired but unfortunately he is already 10 yeared with CI.. big mistake on their end.. very disappointed in them

Where do I start? Grades unjustly. Doesn't follow his syllabus. WILL talk down to you if you have a question/comment. Disrespectful. Goes off topic. Textbook lectures, not insightful. Will fail you for 1 missing assignment even if you have an A/B. Not enough time on quizzes. Don't bother reaching out to the chair, Adams has tenure. AWFUL. BEWARE.

Good luck asking questions and getting a straight or even coherent answer. Why are people like him even teachers? CI is failing their students. He's disrespectful and an arrogant prof. Rambles most of the class time and accuses people of cheating constantly.I would take another prof. if you are interested in the subject or want to learn.

I would not take this class if I didnt have to. He gives exams with barely any time to answer and it is a stressful way to learn. He also complains about his job and isnt organized.

I didn't like that he didn't offer much time on test.Too much politics, He'd ask your opinion and then say it's wrong.The second time I took him, he was off. Really political this time, he rambled, his exams had very little time, he's organized. He also sent me a very rude and uncalled for email. Don't take him. I don't care how easy his class was.

Proff. Adams loves to present himself as a tough guy teacher, that is above all his students.. Most of his lectures turn into rants and gets off topic quickly. Proff. Adams will not grade anything that is not automatically graded by canvas until the last week . You will undoubtedly have to take him to get your degree, good luck.

I hope you are reading this you BUM . You are a disgrace to this institution, learn to manage your time and grade in a timely fashion . You are actively ruining the integrity of the psychology department and deserve disciplinary action . Respect your students WHO PAY YOU .

Worst professor ever. Passionless lectures. He lectures for 45 minutes and leaves even though it's a 3 hour class. Clearly there for a paycheck. Doesn't know how to work computers. You won't know your grade the whole semester. Talks down to his class. Good luck passing. Such a disgrace to the psychology department and to CSUCI.

As a professor at CSUCI, he is unprofessional, careless, and disorganized. He waited until the last few weeks of the semester to grade students' work accumulated from the beginning of the semester. He failed to share consistent feedback. Very subpar experience overall. Avoid if you value professionalism and detest mediocrity.

Class is usually ended early because students can "just read the powerpoint at home." This professor can be very defensive when students ask questions, so be aware of that. I found that his expectations were too high and that the class average was generally a C- or D+ on most assignments. Be aware of your GPA tanking after this.

BEWARE! Why is he a teacher? One of the worst teachers I have ever had. I cried throughout the semester because of the way he talked/emailed me and unjust grading. He is rude/disrespectful. Takes forever to grade + leaves little to no comments. Just there for paycheck. Doesn't care about his students success or feelings. Why is CI keeping him?

Do not take his class! He is an example of the type of teacher I would not want to be or have again. He's rude, ungrateful, arrogant, thinks he is better than everyone else. Most importantly has no respect for his students. Grades unfairly, grades assignments extremely late and is super rude when talking to or emailing. Stay clear from him!

I wanna start off by saying I wish I had listened to his rating on here & dropped his class as soon as possible. He's very rude and makes you feel dumb by asking him any questions/ for clarification on assignments. Also, his grade book did not make any sense with listing assignments with the wrong due dates and blames you. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASSES!!

Dr. Adams has no ability to communicate in a teaching capacity. He is rude and not helpful over email communication. He will be intentionally vague about assignment criteria and then mark you down when the assignments aren't "what he was looking for". If you can avoid him as a teacher, do so and save yourself the frustration.

Listen when I tell you, if you have ANY other options in professors, TAKE. SOMEONE. ELSE. His due dates were never posted correctly. If you were off by a couple words in word count, your grade suffers heavily. Lectures were more on his personal/ political life than material. Three hour class and stayed for 45 mins. Take ANYBODY else. Trust.

Virgil was the rudest, most anxiety-inducing, and exhausting Prof of my semester, do not make him yours. He likes to give very short time limits for quizzes and exams, with poorly worded trick questions, which cover some of the tiniest details within the book. Also, he has a policy where if one assignment is missed, you fail the course. 0/10

His courses are not difficult, he is personally just incredibly demanding and unreasonable. He's a stickler for word count and will dock points even if you fall short by 10 words. His exams are insanely dense. 100 question tests with limited time. Would not recommend if you want a caring professor.

Incredibly rude. He will make very blunt and hurtful comments regarding your work and even comments about you as a person. Very disrespectful. Tests are not too tough, but soooo long (100 questions in 75 minutes, so less than a min per question). He assigned diaries twice a week, and they are 500 words or more. Lots of tedious work, not tough tho.

Exams are 100 questions with only 75 minutes to complete. Quizzes are designed in the same time fashion but with two attempts. If the second attempt is taken, you get an average of the two scores. Accuses you of cheating through zoom if you finish exams or quizzes too fast and threatens to fail and report you to the dean and department chair.

Assigns a paper about plagiarism and fails most of the students based off of APA structure. Accuses students of cheating if exams/quizzes are finished without using all of the given time. Lots of typos and misspelling in material.

if you like a lot of structure then stay. I had to drop his class because I found out that a girl who thought she had an A had a D at the end of the semester. He only allows 10 minutes on a 25 question true false quiz, and closes the grade book so you can't see your actual grade in the class. He doesn't grade stuff on time so you cant keep track.

Very rude. Only gives 10 minutes to take 25 minute test. Dropped class within the first three weeks. Would not recommend.

On the first day of his class I knew I had to drop him, he goes off on unrelated tangents like politics, he even told the class who to vote for (very unprofessional)!! He comes off as rude and he's very unorganized with canvas. The textbook for this class is $100-200!! Very expensive! Avoid this professor for your own mental health !!

Rude, condescending, unreasonable with test times and materials quizzed on. Tends to get extremely specific with wording in his quiz questions which is really unfair because by the time you understand what he's asking for in the quizzes you're already behind on time

I wish I had read these reviews before taking this class all absolutely true. This professor just reads of his own slides with no additional info or insight,very harsh grader, rude, and likes jumping into political tangents often making bold claims. Definitely would not take again.

Worst professor I've ever had. Doesn't give enough time for tests. (ex: 100 questions in 50 minutes). He doesn't provide an in detail rubric. You could complete the assignments following instructions , but you won't get full credit unless you did more than what he said to do. He also says he doesn't want anyone to pass with an A. Wants you to fail.

Very hard grader, did not learn much from his class unfortunately.

Avoid him, very condescending and gives less than a minute per question on exams. Horrible professor.

Not good, not very accommodating/flexible. Tough grader, has been investigated for discrimination against DASS. If you have a crisis mid-semester, good luck. Less than a minute on each question for exams and weekly quizzes.

I took this professor's Hist and Systems of Psych at CSU Channel Islands. It was an online course. The lectures were pretty terrible. I can't rate the content itself because the audio was so poor, it was impossible to be fully engaged. There quizzes every week and several exams. The time limits were always way too short. I'll avoid him if possible.

I made the wise decision of dropping his class after 2 week last semester. Very Rude and condescending. Only give 10 minutes for 25 question true false quizzes. Would not Recommend.

He is very rude and unprofessional. You try to ask for assistance in bettering your papers and he just belittles you and makes you feel very low. Seems very unapproachable and instead of giving us examples, he tells us to run to Google.

Genuinely this is a class I regret passionately and wish I had the foresight to check this website before enrolling. His grading system is something I have never seen before and it's unfair and obnoxious, being your final grade is your average grade, his true or false questions are incoherent, and his overall presence as a professor is nonexistent.

Dropped the class and reported him. He doesn't have announcements, classes run only half the time they should, political or offensive rants as well. Also, for a social psychology teacher he knows what he is doing when he asks loaded questions, as why would we disagree with someone standing in front of us who grades our papers? Please avoid!

I don't even know where to start, but the first thing is his ego!He has hidden assignments, with different due dates that the ones posted, he grades on participation as he see fits and lastly, his recorded videos have horrible sound quality. Has unrealistic expectations on for students. Would never want to take his class again or meet him in person