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“As a professor, he was a huge disappointment”
PSYC1100 - 2.0 rating“He doesn't get serious with his class or students”
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Wayne: "you better not get me on the phd panel (squirm...eeek)"
funny guy! look over study guide for tests and you'll be fine!
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kept me awake at 8:00am. crazy sense of humour and pleasant attitude.use study guide and you'll do very well on tests.
this was the worst experience of my life. He was not helpful in anyway, even after repeated attemps. His teaching style is one of arrogance and belittling, with a lack of structure. If you take a class with him, don't take take to many others.Lots of work
Nice guy, but his antics get old real quick. Hard marker, tests are difficult. Arrogant and annoying. Says 'yo' way too much.
Great prof...Very smart man The fact that he was able to keep me up at 8am is testament to how engaging he was. Do the study guid and you will do fine on exams...also get the participation marks - they can make a difference.
You learn lots if you do the work, you die if you slack
have to understand his humour
Good teacher. Funny guy. Jokes keep you awake at classes 8 in the morning. Have to read text to do well on tests. Fair time on breaks. Great class.
love him! He is soo funny!!! always has stories
Loved this class. Great teacher. Very funny. Expecially important in an 8AM class. Tests are not cumulative. Final exam is only one chapter. No projects, no essay. M/C and short answer and/or labelling on tests. Gave 15 min breaks. Wished he taught 1200.
His tests are incredibly hard. Even if you read the text and do the study guide you will not do well. His short answers are brutal and they're mostly about his lecture which was very hard to grasp.
wayne... where do i start. hah hes soo funny entertaining helpful and easy to undertsand if you do the reading before class, i suggest this teacher as he is super duper in all aspects aight peace yall, yah wayne wiull you be my sugar daddy?
too difficult to take this class~~~
Great class, I only wish he taught 1200!
"how many of you" - wayne :) :) hehe funny guy
he is awesome loves his job and his students good man, his class is entertaining and you can learn alot READ the chapter before class it makes it easier.
Awesome teacher...very funny. I took the class at 8am on monday and he actually kept me awake. Very helpful, tells lots of jokes. Fair with break time. If you're taking psych 1100, sign up with this teacher. Just make sure you read the text b4 class
Hated him! He is an awful teacher and I would not recommend him to anyone. I have never had to work so hard for a B-. I've heard that he's even WAY tougher when you get to 3rd and 4th year (If you stay at KWantlen that is).
Awesome teacher! Very funny because he jokes around a lot. Gives re-test that will add up to yer previous test mark which is really kewl cuz if he didnt give them, i could have ended up a B- than a B+....hes a great teacher...
awful awful awful prof! nice as a person, but can't teach worth****! i have to take the stupid class over again, but not with him... ever!
worst teacher i ever had
HORRIBLE!! HORRIBLE!! and did i mention HORRIBLE? He is a great person, but for a Prof..no way!!!! His lectures are very unclear. I have NEVER failed ANYTHING in my LIFE!!! Now i have to take 1100 over again?? that sucks!!!!!
he should spend less time making jokes and more time teaching, very bad professor, i guess hes a nice guy but that doesn't mean hes a good teacher, i would not recommen him for 1100, HORRIBLE TEACHER
I found wayne to be a wicked prof.Given,he does joke around alot,but that is what makes him great.It is really up to the student to do well in 1100 with wayne,if you stay up to date with the text and take good notes you will do fine and have a GREAT time.
What does he do to get paid? His course is tough because he never gives us lectures. The worst teacher ever.
wayne is one of the most interesting teachers ive ever had. tells a lot of stories, gets off track a bit but class is very interesting and fun. like any other course, you have to work a bit in order to do well. i would highly recommend him if your other classes are a bore!
He's very hard......not wot i expected at all. He's not easy, 1/2 my class failed his 1st test. Go's off on rants' about god no's wot. Wouldn't recommend this class too any1.
Amazing teacher! Anyone who says he's a hard maker obviously wasn't listening in class. Very funny...makes the course interesting. He actually makes you WANT to go to class. I would definately recommend him to anyone who wants to have a good time
AWESOME!!!! Read the text- tests are straight out of the study guide! Do that and you'll do awesome-NO ESSAY OR PROJECTS
NOT recommend him if u wanna do well.If your in it for a good time take him otherwise.Exams are VERY difficult(especially written).Half the class failed his 1st 1,2nd was just as hard (mayb 60% passed).Hes funny but not good teacher.Doesnt xplain well,goes off-topic ALL the time!Drop his class ASAP!
HE WAS ALWAYS OFF TOPIC
Wayne is just all over the place. We seemed to always be behind, leading to him trying to teach a chapter in 40 minutes. Notes are terrible, talks too fast. Makes it difficult to comprehend the material. Funny and nice enough, just needs to sloooow down. He is hard but work hard, you'll manage.
He's a bad teacher. That sums him up too a tea! He isn't very funny, and half of my class didn't pass. If he wants just teach, he should remember that everyone in his class isn't a 4th year psych major. He's also never at his office hours! I came 3 times and waited for an hour and half each time. Don't take his class if you want a decent grade.
heading into applied psyc take note: get on his good side/pay attention - he IS the program. majority of valuable info u get out of program comes from him and research done in his class...if u cant hack it in his world you wont be able to in the real world. deal with it! He expects a lot, marks hard, works u to the bone BUT ull learn it from him!
If you come to school to learn, this teacher is the best. If you come to get an A, he'll be your worst nightmare.
For a professor of this caliber to get such a low mark shows that this web site is not accurate. He is phenominal and quick as a whip; highly intelligent, cares about his students (stop him in the hallway and see if he blows you off), and loves his field. His stories are hilarious, he is extremely charismatic, and a treasure to the faculty.
I found that he flipped through pictures too quickly, and that a lot of what he said was not in the text, so if you missed something, that was it. He also seemed to talk too fast so that it was too difficult to look at the pictures and write at the same time.
He's funnny but hard. His class class is entertaining and you learn lots (a lot of which has nothing to do with psychology) but his grades are pretty low. Pay attention in his lectures thats where he gets most of his test questions from.
Wayne's classes are never boring! He's willing to explain and re-explain if you just ask. A huge amount of material to cover - you have to pay attention in class. Exams are very hard, but only because there's so much info - if you read the text, study guide and review his lecture notes, there are few surprises.
Holy crap this teacher sucked. Way too vague when it came to telling us what was required for test time and his notes were horrible. Yikes get another job buddy!
Wayne is the most difficult prof I've had at Kwantlen. His notes are disorganized and all over the place and has very difficult exams. If you take him, prepare yourself.
THIS MAN IS NUTS!..he always goes off topic about weird weird things(follow the ice cream truck?)hard to keep up and understand what he is teaching. test are impossible! he teaches at a university level "to prepare us" unless you are prepared to read text and take own notes and get a bad mark, dont take him!
One of the few instructors that actually teaches at the university level. Works you hard but you learn lots and are really prepared.
- very disorganized, consistently late, extended two of my classes into finals, unclear instructions, lies about not receiving your e-mail. Great guy, nightmarish instructor
Good prof when he is focussedm but most of the time he is not. Not impressed with his lateness or class extensions. He gives little direction for assignments, presentations, etc. Although he is a difficult instructor, at the end you feel as though you actually learned some beneficial information
hes one of my favourite profs. loved every single class, hes very knowledgeable and fills you in on the most interesting and the craziest stuff. if you are interested in psyc then definately take him. his humor cracks me up, very laid back. tests are easy if you study the stuff he points out and do the study guide.
OMG. No organization at all. You get put into groups and all you do is discuss stuff with your group. If your group members are idiots, you're going to fail. Won't actually teach anything. Too much reading. Such hard concepts to grasp and we got absolutely no help from him on anything. Too laid back.
Be prepared to have a good grasp of what psych 1100 requires you to know in the textbook because if you're use to having As, this course might bring your gpa down a bit. Overall, Wayne is an awesome teacher. You're given test's outline & what to study. & for those who complain he's hard, those people should go back to hs b/c this is college.
Welcome to reality! Wayne is Psych. If you keep up with the reading and come to class then you may pass his class. I've seen students cry and I've seen students smile. Wayne will make you do both. Stcik with it because he's fair and wants you to do well but YOU HAVE TO WORK. His classes prepare you for life.
goof, klutz
great teacher, keeps your attention for the whole time he is there. Bit of a goof but make the class fun. Tests are easy but nota give away.
This teacher is on a power trip. He is completely insensitive. He'll make you work hard, and at the end you'll learn nothing. Boring lectures. Pretty hard marker. I'd advise you to take someone else.
Explains basic concepts and expects students to make the jump to actual understanding on their own. He does do tutorials, but gets angry if you don't understand the concept. For Research methods, he doesn't even lecture, ever. Do not take him unless you absolutely have to. Arleigh is worth the wait!
Arleigh!! Save us!!.....Wayne is funny and one on one seems to care, but he is so unorganized and barely lectures. He's late for class, late emailing students back and even late for exams. He scales the marks to make his class average higher which makes him look like a decent prof but the students don't learn anything.
He does not give any lectures, always unavailable for help and is late to class yet he still thinks he is a great teacher... which he tells to himself and us all the time. I don't get it. I learned a lot from my classmates but absolutely nothing from this teacher.
This prof is unorganized (notes and overall teaching) and he expects Master level stats by giving us one class time to learn SPSS and no time to catch up for final exams. I didn't learn anything from this class and I didn't have a choice :(
Worst teacher ever.. almost the entire class failed. Waste of time and money taking his class. Completely unorganized and unclear. Makes inappropriate jokes.
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omg!!! this teacher is soo funny ....u can't doze off in his class.... if ur attentive in his class n take ur own proper notes...u can pass his class in a heart beat!!!
He is pretty interesting, tests are somewhat difficult to get an A on.
This is the WORST prof. ever! He lectures the whole class by showing diagrams on the overhead..yet none of it is on his tests..he gives no structure, you basically have to teach yourself out of the textbook and hope his tests correlate...BRUTAL CLASS!
I came on here and was SHOCKED to see a low rating. Wayne is, hands down my favourite Prof this semester. His classes are fun and he's extremely nice. A very eccentric guy and always FULL OF ENERGY. I would take every Psych class with Wayne if I could.
Wayne is the worst teacher in the world. Don't take his class unless you like crazy,unstructured & unorganized people! He talks & answers his phone during exams, doesn't give enough instruction on or time to complete assigments, doesn't hand back assignments, doesn't use consistent stat notation, and isn't clear about the composition of his exams.
There are some things that people are meant to do in their life. Teaching is not Wayne's, I'm not sure how good of a cognitive psychologist he is, by the way he boasts about it I'm sure he's great at it. Stick to this...please. He reads word for word from the text and usually has a very off topic unorganized class. Take him as a last resort.
Very hard tests.
COMPLETE waste of time. Disorganized and off topic lectures. Tons of overheads we were never even tested on. This is an INTRO class it should be hard but not impossible. Hard marker on written test questions. Tons of trick questions on multiple choice part of test. Took this class for fun and it was anything but. Take someone else!!!!!!!!!!!
Drop his class right now. Do not take a course with this man. His lectures are awful and he goes off topic constantly and makes jokes nobody laughs at. His tests are extremely difficult and he doesn't prepare you for them. The class average on most of the tests was about 54% If your actually interested in psych dont take his class!!
HORRIBLE TEACHER! His lectures are a complete mess (disorganized and unclear)! He doesn't believe in posting his power point notes up online, and expects us to jot his notes down while listening to him lecture (gets anxious and goes to nxt slide quicly --- totally feeled rushed). DIDN'T LEARN ANYTHING FROM HIM! :S
Wayne's not a good teacher. His test are hard and confusing...he marks his written too hard and he goes off topic too much. He's interesting but if you really want to get a good grade then i recommend not taking this class. If you have to though then be prepared, I guess i recommend reading the book thoroughly
This guy doesn't know how to teach at all.. He goes on about other random things, which are interesting but tottally not useful. His tests are really hard. His written questions are impossible to answer. The class average was aound 50%. DROP OUT NOW! It'll effect your GPA.
This prof is a complete waste of space and your more likely to learn more if you teach yourself through the textbook. He thinks he's so funny so he spends the whole class trying to entertain everybody. I had never got lower than a A- in ANY class before until I took this one. I got a F. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!!!!
I am shocked! what are you guys talking about? My dear friends, you will probably understand what a wonderful instructor Wayne is when it is too late and you have lost the opportunity to take advantage of his awesome classes. If I've learned 10 things during my 5 years of studying at Kwantlen, 7 of them is from him.
Wayne is an amazing instructor. There are just 4 tests in this course and no other assignments. As long as you read the textbook and write out notes it is easy, he tells you what you need to know beforehand. His lectures are very interesting and I have learned alot, more than i expected from a beginnner psych class.
great teach
Pretty intesting guy to listen too. He is a hard marker and gives hard tests but if you write notes and memorize them, you are good to go. At first I wanted to drop it (he is intimidating) but thank god I didn't, ended with an A- and learned ALOT from him class. Don't be thrown off by other comments, he is a good teacher.
His final is based on everything from the beginning of the semester. His lectures were just all over the place, and his exams were extremely difficult. FYI: He loves talking about sex, which was kinda awkward ..
waste of time and money
3300/3400/5000 I wouldn't have taken three classes with him if he wasn't a great prof and an even better person! If you want an easy A avoid enrolling in his classes. If you want a refreshingly different prof and education that's worth your money and time disregard all the negative posts and take a class with him.
Confusing course planning. No announcements, no updates, ver inconsistent. Worst of all, he seems to ignore emails that ask for help.
Came into this class having prior completed it. Wanted a 100. Studied 20+ hours per exam. knew the material, could rehearse the study guide mentally, in order, and quote every word off every chart. I got 93+ on 8 quiz's. Exams (he writes) never reached 75. His class is not a test of psych but of grasping his poorly worded, OFF TOPIC, questions.
Wayne is totally hilarious and real. His are the only lectures worth coming to class for, as he is engaging and thought provoking. Highly recommend Wayne, and I wish I could have more classes with him!
I've no idea why he has such a low rating. I found the exams fair, if not easy.
WAYNE IS THE REALEST PROF EVER! If you want to hear the coolest lectures you gotta take this prof. His notes can be kind of unorganized so you really have to pay attention. He'll give you HINTS of what will specifically be on the test so STUDY EVERYTHING! If you need help he sucks at responding to emails but is willing to help after class!
Wayne is the most interesting and intelligent person you will ever meet. He's hilarious and completely insane. Only take his psych of consciousness class if you're passionate about philosophy and physics, and self-motivated enough to read the textbook. Super interesting but possibly the hardest concept I've ever TRIED to grasp. You've been warned!
Don't take this class EVER!! He is terrible. Doesnt give back grades for assignments or midterm. Doesn't reply to emails. Don't take him!
Wayne himself isnt that bad. Hes kinda funny makes class interesting, listens to students opinions butttt hes super disorganized and can be confusing. And hes always behind!!!! then you stress and cram everything at the end. You dont use the texbook in class but he will test from it even if he didnt teach it.
He is a hilarious and unorthodox person, but not a great professor. Gets very off topic during lectures, and takes a lot of his test material from the textbook although he may not talk about it in class, so make sure you do all of the readings! His tests are usually straight forward and easy, as he gives a couple short answer options before
As a person, Wayne seems like a decent enough guy with a sense of humour. As a professor, he was a huge disappointment. If you are a visual learner and don't learn very well verbally, I highly recommend a different prof. He was also very disorganized and off topic, and don't believe him when he says the best way to contact him is through his email.
Wayne isnt a good prof at all he doesnt respond and he really doesnt care about his students. he always talks about his past and not about the lectures
Very flexible and lenient with class structure (due dates/ assignment criteria). Class hardly goes the full 3 hours. Midterm questions, term paper, presentation and a final. If you try, you get the marks. I enjoyed the class overall as it was somewhat easy but you did most of the learning on your own and through the textbook.
DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!!!! I am currently in his Psych 1100 class, and it's too late to drop out. I regret taking his class more than anything! His lectures are pointless, and he likes to ramble on, so it doesn't matter if you attend class or not. His TESTS are TEXTBOOK BASED!! Study the textbook and you should do okay, the NOTES are USELESS!!!
Wayne is a nice enough guy but not a great professor. His notes lack structure, he rambles on during lectures and he is very unorganized. It's now the end of the semester and I still don't know my grade. He gets off topic all the time and now we are cramming to finish in time. I wouldn't recommend him but he's also not the worst.
WAYNE IS AMAZING! I'M CRA-CRA CRAZY FOR THIS PROF!! There's not one thing he needs to improve. He's an interesting professor, and makes special deals to bump up your grade! (if needed). I love his glasses, and his classes.
The best prof ever!!!! Take him if you want a reasonable and a good prof! He has a great attitude towards teaching and students!!! Isn't harsh on students and understands the level that students are at.
Wayne is hilarious, and understands his students. In order to succeed in his class, make sure you study off the textbook and the notes because his tests consist of alot of stuff from the textbook.
Terrible. He doesn't get serious with his class or students.
An hour and twenty minute class with Wayne is basically pointless as he will spend majority of that time off topic. Homework was sporadically assigned and if you didn't regularly check the website you would likely be unaware that there was even any. His humour although entertaining, may easily offend some people. I will never take his class again.
He has good tests and is helpful when you ask him for help great proff
Class online, no contact with prof at all... he doesn't return emails, doesn't show up to his "office hours"... I have almost a 4.0 GPA and he failed my mid term exam, but wont respond to me or meet me to tell me why. Horrible!!!
Wayne is off topic a lot of the class and will fall behind a class or two (had 3 hour classes). It is mandatory to go to class to pass because he doesn't post the powerpoints on moodle but he will tell you exactly what slides/diagrams will be asked on the written portion of all the tests. The MC is all textbook so textbook is mandatory as well.
Wayne is a real character. He truly cares about seeing his students do well and succeed in his course. It was a mandatory course, but the experience was well worth it with him as a prof.
He doesn't put his slides online and he goes by each slide at a rapid speed. There have been many times where all of us have to tell him to pause a bit. Maybe if he spent the time actually teaching us rather than going on random tangents he wouldn't have to go through each slide at an insanely fast rate. Wayne's a good guy but not a good prof.
Wayne is absolutely hilarious and makes jokes throughout the class. There are no assignments and grades are based solely on two tests and the final. He's really knowledgable but doesn't explain things very clearly or at a level for an introductory course. Probably a good prof for higher level courses but wouldn't recommend for the 1100 level.
A funny guy but he speeds through his lectures because he wants to talk about himself more than teach. He uses ALOT of graphs to explain the concepts and usually just confuses people further. Also doesn't post the lectures or graphs online so there's no real way of finding the graphs. Would rather take anyone else than him.
He literally sucks, doesn't explain lectures very well, uses pointless graphs and doesn't post anything online. His exams are solely based on the textbook and his lecture slides have nothing to do with the the text majority of the time.
Wayne is the worst prof. None of the exams content is in the notes he lets the class take. He makes jokes way too much that no one laughs at. INSTANT AVOID IF YOU WANT TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.
AWFUL!!! DO NOT TAKE HIMMMM, Lord have mercy I took notes and none of the notes were on the test honestly don't even bother taking notes its a waste of time since its all in the textbook I paid to show up to class and learn when I could've learned better sitting at home no offence but he is awful
all you have to do is go to class and show up read the textbook and write down the diagram he says will be on the test. his tests are 30-45 mc and 3 written and he tells you what will be on the written section in class and are mostly easy He is funny and makes the class fun. The online quizzes were in my opinion harder than the actual test.
Wayne is a funny prof, can be extra at times will get a laugh or two. But you literally r teaching urself the material. Every week he assigns 3 SECTIONS, not chapters. ur expected to understand every theory ever & make notes that u can use on the exam. ALSO, its seminar-based so he never lectures. If u can handle this format, go for it. GPA DROPpeR
Hes a nice guy but his lectures end up going off on random tangents and you dont retain a lot of info. The tests are mostly multiple choice and easy to do, but he doesnt post the lectures (or anything for that matter) so you rely on your own notes and the textbook. He never emails back or provides any assistance. I wouldnt take him again.
He is a very straight forward prof. Easy to get a good grade just show up to lecture, pay attention to what he emphasizes, and read the textbook. He goes on tangents but they almost always relate to what we are discussing, and they are never crazy long tangents. He is a funny guy and makes the three hour long lecture actually enjoyable.
I took his in person class and yes he goes off on tangents but I love that about him! He made the 3 hour lectures entertaining and his tests are ok, the multiple choice is easy if you study from the textbook and he usually tells you what will be on the written. He is welcoming if you want to approach him in person but he isn't good with technology
He does not teach you anything, he barely responds to emails, He will not tell me what my mark is in the class. He is extremely lazy and does not help you if help is needed, this class is super hard for people who are not strong at math, so if that's the case, then do not take this class with wayne.
He gets distracted very easily but when explaining, he covers mostly everything we need to know. Also tells you what's going to be on the test and is very straightforward.
He would go off on random tangents about his life, and while they were entertaining, it made us fall behind on the lecture slides because he'd get distracted. Only reason we had to buy a textbook was for a code in it that gave us access to a website we needed to use. Despite all this, he's very understanding, and the course work and tests are easy.
His lectures were very side-tracked, so most of the learning needed to be done independently. Be ready to teach yourself the entire course.
DO NOT take this lazy professor for the sake of your education. Be prepared to pay for the course and teach yourself. The classtime was just used to discuss amongst peers. He does not respond to emails or concerns. He threw articles at us each week and expected us to make sense of it. Bad experience and recommend finding another prof
Wayne is a nice enough guy, but I'm not a fan of his teaching style. He never lectures, class was mainly to talk amongst ourselves and discuss the concepts covered. Attendance is half your grade, with two final papers at the end. Unclear grading criteria for the papers and takes ages to respond to emails. Didn't learn anything from this class.
He's a nice person but teaching style is not for me. He had the syllabus posted on moodle which said the second exam date in. There was an error with the syllabus which he did not make the student aware of and I had to do my exam two days early.
Wayne is an eccentric prof, but engaging if you're self-motivated. The class is discussion-based, so come prepared. unstuck AI and the textbook are essential for acing this course.
He is a good person but not a good prof. Doesn't know how to use Moodle or any technology. In class all he talks about is himself and his ex wives. He does not teach anything. I promise you will fail this class if you take him.
DO NOT TAKE HIM. All he talks about is himself. Does not teach. Only class I have withdrew. AVOID AVOID AVOID.
He is a good professor but yes he is less fimilar with new technology. He is honest ang do fair grading.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
61%
Textbook Required
50%
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PSYCH100
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(1)340044003970
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3400
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STATS
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PSYCH100
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