Absolutely terrible! All of the work in the class was done online. If I wanted an online class, I would have signed up for one! I will never take a Psych class again because of her.

She is one of those teachers who puts every word of fine print into her tests! Brutal! Never ever take a class with her!

So so so terrible! I will never take one of her classes again, and I'm still wondering if I will ever even take a Psycology class! She does everything online. What a waste of my time and money!

Thanks Zoe for helping totaly loose interest in psyhc!! I would go out of my way not to take a course you teach ever again!!!

she is the WORST teacher. she doesn't want to help you, and she doesn't try to make it easy to understand. seems like teaching was not her top choice for a job

The red head which will stare down her nose at you just to see how bad you are doing. This was one of the worst classes-a sure thing to bring down any persons GPA. Stay away, you are warned.

Do not take a course with her if you are expecting a helpful or good working environment. She is out to demean her students in an attempt to make herself appear smarter (improve her self-esteem by degrading her students). She can not even hold her venomous tongue when her students present!!!

the worst teacher ever, completely stupid and has no remorse for students. she doesnt care about your concerns and the lecture material is so useless...discussions are brutal and she is a ****.

I went into this class expecting it to be interesting, and it ended up being the worst psyc class I have ever taken. Your opinions are not allowed unless they follow with Zoe's and to top it off, the text book was torture. She also seems to enjoy trying to make her students feel stupid. I'll never take her again.

This was the worst class I have ever taken. Zoe is the worst prof I have ever had. She enjoys making her students feel stupid, and is an incredibly hard marker. half the class was failing. I didn't learn a thing from her class, just did a lot of useless work.....horrible....

In my opinion Zoe frequently comes up short on respect for others, especially students. In my opinion she totally lacks anything resembling humility, at least in the classroom. If she is capable of empathy, it never showed in the classroom. She does have genuineness, though: I think she's genuinely rude.

The recent reviews are bang on. I took 102 online and the workload was insane. She is very particular with her instructions and frequently provides harsh, negative feedback. She is rude to students and does not provide help/clarification. Asking for help prompts a response of "read the directions". Final exam covered the entire course and was hell!

This woman is an awful professor. The amount of workload she expected for a 100 level class was absolutely ridiculous. She contributed nothing to discussions, no comments or feedback on homework, and did not provide help to students when asked. I tried very hard in the beginning to get good grades and found out that my effort was useless. AVOID!!!!

The one thing I learned in this class is what sort of professor I'd never want to become.

The most difficult and unreasonable prof I have ever had. Zoe expected an enormous amount of work and there was never enough time to finish online tests. Found it extremely difficult to get a good grade even though I worked hard.

Zoe is the WORST prof (if you could even call her that) that I have ever had! She is unclear about what her assignments are on, as well as what to study for exams/quiz's which are all online. You get 30 mins and 40 questions for the quiz's but each question takes 3 minutes to process. I do not recommend. I almost switched degrees.

Absolute nightmare of a proff! She brags about being known as a horrible proff,tests are made up of her own material and no necessarily what she teaches in class. Uses Bb religiously, and if you ask her questions she will refer you to check Bb "on your own time".Her timed quizes have glitches and she does not allow you to make up.BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!

The worst professor I have ever met. Do not disagree with her if you wanna do better than C+. Very arrogant, unhelpful and unfriendly. Never again.

Without a doubt the worst teacher I have ever had. The only reason she is at UFV is seniority. There is a fitting adjective for this woman; however, I doubt its use is allowed on this site. Please, do yourself, and the school a favour and DO NOT SIGN UP FOR HER CLASS! If no one signs up for her class, perhaps UFV will fire this beast.

Horrible. Music psych you learn nothing about music psych... pretty much a research methods class. She is the worst prof- terrible lectures... still have no idea what shes talking about

Was unclear when homework was assigned, and got frustrated when the entire class failed to submit an assignment. Assignments weren't marked, and feedback wasn't given for future projects. She was almost an hour late to the final exam with no explanation. I won't be taking another course with her.

Worst teacher I have taken by far. She is rude to students, condescending, and arrogant. She does not have clear criteria and talks down to students when they dont understand. She assigns way to much homework then what can be completed in the time frame, and at inappropriate times. She marks extremely hard and doesnt provide an help to students.

She aims to fail students. Brags about how many students she takes to the conduct registry for "plagiarism" when it's really things like a missed bracket. Her course is 5 courses worth of material and students with 3.8 GPAs fail her class. I call her the Dragon Lady. Stay away.

Unhelpful, unclear, condescending. Very specific (yet unclear) about what she wants. Uses assignments to deliberately look for "plagiarism". Gives students 0s and threatens to send them to the conduct industry for plagiarism, when really the problem might be citation errors. Very telling that 6 students this semester got 0s on our one assignment.

She doesn't seem to care whether students learn. No in class learning activities. Strictly lectures. Basically: she talks, you listen, read the text book, memorize, repeat back. For assessments it is only exams. No papers or projects. Only tests. It's the lazy way - easy on her but if you need hands on and projects then you will not learn. Avoid.

Participation marks require essays with cited sources that you found. Module readings are hard to understand and incredibly long. In her course outline she explains that UFV classes require students to do approximately 9 hours of homework a week, and she tries to take full advantage of this fact. Takes weeks to get any feedback and grades from her.

By far the worst class I have ever taken. Classes are a waste of time, she teaches you nothing. You are expected to read endless amounts and do roughly 10 hrs of homework a week to learn it yourself. The final had material on it that I had never seen before. I wouldn't wish this class on my worst enemy, do not take it you will hate your life.

This online class seemed okay at first, the quizzes could be taken multiple times, but when I did the test we had 40 minutes to complete around 55 questions and the question she were very vague and hard to understand. You have to read everything over and over to understand the content and the tests are still impossible

No time to study for weekly chapter quizzes. She wants great detail answers on concepts that were barely explained in notes. Super interesting content, I have accepted I will likely fail her class and will retake in the following semester with a different prof. I have never (not even close) failed a course before. Huge ego blow for sure.

I am in my third year at ufv, this is one of the hardest classes I have ever taken. There so much to learn and Zoe expects you to know everything, tests are way too much detail. For a lower level class she is too hard on students.

I've had Zoe for 2 courses. 101 and 280, both online. Found 101 to be great... trust me... You won't understand why she gets bad reviews until you take her for something else. Extremely hard marker. No time to learn the subject matter. Poorly designed course to begin with... not something that should be online at all. Class avg on final was 49%.

I feel she sets you up for failure. There is not enough time to study the massive amount of content she gives for each test and it seems that every test has so many question that were not in the lectures or readings. The way she words things too makes it difficult to answer as well. Never in my life have I had this low of a grade before!!

The grading criteria is weighted very heavily on the final. I do quite well in my other higher level courses but this course hit my GPA hard. I studied considerably for the final & still did poorly.

Zoe is by far the worst online teacher I have had. She puts up way too much information that you have to sift through, and forgets that you actually have a life outside of this one class and other classes you have to work on. Needs to condense her information to one set of notes! Would never take her class again.

The worst online prof you could choose. Too much many unorganized notes with no idea of whats going to be on tests. Never posts in announcements, missed a few assignments because the notification was hard to find.

Zoe is a very tough marker. She makes it difficult to balance other class work along with time outside of school. Knowledge is there, but notes are unorganized and excessive, which makes it hard as an online student to teach the class to yourself. I feel like I am struggling to succeed with her lack of assistance and clarity. I wish you luck.

She expects a ton from her students. I got extremely overwhelmed with the workload to the point where I didn't complete some assignments because I didn't know they existed. There is so much work each week, and I failed some assignments, even though they were only 2%. If you want a class with a low or even reasonable workload, DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS

I highly advise against taking PSYC 280 with Zoe. Class is interesting, but her standards are outrageously high. She wants tedious detail in her midterms but does not tell you how much you need, so it leaves you guessing if you've done enough. So many assignments worth 3% or 7/8%. I have an A average overall but will get a B- not for lack of effort

Don't do it. Took an online class and it was awful. You dont get assignments back, just a grade and a post about what some people did wrong so you cant learn from mistakes. HARSH marker. assignment EVERY week, sometimes only 3 day window to complete. nothing is organized well on BB. She's curt and doesnt answer questions. 1 quiz takes over 1 hour

This class should be taken online because all this prof does is reading from the provided materials and yet you have to attend each class

Hardest thing ever and I'm a straight A student. I took her class after reading all negative reviews here because I like the challenge and to give her a chance. Well, that was a mistake. I'm disappointed. Totally disorganized heavy lectures even with weeks of studying I struggled just to pass the final. I've never seen prof that could care less.

The reading material each week is extremely lengthly. There are quizzes every two weeks that focus on the smallest details buried within the readings. Good luck. Deadlines are confusing, not clearly marked. Doesn't accept late assignments. Prepare to spend 5x more time on this one online course than all your other courses combined. Pathetic

I couldn't recommend her less. This is my 2nd time taking her and it was a huge mistake. She's so unclear about everything, there's SO MUCH content to sift through and her notes are so hard to follow, she gives barely any feedback, her tests are brutal. Last class I took with her the final exam average was 47%. Don't do it to yourself. Please.

Literally worst prof I have ever had. Don't take any classes with her. Nothing but stress, ridiculous tests each week. Does not specify what she wants, blackboard is all over the place you can't find anything.

Does not actually teach the class and this profs notes suck so bad. Literally I am teaching myself this course.. Do not know why I am paying to take a class from this prof.

This teacher is suppose to be head of the psych department but based on the methods she uses to teach she does not care about the true world application of learning. It's an onsalught of discussions, ridiculous mini exams (that consist of fill in the blanks that are vague and can be misconstrued) and projects that are graded with all or nothing.

This was definitely a hard class to take online. Be prepared to read long and wordy lecture notes. Zoes quizzes are really difficult and the class average for the quizzes were low too because of how hard it was. She also doesnt give a lot of time to do the quiz so you really dont have time to think. She is nice and has office hours though.

Hardest professor for psyc. There are weekly quizzes and she is a very tough grader and if she thinks any answer is plagiarized, she will give you an automatic zero but won't elaborate. Midterms and final exams are brutal. At least she gives a free PDF of the required textbook and options for extra credit.

Weekly Quizzes, 2 Mini-Midterms, and a Final Exam. She expects you to know everything that was taught. She doesn't allow you to write original examples to explain the concepts you learned, she wants you to use the examples from the textbook. Her exams are short but they're difficult. She's very picky with her marking and not helpful (in my case).

Ridiculous expectations for the final exam with a required mark of 50% (on the final) to pass the course. It requires at a minimum 11 paragraphs with another 70 or so multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions given in a 3hr time slot. No other prof requires this amount of work on a final in a 3hr time slot, others would give 1-2 days.

Not worth it. Strict grading, lots of reading, & requires a lot of time to do ok. Seems to care (accessible, bonus point opportunities) but has unrealistic expectations. Final exam 18 short/8 essay Qs were given beforehand but Qs at test time chosen at random. Preparing for all Qs would take too much time. Felt like taking 3 classes in 1. Avoid.

I hated this class. I had to take it for the program requirements but now I am re-thinking my degree plan. I thought I liked Psychology, but after taking Zoe's class I am not sure. She is not supportive, has very difficult exams, and responds very rudely to emails. Not recommended. I am totally re-thinking my degree plan because of her.

I do not recommend her for first year students taking a full 5 class course load. she is a nice person this is nothing against her personally,I just did not like her class. she is a very hard marker for first year students,I had no trouble in any of my classes except for hers. midterm and final are very difficult.a class that causes lots of stress!

so much material given, that it becomes unhelpful and overwhelming. seems to care and it's very knowledgable about the material but is so picky and a hard marker

worst prof I have ever had !

The worst prof ever, never taking a class with her again. She made me want to switch programs.

SO MUCH READING, material and complex topics to sift through. It's hard to focus on what is important and what to retain lest everything she covers.. which isn't reasonable these days.

This prof needs to pay for therapy with the way she made me miserable. Even if you are interested in the course she is teaching, don't take her class because she will make you hate the topic. She also takes ages to grade stuff, and even when she does, you don't get any feedback. Just don't take her; trust me, do not take her.

Zoe expects you to do a ton of reading and expects you to remember it. I agree with another user who said it's like taking multiple courses at once with her class. She got mad at our class because not everyone had done the assigned readings. Her exams are extremely difficult. I will never have a class with her again. Do not take her, she's awful.

The professor had many situations where she was extremely disrespectful. She does not go by the expected teacher guidelines of how any student should have the right to be treated. If you have feelings I would not recommend taking her course.

For the LOVE of god do not take her. Ignore the good reviews. This professor belittles, bullies and humiliates her students in class. I have not been on the receiving end, but have seen her make multiple students cry in class. She takes ages to grade, her feedback and emails are rude, too much irrelevant content that "we must know" and so much more

There is so much I have to say, but the thing that annoyed me the MOST is that it does not matter if you know/understand her content, if you do not use her specific examples and words from her content its an automatic 0. Professors normally want their students to learn content, she wants us to memorize her work, its like a weird ego boost.

Worst professor ever, never taking her again.

DONT ever take this professor. Worst professor i've ever had. Doesn't teach. Her 'notes' upload automatically each week. Course's material is VERY heavy, as well as extensive assignments. About linguistics. Wants you to use her examples word for word. Such a hard marker, and rude with her feedback. Genuinely hated my life while doing this course.

No. No. NO!

DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS unless you hate yourself

I took this class despite the bad comments, thinking I could get through it, but NO! This teacher expects you to read many articles irrelevant to the course material. There's an optional Zoom discussion if you dont do it you have to write an essay AFTER the midterm, while the midterm contains 4-6 essay questions. Content is not interesting.

She is the most condescending teacher not allowed laptops full lectures before exams

Just awful

Worst prof i have taken in my 3 years at ufv. Each week you would be tested on the readings of the week which included her notes and 5 to 6 research papers. She would not give any lecture slides, and even in her lectures, she would go over only the definitions and discourage is from taking notes. She wants to make your life miserable.

you can answer a question completely right by writing the definition of a concept/example to prove you understand it but if u don't answer her questions in the exact same wording she used in her lecture slides consider it wrong! all she cares about is looking smart and making her students feel small and insecure.

Very hard grader. Every week expected to read over her notes on course content as well as her notes on a bunch of research papers, power points and her own textbook. Gives no feedback on individual assignments, but does a weekly announcement where every one was accused of using AI, every week!