Super interesting class. The textbook is dense. Professor Ng was really nice, and encouraged us to come to office hours, but she is tough with extra credit and exam grading. The two exams were hard, but you have the option of a third and you keep the highest score of the three. The discussion sections were well organized and really helped with tests. Make sure you read every textbook page and slide. The lectures are recorded and there weren't any test questions based on lectures.

Dr. Ng is a great professor! I took this class during Spring 2021 and along with the honors seminar for this class. I enjoyed both the class and the seminar since the material was interesting. I found the class to be pretty engaging since Dr. Ng is great at lecturing. The exams were fair and I thought that they were pretty straightforward. I would recommend this class!

This was a pretty difficult and very interesting class, super worthwhile for anybody who is interested in the clinical side of psychology. We covered a lot of intricate material, and the tests truly required an excessive amount of dedication and memorization. However, almost everything discussed in lecture and covered in the reading was informative and felt useful. The homework was manageable.

This class is graded on three exams and section attendance with the final exam being cumulative, covering the content of the first 2 exams. 41 multiple choice + 2 short answer. The lowest exam score gets dropped also. The VAST majority of the answers to the exams can be found in the powerpoint slides, but I know some people did very well on the exams by only studying the textbook. Attendance for class is optional, and Ng posts the lectures online. Ng mostly just reads off of the powerpoint, and I did fairly well just studying off of the powerpoint. For the last two exams, the class could use a cheat sheet because we did kind of poorly on the first exam haha. The exam questions are really straightforward though, and you can do well on them by just studying what Ng lectures on. Also there are 2 extra credit points

This class had a LOT of information and content, but if you truly like psychology / have taken any intro to psychology course, it will be super easy. It isn't necessarily simple, but the content is digestible.
Professor Ng is super sweet, passionate, and clear about the information she teaches. Lectures can be dense, but the exams are essentially EXACTLY what you learned in class with the occasional bit of information from the assigned textbook readings.
Overall, the content was so interesting and important for all Psych majors to know! I would highly recommend this class.

Dr. Ng is very kind and knowledgeable about the material with experience as a research and clinical psychologist. Lectures were clear and had a clear structure to them when going through each disorder. I found the second midterm to be easier than the first midterm; she even said people see the first one as practice. Still, I found the material in the first half of the course to be hard to study for as it is more about the history of psychopathology and how to conduct effective assessments, etc. I really suggest studying more for her exams as they are some of the most challenging I've taken for a psychology course. She should also incorporate way more practice questions in order to engage & apply the material before exams, as I found that helpful in my other psych courses.

Although exams were online, she provides a short time frame to complete 60 questions, which may not give you enough time to check your notes. As long as you take your time to seriously study for the exams, you should be fine. There is one case conceptualization writing assignment that is pretty straightforward; you write about a case and back up your answers with evidence from the class content. We had the option of an online discussion board or in-person discussion participation to earn discussion points. There is a chance of up to 2 points of extra credit with a SONA study and completing her course evaluation. Overall, a good class, and learned a lot!