Honestly this class is not as bad as the reviews say!! I think he just had a hard time transitioning with COVID, but taking him in 2021 he got his sh*t together. His lectures were long and they had a lot of info, but his weekly quizzes and tests were open note/book/everything which was super helpful for this course. FOR THIS COURSE YOU NEED OPEN BOOK!! I also took Kennedy's 115 and failed with a D- because she used respondus and her tests were crazy hard. I really do recommend taking this class with him over anyone else!!

I don't know how he was Pre-Pandemic, but I think that Professor Avi himself was super sweet and was a wonderful lecturer (might have been the fact that it was asynchronous). I treated this class like an in-person class and memorized almost everything for both the midterm and final, and breezed through the exams because they were pretty straightforward. This class is definitely hard in the sense that there is so much material in 10 weeks, but if you truly study maybe a week or few days in advance, the exams/quizzes will feel relatively easy. YEs, the material is definitely not hard to understand, especially if you've taken harder classes like Chem153A. I personally thought Psych 110 was harder cause I took it with the worst prof ever. The quizzes were TA-based and they were somewhat sort of poorly worded, but not impossible to do. I rarely used my notes during the exam so I honestly think this in-reality is what you study and what you get in the end, even in the in-person perspective. Again, I don't really know how he taught before so I wouldn't judge the past reviews, but what I can say is that he definitely was amazing this quarter.

My Grade Breakdown for an A+:
-Quizzes: 30/30 (2 out of 7 quizzes dropped // 30% of grade)
-Midterm: 49.50 (35% of grade)
-Final: 50/50 (35% of grade)

Honestly, I think if you go in with an open heart and don't take this class with another heavy-intense load class, you will be fine and do well in the class! Good luck and stay safe y'all :)

This class is probably the hardest class I have ever taken, and the fact that it was taught by Professor Avi made that even more complex. This professor does not lecture clearly and just goes over the slides without any additional information. I also did not like the format that the class was going with, there was only one final with no midterm, and he expected us to know everything and every small detail in every slide is a fair game of the final. The final was not handled greatly as online, it was probably the hardest final. Since they knew it was going to be online, they made the final as hard as possible. I do not recommend taking this class, wait another quarter for a different professor if you have to.

Lot of info. Did average on first midterm, above average on second midterm and final. Had a bad quiz average though. Cheat sheets helped along with being able to understand and apply material to dif situations. Prof and TAs are VERY helpful!! Do well on quizzes!

THERE IS SOOOO MUCH INFO. The worse and worse it gets over the quarter, try and do really well on your first and second midterm. Write down EVERYTHING he says on your cheat sheet and really study your cheat sheet so during the test you know where to find the exact answer.

Good luck! #takeitoversummer

You really need to put in the work for this class. The only thing that saved me were the 2 cheat sheets (front and back, can be printed) per exam. Not only did I attend every lecture, but I also watched each of his recorded online lectures too. I wrote down quite literally everything he said and every word on the slides.I got a 92% on the first midterm, 96% on the second midterm, 90% for the quiz category, 78% on the final, and I didn't even get an A.
I will say def take this professor over the others solely because of his cheat sheet allowance, which comes in so much handy if you utilize it correctly

Slides were numerous and dense. Prof Adhikari was generally a good lecturer with a sense of humor, but sometimes struggled to keep me engaged due to the quantity and complexity of the material. Overall, I'm happy I took this course for the Psych Category A requirement, but I'm also glad to be done with it.

The grade was split between weekly quizzes, 2 midterms, and a final. All multiple choice. The weekly quizzes were generally free points since they were open note. 2 page double-sided notes were permitted for exams.

Avi is the goat!! This is a super interesting class, and he does an amazing job keeping all of the lectures engaging (he really likes doing rat impressions :) You learn a LOT in this class, and I loved it. By nature, the material is very dense--it might not look like it with only ~20-40 slides or so per lecture, but it is (some slides have a lot of text + images/diagrams). With that being said, the class structure is very low maintenance; in our quarter, all we had were 7 weekly quizzes (lowest 2 dropped) and 3 midterm-length exams. No reading or additional assignments!

I would, however, steer away from calling this an "easy" class. If this class is taught in-person, the Winter 2023 reviews and Winter 2021 grade distribution are not representative of how people generally perform. The exams are very doable--you get two pages of cheat sheets and the medians for each were around a B- (exam 1), B (exam 2), and A- (exam 3). While these are typical psych department averages, you do not have much padding for your grade aside from the quizzes. It is not too difficult to get a decent grade in the class, but to get a solid A you need to be consistently scoring at least in the upper quartile on the quizzes and exams. Overall though, you should be perfectly fine if you leave yourself time to study instead of cram. You really do have to earn EVERY point in this class, but ultimately you come out of it with an extremely rewarding experience.

I'm really sad that Avi doesn't teach more psych classes :( I would love to take another course with him! If you're willing to put in the work and find nervous system anatomy interesting, I highly recommend taking this course!

This class was a breeze. Study the lecture slides and you’re guaranteed an A. (NOTE: Tests are no longer online! The professor does allow up to two, double-sided, sheets of paper for a cheat sheet for midterms and the final).

I loved learning from Professor Adhikari. His lectures were engaging, he was passionate about the topics that were discussed, he was super understanding, and overall an amazing professor. You definitely have to put in time to understand the material to do well in the class but the lecture slides were very clear and his explanations were very helpful. This was my favorite class I have taken at UCLA. Definitely recommend!!!!