I highly encourage you to take PSYCH 150 with Dr. T! She is truly an amazing professor!
She gives lectures using Slides/PPT. Her lectures are also recorded on Bruincast. :) This class does not require a textbook. You will primarily read news articles and will be quizzed on them in class by ICLICKER or REEF. There are 3 Exams, however, if you do very well on the first two exams and are happy with your grade then you are not required to take the last Exam. Exams are pretty long (can vary from 50-70 questions), but the questions are very fair! Professor T also drops questions that the majority of the class answers poorly. If you participate in 3 psych studies then you will also earn 1 % of Extra Credit!

I would absolutely take 150 with Tomiyama again! She really loves health psych, you can tell by the way she discuses topics in class.

Class set up: 3 exams but she only counts 2 (70% of grade). Participation (30% of grade) in the form of i>clickers, but you only need 75% to get full credit.

Did really well on the first two exams, got full clicker points, easy A+.

I could write an entire essay on Dr. T! She has been the most engaging, clear, and understanding professor! She is the best professor I have had at UCLA! She breaks down the material (including the more challenging biology components) in a very creative and understanding method. She has no issue with answering questions in lecture to curious students. She makes herself very available to students, including during exams. The material she presented us throughout the course was very interesting and she even had guest lecturers who are involved and/or teach in the Health Psychology field present material. Her exams were a little lengthy but very fair! Her iClicker questions really helped the class to be stimulated in answering reading questions and general questions from lecture that had us critically think. Her Think-Pair-Share questions also give a chance for students to communicate with one another to critically think about a concept. Dr. T takes lecturing to an entire new level. I wish all my Psychology professors could be as effective in their methods of teaching course material.

Some extra notes: You can use iClicker or Reef App on your phone for participation. No required textbook, just CCLE simple and interesting short readings. She uses Powerpoint slides, which are available before lecture to download. She also Bruincasts her lectures (with video), which is very helpful when studying for exams to pick up on some notes you might have missed out on.

Thank you Dr T!

I loved taking 150 with Professor Tomiyama. It's obvious that she cares about student learning, and even more obvious that she's fascinated by health psychology. The class involves lots of study examples, but she goes over them clearly & as long as you go to class you should definitely be able to get an A. There are required readings & iClicker questions, but most of them are news articles so they're quick reads. Overall, really enjoyed this class, and I gained an appreciation for the field of health psych.