He is one of my favorite psych professors at UCLA along with Tomiyama and Goff, so I totally recommend this class! He is very engaging and funny, so manages to make learning fun. However, just because the class is fun and engaging, it does not mean it was a breeze. There is a lot of work involved, so try to take it in the summer in case you are taking fewer classes. You are guaranteed to get a B if you do the minimum, but you have to go above and beyond to get an A or A+.

The professor had the students create study guides in the place of exams based on the questions that he provided. In order to do well on the study guides, I recommend reading all the readings instead of skimming it because then your responses can have more substance, which will hopefully land you an A in the assignment. On top of that, to get the full 5 points (excellent), I ended up doing about 25 pages for each of the study guides. He let his students respond verbatim, but it was a good idea to clarify the verbatim in your own words. Along with clarifying the verbatim, it is good to add examples from the text or real world so that it can supplement what you are learning. I also added extra material that I learned in other classes as well as connections within the readings. The study guides consist of 3 portions so three 5's ( 555 would be your only feedback): the factual portion, thought question #1, and thought question#2. He does provide an example of an exceptional study guide in case I am not clear enough. There are 4 study guides that are mandatory for all and 1 final project (you can do your own ppt based on a science book or something else more creative (I did a website on love). You are probably more likely to get a 5 in a final if it is something creative, probably took a lot of time, and shows how much you learned. To succeed: Do all the study guides early and do all the extra credit!

This is what he said in regards to the class...

"One of the main benefits of this class is that in addition to learning about human sexuality, you also get an opportunity to enhance your writing. There are no exams or quizzes. Your grade is based on:
1) STUDY GUIDES WITH THOUGHT QUESTIONS (80% of grade): How thoroughly and thoughtfully you complete study guides about the readings. The study guides are designed to help you master the materials and are meant to be less stressful than studying for exams. The key to succeeding on these is to be thorough. The guides are broken into to parts: (A) The Factual Component, and (B) the Thought Questions where you apply the reading/lecture materials to answer brief discussion essays (200-400 words each).

2) ATTENDANCE: Attendance and participating in at least 10 of 12 class periods is required (unless you are doing independent study version). If at all possible, please participate with video and audio. - 5% from overall grade for each absence after the second one (which can be made up with extra study guide completion).

3) INDEPENDENT PROJECT (20% of grade): Creating engaging lecture slides based on a popular science human sexuality book that interests you, or doing a creative independent project of your choice.

A LOT EXTRA CREDIT (up to +4.0% from the options below). I’ve built in a lot of extra for a couple of reasons: online classes are new to many of you, and a lot of you have new and unexpected responsibilities that have emerged because of the pandemic. For the people who are doing the Class version, the extra credit includes: Participating in all 12 classes (+3% or +1.5% if 11 classes) and/or completing extra study guides (+1.5% each). For the Independent Study students, you csn complete a 2-page single spaced essay for extra credit (up to +3%). Additionally, everyone earns +1% extra credit if more than 80% of class completes evals (+1%).

This is by far the most interesting psychology course I've ever taken. Human sexuality can be such a misunderstood topic, but Professor Frederick does an incredible job explaining the material in a way that is engaging and memorable. He even brings in guest speakers on certain weeks whose lectures correspond with the material! I truly loved this class. The Summer 2020 class was comprised of 5 study guides and an independent project, with the fifth study guide being optional for extra credit if you plan on attending most of the lectures. (There are even more extra credit opportunities than this!) These study guides have really insightful required readings, but make sure to start on them at least 3-4 days before they're due! The study guides cover a lot of material and it can really add up the longer you wait to get started. But as long as you pace yourself correctly, you'll be just fine. In the last week, there is an independent project that is pretty open-ended. It was really fun to create mine! In this class, you'll learn so many interesting facts and theories about sex, gender, sexuality, evolution, pornography, orgasm, and so much more. If you're thinking about taking this class, here is your sign!!! :)

Please take this class because it is sooo worth it! Dr. Frederick is super flexible with the online format so if you don't even want to go to the lectures, you don't have to. That being said, you won't regret coming to class live! He knows his stuff, encourages meaningful discussions, and makes a good witty comment here and there.
Ah, but keep in mind if you want to do well, you really gotta put in the effort. I worked my butt off for the grade I got, but know that Dr. Frederick and his TAs do grade fairly. This class is pretty unique, and full of interesting content; you won't get bored in class or doing the study guides. It helps when you put in the effort to be engaged and find something that's interesting for your independent project. If you do that, Dr. Frederick will definitely meet you halfway and help you out. If you're able, I 100% recommend this course!!

I have read/heard people refer to the "wokeness" of this class or that it's some kind of sjw course due to its focus on lgbtq, transgender, and feminism. While those subjects are touched upon, in now way is anyone trying to indoctrinate people or force them to support these causes. The class is human sexuality and homosexuality, bisexuality, transsexuality, and everything in between is necessary to understand the full scope of...human sexuality (gasp!). Everything presented is facts and research; I have no idea how professor Frederick feels about anything he taught because he doesn't share his opinion.

Regarding coursework, I took this class in Summer. 80% of our grade was based on 4 study guides which take about 6 hours to complete if you do them well. A B grade (85%) is pretty easy to get and an A grade is quite difficult to achieve. 20% is based on a project we do independently (there are several different types of projects you can do. Mine was a Powerpoint lecture based on the chapter of a book I read). Frederick also gives out up to 4% of extra credit.

Overall I thought it was a great class and the material isn't too complex so it's a great class to take if you need something a little easier in Summer or alongside some difficult classes.

I've never left a review before and I am only doing so because I had such a great time in this class. Professor Frederick's lectures are so enjoyable and informative. He is also very funny and engaging with his class. Love all the readings from this class as well. I would definitely reccomend this class to anyone who needs upper division psych elective credits. A lot of the material is current and we watched a couple great documentaries on Netflix. He also has a lot of guest presenters come in for lectures around topics of adult film industry, BDSM community, and transgender community. Each presenter delivered a very impactful message and helped shine a light on a lot of things I previously was not aware of. Really cool opportunity to hear from these speakers. Okay, that's all <3 I don't know my grade yet...but I low key do not care because I still just enjoyed the class.

The topics in this class are so important! It covers everything from evolutionary psych perspectives about sexuality/orgasm, to the "gender" performance, purpose of jealousy, infidelity, STDs, and more. It has a good mix of straight psych studies to know/memorize, but also general/big picture concepts to apply to real life.

Two exams worth 80% and a group project worth 20%. Professor takes attendance and takes 5% off after the 1st absence. Exams are fill-in-the-blank, but not particularly difficult if you listen and pay attention in class and do the readings. Project is a poster that was fairly easy. Proff gives study guides that can add 3% to your exam grade if you fill it out. Also offered 1% EC for evaluations/class survey. Overall a really excellent experience. I learned a lot and didn't feel like it was a stressful experience. The TA was amazing and had a 2 day turn-around for exams!

I really enjoyed this class! It covers important topics and was educational. It is a sex-positive course like previous reviews mentioned, but that's what makes it great! These topics should be talked about in academics and everything he teaches is supported by evolutionary, biological, and psychological research, so there's no "liberal agenda," just literal facts. I really liked how he brought in guest speakers to share their knowledge and experiences! Frederick is really funny and makes the lectures engaging (which is great because we know how boring online classes can be). My only issue with the course would probably be the grading scale, which has its pros and cons. You're pretty much guaranteed to get a B if you do everything you're supposed to do, but if you want a B+ or A-/A, you're gonna have to put a lot of effort into the assignments and complete all of the extra credit available (which is a lot, so don't worry!). Overall, Frederick is a great prof and the class is super educational with a manageable workload, I definitely recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about human sexuality :~)

Professor Frederick is a wonderful professor. Even though the class was very big, 70+ students live each class, he made it very personable and every lecture felt like a group discussion which I appreciated a lot. He was very personable and friendly and loved to bring humor into class which made lectures all the more interesting. Personally, I think when professors take this approach instead of being extra formal, I tend to learn and engage more in class as I become more comfortable and pay more attention to the material. I think the study guides were very fair and vital to understanding course concepts. This class was quite honestly the best class I have taken at UCLA and I am grateful to have been able to take it the last quarter I graduate!

This was probably one of the most engaging and interesting classes I have taken in my UCLA career. Professor Frederick always keeps class interesting, inviting guest speakers and having fun and relatable class discussions. I highly recommend taking this class!

Professor Frederick is truly awesome as a professor and is super engaging!! You know the type of class that has “fake” engagement, like where the instructor was probably told in their evaluations to incorporate discussions, but it just comes across really fake?? Well Professor Frederick completely is the opposite. He is 100% engaged in class and 100% wants the best possible class discussions with you. That being said I think we were a pretty fun class, but he is the one who truly makes it fun and interesting.

With that being said in this class you have to WORK. It is not easy by any means, and do not be fooled by the grading distribution. I was taking one another class other than this one, so it did make things harder for me during the summer. Regardless, I still think it’s a lot of work. I studied for about a week for the midterm and got an A. The midterm is much easier than the final so make sure you do well on it. The exams are essentially the study guides so just memorize every single word of that. I ended up not memorizing every little word for the final and I think that’s what gave me a low score. He offers a crazy amount of extra credit if you finish the study guides by a certain date and turn them in. Make sure you know what confounding variables are because the way that he describes it is kind of confusing (different than 100B) and on the exam you are going to be asked to list out confounding variables given a specific experimental design.

I would recommend to do the study guides as you go along and make flashcards from it. What would help even more (after you have studied) is to print out the blank copy of the study guides and just take it like a test. The tests are not multiple choice, they are all fill in and so you are going to have to know your stuff.

Don’t slack off, make sure you have at least a week to study for both the midterm and the final (memorize everything word by word) and you should be fine!!