Half the class is taught by Wong and the other half it taught by Krasne. I thought Wong's lectures were pretty straightforward and the slides are online, but Krasne's lectures made absolutely no sense to me. He used slides, but they were more visual aids, and the actual content and point of his lectures is still beyond me. They weren't straightforward in the slightest and I never knew what I was supposed to learn, and beyond that how to learn it because it was literally his own curriculum and there was no textbook to help me. The only positive about this class is that the workload is very slim and extra credit is offered, but lecture attendance is enforced (by this weird system idk how to explain it) and bruincast doesn't help because Krasne's lectures are your only reference and make no sense.

I just don't enjoy his class. The concept is very simple to me, because I am a senior student. But I am not really good at English, in addition to his stutter and disorganized thoughts. It makes me very difficult to understand him.

I really enjoyed taking Psych 15 with Krasne and Wong. The class wasn't the easiest but it was almost strictly memorizing powerpoint slides. Krasne does tend to studder and be erratic during lectures but he also makes them interesting. Another plus is that the course is bruincasted, allowing you to not have to attend class. There's two multiple choice exams that make up 90% of your grade (Midterm 36% and Final 54%) and both were completely multiple choice and not bad. Overall I thought the course was very interesting and not a bad science GE to take. I got a 30/40 on the first midterm and a 49/60 on the final and was able to pull out an A.

Professor Krasne tends to stutter and lose his train of thought during the lecture quite a bit. It isn't that he's inept. He's very capable of teaching and has a good grasp of the material. I particularly enjoyed how he interacted with his students with teaching us about "dorsal/ventral, posterior/anterior". The man got on all fours. You don't really see professors willing to do that.

I'd say that he was passionate about the material that he was teaching and that was what made me stay in the class. However, he didn't teach all that well and I managed a curved C on the midterm. He curves really generously, since I was supposed to get an F.

Kristen Gillespie is one of the best TAs out there, she's really concerned about her students, and if she winds up TAing for Krasne again, and you're insane enough to take Krasne, make sure to go to Kristen for help, I didn't until the end and I really suffered through Krasne's lectures.

Zaidel was much more interesting, and if he's teaching the second half, it might be worth your while.

I really like Prof. Krasne as a person, but unfortunately he does have fairly erratic lecture style. Exam material is not always relevant either, but luckily there's a pretty big curve. Really nice, earnest guy, though. If Zaidel teaches the second half of the course, he's great and may make it worthwhile for you.

he was a good teacher, enthusiastic and fun. i personally enjoyed his teaching style, the slides made sense, and were organized. his quizzes and practice problems helped a lot for the midterm and final. considering that i'm a chemical engineering major senior, taking a cog sci minor, it was a fun class, interesting material at a good pace. the class was very reasonable, podcasted (which i LOVED). watch the lectures online and pay attention and u'll do well.

This professor is awful! I love BioPsych and I have taken Neuroscience (got an A) and truly loved the material until I was forced to sit and listen to Krasne's lectures. It is not that he is mean or anything, because he seems like a nice guy, but he was never meant to be a lecturer. His lectures are filled with side-notes that are unnecessary and he says things like "uhhhh" and "ummm" and "what I mean to say is..." over and over, to the point where it ends up being about half the lecture itself! I loved this subject, and it isn't that the material is difficult, it really isn't, it is simply that he is so terrible at explaining it that he completely killed my love for BioPsychology. Don't take this class unless you have a very high tolerance for horrible lectures and don't mind sifting through the crap to get to what is actually necessary to do well in the class!

love love lovedddd prof krasne! very cute old man...even though the class was on bruincast I wanted to go so he would feel appreciated..cuz he really does try hard to make lecture interesting! Very easy to listen to...lectures only 50 mins long and fliessss by...if you pay attention in class, it will be easy. I did okay on the first two tests, and great on the 3rd and ended up with an A as the class is curved. His material is defnitely a little harder than prof grijalvas half..but was a good class to take...and I'm not even a science person.

Look, Krasne can be the best professor a student ever had at UCLA, or the worst...depending on your interests. Of course if you take this class as a GE, you won't enjoy the material, so you'll blame it on the professor. But Krasne is an awesome lecturer, thoroughly explaining his examples. When he sees blank stares in the crowd he goes out of his way to make his point crystal clear before he moves on. If one student says, "I don't get it" he jumps around thinking of new exciting examples that he remembers off the top of his head. He's a genius, and sometimes people get that confused with "scatter-brained." Trust me, he's anything but. His midterm and final were tricky but FAIR and the tests were made specifically to give those with a passion for the material a better shot at that A. Simply put, if you like the material, you'll like Krasne, because he's just one big giant brain, with a slight touch of humorous insanity.

Like everyone else has said, Krasne is a smart guy. Unfortunately, he's also a bit scatterbrained at times. His presentations were often lacking organization and many some of his test questions seemed unrelated to things we had learned. If you're really into Psych he may be ok, but if not, I would not recommend taking his class.