I personally love this class, the material and professor KArlgodt. super sweet lady always willing to explain and help. If you put the work in an A is really possible.... overall one of ym favorite courses. I have the text book text me at 949 9433 6173 if youd like to buy

This was honestly one of the most interesting classes I've taken at UCLA. I'm a physiological sciences major, so while I found this class to be interesting, I also found it to be pretty easy as well. The class goes through the biology/neurology (in a straightforward and comprehensible way) of multiple mental health and psychiatric disorders. Each week, there is a learning check of about 3-4 questions, but they are all graded on completion. The discussions are mandatory, and honestly pretty annoying because they aren't super relevant to the content, but you go over case studies which sometimes are interesting. The professor is awesome and very understanding. I went to her office hours a few times just to chat about topics I found interesting, but office hours is also a great resource if you're struggling because she's super helpful. There were two midterms and a final, but only two of the exams counted in the end, so if you did well enough of the first two midterms, you didn't have to take the final. I would totally recommend this class to anyone in the psych, psychobio, neuro, or physci majors!

This was my hardest class this quarter, but also my favorite one. You learn a lot of really interesting things and the discussion section is legitimately interesting.
Class set up:
You're supposed to get the textbook, but I honestly did not really open it. I am sure it might have been helpful because I had to study a lot for the exams.
There was no homework, the only thing was a "learning check" each week, but it was super easy, didn't take too long, and was simply graded on completion. Attendance to discussions was mandatory, but you could miss one for free.
There were two midterms and one optional final exam. The final would replace your worst exam grade and could only help you not hurt you. The exams were difficult, I had to study really hard, and even then still got A- range for both of them.
They were each 50 questions, all scantron multiple choice, worth 100 points.
The total points you could earn in the class was 250.
discussions: 25
learning checks: 25
exam 1: 100
exam 2: 100
There were a couple of extra credit opportunities as well, essentially just participating in research studies.
Overall I really enjoyed this class, you don't technically have to attend the in person lectures, but I would recommend it. She is a great professor, and I genuinely learned a lot. I would definitely take this class again, but just make sure to keep on top of the material, there is a lot of memorization.

I’ve had two classes with Karlsgodt. She’s the least intimidating professor ever, so it’s nice asking her questions. As for the class, we had 3 midterms and an optional final. One midterm week 4, 8, and 10. The final would replace the lowest midterm. I found her tests really hard. Really studied for them and ended up with a B. Decided to not take the final because at BEST best would’ve raised me to a B+ if I did really well, which wouldn’t have been possible because I was studying for other finals more. Each test was 70 MC q’s. Overall, I really like her as a professor but this was a hard class.

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If you need a manageable psych core class, this is a good option. The lectures are easier to digest in person, but she records the meetings so if needed, you can listen to them later and view the slides. There are weekly learning checks that are easy and quick, usually under 3 questions online. Discussion attendance is mandatory and it is different material from lecture. I actually enjoyed the case studies we analyzed in section! The tests are a bit tricky, but you can make it up with some quick SONA extra credit. This class was interesting and relatively easy!