Professor Woolf teaches the material very well, but the lectures are somewaht pointless. If you do the reading and take a look at the online lectures, you will do fine.

Professor Woolf is a good professor. She organized all her lectures with power point presentations which she posted on the web at the end of each week. In class, she provided us with helpful examples and analogies that greatly simplified the sometimes technical material. She was also very friendly and encouraged any questions at all.

The class itself was not terribly difficult. It was an "easy" class in the sense that we did not have to do any homework; our grade was based solely on two non-cumulative multiple-choice exams of equal length. Still, the key to getting an A was to consistently keep up with the reading. If you are taking this class, I recommend that you do not fall too far behind on the reading, because we covered sometimes two chapters a week, and it would be overwhelming to try and learn everything on your own right before the exam.

The exams themselves were very straight-forward and did not require you to have a detailed understanding of the biological processes, only a general picture. I found that the best way to prepare was to reread the parts of the book I was least familiar with and take the practice tests for each chapter that are included on the supplemental CD.

The material can be very interesting and the textbook (Kalat) is excellent when it comes to providing familiar examples and try-it-yourself exercises.

The course is very interesting, though it contains a lot of information, which sometimes can be difficult to handle. The final, for example, contained 9 long chapters of very difficult names and concepts. So you really have to study hard.

The class is interesting and not easy at all. Lectures are helpful but YOU NEED TO READ THE BOOK THROUGHLY. The lectures are only summaries of the material. You have to read the book in detail in order to succeed on the tests.

Prof. Woolf is very nice, her lectures are very well organized and presented (with PowerPoint presentations) and she really knows her stuff! The book even contains experiments and researches conducted by her!

Not an easy LS, but surely an interesting one!

I either didn't go to the lectures or fell asleep during lectures. Seriously, in a dimly lit room with powerpoint lectures at eight in the morning ALWAYS made me fall asleep so I just slept in. I only studied two days in the quarter for this class and got a B in the class.... which isnt the grade I wanted but I guess I deserved. There is lots of information to memorize and learn and the tests seem like its pretty much based on the textbook so thats all I did to study, read the textbook. she lectures about scantrons and its a little annoying but not really. The material is greatly interesting but with no motivation to work I did no work so I dont think I learned much although I really wanted to.

Like the title of the course - psychobio, this class it pretty interesting... if you like stuff about the human brain and how it works. It takes lots of memorization and reading to get a good grade in the class, but it's not impossible. The book is really great, with a lot of "try it yourself" stuff to make it more interesting. Prof Woolf may seem a bit ditzy, but she's really nice and knowledgable about most of the stuff. There is a supplemental book to the text that can be found elsewhere, and it summarizes with extra quizzes that can be useful too if you don't like reading.

TWO things you need to remember:

1. READ THE BOOK
2. Go to her site and download the Lectures (because going to class at 8 IS IMPOSSIBLE)

If you don't read, you are essentially SCREWED.
IF you don't get the lectures, buy the lecture notes.

*if you're not an LS or south campus major, this class isn't as easy as people say it is.

Okay, this class isn't so bad.The subject matter was really interesting. But, waking up and going to the 8 am classes were a killer. I think a lot of people think Prof woolf is a little ditzy and her lectures are dry; she is actually very intelligent and cares for the welfare of her students. I actually attended most of the classes before the midterm, read Kalat's book (which I might add can be long winded at times, but is actually a readable and humorous text) and got an A on the midterm. THe final, god, i actually quit attending lecture and just copied her power point notes online and studied them. The final was extremely easy (easy A) and I'm actually a first year undeclared student, so if i can do it im sure other people can. The only thing, ive learned that there are these online quizes derived from kalat's book which students can acess and study off, also study the practice exams woolf gives you and you will get an A.

Boy oh boy. i took this class on the bad advice of an orientation counsler fall quarter of my freshman year. If you're an business-economics major, please don't let anyone convince you that psychobio is an easy life science GE. I found the information really interesting, but the tests are pretty tough. Try to stay awake in the lectures. Her voice has the amazing ability of lulling students to sleep. I ended up with a B in the class, but it was a struggle to get that B.

Although woolf is an enthusiastic lecturer, i was rarely awake in this class if i went at all. You can go, but don't copy her powerpoints because they are all online. Jot down the small points she makes...they are usually on the test. And you MUST read...sorry, everyone, but if you show up to lecture without info, you will be lost and soon asleep. goodluck on all 8am classes