Professor Robles is an incredibly intelligent individual who has a real passion for all things within the realm of health psychology, and I loved taking class with him. There were four exams, however, the lowest one gets dropped. There are five papers, but you can test out of 2 of them if you score high enough on 2 of the exams. Modules get posted every week, and you have the option of completing each week's module videos/questions or completing the in-class Tophat questions. The modules are also almost identical to what he covers in class, and although you do have to go to class as well (can't rely solely on the modules), the modules helped me understand the material covered in class.

Professor Robles provides a grading flowchart (which is initially very confusing), but it's structured in favor of the student. For example, you can get an A in the class if you score =/>75% on 3/4 of the exams, pass or test out of the 2 reflection papers, and get 1/1 on the three part biopsychosocial paper.
Lectures are very fun and engaging, and although the exams were very difficult, you could still get an A by scoring 75% (which is more than doable).
Overall, psych 150 is a challenging but very rewarding class. I took it as a soc major with no previous background knowledge on health psychology, paid attention, took good notes, and got an A+. If I can do it, you can too.

Easiest class I've taken at this school. Never went to lecture, started studying for exams 3 hours before and never scored below a 90% on an exam. The only annoying thing was the disparities paper which will screw you over if you don't read the instructions properly, but definitely doable.
Professor Robles is one of the most lenient professors I've ever had. He's super caring and definitely cared about the things he was talking about. He was also very vulnerable when it came to his personal life. The grading scheme was weird, but it wasn't hard. All you had to do for an A was score at least 75% on 3/4 exams, test out or pass two reflection papers and the disparities paper. You didn't even have to go to lecture as long as you complete the modules (which literally were super easy). I would definitely recommend taking this class with a heavier workload but also don't completely neglect it because again the grading is odd and it can screw you over if you're not paying attention.

If I could go back, I would not take this class.
Overall, Professor Robles is a good lecturer, and his exams are straightforward as long as you study and pay attention during lecture. Having said that, he has an overly-complicated grading system that is frankly overwhelming to comprehend. He does not use a traditional points-based/ percentage-based grading system. I genuinely do not even know how explain in this review how his grading worked because it was so complex for no good reason.
As mentioned in reviews of other students from previous quarters, one of the biggest flaws of this class are the Disparities/Biopsychosocial papers, which are divided into three parts and due at different points in the quarter. The first mistake with these assignments is that the first of three parts is due too late into the quarter. By the time the third part is due, there is no time left in the term. This is important to note, as you have the option to do re-writes in the event that you do not pass a part/parts of the paper. Since the last part was due so late, you had to complete your re-write AFTER the quarter had ended. Normally, I would be very grateful for the opportunity to fix an assignment that was not passing, but you have to understand how hard it is to pass these papers- A notable percentage of the class did not pass them.
You can only get an A-range grade if you pass all three parts of these papers. Keep in mind that they are optional, and trying your best to complete them does not guarantee that you will pass each part.
If you fail to pass just one criterion of one of the papers, you are no longer eligible for an A-,A, or A+.
Basically, you can work very hard and successfully pass MOST of the parts, and still end up with the same grade as someone who chose not to attempt them at all.
I understand that a student's grade should be impacted if they do not pass an assignment. With that said, it is not fair that a student's correct work is not at least partially factored into their final grade. Instead, in this situation, the work is essentially done for nothing, and the hours spent on these research papers could have been better used on other courses. This is why points-based systems make sense, as they reflect your scores on any assignments, rather than penalizing you for trying to get a good grade.
It does not make sense that you can be eligible to get an A-rage grade as long as you get C's on exams, but when you don't pass even a single piece of rubric, you are no longer able to earn such a grade. In a way, this is incentivizing students to not study hard for exams, while simultaneously setting the bar way too high to get a good grade.
Essentially, the course is set up so that it nearly impossible not to pass, but it is rather difficult to achieve an A-, A, or A+.
Professor Robles is genuinely a good teacher, and cares about his students. In the end, my only complaint is that the way he sets up his grading system does not reward students effectively.

People say his grading system is confusing, but I have to disagree. To earn an A, you simply need to earn 75% on 3 exams, write 2 reflection papers (can be satisfied by earning an 88% on it's paired exam), complete 14/15 modules or have 60% iClicker participation, and complete a simple 3 page paper towards the end of the quarter. The paper was honestly a breeze and can be completed in a few hours. This was probably my least rigorous class this quarter. The content was both interesting and straight forward. I also liked how the class can be completed asynchronously since lectures are recorded and the online modules can replace the iClicker questions.

He also uses a token system that can be used to help your grade in various ways. You can use them to add points to your exam to test out of the reflection papers. You can also use them to extend deadlines and allow resubmissions on the papers.

Overall, I highly recommend taking this class with Robles.

some people say that this class is easy, but if you want to take tests that are extremely nit-picky, have fun! i always felt so confident going into exams but then felt completed defeated after finishing. his grading scheme is not normal and i honestly hate how it was constructed. i would have finished with a higher grade in this class had the papers counted for more and the exams were not all grouped into one category in the grading scheme. i truly do not recommend taking this course. it ruins confidence!