This class is tough. You really have to study a lot and I recommend taking easy classes along with this class so that you can really focus on this class. Material is difficult and she goes pretty fast; classes are dense with material. Dont have to go to class but you should bc understanding concepts on your own is not easy. DO NOT CRAM.

This was the hardest class I have ever taken. The material is hard and the professor goes way too fast. She really needs to explain things more. All class material will be on slides but will be explained more thoroughly in the book. Study your ass off. Memorize & understand all pathways and how everything works. If you don't study hard, forget it!

Tests are fair. Review lecture slides and di the hw quizes and youll do good

Woods is an awesome professor. Really tried to clarify concepts and if you attend lecture and read it's quite easy to pass. Lectures are a must to attend and if you don't read you can still get a B on tests. The book really clarifies concepts. Overall a great class and a great teacher who really wants her students to pass.

Professor Woods will make you think that you understood the material but it is mostly confusing. She will go over one topic for three lectures and test you on it only 5% and not go over something and test you 85% on it. Long story short, she does not know how to make a fair test.

Her slides are awful and she talks way to fast. She puts way to much material on the slides and there is no way to get all the necessary information because she talks too fast. If I have to hear her voice anymore I may jump of the roof of the lecture hall

I enjoyed Professor Woods, she does go fast and read from the slides but its not in a monotone way. She expands and is enthusiastic. The course is very dense, you learn a lot in class everyday and are responsible for a lot of the material. You don't need the textbook to do well but you do have to study. Test are doable.

DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS WITH WOODS! Wait until the next quarter and take it with anyone else besides Woods. Her exams are ridiculous, the class mean was 65% and the mean on the final was 72% with a massive curve! She reads entirely off her slides, so no point in attending class, they are online. I learned an awful lot in the course, yet did poorly.

Woods knows a lot about her field, but in lecture she only reads off her powerpoint which is not helpful because anyone can read. Lectures are boring because of this, and you barely need to go because she puts the slides online. The class rubric makes sense and if it wasn't for her horrible teaching, the class shouldn't be too hard to pass.

So..I am a 3.9 student and this class was the first class i received a C+. Her tests are very straightforward, but she makes them hard. REALLY HARD. She tries everything to trick you, and she goes over the materials way too quickly. If she says one sentence in class, that is "fair game" on the test. Your grade is purely based off of tests.

She goes over the slides way too fast in lecture and skips around too much between slides. She confuses more than she explains. Would wait for another quarter to take this class with someone else

Hated the class, hated her, hated the subject. Beware, wait for the next quarter to take Psy3 with someone else. 010 would not reblog.

This was the hardest class I've ever taken. The first half of the class is 100% bio and there is a ridiculous amount of info you have to memorize. There are no assignments, so it's solely grades on 2 midterms and a final. The test questions were unnecessarily difficult for what is already a difficult subject matter.

Only take this class with her if you hate yourself. This class is 0% psychology and 100% biology. The material is really difficult and she doesn't make it any easier. The test are 100 times harder than anything we learn in class and she already expects us to fail. If the mean of a midterm is 65, it doesn't mean make the next one harder.

woods sucks. her slides suck (and are stolen from another university) and her textbook choice is even worse. she rambles about sex for 3 weeks then rushes through all the fun stuff. I wish kippin was still teaching this class.

Probably the worst professor I've had at UCSB. I've had her for 3 classes now.. her classes are not hard at all, but she is so bad. She contradicts the book, herself, her slides, her syllabus.. I sit through her lectures or talk to her in office hours and think how did THIS lady become a professor.. anyways, easy classes, but terribly spent time.

I thought this class was pretty easy. Pay attention in class everything was off the lecture slides for the exams. 1 midterm 1 final for summer. I have taken 2 classes with her and this was much easier than her Psych 111 class.

Favorite teacher and class by far at UCSB- she is very clear and good at explaining things, her tests can be challenging but are extremely fair- if you study the slides you will get an A

Absolutely love her classes, had her for 3, 102 & 116 as well. Pretty much everything is straight out of lecture slides-go to class! She expects you to grasp and apply concepts. Tests are hard but fair. Her classes tend to overlap some which helps. She is very approachable and helpful if you are confused. I always know what to expect on her tests.

I absolutely love Professor Woods! I am currently in the third class she's taught and I've loved every course. She's giving me a letter of rec for grad school, and she's helped me through every course. She's awesome - take advantage of office hours!

Had her for 3 different classes. She's good for psychology, but terrible for biopsych courses. Why? Because she attempts to teach a mechanism from a bunch of poorly summarized bullet points. I enjoy learning, especially bio, but these are unbearable! Not only that, but she contradicts the book! Avoid Avoid Avoid if you actually plan to learn!

Love her class!!

This class was extremely difficult, but what I expected from "behavioral endocrinology". The average was 75%, and she seemed to think this was pretty good. Barely any questions were from texbook, all lecture. If you want to pass, record her lectures and go over powerpoints many times.

It's definitely a more challenging class but she really tries to help her students understand the material. I would study the lecture notes rather than the book. The tests are definitely fair and straight forward. I would recommend her for this class.