Okay look, was Dr. Yu a bad professor? absolutely not and in fact he is SUPER knowledgable. Was is his class super hard? yes. With that being said if you just actually take the time to digest the information you will be totally fine. People want easy As during the pandemic instead of actually trying to learn. If this is you, then DO NOT take it.

Long and boring lecture videos, weekly short answer quizzes (1-2), and a research proposal. Quizzes are on research results from lectures & articles but he's a tough grader so make sure you answer everything thoroughly. Not sure how I did on the proposal yet, which is majority of the grade. Prof is not engaging at all.

I actually really like Professor Yu, he's obviously knowledgeable in his field and I liked the teaching style (quizzes, reading articles, research proposal) which is different than the usual textbook + 2 exams. That being said, this is the hardest PBS class I've taken and I have a 4.0. If you have struggled academically before, don't take it.

The reviews talking about long research papers are exaggerating (2 research papers/week usually 10 pages long each, but psych papers so 1/2 was statistical results, references, etc.) you don't have to read carefully and could read both in under 2 hours. My problem was the class was too neuroscience-heavy. Not sure if this was UCSB or prof's fault.

This might be the worst class I have taken in UCSB. This is the kind of class that gives you anxiety and stress every week. In general, 2 quizzes per week based on non-helpful lectures and super long research papers. Also, nothing much to do with emotions, mostly neuroscience stuff. Good luck if you are thinking about taking the course.

If the prereq is social psych why is this taught with neuroscience emphasis? The format is basically one or two quizzes a week and a research proposal. I actually like the research paper readings every week, but with no curve and no quizzes dropped it's way too much work for a 4 credit course. Lectures are mainly pictures so good luck taking notes.

If you're looking for a heavily based research and neuroscience course then MAYBE, just maybe, you will like this class but it is not at all what I expected from an emotions course. Weekly non-engaging lectures, multiple 30+ page research paper readings, and short answer quizzes. To be completely honest I haven't learned a thing from this course.

I would not recommend this professor to anyone who actually wants to learn anything relevant to the class they sign up for. This prof hasn't taught me anything relevant to the class, and honestly just hasn't taught me anything at all. Lectures are very long and are just him messily explaining studies that aren't relevant to the class/assignments