Thayer is a very intelligent professor however, she expects students to know so much information. During the final exam I overheard her telling another student that they should leave their answer as is but would not tell me what an abbreviation in the question stood for. Memorize every little detail on her slides & you'll be fine.
Pop quizzes are free points, she gives you the answer. Online quizzes are also easy (google). The first exam is super easy but it gets a lot harder after that, midterm was harder than the final in my opinion. Get a good grade on MT1 so you can let your grade go down a bit after!
I absolutely LOVED Thayer, people make her out to be challenging here but she is very clear with her students - put in the time to study and you will receive a fair grade. She is super passionate about the subject and hands down my favorite teacher at UCSB because she got me to fall in love with biopsych. Tip - annotate the slides for notes :)
Class was really hard but she does give you all the info you need in lecture. Print out the lecture slides bc she moves fast. Entertaining lectures, very detail heavy tests. My average on online quizzes was lower than my exam grades so study hard for them or they'll drag ur grade. go to office hours, she is very approachable and willing to explain!
Great professor! Really makes the class interesting. However, MEMORIZE all of her slides then you will be fine!
Really great professor, she prepares you well for the exam. Study the lectures for the tests and pay attention to things she says that are not on the slides. You could still be tested on them. Pop quizzes are extremely easy
Great and passionate professor! Must attend lecture, textbook is important, and tests are specific and difficult but if you keep up, review, and study you will be fine! One of my favorite classes and professors! So kind and helpful!
Amazing professor, really made the class enjoyable and interesting. Hard material but the tests are fair. As long as you study youll do good
Dr. Thayer knows a lot about what she teaches but isn't good at conveying it. Her lectures are SO DENSE and so fast that even the students who were typing couldn't keep up. Luckily she posts them online beforehand. I wish I had taken notes on the lectures before class and just listened during lectures instead of scrambling to take notes.
Had a pop quiz basically every week, sometimes twice a week, so attendance is basically mandatory. Expect to learn a million new terms spoken at 2x speed and be quizzed on it at the end of class. Threw in a whole extra set of lecture material for us to study on our own like a week before finals.
Most amazing professor and lecturer of my college experience. She was so nice and her lectures were interesting, funny, and entertaining. It was a pleasure going to her class twice a week. Her exams are not meant to trick you so if you go to lecture and do the reading and study a decent amount, you will do well.
Prof Thayer was not my favorite. She went really in depth into a lot of the material, packing in way to much information into an already tough class. She seemed like a really nice lady, but I personally did not enjoy her class. The tests were tricky and very in depth, you have to be very very into the material if you want to do well in the class.