This course was so boring, cyclical, and unenjoyable. Professor Gutierrez is very knowledgeable about Behavioral Science, but the way the class was structured made it feel like the most uninteresting subject ever. Every single class was the same thing: 1.5 hours of straight lectures. It is also difficult to keep up with Gutierrez. Sometimes she speeds through the content, not allowing us to get down the information, and other times she would spend 20+ minutes on one slide. Attendance and participation are weighed heavily, accumulating to 18% of the final grade. The course is 3 projects, one midterm, and one final. There is very little flexibility and the course is very rigid. The readings are super long and really boring. Overall, there is nothing engaging about this class, and I took it because I want to apply to Batten. Almost every person I've talked to is now not applying to Batten because of this course.

Prof. Gutierrez seems newer so definitely some kinks in this class, but I think she's very effective at teaching for long-term memory. She shows a lot of videos of real-world studies which helps associate the vocab with that, which helps to learn them for exams. The exams weren't too difficult but TAs are very strict about grading. Gutierrez is super bubbly and nice but the class has required participation (which they grade harshly so talk a lot) and because there are 60+ people, not much content gets covered per class period, as people are just trying to say something to get their participation points.