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PSYC 2600 Introduction to Social Psychology
Last taught: Fall 2026 Add to Schedule
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Review Summary Updated April 07, 2026

This class is practically a guaranteed easy A as long as you keep up with the recorded lectures and strictly follow the posted study guides. The workload is extremely light, built entirely around low-stress take-home exams, short reflections, and straightforward extra credit. While the grading is consistently lenient and the instructor is rated as highly approachable, expect dry, PowerPoint-heavy delivery and be prepared to wrestle with the department's notoriously disorganized research participation pool on your own time. If you want a flexible, no-fuss elective that rewards minimal outside effort with a strong grade, this is absolutely the route to take.

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Fall 2026
4.7
Average

Definitely take Social Psych with MacCormack if you can!
The class is an easy A if you are able to navigate it well! It consists of a midterm (25%), a final (40%), a written reflection (20%), and participation (10%). Both the exams are online because she does not want us to have a stressful test-taking environment, which really helps students excel. She also provides opportunities for extra credit by submitting an extra credit reflection, which follows almost the same rubric as the other written reflection. All the materials have clear rubrics, and none of the questions in the exams are set up to trick you and just test your understanding of the material. The practice exams that she provides are also quite representative of how the midterm and final would be.
Prof. MacCormack makes this class very accessible, as she uploads videos of all the lectures and provides study guides before the exam, and all the material that will appear on the exam is on the study guide! She also goes through examples that are applicable in real life to help us understand the material covered in lecture. She is also super accommodating, as she leaves the exams open the whole day, as she knows that different students excel at different parts of the day. She is also very understanding of students' circumstances and is always very welcoming in office hours and is ready to answer any questions.
The only downside to this class is the research hours required on the Psych Sona website, as it is hard to get the full 6 credits required to not get a grade drop in this class, but that is not Prof. MacCormack's fault at all, and it is more on the psychology department's side. Most people skip lecture, but I would still recommend going if you don't have a busy schedule, as it really helps you understand the material better.

Instructor 5.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 4.0
Fall 2024
5.0
Average

Professor MacCormack is a truly kind and supportive instructor. She creates a welcoming and respectful classroom environment where students feel encouraged to participate and ask questions. The topics covered in Social Psychology were genuinely interesting and relevant, making the material both engaging and enjoyable.
One of the things I appreciated most was the accessibility of the course—she provides online versions of the lectures, which made it easy to review content at your own pace. The class is very manageable as long as you keep up with the readings, take notes, and study consistently. Overall, I really enjoyed taking this course with her and would definitely recommend it to others interested in psychology.

Instructor 5.0
Enjoyability 5.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 9.0
Fall 2024
5.0
Average

definitely take this class with maccormack. the grades consist of 2 initial quizzes, 2 reflections, a take-home midterm, and a take-home final. She also has an extra credit reflection available throughout the whole semester where 5 points can be added to your final grade. overall, easy class and SO interesting. I ended with an A+ after putting in minimal effort. definitely recommend.

Instructor 5.0
Enjoyability 5.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 1.0
Hours/Week 4.0
Fall 2024
4.7
Average

Definitely take this class with MacCormack. She makes it really easy to get an A without doing much work on your end. The lectures are recorded and uploaded after class so it's super easy to catch up if you miss or skip class. Having taken AP Psych beforehand definitely helped me, but MacCormack does a great job of explaining the material. The only problem was that towards the end of the semester there was definitely an agenda behind the material - we were taught things like how race isn't real and stuff that definitely had a political motive behind it. Other than that, she is very friendly, approachable, and understanding. The material can get kind of boring at times, but she tries her best to make it interesting and keep students engaged. The work outside of class is very minimal - two reflections, a survey or two, no readings (though there is the option to buy the textbook, I opened it a few times at the beginning of the semester and that was it), and a couple of extra credit opportunities along with the psych department's participant pool requirements, which I didn't have any trouble completing. Aside from that, there is a midterm and a final, which are both online, remote, and can be taken at any point during the day they are assigned - and you are given more than enough time to complete them. Overall, the class was pretty simple and interesting.

Instructor 5.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 1.0
Hours/Week 1.0
Fall 2024
4.7
Average

Definitely take this class with MacCormack. I took it as a gen-ed. While its completely unrelated to my major, it was interesting at times and not too much of a burden. MacCormack is super friendly and does her best to make the content as interesting as possible and cover everything in lecture. The textbook is optional, I bought it just in case and never needed it. Your grade is based on 2 take-home exams, participant pool completion, and 2 short completion-based reflections. The only annoying thing was the participant pool, which is not the professor's fault. It was difficult to find openings to get credit and if you don't reach the minimum, you have to do some kind of alternative written assignment.

Instructor 5.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 1.0
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Fall 2024
4.0
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She is a very nice professor and the class was ultimately very easy. I took the class CR/NC as a e-school student only for fun and it was really interesting. Super low stakes for me. The exams were very easy. MacCormack can be a little dull in lecture but ultimately gets all of the information across. All lectures are recorded so you can always watch it later if you can't make it to class. The textbook is honestly not useful to read because she just repeats exactly the same thing again in lecture. The only other assignments are two reflective writing pieces and the 6 hr of PSYC research which you have to do for any intro psychology class.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 4.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 2.0
Fall 2024
2.0
Average

I figured out pretty early on in the semester that the lectures for this course consisted of the professor simply reading off of a PowerPoint slide. That being said, I didn't attend any lectures past September and would highly recommend this method. Not only are the lecture slides posted on Canvas, but Professor MacCormack also uploads the lecture recordings as well. So there's really no incentive to attend lecture unless you have some extra time on your hands or a sadistic urge to bore yourself to death. The exams were extremely straight forward; if you reviewed the slides and completed the study guide, you were set. There were two additional assignments in the form of personal reflections. Again, very straight forward and not intensely graded. My only complaint about this class (besides being a complete snooze fest) is the administration of the Participant Pool, which I guess is probably an issue across all intro psych classes. Basically, you have to reach 6 credits (roughly 6 hours) of psych study participation throughout the semester. However, there were never enough time slots in the studies at the beginning of the semester and they filled up quickly. Then, later on in the semester, the only studies available required completion of the previous studies (which had been full) as a prerequisite for participating. The scarcity of available studies made it really hard and slightly stressful to complete this portion of the class grade on time. Otherwise, easy class. If you're looking for an easy distribution requirement, this isn't a bad choice; but if you want to challenge yourself academically and stimulate your brain a little while you're at it, I would go elsewhere.

Instructor 2.0
Enjoyability 1.0
Recommend 3.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 1.0
Fall 2024
4.3
Average

I loved this class! Professor MacCormack is so knowledgable about the subject and gives great examples that help me better understand. The course setup is pretty easy with some writing assignments and 2 take home exams. She gives students a study guide before each exam (if not on the study guide, it can't be on the exam) which are super helpful. I really enjoy this class, the professor also records each lecture so attendance isn't mandatory or you can watch back anything you missed. Would highly reccomend! (however I know people struggled getting participant pool research credits but that is not really due to the class)

Instructor 5.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 4.0
Difficulty 4.0
Hours/Week 4.0
Spring 2024
4.3
Average

Prof MacCormack is extremely kind and helpful. Her lectures are a little boring and the class covers a ton of content, but it's honestly pretty easy! The class is based on 2 exams, 2 reflections, and 2 study participations. Overall, I loved this class and I'd definitely take it with MacCormack over other instructors!

Instructor 5.0
Enjoyability 3.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 2.0
Fall 2022
4.3
Average

I was interested in psych so I took this class, and it was good! It was in Mcleod, so I stopped going to lectures halfway through the semester. It was Professor MacCormack's first semester teaching, and she was great! All exams were take-home, and I don't think there were really any homework assignments (I don't really remember but that means they weren't too hard). I'm not sure if she's going to change the structure of her class because I know the other professors were much harder for my friends. Maybe go to lectures because I was pretty behind when studying for exams, but she posts the slides online too which is nice!

Instructor 5.0
Enjoyability 3.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 1.0
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