PSYCH 238Organizational Psychology

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• Took this with HRM 200 and honestly there was a lot of overlap in the material. This class is very much about HR/the business world and the different social phenomena within it (like social psychology but focused fully on organizations/businesses + a little bit of sociology). There were a few simple participation assignments, multiple choice tests with a cheat sheet, and group work. I found the tests a bit challenging as sometimes there were situational/trick type questions, or questions about very specific studies which I could not remember at all. Hope that you get lucky with your group, as mine was difficult to collaberate with (you are expected to do the work outside of class on your…

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• (taken online) This was an extremely boring and redundant course. The assigned coursework was fairly easy with three online midterms being open book, 5 mini assignment, a collaborative assignment which is easy depending on your group members, and an in person final which is the most unfair aspect of the course considering its 110 MCQ in a two-hour time span (just purely memorization with some application). There is A LOT of content in my opinion with a heavy basis on the textbook and unreadable slides (approx. 60 slides per lecture) with anywhere from 1.5 hour-3 hour long lecture videos. I wouldn't recommend this course for someone who is looking for a psych course as an elective. It's…

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• It is a slightly dull course with high overlap with other courses, but at least it's comprehensible. Some facts and content are interesting though, and the small touches like Dilbert comics brought a little smile—despite its cancellation. The course outline seemed oddly outdated and disorganized, so make sure not to miss any submission requirements there. But hey at least good preparation for quizzes and final was provided.

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• unless you're planning on a career in business, this class is only good for its required credit. Lectures were immersive, yet exams seemingly only consisted of textbook material, which was tedious to work through. He started implementing cheat sheets, and I would add as much textbook info to those as you can, yet it's almost impossible to gauge what you'll be tested on. overall, not the easiest, but has valuable information

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• Good course, Doug tried his best to make lectures interesting. Light workload especially cause cheat sheets are given out for tests (sooo beneficial because there's a lot of studies). Class compared of five participation assignments, three 23% midterm tests, an 18% group assignment (group assigned by TA, mine was actually the best, but I just got extremely lucky), and 4% SONA bonus. Finished with a 90%

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