PSYCH 339Personnel Psychology

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• Took this in Fall 2025 with Di Ruzza. Personally I found the content very dry and boring as it largely just seems like HR common sense (as someone who has worked in HR before) but just dressed up in more academic language. There were 3 short answer tests, each worth 25%. You could bring a cheat sheet but must be handwritten. Then there was a research paper worth 15% (which I personally felt was unnecessarily long for the page count we had to meet) and participation/attendance worth 10%. You won't get the full participation/attendance marks if he notes that you are just doing something else on your laptop during class and miss class a certain number of times, which will drop your grade…

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• The course covered a wide variety of topics in human resources and staffing selection. Overall, the course was interesting.

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• This course consisted of participation, 3 take home assignments based on textbook/lecture material, and 1 research paper where students are expected to assess a real world HR issue and propose solutions. The workload is very manageable and even fun if you’re interested in the topic of recruitment and selection.

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• I believe all the (recent) reviews are positive because this course is easy. which it is. no tests or exams, only assignments where you can find the answers in the textbook. with that being said, content-wise it is very boring and the prof isn't very engaging at all (mandatory attendance to class btw). take this course if you need an easy PSYCH 300 OR if you're interested in HR/organizational psychology. probably the easiest PSYCH 300 to get a high mark in with medium effort.

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• This is by FAR one of my favourite courses I've taken at the University during my time here. If you're interested in HR, this is the course for you. The entirety of the course focuses on Recruitment and Selection, which is very helpful for everyone regardless of your program/future plans, (whether you want to work in Talent Acquisition or Engineering) since we all go through this recruitment process in the real world.
  The assignments are extremely fair and apply EXACTLY what you learned in the class; no surprises whatsoever in any questions. If you attend every class, participate, and apply course materials to the (3) assessments, there's no reason you would get below a 90% in the course.…

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