SDS 150RLifespan Processes

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• Bird

  Jan 2026 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

• This was the easiest course I've ever taken, there's 3 tests which are pretty easy, 4 textbook reflections, and NO FINAL!

  Dec 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

• If you have taken any other course in social sciences or human development at all, you will not find this class remotely useful. I barely learned anything new, and much of what was in the textbook once we moved past the chapters on childhood was common sense. The assessments were 3 tests, each worth 25-30% of your grade, and 4 reflections which made up 20% of your grade, which from what I could tell you got 100% just as long as you did them. The test questions, while on extremely easy information, were made up of so many confusing trick questions, and sometimes questions where the professor had the answer wrong, although upon pointing these questions out to the professor she did nothing…

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• Don't take this as a bird course, as it does demand reading and quite a bit of studying for the tests and final exam. However, this was a very fun and interesting course overall. Peter Hymmen was a great professor, he made the lectures very engaging, supplying us with fill in the blank powerpoint notes which were useful in notetaking, and always giving examples from his own life and facilitating class discussions so that we would better understand the concepts. There were two midterms and a final exam, all non-cumulative, each with multiple-choice and short-answer questions, in addition to an essay for the exam. All the content on the tests and the exam were fair, just make sure to pay…

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• Main component is a group presentation - you can choose your members or get randomly assigned. You can choose which date throughout the semester you can present which is helpful when you have more heavy weeks from other courses. Since there is a presentation each week posted by other students, you have to engage weekly which helps you engage with the content. Content is easy to understand. There are 5 reflections that are all also very easy. Bird course.

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