Laurain Mills - University of Victoria

Professor: Laurain Mills
Department: Psychology
College: University of Victoria
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC1111
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Horrible Prof, very unprofessional, and will dock marks for ridiculous reasons. Assignments do not prepare you for the Final at all.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC317B
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Had her for an online class. It took her over 3 months to mark one of my assignments, of which I had to nag her to mark- she even asked me if I "wanted them marked".... uh yes?? And the one time I asked for help, she only said she doesn't teach the class anymore. Terrible, do not recommend at all. (was psych 3151 OL)
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC1111
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
This 1st yr introductory course was much harder than my 4th yr courses. It requires ALOT of reading, wastes your time doing assignments, and does not prepare you for the exam! She deducts heavily for the littlest things and is slow to return them. The assignment/open-book quizzes take too long to complete for how little marks they are worth.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: DRUGS345A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She made what could have been an interesting course boring. Marked my project late when it wasn't. Later said to another class (my friend was in it) that my project (don't want to say exactly what it was here) stood out as creative but, "I had to give it a 'B' as it was late". Ugh! Lost all respect for her after that. :( Also had for His of Psy :(
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC1111
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Laurain Mills is the worst teacher I have ever had. She's given me 0 direction throughout my course and has LOST most of my assignments too. I often have to re-send things and follow up with her to make sure she got them. I've had to "nag" her to mark my work. Test materials are not related to study material and she offers NO FEEDBACK when marking.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC3451
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Least favourite professor (I've previously finished a degree and am in my last year of a second, I've had many profs) that I've had. She is rude, condescending and does not give clear grading criteria. When you don't do well, she will simply tell you to "read the instructions". I'm generally an A student, she graded me consistently below that.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: PSYCH3451
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Average Prof - at best, enjoyable course content though. Comments on papers shallow and lack constructive element to improve. Slow in responding.. very slow..
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC1111
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Lourain contradicts herself and the course material. She doesn't answer questions via email, and seems to except a lot out of assignments. Thats all fine, but she doesn't seem to have very high standards when it comes to professionalism. Would not recommend.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC1111
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
this prof never seemed passionate about teaching, or helping students learn. Did not return e-mails, or answer questions, or provide feedback. I don't know if she designed all the assignments for this online course, but they were really time-consuming without being very fruitful. I found them quite boring. I will never take her course, ever again.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC345A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I really liked the class, but that has more to do with pre existing interest in the material, not her teaching. Laurain was alright, but I wouldn't say a particularily good prof. Read the assigned chapters in the textbook and you will get a good grade. The medica project was kind of fun.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: 345A
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Super boring, but the material is very interesting. Make sure you attend every class and pay attention and you'll be fine, since she doesn't put stuff online. She shows a lot of videos which is really nice and relaxing. I didn't bother buying the textbook and I did well.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC345A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Quite monotone, but does wear a mic because she has a soft voice. Her ppts are basically stats that are pulled from the textbook. The course is very textbook heavy, however, she does provide learning objectives for each unit (exactly the stuff that is going to be on the tests). If you study the textbook you'll ace this class!
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC317A345A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She is very quiet, and gets confused about what is real or not. She mixes up topics and tests them wrongly. If you only listen to what she says you can get a good mark, but most of it isn't factual.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC345A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She is monotone and quiet but she wears a mic so everyone can hear her. She is nice and fair and covers material well in lectures. Her exams test strictly on material and there are no word games involved in her exams to try and trick you. It is based on pure knowledge of course material. Overall I think she is a good prof.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC336
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She is really quiet and hard to understand but she is a fair marker and her tests are pretty easy
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC317A
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This was a really hard class. I've taken several classes with her. I don't know know if it's the material or not but many of the lectures lasted 25 min? She also missed a lot of class almost 2 weeks. I can't blame her for being sick though. She seems nice?
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC317A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Mills cancelled 4 classes thru term. Exams are purely based on her point of view (GO IN TO CHECK YOUR MIDTERMS I GOT MORE MARKS FOR EVERY EXAM AFTER CHECKING OVER THEM). ended up teaching an entire unit to myself due to her cancelling classes. don't need the text, read her slides. she is nice, but not engaged in teaching.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC336
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
It was an interesting class! you must go to class when it's a debate date because she will test you on that. Plus, it is easy way to get a better mark. She makes jokes sometimes and she is pretty funny. Prof.Mills is genuinely nice. Yes, she speaks very quietly, so sometimes she might put you into sleep...
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC336
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
LOVED her. I was first afraid of attending her class because of the bad ratings, but she was such a sweetheart. The deate was fun, and she was funny as well.Her voic is very quiet, so you might want to seat in front. Overall, enjoyed it a lot.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC317B
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I can understand others frustration with Dr. Mills. I found her to be a nice lady but there is certainly some room for improvement as a professor. I found the lectures to be... tense. After a few lectures you can sort of sense the unrest of many of the students. I found the in-class demos/labs to be very helpful in learning the content.
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