Candace Taylor - University of the Fraser Valley

Professor: Candace Taylor
Department: Psychology
College: University of the Fraser Valley
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC370
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. T is defs not your typical prof. She is quite funny and can be blunt /rudish at times. She is quite reasonable... most of the time. There are 3 exams and time is super limited for them. If you want to do well in this class (as I did), you MUST properly prepare by studying/revising even if the exam is online! Challenging but you can do well!
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC101
  • Grade Received: B-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
This class was the worst experience of my university career thus far. The lazy informal word doc Lectures with confusing slang and inappropriate personal stories made learning the material incredibly painful. Her tests include the same informal and unprofessional language which made them hard to understand. Do not recommend to anyone.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC370
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Taylor needs to type her course work professionally. She's rarely formal, and the lectures are often inappropriately involve personal matters. It makes her lectures painful to dissect and write notes. Tests/Exams are also difficult to follow, as the same informal language is used, and it's easy to misunderstand when reading them.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: PSYCH101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
I really enjoyed her teaching when I took her course in person. She has got to be the worst online teacher though. Nothing posted until 3 weeks into the course and 90% of your grade is made up by poorly worded and confusing exams.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC370
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Her teaching style might not be for everyone, but I think her humor gets taken the wrong way by people. She's funny and you can tell she enjoys teaching. Her assessments aren't unfair, but they are difficult. Dedicate time to revising because the exams are quite detailed - know the content(text incl.). Good class, very interesting, but challenging.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC101
  • Grade Received: B-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Taking this class was the biggest mistake of my life. Your entire grade is based off of 3 incredibly difficult and confusing exams. She seems like she would be a decent teacher in person, but definitely not online. She doesnt post lecture videos, just puts out word document lectures, that are confusing and difficult to read. Do not recommend
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: PSY101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Catherine was inaccessible outside of class and had very heavy lectures. She did not post any of her lectures online and your entire grade is based on three exams and one psychology experiment you had to partake in. I would not recommend taking psychology with her.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I was extremely disappointed with this professor. Majority of your final grade will come from three exams (which are difficult to understand). Her teaching style is rather negligent, there were no zooms and we only had readings. The readings were hard to follow as she includes personal stories that are irrelevant and personal. Do not take her class
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC101
  • 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:
If you're in first year in university do not take this prof! Her lectures are interesting, I feel like I did learn a lot. Unfortunately, her tests are really complicated and do not correlate with any of the lecture. Even if you study really hard, you will still not do well.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC101
  • Grade Received: C+
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
91% of your grade in this class is based on the exams alone which make it quite difficult. The exam questions also occasionally don't make a lot of sense either. She does respond fast if you have any questions which was nice but her teaching style makes it stressful, especially if you are a first year.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC101
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
There were no assignments, the entirety of your final grade is based on the 3 different exams. Also, her "lectures" are just handouts which you read on your own along with the textbook readings which was quite unhelpful. Sometimes the exam questions didn't make sense, but she did give bonus marks for some. Overall, wouldn't recommend this class.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: PSYCH101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Taylor, while very knowledgeable and "hip," was a bit of a handful to say the least. I respect that she knows not everyone likes her teaching style but it was difficult being a first year student in this course. Her comments/stories were very distracting and some were more aggressive than passive. Exams questions didn't always make sense either
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC101
  • Grade Received: C+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Course lectures do not align with exams or textbook Professor goes off topic and includes personal information that is not appropriate Grades extremely hard so even if you study hard it won't matter impersonable
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I loved having Dr. Taylor as a teacher. She was funny, and kept the class engaged. Her stories were comical and I enjoyed them very much. I look forward to taking a class with her again. Her outfits are also pretty cute :) I know she reads these reviews, so if you see this, thank you! Loved your class
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: PSY101
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
The only thing that makes up your grade is 3 tests. The tests are timed and there is not enough time given, I am typically an A student, but not in this class. I only got about 70% of the tests completed in the time given, so when my grades were 60-65% on the tests, I wasn't shocked. But I couldn't've worked faster.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC370
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Interesting prof. I really did not like her at first but she kind of grows on you. She will use the full 3-hours, and hand-writes her notes (they are not posted anywhere). Her exams are based entirely off of the notes. You have to write a 15 page paper, which she will butcher. I typically get As on my papers, but I got a C. Lucky I took good notes.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: PSYCH102
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
she doesn't know how to engage with students. Her lecture is so complicated that confuse 90% of student. Lack of sympathy, and she gave too much burden on learners. the guideline was so confusing and unclear about the main goal and achievement. She rampage her student by heavy workloads and unreasonable expectation.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: PSYCH102
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Prepare for 3 hours of disorganized lectures. She jumps around and it's hard to follow what points go where. She goes on tangents, speaks fast and unclearly at times so it's easy to miss points. She's not clear or concise and doesn't give engaging lectures. You're graded on 3 tests each work about 1/3 of your grade. I wouldn't recommend.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC385
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Taylor is definitely on the tougher end of the spectrum in terms of expectations, but she has turned out to be my favourite prof at UFV no matter what grade I will end up with. Her expectations are clear and she is very knowledgeable in the material. Her personality is one of those strict-ish but still sweet attitudes, and also she is hilarious
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: PSYC102
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The lectures are often hard to follow, seems to be very disorganized. Don't know what sub topics are being discussed and what bullet points for notes should go where. The course is very test heavy and your grade will be mostly exam based. Not great for those with test anxiety.
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