Patrick Carroll - University of Texas at Austin

Professor: Patrick Carroll
Department: Psychology
College: University of Texas at Austin
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: PSY420
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
It's hard for me to make connections with any bad reviews for Prof. Carroll. His gentle method of teaching takes you through each step of statistics so you get a clear picture of not only how to mathematically conduct the work but how to interpret it. He is kind, incredibly understanding, and wants his students to succeed in understanding stats.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: PSY420
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Carroll is a king! he loves to teach and his class is pretty doable. He never makes you feel dumb for asking questions and he really wants you to learn. I would take him again in a heartbeat. He doesn't give test reviews and studying is a bit random but his tests are doable.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: PSY420M
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Carroll was kinda bitter and rude in lectures, and had very poor communication with lab TAs so everything was posted last minute with very unclear expectations. I got nothing from lectures and only rewatch them a day or two before exams for the highlights. Not a difficult class just very frustrating and unenjoyable.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: PSY420M
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Grades mostly come half from quizzes taken every week and half from the lab portion of the course. It's not hard if you pay attention to lectures and take good notes. Lab can be difficult with many assignments on top of class coursework.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: PSY418
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Carroll is very caring, understanding, and knows the material well. I loved statistics already coming into this class but learning from him gave me a new perspective and understanding through psychological applications. I cannot recommend him enough for PSY 418/420M
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: PSY305
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Carroll is a phenomenal professor in his field. His class was really interesting and will keep you wanting more. His TA, Molly, was great and very helpful when it came to exams/homework. His exams are based on lecture AND textbook material, homework is fairly easy, and the project is over a topic you like. Great psychology class to take!
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: PSY418
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Carroll is a very caring professor. During lecture, he'd ask Q's for us to answer and when we got them wrong, he'd never scold us. He'd simply correct us. In addition, I missed an exam and without hesitation, he let me make it up. He wants his students to succeed and will return exams with helpful feedback. Does go off on tangents though!
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: PSY305
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Carroll is a super interesting professor who makes his lectures easy to understand. He can ramble at times, but it can be interesting because of how passionate he is. Tests are fairly straightforward and assignments outside of class are a huge grade buffer. Overall a pretty easy and interesting class .
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: PSY418
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Carroll was awesome!! Great guy and genuinely cares about his students. As long as you go to class and listen, you'll do great. He doesn't put anything on tests that he didn't discuss in length in class. Grading is very fair and over several assignments, so if you mess up anything, you can just work to do better on something else. Really loved him!
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: PSY305
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I had Dr. Carroll for PSY305 and PSY418 (got A's in both), and I really liked him. He was super passionate and made the content in both easy to understand. He really cared about our grades and how much we understood everything and he was very clear about his expectations. You have to read the textbook for his 305 class, but not really in 418.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: PSY418
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
I feel like the other ratings are being too hard on him. It's not his fault the information is hard. He does everything he can to help you (even giving extra points to make sure you're keeping up). He checks up on his students and really wants them to succeed.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: PSY305
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Good lectures with interesting content. Most of your final grade will come from tests with a few supplemental and easy grades outside of class. Reading your textbook is a must, but he is pretty clear on what will be tested on. Very funny, too.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: PSY418
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
paper was graded based on TA, but Carroll is super caring and very leniant i overslept and misses a quiz and he let me take it anyways. The tests were not too hard and the material isnt bad
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: PSY305
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Just save yourself some time and dont take him.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: PSY418
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Carroll is so passionate about what he teaches that he can make mundane statistics interesting and applicable to psychological research. I looked forward to his amazing lectures every day to see him get excited over things like differences between means and standard deviation. Read the textbook and work hard on your research project!
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: PSY305
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Honestly one of the best professors/lecturers I've had so far at UT. He's incredibly knowledgable about psychology and his lectures reflect that. I loved that every time I went to class, I could expect an amazing, informative, and reliable lecture. Exams are incredibly straightforward, too.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: PSY305
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
lectures were boring and he went on lots of tangents, but he's sweet. tests aren't heavy if you take notes from the textbook (a MUST) and pay attention to the studies he goes over in class. grades fair and gives easy homework as a buffer grade. attendance is mandatory. easy A if you try, take notes and study. 3 tests, 1 easy paper and no final!!
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: PSY305
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Carroll is such a kind, dedicated teacher, and is very passionate about psychology. This class is not an easy A or B, there are 3 major tests, and the last tests counts as your final. There are also about 10 quizzes and cognitive labs to work on outside of class. Attend class and read from the online textbook if you want to do well.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: PSY418
  • 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:
If you haven't taken statistics at all, prepare yourself for this class. Carroll barely teaches the math, spending most the time on how it applies in real life. Which would be fine except the tests were all math. The tests have few questions, and very complicated. You also have to write a research paper by the end for a big percent of your grade.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: PSY305
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
You need to be at lectures. Take notes, study, you'll be ok. He can be rambly and stutter quite a bit, but he strikes me as an old grandpa type talking about something he loves, and that made it fun for me. Always prepared and more technologically competent than my other professors. If you don't like Psychology or reading, though, I would skip.
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