Shirley Griffith - University of Ottawa

Professor: Shirley Griffith
Department: Psychology
College: University of Ottawa
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: PSY3105
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
I am taking her right now and her lectures are so boring. No slides, no interaction whatsoever. Get ready to read the textbook if you want to pass. 2 midterms and 1 final in 1 month!!!!! Doesn't reply to emails. We have to email for the grades and that's the only time she replies. No feedback on any assignments or hw either. I do not recommend.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: PSY4105
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Do yourself a favour and never take any class taught by this woman. I understand that she is older and may not do well with tech but there was no communication whatsoever. she never read questions in class, we had to personally email her to get grades, offered zero feedback. On top of that shes just not engaging in class at all.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: PSY4105
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Avoid Dr. Griffith at all costs. She gave us our paper grades AFTER the final, gave no feedback at any point, had no visual aids, didn't use Brightspace except for the syllabus (even during online schooling), didn't answer emails, etc. If you have to have her, watch the recordings on double speed and use the textbook.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: PSY4105
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
If you are going into University online, avoid at all costs. Zoom meetings consist of her nose and forehead, she's reading off the to the side, & that's it. No PowerPoint, there's nothing engaging, she just reads. If you can't avoid, watch her lecture recording after on 2X speed- after you taught yourself the textbook of course.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: PSY3303
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
For online classes, all you saw was the top half of her head, with no PowerPoint or any other visuals. She didn't upload anything on Brightspace, and her midterms difficult, and her take-home final was even harder even with the textbook. Her lectures are very dry, and difficult to pay attention to. I do not recommend her class.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: PSY3303
  • 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:
Online and in-person she lectures with no visual aid, she reads directly out of the textbook but not in order so you can't follow along, does not use bright space even for online courses and doesn't bother responding to emails. I also didn't receive either of my midterm grades until the day of the second midterm and during the exam period. Avoid!
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: PSY3303
  • 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:
Simply put, she is a horrible professor. Not helpful in any way and gives no feedback/impression of wanting students to succeed. No lecture slides or use of the course website, her lectures are all over the place, she mumbles and says "you know" at least every 5 words! It took over a month to get one midterm mark back... a DAY before the 2nd exam.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: PSY3303
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She a gem. Super sweet lady and always wants to help :) Had to read the textbook to further understand the lectures but it wasn't too much trouble.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: PSY3303
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Avoid her online classes if you can. She just rambles with no visual aids whatsoever. She doesn't answer questions, doesn't post notes, and basically reads the textbook during her lectures. If you need to have her, just read the book.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: PSY3123
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The worst prof I have had at uOttawa. Stands at the front of the room and talks with no media of any type. Reads directly from textbook not in chronological order, just spits out random facts. She also cannot speak. She says "um, uh, you know" literally every sentence and it is enough to drive you up the wall. Avoid at all costs.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: PSY3123
  • 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:
As others have said, this woman is stuck in the past. Very dry lectures straight out of the textbook, limited class discussion, no discussion of current events and does not use Brightspace or any visual aid. It really seems like she stopped caring.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: PSY3123
  • 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:
does not use bright space online at all!! doesn't even post the syllabus. She also talks the entire lecture without powerpoint or any type of media, very hard to follow along.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: PSY4130
  • Grade Received: B-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Run away. Exams are the hardest I've ever written. No technology... just reads from notes. So many irrelevant details. If you wanna know about how a guy in the 1800s "felt rejected by his father", take her. Nice person, bad teacher. btw I found the textbook online for free, just gotta spend some time looking for it
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: PSY4130
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Prof is really nice as a person, but not really great as a professor. She still uses an overhead, her MCQ are hard and expects you to memorize all philosophers/scientists for the exams. Boring content and professor. I think she should just spend her final years in Cuba or Miami.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: PSY4130
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
You need to go to class to do well. Yes, she reads directly off the text but there is soo much info in the textbook that you don't need to know. The questions that she asks from textbook are the ones in bolded letters; you don't need to read the entire textbook. The paper is marked generously. Easy to do well if you are good at memorizing.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: PSY4130
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
I found exams and paper grading pretty straight forward, however I did find that I taught myself most of the content through the textbook. Questions are not tricky but you do need to fully understand content. No slides, no notes, no Brightspace - so that was annoying.. Quick responses to emails and very accommodating. Sweet lady but dry content..
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: PSY4130
  • 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:
No slides, no online or in class material - just her reading off her paper about which psychologist had how many cats. Exams are insanely specific about details that you realistically will never need to know. Doesn't reply to e-mails. either go to class and write down word for word what she says or read the textbook in its entirety.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: PSY4130
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Midterm, Paper, Final. There are no overhead slides or online material - everything is read out loud incoherently&monotone - it's a struggle to pay attention. You have to read the textbook anyway, but go to class because she will specify which parts of the chapters to read. Exams are pretty detail heavy - study hard! She doesn't reply to emails :(
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: PSY4130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Does not use brightspace which is annoying. Content is incredibly boring. don't recommend
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: PSY4130
  • 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:
Prof. Shirley isn't bad. She lectures by directly reading off the textbook. If you take good notes on what she is reading out, this isn't a difficult course. Even though she reads from textbook, it is not a good idea to skip - there are a lot of material in the text that you don't need to know. 1 midterm, a paper and final. Fair grader.
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