Swenson, Leland 
Cumulative GPA: 3.50/4.00 with 4 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 3.50
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 3.75
Psychology and Human Development Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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PSY 201
Freshman
Grade Earned: A
Elective
1:57 pm, Dec 24, 2012
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  Such an awesome professor! His quizzes are not difficult as long as you study vocabulary and important details. He is kind of a boring speaker..as his lectures come directly off of power points.. but he seriously knows his stuff. He loves the subject, it is obvious. As long as you do well on quizzes and the tests (final has many previous quiz questions) and you do well on the two essays he assigns (which are not hard at all), the class will be enjoyable and a breeze!!
 
PSY 202
Freshman
Grade Earned: B
Required (Support)
2:29 pm, Nov 28, 2012
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  Swenson is such a funny guy. You can tell he really wants the students to learn, but sometimes he goes off into tangents that are sort of hard to pay attention. If you do the two papers and study by doing the practice tests online and in the book and read the chapter and go through his powerpoints you will do fine on the tests. Not my favorite class, but not bad at all either!
 
PSY 201
Freshman
Grade Earned: A
General Ed
8:13 pm, Jan 3, 2012
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  Swenson is an awesome teacher. He knows what he's talking about INCREDIBLY well and can answer any question you can think of on the spot. His lectures are informative, and you pay attention to his lectures, and then do the practice quizzes he gives you, then you WILL get an A. He bases your grade on 2 easy assignments and 5 easy quizzes. There is no final tests, just two of the five quizzes are taken on the day of the final. Very interesting class, and not hard either!
 
PSY 201
Freshman
Grade Earned: N/A
General Ed
4:46 pm, Nov 27, 2011
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  Professor Leland Swenson is an incredible teacher. I am currently taking the class (almost over, have an A right now) and have had nothing but good experiences in this class. He has vast experience in the field with three PhDs (I believe.. could be master's.) and has published many articles/conducted many psychological studies. More relevant to most peoples' interests: He has a VAST store of extremely humorous tales of his career, and every single example can be related specifically to the topic at hand. He is always willing to clarify for students. The material can be thick in certain cases, but this class is an easy A or B if you study enough. Every test is from the book, and he gives practice quizzes online with sample questions (many of which are on the real quizzes). Class consisted of 4-5 quizzes and a final. Take this teacher if you can.
 

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