Schultz, Ned  

Arrogant. Does not relate well with students. Lectures are extremely boring. Do not take this instructor, for the love of god, please avoid.

A decent professor. Lecture style is mostly oral so it can become boring at times. Test are mult choice (with only two choices to pick from) and are about 50% lecture and 50% text. Requires a couple of projects for the class but nothing too hard and no term papers. Grading scheme is fair and prof is willing to help students who fall behind.

I really enjoyed having this professor. He's funny, he knows how to run an interesting, thought-provoking class, and he's laid back. There's no homework obviously, but there is a shitload of reading that you need to do in order to do well in the class. His tests are hard, but if you study the lecture notes and reading, you'll be fine. He gives you three tests that are not cumulative, and you also have two papers to write, both of which are easy. He does use plus or minus grading as well. Overall, I highly recommend taking this professor.

Dr. Schultz was one of the best professors I have had yet at Cal Poly!! Yes, his lectures are all orall, but he really includes his students in them. Hes always asking us about examples in our lives. He really cares about his students. He puts all of his lectures on Cal Poly's Blackboard, midterms and final were like 70 mult choice, and 10 short answer, very easy, do the reading, its interesting anyways!! There are two short papers not too bad. Hes a nice guy!!

Class material and readings are interesting for the most part, but lectures can be a little dry because they follow a powerpoint presentation. Tests are difficult because mostly true/false questions, which are tricky. Good class, but challenging!

Schultz puts forward a good effort to make his class entertaining. However, after 20 days of painfully boring lectures, bad jokes, and insensitivity I was glad to be done with the class. There are three exams and two papers. The exams are pretty easy (mostly text material and only two options for the multiple choice section). The papers were easy as well. The first one is based on an interview and the second is an evaluation of your own personality. The only thing I enjoyed from this course was the text. It really helped to clear up the confusion caused by Schultz's unorganized powerpoint lecture presentations.

This guy is terrible, nothing but boring lectures that do not amount to anything. This guy is very dry, and difficult to even stay awake for the whole class. There is three tests and two papers that aren't that bad. The test only have two choices, but the best part of class is when the class is over.

This class was pretty intersting -- you learn a lot of cool stuff about yourself. Ned's lectures are a little dry because he uses Power Point every day, but he presents the material clearly. If you want an A or B you MUST get the textbook. It seems like a lot of reading, but he doesn't always cover everything from the book in lecture, and it DEFINTELY shows up on the test. A lot of people were mad that he didn't always cover all the test material in class, but come on people this is college. Three midterms, no final, two easy papers (together they equal another test grade). Beware of fill in the blanks on the test. Not easy. Ned's a nice guy -- he cares about his students and is very approachable in his office hours. Just know that you MUST know the textbook to get a good grade in this class!!!!!

Professor Schultz is a nice guy but his class stinks. I stopped going after the first midterm. And guess what? I ended up getting better grades on the second two than on the first! If you can't take sitting in his class any longer becuase of the bore, go home and study his lectures on blackboard (every word is there) and read the text. Or, if you don't want to read all of the text, he provides the link to an on-line study guide and detailed outline that were very helpful. I'm usually not a slacker in shcool at all...but it seriously isn't necessary to go to class. You'll do better studying on your own. oh, and the papers are pretty just don't wait until the last minute to do the second one. And if you have any questions about anything, Schultz is very approachable. He's also super fast with the email. Nice guy, bad class.

Horrible Professor. Arrogant, uses profanity and sexual innuendos while lecturing which was incredibly offensive to me. Subject matter was dry and boring. When I found out he had been sleeping with one of his students, it made me even more repulsed, especially since he is married with kids the same age of his students. I have zero respect for this man.

Dr. Scultz was good sometimes and borrring other times. This class doesnt require a ton of work and is good to take for a psych major. I gave him a B because he wasnt the most interesting teacher nor the most involved but he did a decent job teaching and was helpful. Other teachers may be more interesting.

He was pretty good. There were 3 tests (multp. choice & a few short answer). He did grade on a curve, which was really nice. There is a 5 pg. self-assesment paper that would not have been that bad except that it was SINGLE spaced. Lectures could be boring at times but he did give out good information. Overall, he was a good teacher.

just a really boring class i feel like he doesn't say much that is worth noting and he repeats the same ideas over and over again

Interesting class full of useful info!

Personality Psychology was a really interesting class. Schultz is a good professor overall

Dr. Schultz is an excellent teacher. He is calm, cool and collected. He keeps the lectures interesting, they parallel the text, and he gives useful study guides for the exams; and although his exams are not easy, he is fair with the grading. There are three exams and one project (personality assessment exercise). I would gladly sign up for other courses taught by him.

This is the second time I have had Dr. Schultz and I like him a lot more this time. He teaches this class from powerpoint and there are very long lists of info, so its up to you to try to categorize things. Psy of death was my favorite class this quarter and I think because it is hardly every talked about openly, it took some getting used to talking about it everyday. There are two tests and a final, and two papers. The papers are graded really easily and can pull your grade up. This wasn't an incredibly easy class, but a little work and you can get an A. He is also very approachable and responds quickly to email.

Psychology of Death ended up being one of my favorite classes at Poly. Schultz is a remarkably witty guy who makes himself very open to student feedback and discussion. He's been teaching this course a long while and entertains all sorts of ideas about dealing with dying and death, but what got to me was depth of our discussions. One minute we'd be laughing at his home footage where we watch his children discuss death as they aged, and the next we'd be discussing our own experiences with death and losing a loved one, often bringing a classmate or two to tears. Ned thoughtfully guided both happy and sad classes the whole quarter, and the tests we were given were straightforward and reinforced the material. Very memorable class and I wish I could take it again. I don't think I've ever laughed as hard in a class. Considering the content matter, I think that speaks to how great Ned is at teaching.

This is a very interesting, thought-provoking, deep class. It's a seminar, involving lecture and discussion. The only drawback is the amount of work you have to do- about 14 2-page papers total! (1 or 2 a week on average, double spaced.) But the good part is that there are no tests and no text book (just articles to read which you get off the web).

If you want to get to know everything possible about your classmates this is for you. The entire class is a "sit in a circle" seminar. People discuss their personal experiences and issues relating to the subject material. There are not midterms or finals, but one quiz every week, in which the top 6 of about 10 are calculated into your final grade. These quizzes are based on chapter readings only. Participation is huge in this class, if you are shy or don't like to talk you better get over it if you want a good grade. It is a pretty cool class if you are open to the idea. =

This is a great class for seniors! Easy A; and you might actually learn something about yourself. Take it, you wont regret it.

Schultz has a wealth of knowledge, unfortunately he communicates it very slowly and monotone. There were times when I wished he would speed it up a little. The class is incredibly interesting, I learned a lot about myself (which is the ultimate goal I suppose). There are quizzes every other week, no midterm or final. You only need to read the summaries at the end of each chapter. I would read the whole chapter and do worse on the quizzes than if I just read the summary a couple times! Every week you write a response to a very thought-provoking question on-line, these are later used to aid in class discussion. You also have to create four self-portraits, very fun and creative project. Overall I enjoyed the material and the concept of the course. I'm not sure Schultz is the best man for the job however.

Wow, this is the type of course I always hoped to have in college: we all sit around and talk about ourselves, our future and our past. It's basically free group therapy twice a week! It's a seminar, not a lecture, so the format of the class can get a little getting used to, but it's really great! Participation does count for a big part of your grade--so, get over any insecurities about talking in class. There are four self portraits which consist of you taking a topic we talked about in class our read about and illustrating how it affects your life. There are quizes every other week (there are 11 questions for each quiz, but it makes it out of 10, so you can miss 1 and still get a 100%; and you get to drop your lowest score!). He You also submit weekly "self studies" online which are mini essays on a topic he posts. The class isn't hard to get a good grade in, but this is the ONLY class I've very had where I didn't care about my grade-- I actually cared about learning and was interested in the material for it's own sake! (An extra plus: no midterms or finals!) The worst and hardest part of the course is saying good-bye to everyone you've opened up to over the quarter!

This class is one of the best classes I have ever taken at Cal Poly. While it takes some time to get to know Dr. Schultz and his teaching style, once you do it is clear that he cares about his students and has a great deal of knowledge on the subject. The class is a seminar, meaning that each class consists of sitting in a circle and discussing concepts of self and identity. The subject matter is extremely interesting and the class can be applied in both a personal and professional sense. There are quizzes every other week which are not hard if you do the readings (which are interesting). I highly recommend this class to anyone, not just Psychology majors.

Schultz is one of my favorite professors. This class was very personal and introspective, and was very unique in the way it opened everyone up to talk about very personal aspects of their lives. That wasn't mandatory - it felt like your personal stories were both safe and valuable, and I cannot imagine any other class being like that. Schultz is really good at providing a fun environment and has great stories. Plus he explains things really well, and will go over it as long as it takes for people to get it. Very appreciated!