Todd Girard

Awesome professor. Interesting and engaging lectures. Always willing to answer questions thoroughly. Also very understanding and flexible. As a biomedical science major, the content appeared straightforward and clearly explained. Although I can see how this may be a difficult class for psych majors or others.

This class is very science-based and much of it is just learning about neurotransmitters so if that's not interesting definitely don't take this course. He's a good prof but his slides were often unorganized and attending lectures is mandatory as you won't be able to understand most of the topics by just reading the slides. Tests can be tricky.

The kindest professor who's extremely well-spoken, will take the time to re-explain concepts if somebody is confused, in-depth replies for emails, 1 midterm, 2 assignments, easy weekly quizzes and a final, taken only from lecture material

So sweet and caring and genuinely tries to make sure every students grasps the concepts he teaches. He's clearly such an expert and is very passionate about psychopharmacology, and I truly think I was able to do so well in the class because I had him as a prof

Overall, amazing professor. Dr. Girard is very kind and is available outside of class to answer inquiries related to lecture content. Prepare to spend lots of time revising notes and doing research to fill in gaps on missing information on the slides. Slides alone are not suffice to prepare for the tests, attendance is highly encouraged.

Professor Girard is kind, approachable and caring. This class is lecture heavy so it is good to do the readings before class so you'll have an easier time understanding the material. Having some background knowledge in biological psychology would help a lot before taking this class.

Professor Girard is one of my top favourite professors I've had. Considerate, accessible, and accommodating to his students' needs. The only complaint I would have is the PowerPoint material is very plain so you HAVE to attend his lectures. Textbook isn't necessary, but it is helpful if you miss something he discusses. Overall, he was wonderful

The course content was a little unorganized & it was hard to tell what was relevant or not. Girard was very nit-picky when marking, taking marks off for incredibly small/irrelevant things, most of which weren't even in the assignments' instructions.

He's the best! I understand that 8-11 can be long and boring, but he really tries to make it interesting. If you ever miss a lecture, the slides + textbook are more than enough to makeup for it. Marks very fairly on papers, exams (esp short answer) can be a little tricky, but not unfair. Weekly quizzes also fair! He's no nice and approachable :)

10/10. other reviews are written by lazy ppl. course ain't easy u obviously gotta come 2 class to succeed. makes the content easy to understand. 2 tests, 2 assignments, and mark booster mini quizzes. u can get an A if u work for it. he's top profs in PSY department. kind in office hours and helps u whenever. can't say enough good things abt him.