Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
John was my lab prof for a year. He was a good teacher - laid back, but still capable of getting his point across. Readings were relevant and interesting. A very nice guy. Recommended highly!Rate My Professors ↗
Current instructor
John Curtin
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Great Professor! Very nice and helpful if you talk to him. Some of the articles you'll read for his classes/research lab will be difficult, but interesting. He really cares about what he's doing.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Really approachable and very helpfulRate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Took it the very first semester he ever taught this, specifically because he was the only actual professor who was teaching the class. Very wise move, actually a likeable person, and compared to the complaints I've heard about the classes run by TA's, he's by far your best option for this class.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
very cool proferssor....class is somewhat hard but he is always open to questions and makes a fairly boring topic somewhat fun....definitely recommend if you have to take 225 for your major....Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Thought the class was very interesting and assigned journal articles were, for the most part, well written and interesting. Professor seems to have good command of knowledge in area of addiction. More structure to the class discussions would be good.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with John Curtin
PSYCH 681
Senior Honors Thesis
3 creditsPSYCH 681 is an individual study course for students completing senior honors theses under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
PSYCH 682
Senior Honors Thesis
3 creditsPSYCH 682 is an individual study course for students completing senior honors theses under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited samplePSYCH 691
Undergraduate Thesis
2–3 creditsPSYCH 691 is an undergraduate thesis course focused on conducting research and completing a thesis, recommended for students intending to pursue graduate work in psychology.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
PSYCH 692
Undergraduate Thesis
2–3 creditsPSYCH 692 is an undergraduate thesis course focused on completing research in psychology.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited samplePSYCH 699
Directed Study
1–3 creditsPSYCH 699 is a directed study course involving independent mentored study with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026PSYCH 990
Research
1–12 creditsPSYCH 990 is an independent research course involving experimental, observational, or statistical investigation under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Recorded teaching history
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