Brian Bergstrom

2-4 hrs/week

If you're interested in Biological Psych or neuroscience this is an epic class. With regard to exams, prof bergstrom gives you practice quizzes that are incredibly helpful. His exams are super fair and as long as you spend some time studying you're gonna be fine. You get to drop one exam (you can drop the final).

10/24/2025

2 or less hrs/week

TAKE FALL SEMESTER! Fall is much easier than spring. Not as easy as it used to be but you can definitely get an A without going to class if you study a lot the nights before. It’s annoying you can only get 10 points off the entire semester between all the exams. 92.95 is still a A-, and they will not round.

12/26/2024

Very nice and good at giving examples for psychological concepts.

10/17/2024

Bergstrom is an amazing professor and also a really nice guy! He genuinely cares about his students and wants them to succeed. Very humble, and admits when things are wrong / need changes. There is a lot of textbook reading assigned in this class, but as long as you read them and pay attention in class, you'll do fine. Really enjoyed 100B!

8/30/2024

2 or less hrs/week

loved Bergstrom. Made the class very manageable and took things one step at a time. Course project can seem like a lot but if you stay up with deadlines it is not bad!

5/22/2024

Hands down best professor I've ever had at WashU. For a 2 hour class twice a week, he kept it engaging and made sure to give breaks. Prof Bergstrom is very caring, accommodating, and truly wants students to learn and succeed. For one of the hardest psych classes, he made it less of a burden which we were all so grateful for.

3/19/2024

Sometimes I would get lost in lectures, just because he would deviate from the slides a lot. But, overall, if you are in tune, he is an awesome professor!

12/21/2023

Love love loved Bergstrom! He was super flexible and understanding about us having other stuff outside of his class and would always change deadlines to give us more time. Really appreciated him this semester

12/18/2023

Was my favorite of the 3 Intro to Psych professors. Tests can be a little tough but you should do very well if you pay attention in the lecture and look at the slides. Nice sense of humor in lectures.

12/8/2023

I love this man, and if I could, I would take the rest of my psych classes with him. Amazing professor and genuinely cares not only about his work but also his students. Can be pretty late with grading things, but more than makes up with be super understanding and flexible with you.

12/8/2023

Lectures can be a little boring, but he truly cares about the success of his students. Powerpoints are largely based on the textbook and offers optional practice quizzes to test our learning. Lectures are funny and interesting if you pay attention.

12/5/2023

Professor Bergstrom is the best professor I have had at WashU. He makes the class incredibly engaging, he gives very detailed instructions, and he is incredibly understand. Even though Experimental Psych is known to be one of the more difficult classes and work heavy classes in the Psych Department, Bergstrom made the class incredibly manageable.

4/20/2023

He is just the best! He truly cares about his students in and out of the classroom and only wants to see them succeed. This class can be very content-heavy, but he moves through it well and in an engaging manner. Definitely one of my favorite professors!

4/20/2023

I love Professor Bergstrom!! He is so engaging and considerate to his students. He loves to chat with you in or out of class and is a great resource. The few lectures we had were very entertaining and informative. It is clear he wants his study to do well and be healthy. Very awesome would highly recommend him.

4/20/2023

Bergstrom was so nice and so funny! Very engaging and really cares about you as a student. He's been my favorite professor at WashU so far! 10/10 recommend.

4/20/2023

Dr Bergstrom is awesome! He is a great lecturer and is funny. He gives good feedback on papers and allows you to do corrections. Regarding the research paper, he is instrumental in helping you develop your idea and offers great insight. Take experimental psych with him! Trigger warning though: this class is a lot of work.

4/7/2023