AI Rate Professor

History

Brian Thomasson

HIST1 · HIS53 · HISTORY101 · HIST33 · 7 lifetime ratings

AI rating
72/100
RMP rating
4.4/5
Take again
71.43%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

if you enjoy history and will work hard; avoid if you need an easy A or .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHilarious lecturesTough graderPop quizzesLecture heavyPassionate teacher
  • Lectures are entertaining, story-rich, and loved by students who like history.
  • , and strict essay standards.
  • if , and want a real college history challenge.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

42/100

Some lower-level sections feel fair with steady work, but and and hard.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Heavy lectures, lots of reading, pop quizzes, and .

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Every review that .

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

Most would take him again for passion and lectures, but and .

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

; focuses on spelling, punctuation, and detail as much as content.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

38/100

, and long exams; several students say it took more time than STEM classes.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Good

84/100

Students love his humor, stories, and energy even when they dislike the .

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Pop quizzes, long tedious tests, and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Passionate, funny lecture-heavy history classes with pop quizzes and .

Main concern

Tests and and nitpicky; attendance and .

What students said

“A challenging class but , and great teacher!”
HIS53
“This proffessor grades incredibly difficult. The and long, and also difficult.”
HISTORY101
“the class is an easy A as long as you do the work. Do the readings because ”
HIST1

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Pop quizzes from readings and long, difficult tests with .

Pop quizzesLong hard testsWriting-heavy exams

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Beware pop quizzes from readings; tests are long, difficult, and writing-heavy.

Pop quizzesLong hard testsWriting-heavy exams
“The and long, and also difficult.”
HISTORY101
“Writing portions of ; and study ahead of time”
HIS53
“he does pop quizzes often--the ”
HIST1

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“A challenging class but , and great teacher!”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 in-person reviews, balancing lecture praise with and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

84/100

“He has awesome lectures, is very comedic, and most of all a really cool guy.”

⚖️

32/100

“This proffessor grades incredibly difficult. The and long, and also difficult.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

72/100

“If you ; he grades very nitpicky”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His lectures were full of interesting facts and personal stories and jokes
  • Very approachable and warm teacher to have
  • he had great enthusiasm teaching the subject

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • he grades very nitpicky and is extremely focused on the what and the how
  • I had to work hard and allocate a lot of time and exam
  • Be ready to read for pop quizzes

Theme 3

📝

  • Writing portions of
  • the and a grade boost if you do well
  • The and long, and also difficult

Data context

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Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

7

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

Seven fairly detailed recent in-person reviews with mixed but coherent themes .

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

HIST13 reviews
HISTORY1012 reviews
HIS531 review
HIST331 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

5 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

2

B 1 · B- 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1