AI Rate Professor

Political Science

Joseph Martorana

HIST101 · POLI101 · POLS151 · LAWSO101 · POL104 · POL101 · POLS104 · POLYSCI151 · POLCS151 · POL151 · POLS33340 · POLISCI101 · POLYS101 · POLS101 · PS101 · 152 lifetime ratings

AI rating
56/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
Take again
60.71%
Difficulty
3.6

The decision

if you want a challenging, opinionated poli-sci ride and will grind the textbook and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTest heavyGet ready to readLecture heavyGraded by few thingsPassionate but polarizing
  • Grades rest on few high-stakes tests that often track dense textbook details more than lectures.
  • Many students find lectures engaging and mind-opening; others call them rants that do not prepare for exams.
  • Attendance and tutoring can cushion the grade, but an A and .

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Getting an A usually means crushing dense readings and .

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Content is reading-intensive and conceptually dense, with .

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

32/100

as required or as a plus-minus factor, and skipping hurts when graded items are few.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

Fans praise transformative lectures; critics warn of unfair tests and political rants, so fit depends on tolerance for .

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

36/100

and few gradebook items make each test and paper high stakes.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

52/100

Few formal assignments, but and and finals.

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Teaching experience

Average

58/100

Passionate, funny lectures impress many students, yet others find prep weak and lectures disconnected from tests.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Midterms, finals, pop quizzes, and limited notebook or .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

graded items and hard textbook-based tests; passion and humor help motivated students, while others feel unprepared and harshly scored.

Main concern

Tests punish students when lectures and and .

What students said

“Lectures are fun, but don't help that .”
POL101
“No joke, this is the hardest class I have ever taken because there is not much you get graded on but the and lectures are irrelevant.”
POLS101
“It is a challenging class, but he does what he can to help you get an A, you just have to put in some work.”
POLS101

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

High-stakes written exams and notes alone.

Essay midterms and finalsPop quizzes from readingsQuestions often from textbookSome advance question listsTutor extra credit

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals plus reading pop quizzes, sometimes with advance prompts.

Essay midterms and finalsPop quizzesTextbook-based questionsOccasional advance prompts
“He gives you the questions that will be on the .”
POL101
“Although, I did all the , and studied heavily and I still struggled on the tests.”
POLS101
“For mid-term and final, in-class writing on 2 of 3 topics that will be chosen randomly from at least 8.”
POL101

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“This class was one of my hardest classes I have ever taken. He lectures only about .”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews, , and reading load. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

58/100

“His lectures are engaging and he challenges your beliefs and views about the political climate.”

📚 Reading and Tests

32/100

“You literally have to read the book word for word, but it still doesn't help much for the tests.”

👍 Recommendation Split

58/100

“Political Science is not my field of study, but I am so glad I took this class with Joe.”

⚖️ Grade Pressure

38/100

“Never put so much effort into a class to only end up with a D.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Joe has a funny and dry sense of humor that makes the lectures engaging and entertaining.
  • He helps you open your eyes and think for yourself.
  • His lectures are boring and uninformative yet he .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • The because they sometimes asks for details from the textbook.
  • Only 5 things in the gradebook (3 tests and ).
  • easiest A you will ever get, as long as you go to the tutor every day.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character and Bias

  • I lean right and he leans very far left so his constant attack was a little off-putting at first.
  • He spends the entire lecture sharing what he thinks when we are tested on textbook information.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

152

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed in-person reviews spanning many years , and polarized teaching style.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 561
4 out of 527
3 out of 527
2 out of 520
1 out of 517

Course coverage

POL10116 reviews
POLS10114 reviews
POLCS1514 reviews
POL1513 reviews
POLS1512 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

41 reported outcomes

A range

15

A+ 1 · A 11 · A- 3

B range

13

B+ 5 · B 8

C range

3

C 3

D range

2

D 2

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

8

Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Not sure yet 5