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Anthropology

Dennis Ringer

ANTH101 · ANTHROPOLOGY103 · ANTH113 · NATASECT · 113WITCHCRAFT · CULANTHRO · ANTHROPOLOGY · PHYSICALANTHRO · ANTH103 · ANTHRO113 · WITCHCRAFT · ANTHRO · GLOBAL101 · ANTHRO101 · NATAM101 · ANTH · NATA101 · ANTHRO103 · 44 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if you want a tough, opinionated anthropology experience and can self-advocate; many students strongly prefer another instructor.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerPolarizing lecturesHard testsUnorganizedPompous toneHit-or-miss experience
  • Reviews split sharply between life-changing insight and .
  • aligned with lectures.
  • Many students advise switching professors, especially for online or poorly structured sections.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

Hard tests and effort and luck with unclear expectations.

; some older comments mention internet sections but were tagged in person.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Students , and lectures dry or unfocused.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

, so policy is unclear overall.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

34/100

Negative quality ratings dominate and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

, and late grade posting create a strict and .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

35/100

Multiple papers, dense readings, videos, and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

36/100

Average quality near 2.7 with frequent complaints about boring, vague, unprofessional, or abrasive teaching.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

, and exams more than continuous assignment support.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

44 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person anthropology and Native American studies students report a deeply mixed experience ranging from inspiring knowledge of culture and history to boring, mean-spirited, and .

Main concern

, and abrasive classroom tone.

What students said

“This class is the . The teacher is very unprofessional.”
NATA101
“ but I was pleasantly surprised! He is a great teacher.”
ANTHRO103
“He is mean spirited and abusive. Stay away!”
ANTHROPOLOGY

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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Exams are often described as hard, ambiguous, and poorly aligned with lectures or the assigned text.

Hard testsAmbiguous quiz questionsDense reading-based exams

Assessment risk

Strict

30/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews describe hard, ambiguous tests and .

Hard testsAmbiguous questionsLate grade posting
“the dude has really ambiguous questions on his quizes and text”
ANTHROPOLOGY103
“NEVER GIVES GRADES SO ONE CANNOT GAGE THEIR PROGRESS”
NATA101
“ not covered in class”
ANTH113

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ !!!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 44 in-person reviews, highlighting polarizing teaching and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

36/100

“ . Vague, BORING, annoying. Find another teacher.”

👎 Recommendation Risk

34/100

“ !”

📚 Knowledge Fans Exist

70/100

“He was one of the professors that changed my life! Unforgettable!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Talked more about his skin cancer surgery than anthropology
  • lectures are vague and uninformative
  • interesting, insightful and knowledgable

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Don't expect to
  • ambiguous questions on his quizes and exams

Theme 3

⚠️ About Character

  • mean spirited and abusive
  • chip on his shoulder
  • pompous man who never hesitated to run over a student

Data context

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Analysis sample

44

Recent reviews read by the AI

44

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Forty-four reviews over many years provide rich detail and a consistent polarizing pattern despite older dates.

Inside 44 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 511
4 out of 55
3 out of 57
2 out of 59
1 out of 512

Course coverage

ANTH1019 reviews
ANTH1136 reviews
ANTHRO1036 reviews
NATA1013 reviews
NATAM1013 reviews
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ANTHRO1012 reviews
ANTHRO1132 reviews
WITCHCRAFT2 reviews
113WITCHCRAFT1 review
ANTH1 review
ANTHRO1 review
ANTHROPOLOGY1 review
ANTHROPOLOGY1031 review
CULANTHRO1 review
GLOBAL1011 review
NATASECT1 review
PHYSICALANTHRO1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

3

A+ 2 · A 1

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

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