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Music

Ray Briggs

MUSIC25 · MUSC24B · MUSIC24B · MUSC025 · MUS25 · MUS24A · MUS21 · MUSIC024B · MUS24B · 24B · MU25 · MUSIC21 · MUSC21 · 82 lifetime ratings

AI rating
86/100
RMP rating
4.5/5
Take again
72.41%
Difficulty
2.4

The decision

if you care about music history and , and write solid papers.

Best fit · Effort For RewardAmazing lecturesHilariousTough on essaysGraded by few thingsOften late
  • Passionate, funny music-history lectures that students remember long after class
  • , and two papers decide everything
  • and lateness/disorganization are recurring complaints

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

Content is approachable and , but and only a handful of graded items leave little room for error.

Online reviews stress timed exams and harsh essays; and final.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Most students call the material interesting history-of-music content that is easy if you listen and use study guides.

Both formats report similar moderate difficulty with lecture-driven content.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

, and skipping lectures hurts both learning and the grade.

; online attendance is mixed.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

78/100

Most students love the lectures and and tough paper grades.

Recommendation is strong in person; online comments are more mixed but still largely positive.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

55/100

, but papers are often graded like an English class and .

Format shift

Online essays especially called harsh; .

Workload

Light

74/100

, and .

Format shift

Both formats report very few graded assignments.

Teaching experience

Excellent

86/100

Students overwhelmingly call him hilarious, passionate, and inspiring despite chronic lateness and occasional messiness.

Format shift

In-person praise is stronger; online students note weaker Canvas use and .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

, and research paper with almost no weekly homework.

Format shift

Online also uses two exams and two essays; in .

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

47 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person students praise energetic, conversation-like lectures but , and .

Main concern

and the few graded items will sink your grade.

What students said

“Keep in ! Other than that super cool professor!!”
MUS25
“Taking and do well on the papers and you are guaranteed a good grade.”
MUS25

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Online sections still deliver strong lectures but feel thinner on graded work, with and .

Main concern

and essays are graded harshly if you ignore the rubric.

What students said

“ , but b wary of the time limit. i waited too long, and it submitted prematurely”
MUS24B
“we only had 4 assignments the whole year, 2 of ... There is no room for error, if you want to get an A”
MUSC24B

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams track lectures and study guides and are standard difficulty, not open-book or heavily proctored in comments.

Study guidesMidterm and finalListening identificationTimed online exams

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals follow study guides and and style-identification items.

Study guidesLecture-based testsListening guides
“Do fill out and study the study guide because the .”
MUS21
“ related musical styles”
MUSIC024B

Online

Online exams are timed Canvas tests that students call easy if prepared, with risk of premature auto-submit.

Timed online examsCanvas midterm and final
“ , but b wary of the time limit. i waited too long, and it submitted prematurely”
MUS24B
“except the ”
MUSC24B

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ !!!!! Hes lively, funny and SO passionate.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews spanning online and , and attendance. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

86/100

“if teaching was an art, he'd be Michelangelo.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

78/100

“Youll want to show up, he was the highlight of my week. !!!!!”

📝

45/100

“DEFINITELY NOT AN EZ A! he grades the .”

⏰

28/100

“Keep in !”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Very passionate teacher makes the topic interesting.
  • Lectures feel like conversations
  • He is such a patient knowledgeable professor.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Very few things to be graded on so be !!
  • The class will be an easy A as long as you read the book and
  • if you want an A. So tough grade.

Theme 3

⏰

  • There was not a single day he didn't come to class late
  • Skip class? You won't pass.
  • he would ALWAYS consistently show up late to class

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

82

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews spanning many years with consistent themes on lectures, few graded items, and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

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3 out of 57
2 out of 52
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

31 reported outcomes

A range

19

A+ 4 · A 14 · A- 1

B range

7

B 6 · B- 1

C range

3

C+ 1 · C 1 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 2