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Anthropology

Benjamin Fierro

ANTH1 · ANTH002 · ANTHR002 · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
42/100
RMP rating
2.8/5
Take again
66.67%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if you like discussion-heavy classes and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProPolarizing lecturerDisorganized syllabusLong personal rantsLight outside workloadHit-or-miss clarity
  • some find him engaging, funny, and .
  • , and a self-teaching experience with poor clarification.
  • You can still pass with uneven effort, but organization and lecture clarity are major risks.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

Some and get As, but and sparse guidance make an A inconsistent.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

52/100

Content is not always hard, yet rambling lectures and self-teaching raise the real intellectual friction.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

38/100

as mandatory, though detail on penalties is limited.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

About half strongly recommend him for engaging lectures; the other .

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

52/100

appears for some and students report passing with incomplete reading, but .

Format shift

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Workload

Light

62/100

Outside workload is often light; class time is discussion-heavy with limited written assignments.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

40/100

Personality and care impress some students while others find lectures rambling, late, and impossible to follow.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

65/100

Midterm and couple of poorly directed assignments.

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

8 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person anthropology with strong personality lectures: rewarding for some, chaotic and .

Main concern

, and last-minute study guides.

What students said

“Workload outside of .”
ANTHR002
“The hardest part of this class is figuring out what he wants.”
ANTH002
“ . Didn't follow syllabus at all.”
ANTH1

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.

Exams and a couple of the day before.

Midterm and finalLast-minute study guideSparse assignment directions

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Students report midterm and , and tests with little direction.

Midterm and finalLast-minute study guideSparse assignment directions
“Gave study guide a day before the final.”
ANTH1
“only a midterm and a final.”
ANTH1
“He only gave two assign. with little to no direction. The same goes for the tests.”
32333

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“The hardest part of this class is figuring out what he wants.”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 polarized in-person reviews spanning 2014-2016. Credibility rating: Medium.

⚠️ Organization Problems

28/100

“ . Didn't follow syllabus at all.”

🌟 Engaging Lectures

70/100

“Awesome lectures from an awesome guy.”

📚

30/100

“You basically have to teach yourself the information.”

👍 Caring Side

65/100

“He is an amazing professor. He really cares about students, extremely helpful.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Lectures are basically long ramblings.
  • He sometimes rants about current events but they are usually interesting.
  • Interesting and funny teacher, sometimes goes on 20-30 minute rants about himself.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Lots of reading hw but I didn't do most of them, still passed.
  • Workload outside of .
  • Not really hard, but definitely need to study and pay attention.

Theme 3

🚫 Strong Warnings

  • .
  • ! waste of money and time believe me!
  • He does not follow a planned schedule at all.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Eight mixed reviews from 2014-2016 with detailed but polarized accounts; sample is modest and opinions clash.

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 52
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 53

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

5 reported outcomes

A range

3

A+ 1 · A 2

B range

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

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