AI Rate Professor

Fine Arts

Gordon Thorpe

ART11A · ARTDRAW · 3 lifetime ratings

AI rating
86/100
RMP rating
4.5/5
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Difficulty
2.7

The decision

Strong pick for beginning drawing or design if you want a .

Best fit · Beginner FriendlyExcellent drawing instructionHard-but-fun projectsHelpful with design ideasNice and funSupportive studio teacher
  • Students praise clear beginning-drawing and design instruction.
  • Assignments are challenging but enjoyable with enough time and help.
  • Small sample is consistently positive on personality and teaching.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

No explicit grade outcomes; effort for good grades.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

65/100

Beginning drawing and design with challenging but .

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

reviews.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

88/100

All three reviews are positive and him.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

65/100

No harsh-grader complaints; punitive grading.

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Workload

Moderate

55/100

studio load.

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Teaching experience

Excellent

88/100

Described as excellent instruction, helpful with ideas, and fun in the studio.

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

25/100

Studio assignments and design projects appear central; exams are not mentioned.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

Warm studio art instructor who gives hard-but-fun assignments and .

Main concern

Very small sample and exams.

What students said

“Loved the class and excellent instruction. Great teacher.”
ARTDRAW
“he gave a lot of hard-but-fun assignments and he gave plenty of time to his students to do that.”
ART11A
“i llike him! and fun! a smart ass but fun!”
ART11A

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and assignment work rather than formal proctored exams.

Project-based assessmentStudio assignments

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

80/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Assessment appears project-based through drawing and design assignments; .

Hard-but-fun assignmentsDesign projects
“he gave a lot of hard-but-fun assignments and he gave plenty of time to his students to do that.”
ART11A
“Loved the class and excellent instruction. Great teacher.”
ARTDRAW

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Have him for beginning drawing in the late 90's. Loved the class and excellent instruction. Great teacher. Would love to join another class of his.”

Voice snapshots generated from 3 in-person reviews, highlighting studio teaching quality and assignment style. Credibility rating: Low.

🎯 Teaching Quality

88/100

“Loved the class and excellent instruction. Great teacher.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

88/100

“Would love to join another class of his.”

🎨 Studio Workload

55/100

“he gave a lot of hard-but-fun assignments and he gave plenty of time to his students to do that.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • excellent instruction. Great teacher.
  • and fun! a smart ass but fun!

Theme 2

🎨 About Assignments

  • he gave a lot of hard-but-fun assignments and he gave plenty of time to his students to do that.
  • i like that he helped me with a lot of design ideas

Data context

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Analysis sample

3

Recent reviews read by the AI

3

Lifetime ratings

35/100

Evidence confidence

Only 3 reviews across many years; positive and consistent but too few for high confidence.

Inside 3 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

ART11A2 reviews
ARTDRAW1 review

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