AI Rate Professor

Political Science

Kevin Yourman

PS62000 · PS1 · 17 lifetime ratings

AI rating
91/100
RMP rating
4.2/5
Take again
82.35%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

if you want engaging political science and can handle heavy weekly writing; show up and participate for an easy path to a high grade.

Best fit · Effort For RewardAmazing LecturesParticipation HeavyLots of PapersExtra CreditEasy Grader
  • Most students love discussions, energy, and .
  • Workload is heavy with weekly papers and quizzes, but .
  • An A is realistic with participation, effort, and abundant .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

Students repeatedly say an A is realistic with participation, completed work, and .

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Content is approachable and discussion-based; the challenge .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Attendance and participation are central to the grade and skipping is strongly discouraged.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

86/100

Most students call him a favorite and and .

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Lenient

80/100

Effort and following rubrics are rewarded, with lots of and few harsh tests.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

30/100

Weekly papers, quizzes, and is friendly.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Excellent

86/100

Students praise engaging lectures, discussions, humor, and care, with a minority noting temper issues.

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

22/100

Papers, participation, and quizzes dominate; midterms and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

17 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person PS courses are discussion-driven, participation-heavy, paper-heavy, and generally rewarding with lots of and .

Main concern

Weekly papers and required participation can overwhelm students with packed schedules; a minority report rude moments.

What students said

“It is not hard to get an A in this class, just show up and do the work. There are no tests.”
PS1
“Easily became one of .”
PS1
“He treats you as if you have no life outside of his class, you have to write 2 essays a week.”
PS1

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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Assessment is paper- and participation-heavy with little or no traditional high-stakes testing.

No MidtermsPaper FinalQuizzes RetakeableExtra Credit

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

86/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals, using papers, participation, and retakeable quizzes.

No MidtermsPaper-Based FinalWeekly QuizzesExtra Credit
“There are no tests. .”
PS1
“ ; finals were 5% of our grade.”
PS1

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“It is not hard to get an A in this class, just show up and do the work. There are no tests. ... Theres so much , theres no reason for anyone to get lower than a B if you actually try.”

Voice snapshots generated from 17 , and paper load. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

86/100

“ ENTIRE EXISTENCE”

📈 Easy High Grades

82/100

“Easy A and I would 100% for .”

📝 Heavy Writing Load

30/100

“you have to write 2 essays a week along with a quiz”

👍 Recommendation Rate

86/100

“He is the greatest professor in IVC.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Amazing lectures
  • class discussions
  • He is really funny
  • genuinely cares about what he is teaching

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Easy A
  • so much
  • Participation is huge

Theme 3

⚠️ About Workload & Tone

  • So many papers
  • Lots of homework
  • he makes your life a living hell with the hw
  • sometimes loses his temper

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

17

Recent reviews read by the AI

17

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Seventeen detailed in-person reviews with strong consensus on engagement, workload, and easy high grades support high credibility.

Inside 17 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 512
4 out of 52
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 52

Course coverage

PS116 reviews
PS620001 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

12 reported outcomes

A range

9

A+ 3 · A 6

B range

2

B+ 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

Not sure yet 1