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History

James McComb

WORLDCIV · HISTAMER · HIST20HIST21 · HIST20 · HISTORY21 · HIST21 · HISTORY · HISTH20 · HIST1 · HIST10 · 39 lifetime ratings

AI rating
46/100
RMP rating
3.2/5
Take again
33.33%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Take him only if you love history and ; .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderRead or failInteresting lecturesQuiz heavyGenerous extra credit
  • Passionate lectures impress many, but tests and and detail-specific.
  • ; essays and quizzes often feel strict or unclear.
  • can save a .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

Many say you must read constantly and , and occasional D or C grades.

All .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Weekly reading, detail-heavy quizzes, and light GE.

Difficulty consensus is from in-person comments only.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

72/100

Many reviews , though lectures still help.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

36/100

and many urge switching professors unless you are a history person.

Recommendation tone is mixed but leans negative in .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

, and hard quizzes dominate despite occasional easy-grader outliers.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

35/100

Heavy assigned reading plus weekly quizzes and multiple tests; .

Format shift

Workload evidence is in-person only.

Teaching experience

Average

62/100

Strong lecturer and grading frustration for many.

Format shift

Teaching .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Grade is driven by frequent quizzes, major tests, and .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

39 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person history students praise entertaining lectures but warn that and .

Main concern

Tough, opaque grading and serious students.

What students said

“ . I wrote more than okay essays with all details asked and he would actually write "Good essay. F" on all of them.”
HIST21
“He is a ridiculously hard grader and and quizzes.”
HIST20
“AMAZING teacher Took both of his US history courses, because he was so good. Very interesting lectures.”
HIST21

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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Quizzes and exams are tough, detail-heavy, and reading-based, with essays graded strictly though can help.

Weekly quizzesHard multiple choiceEssay promptsReading-based testsExtra credit

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Weekly reading quizzes and multi-part tests with MC and essays; many call questions too specific and .

Weekly quizzes3 major testsEssay promptsFill-in-the-blank quizzesGenerous EC
“ .”
HIST21
“There are 3 tests and 6 quizzes.”
HIST20
“About 9 quizzes based on the readings 3 tests 50 MC questions and one of ”
HIST21

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you're a History person, I'd recommend him. Otherwise, not a good teacher.”

Voice snapshots generated from 39 , and lecture quality. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Lecture Strength

70/100

“AMAZING teacher Took both of his US history courses, because he was so good. Very interesting lectures.”

🧱 Hard Grades

28/100

“He is a ridiculously hard grader and and quizzes.”

📖 Read Or Fail

30/100

“If you do not read what he assigns, good luck earning about a 30 percent on anything. READ. READ. READ.”

🚫

25/100

“ !!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Passionate about history.
  • Really interesting lectures, this guy knows his stuff
  • He is a and honest professor.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • .
  • You really need to read, analyze, reread, and digest all the content in the book.
  • Hardest B I will ever earn

Theme 3

📚

  • A lot of reading assignments and .
  • .

Data context

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Analysis sample

39

Recent reviews read by the AI

39

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-nine reviews spanning many years show , and lecture quality.

Inside 39 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 510
4 out of 511
3 out of 58
2 out of 52
1 out of 58

Course coverage

HIST2119 reviews
HIST206 reviews
HISTORY213 reviews
625452 reviews
HIST102 reviews
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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

13 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 1 · A- 1

B range

5

B+ 2 · B 2 · B- 1

C range

3

C 3

D range

2

D 2

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1