Karen Baker

MRSC100 · MRC100 · MARSC100 · MARINESCI100 · BIO100 · MRSC187 · MRSC100H · MRSCA100 · MRSCA187 · MRSCA185 · MARCS100 · MRSC34758 · MARS100L · 150 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 86/100
RMP rating: 4.1/5
Take again: 76.47%
Difficulty: 2.8

The decision

if you will show up, use the study guides and cheat sheet, and treat participation as .

Best fit · Effort For RewardAmazing LecturesCheat Sheet ExamsStudy Guides Match TestsCaring and HilariousParticipation Kahoot Points

but cheat sheets, study guides, and Kahoots make As very achievable.
, while some report trickier chapter quizzes and heavier reading.
Recent reviews praise her passion and support; older COVID-era online reviews are far more negative.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

Most students say an A is realistic if you use study guides, cheat sheets, and show up for Kahoot .

Online short sessions read as free-A light work; some online full terms report .

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Marine science content can feel dense, but , and study guides keep the intellectual load manageable for non-majors.

In-person students emphasize clear lectures; online students and reworded quizzes.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

42/100

In-person sections often treat attendance and Kahoot participation as grade-critical, while many online sections .

Evidence for ; online reviews more often list attendance as not mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

78/100

Most recent students strongly recommend her for engaging lectures and strong support tools, despite a minority of harsh online and older negative reviews.

; online recommendations split more by term difficulty.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

74/100

Students widely call her fair with and tools that mirror exams, though a few online reviews tag her as a .

Format shift

Leniency reads higher in .

Workload

Light

66/100

notes and four tests; online can add frequent quizzes and discussions.

Format shift

In-person workload is lighter; online .

Teaching experience

Excellent

84/100

Students and real care for students, with weaker marks mainly from mismatched online quiz eras.

Format shift

In-person teaching praise is strongest; online experience is more mixed.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Grades usually hinge on a projects.

Format shift

; online leans on frequent quizzes and concept checks.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

31 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and energetic with , and allowed cheat sheets aligned to study guides.

Main concern

Attendance and on-time Kahoot participation matter, and you still need .

What students said

“DO THE ONLINE STUDY GUIDES!!!! She allows a cheat sheet and many of the questions are the same.”
MRSC100

“majority of the material (~90%) on the and study guides.”
MRSC100

“ and her class is pretty easy IF you put in the work.”
MRSCA100

Remote format

Online

19 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online oceanography ranges from super-easy short winter sessions to .

Main concern

Some terms lean hard on frequent vocab and content.

What students said

“Super easy, just daily assignment quizzes that you can just look up online, absolute lightwork.”
MRSC100

“ and open note, so as long as you took good lecture notes a high score was easily achievable.”
MRSC100

“ . She makes it a lot harder than what she lectures.”
MRSCA100

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

study tools, with in-person cheat sheets and many online open-note checks.

Cheat Sheet AllowedStudy Guides Match ExamsMultiple Choice Unit TestsOpen Note Concept ChecksKahoot Participation Points

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

78/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

tests with a front-and-back cheat sheet and questions pulled from study guides.

Four Unit TestsCheat Sheet AllowedStudy Guide AlignedMultiple ChoiceKahoot Points

“you are allowed one front and back .”
MRSC100

“ Guide modules.”
MRSC100

Online

Online comments most often describe Canvas quizzes and concept checks; one older review mentions secure-browser exams, but that is not the dominant recent pattern.

Open Note QuizzesConcept ChecksVocab QuizzesSecure Browser Mentioned Once

“ and open note, so as long as you took good lecture notes a high score was easily achievable.”
MRSC100

“The course I had just taken of hers consisted entirely of recycled lectures from several months prior and as a class is based on 2-attempt homework quizzes, secure-browser exams, and .”
MRSC100H

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“ and her class is pretty easy IF you put in the work. The work isn't too difficult but as long as you put in the and come to class then you will get a good grade.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews spanning online and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

84/100

“One of the super interesting and super amusing, would take her lecture again every time.”

📈 Easy A With Tools

82/100

“majority of the material (~90%) on the and study guides.”

❤️ Student Care

88/100

“She helped me go from an "F" to a "B" by reaching out when I was going through a difficult time. I owe her a lot!”

👍 Recommendation

78/100

“I would 10000% recommend taking her lab.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Her lectures are always fun.
she makes the lectures super interesting and super amusing
Prof. Bakers love of marine science is contagious.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

Easy to pass.
as long as you show up and use the resources she gives you for the .
It is extremely easy to get an A in her classes as long as you show up yourself.

Theme 3

📝 About Exams and Work

She allows a cheat sheet and many of the questions are the same.
no hw, 4 exams, and kahoot participation.
and open note

Theme 4

⚠️ About Online Caution

.
she purposely rewords things and switches definitions to make you work for it
Don't listen to the reviews before 2020, she changed her style.

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

150

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across many years with rich detail and a clear post-2021 positive consensus make the pattern reliable.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 588

4 out of 534

3 out of 510

2 out of 58

1 out of 510

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

45 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 3 · A 18 · A- 4

B range

B+ 2 · B 7

C range

C 2 · C- 1

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Not sure yet 5

Karen Baker

x x if you will show up, use the study guides and cheat sheet, and treat participation as x x.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

EasyA

Beginner

Varies

WorthIt

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

📈 Easy A With Tools

❤️ Student Care

👍 Recommendation

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

📝 About Exams and Work

⚠️ About Online Caution

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

if you will show up, use the study guides and cheat sheet, and treat participation as .