AI Rate Professor

Music

Dennis Anderson

MUS109 · HISTORYOFROCK · MUS261 · MUS117 · MUSIC109 · STORYOFROCK · HISTRR · 21 lifetime ratings

AI rating
32/100
RMP rating
2.6/5
Take again
40%
Difficulty
3.2

The decision

Avoid unless and can endure long lecture-heavy sessions.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerLecture marathonBoring rock historyRecording industry experienceTough tests from lecturesLong class blocks
  • Many students call History of Rock painfully boring with endless lectures and heavy note-taking.
  • Recording techniques (MUS261) offers industry knowledge and gear access but 5-hour blocks and .
  • A minority value his expertise and find tests easy if you study notes.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

Some say study notes for an A or easy B, but and lecture trivia hard to retain.

All evidence is in person; no online comparison.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

Not concept-hard for all, but 3–5.5 hour lecture marathons, massive notes, and .

All evidence is in person.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

20/100

Recent MUS261 tags and comments treat attendance as required and skipping as failing risk.

All evidence is in person.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

35/100

Would-take-again sits near 40% and negative run-away language outweighs niche industry praise.

All evidence is in person.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

30/100

and ; few high-weight assignments.

Format shift

All evidence is in person.

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Extremely long classes, pages of notes per session, tests and listening quizzes; but high time in seat.

Format shift

All evidence is in person.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Deep industry knowledge for some, but widespread boredom, talk-heavy delivery, and recent ethics and clarity complaints.

Format shift

All evidence is in person.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Exams, listening quizzes, and lecture-recall tests dominate; .

Format shift

All evidence is in person.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

21 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

rock history often labeled boring and note-heavy; recording class valued for gear but criticized for , and personal gigs for credit.

Main concern

, and feeling forced into non-academic gigs for credit.

What students said

“This is the . It may look good for the first 2 classes, but that's it.”
MUS261
“If you see his name run!”
MUSIC109
“OCC is lucky to have a professor with this knowledge and extensive music experience connecting with students.”
MUS261

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.

Tests lean on long lecture detail and song identification; .

Lecture-recall testsListening quizzesSong ID by clipTake-home test printouts mentioned

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and listening quizzes; one MUS261 note says take-home tests requiring printouts and scantrons.

Lecture trivia testsListening quizzesTake-home test option in recording
“ because there are questions he speaks in the class which anyone hardly remember. .”
MUS261
“This professor expects you to listen to a 30-second clip of this song, then expects you to remember the title, artist, decade, and the genre of that song eight weeks later on a test.”
MUSIC109

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you see his name run!”

Voice snapshots generated from 21 in-person reviews only, highlighting boredom vs industry expertise. Credibility rating: Medium.

😴 Lecture Fatigue

20/100

“This class is so boring and the professor teaches using horrible notes.”

🎙️ Industry Know-How (Niche)

75/100

“OCC is lucky to have a professor with this knowledge and extensive music experience connecting with students.”

⚠️ Grading And Class Design Issues

25/100

“The , and he keeps asking students to go work with him on his personal business gigs for credit.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • all he does is yap
  • he speaks a lot
  • Dennis will teach you the fundamentals of a recording studio

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • because there are questions he speaks in the class
  • If you read the notes you will get an A in the class.
  • YOU WILL FAIL!!!! LIKE I DID!!!!

Theme 3

⏰ About Class Format

  • I think his class is too long(like 5 hrs)
  • you will take up to 13 pages of notes a class
  • classes consist of nothing but three hour lectures

Data context

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Analysis sample

21

Recent reviews read by the AI

21

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

21 in-person reviews with , but many very old sparse comments and few reported grades.

Inside 21 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55
4 out of 54
3 out of 50
2 out of 53
1 out of 59

Course coverage

MUS2617 reviews
MUSIC1095 reviews
MUS1094 reviews
HISTORYOFROCK2 reviews
HISTRR1 review
Show 2 more courses
MUS1171 review
STORYOFROCK1 review

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

5 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

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D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Not sure yet 3