AI Rate Professor

Geography

Bill Holder

GEOGLAB · GEOG180 · GEOG180L · GEO180L · GEO100 · GEOGA185 · GEOG100 · 18 lifetime ratings

AI rating
82/100
RMP rating
4.1/5
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Difficulty
2.2

The decision

Great GPA boost if you attend video days and use the curve; skip if you want deep geography teaching.

Best fit · Easy A HunterGenerous curveEasy A potentialNice and laid backBoring lecturesShow up for videos
  • Many students call GEOG100 an easy A , and video notes.
  • Personality is widely praised as nice and laid back, but lectures often feel boring or high-school level.
  • Missing video days can hurt grades; policing.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

84/100

Repeated easy A , and light study load dominate.

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Is the course easy?

Introductory

82/100

Content is often called freshman-level with maps, video notes, and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

45/100

One student says you can come and go, but .

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

78/100

and niceness; a if you want real learning.

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Course guide

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Grading

Generous

88/100

59 becomes an A.

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Workload

Light

78/100

Maps, video write-ups, and a ; labs can be copyable.

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Teaching experience

Good

72/100

Students call him nice and sometimes entertaining, but many also call lectures boring or high-school like.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Usually a few tests plus maps and video notes; labs appear in some course sections.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

18 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

and kindness, while a minority finds labs/exams tougher and lectures dull.

Main concern

Boring lecture style and if you bank on an automatic free A.

What students said

“He's really easy, EASY A, I never studied, just went to class and aced the so that helps alot.”
GEOG100
“Show up every class because the Videos are an easy 10 points if you are their, but will harshly lower your grade if you miss them.”
GEOG100
“ but .”
GEOG100

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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Tests may feel hard raw but , and video notes helping a lot.

Heavy curveStudy sheetVideo-based pointsMap assignments

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; study sheets and map help grades significantly.

Heavy curveStudy sheetVideo-based pointsMap assignments
“Seems strange when a 59 becomes an A because of the curve.”
GEOG100
“easy class, just take nots on videos and .”
GEOG100
“The because you can copy everyone around you...but when it comes time for the .”
GEOG180L

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“He's really easy, EASY A, I never studied, just went to class and aced the so that helps alot.”

Voice snapshots generated from 18 , and boring lectures. Credibility rating: High.

🅰️ Easy A Curve

84/100

“He's really easy, EASY A, I never studied, just went to class and aced the so that helps alot.”

🎯 Teaching Personality

72/100

“This guy is by far the . He is the nicest guy I have ever met, and makes the class so entertaining.”

😴 Boring Lectures

45/100

“Most boring class EVER. lectures drag on forever.”

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45/100

“Show up every class because the Videos are an easy 10 points if you are their, but will harshly lower your grade if you miss them.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Very humble and fun.
  • he tends to bore you sometimes but otherwise hes interesting.
  • Mr. Holder is pretty cool for an old man, his class is fun

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • but .... a lot.
  • he grades on a curve and he starts the curve in the 80% mark
  • if you truly know your geography.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • He is one of the nicest teachers at OCC!
  • Prof. Holder is so nice! Really made the class enjoyable.
  • Very nice teacher. He grades on a curve.

Data context

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Analysis sample

18

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Eighteen in-person reviews from 2003-2011 provide a broad, consistent picture of and mixed teaching excitement.

Inside 18 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 512
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Course coverage

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