AI Rate Professor

Economics

Patricia Burnes

ECON185 · MICRO185 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
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Difficulty
2.8

The decision

Avoid if you can; find a clearer econ instructor unless and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnorganized lecturesHard to follow speechBusy-work homeworkAttendance needed for testsConfusing econ delivery
  • and because of stuttering and scattered thoughts
  • Attendance matters because and
  • as tedious Aplia busy work with limited attempts

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

if you attend lectures and reviews, but weak teaching still forces extra work to extract the points.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

58/100

Micro content is supposed to be easy, but poor organization makes the class harder to sit through and learn.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Students say attendance is necessary because tests come from lectures and .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

24/100

and urge others not to take her.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

52/100

Tests are described as fairly easy if you catch the , but notes do not always help.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

35/100

Students complain of and Aplia work with only three attempts.

Format shift

All workload comments are from in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

, and a sense that she cannot teach clearly.

Format shift

All teaching comments are from in-person reviews.

Assessment method

Balanced

62/100

and busy work.

Format shift

All assessment comments are from in-person reviews.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews consistently describe unorganized, hard-to-follow lectures and busy work, though a if you attend and .

Main concern

and stuttering make lectures tedious and hard to learn from.

What students said

“ . she has no idea what she is talking about. her notes dont help with tests.”
ECON185
“Found her class tedious and class.”
ECON185
“ . can't teach and its annoying to listen to her stutter.”
MICRO185

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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and become easier if you attend the .

Lecture-based testsPre-exam review gives test contentAplia homeworkNotes may not match tests

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and fairly easy if you attend class and the review session.

Tests only on lecturesPre-exam reviewFairly easy tests if attentive
“ if you pay attention to the .”
ECON185
“DEFINITELY attend the class before the . She basically tells you what will be on the test.”
ECON185

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Horrible teacher. . She gives you excessive amounts of useless busy work for homework. .”

Voice snapshots generated from 6 , and test style. Credibility rating: Low.

🎯 Teaching Quality

28/100

“ . she has no idea what she is talking about.”

👎

24/100

“ . Find a real teacher that doesn't waste your time.”

📅

22/100

“ class.”

📝

58/100

“ so if you don't go to class it will make it a little harder.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • she stutters a lot
  • her thoughts are all over the place

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • if you pay attention
  • Easy class just hard to sit through
  • micro is suppose to be easy

Theme 3

📚 About Workload

  • excessive amounts of useless busy work
  • HW is online and you only get 3attempts
  • Buy access code on aplia website

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

42/100

Evidence confidence

Only six in-person reviews from early 2010 agree on poor organization, but the sample is small and dated.

Inside 6 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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1 out of 51

Course coverage

ECON1855 reviews
MICRO1851 review

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