Lauralee W. Welsh

ENG1A · ENG6465 · HUM1 · HUMA4650 · ENGB · ENGLA · ENG1A6316 · ENG1A6409 · 6206ENGA · B6353 · ENGA6315 · A · HUMAN1 · ENGA · ENGL1A · ENGLI1B · ENG6353 · HUMA1 · ENG1B · 105 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 73/100
RMP rating: 4.3/5
Take again: 66.67%
Difficulty: 3.1

The decision

Take Welsh if you want a strong, involved English or humanities professor and are ready to read, write, attend, and participate.

Best fit · Effort For RewardLots of readingStrong feedbackParticipation requiredPassionate lecturesFair but demanding

Students often describe Welsh as passionate, helpful, funny, and strong at feedback.
The course usually requires heavy reading, writing, participation, and consistent attendance.
Grades can be very fair and sometimes easy with effort, but lazy students or weak readers struggle.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

68/100

Students often say an A is realistic with steady effort, reading, and participation, but it is not a low-effort grade.

Online reviews include easier exams and dropped grades, while in-person reviews more often stress attendance, participation, and sustained work.

Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

The material is not conceptually brutal, but the reading, writing, and participation demands keep it from feeling easy.

Online content can be self-paced but reading-heavy, while in-person classes are more engaging but still demanding.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Multiple in-person reviews say attendance, punctuality, and participation matter and can affect grades.

Attendance strictness , while online reviews focus more on module work than attendance.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

78/100

Most students recommend her for passionate teaching and helpful feedback, though some avoid her because of workload and strictness.

In-person reviews are broadly enthusiastic, while online reviews are more mixed because some students felt the format was self-taught.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

66/100

She is often fair, gives feedback, drops some low scores, and offers extra credit, but several students still call her a tough or harsh grader.

Format shift

Online reviews mention dropped grades and easy exams, while in-person reviews range from easy A with effort to harsh grading complaints.

Workload

Heavy

32/100

The dominant workload theme is lots of reading, essays, discussions, reports, journals, and participation.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize modules, discussions, and reports, while in-person reviews emphasize reading, essays, and attendance.

Teaching experience

Good

82/100

Most reviews praise her energy, passion, clarity, humor, feedback, and willingness to help despite workload complaints.

Format shift

In-person teaching is strongly praised, while online teaching is more mixed because some students felt there was little direct instruction.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Grades commonly combine essays, discussions, participation, quizzes, midterms, finals, and occasional research papers.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize discussions, reports, and open-book exams, while in-person reviews mix essays, tests, participation, and quizzes.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

42 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person reviews are mostly positive about her energy, feedback, and passion, but stress reading, participation, attendance, and essays.

Main concern

Attendance, participation, and reading are important and can affect grades.

What students said

“Mandatory attendance participation and be on time.”
ENG1B

“It's a lot of work, but if you do it you WILL get an A!”
ENG1A

“Tests are easy (open book + open note)”
HUMA1

Remote format

Online

8 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews describe clear modules and easy exams or discussions, but also a heavy reading and writing load with limited live teaching.

Main concern

Online students must handle many readings, discussions, and reports with little direct teaching.

What students said

“Very easy class, just a lot of reading.”
HUMA1

“Doesn't teach online, NO class, self-read.”
HUMA1

“Open book midterm & final, she provides outlines.”
HUMA1

Exam style

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Exam evidence is generally student-friendly because several reviews mention open-book or open-note tests, though not every course format is fully described.

Open Book ExamsOpen Note TestsDropped Low ScoresNo Clear Proctoring Evidence

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

humanities, but do not clearly prove that all in-person exams use that format.

Open Book TestsOpen Note TestsMidterm and Final

“Tests are easy (open book + open note)”
HUMA1

“her tests are open note, so take good notes”
HUM1

“ and finals”
HUM1

Online

Online reviews explicitly mention an and final with outlines, but do not clearly prove webcam or Lockdown Browser rules.

Open Book MidtermOpen Book FinalProvided OutlinesNo Clear Proctoring Evidence

“Open book midterm & final, she provides outlines.”
HUMA1

“The discussions and exams are extremely easy”
HUMA1

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“It's a lot of work, but if you do it you WILL get an A!”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching, workload, grading, and attendance. Credibility rating: High.

Teaching Quality

82/100

“She is a great teacher, no doubt about it.”

Workload Reality

32/100

“You won't have a life in her class.”

Grade Value

68/100

“It's a lot of work, but if you do it you WILL get an A!”

Exam Friendliness

82/100

“Open book midterm & final, she provides outlines.”

Theme 1

Teaching Style

She is a great teacher, no doubt about it.
Lectures are thorough, energetic, interactive, and most of all thought provoking.
She gives great feedback.

Theme 2

Difficulty and Grades

It's a lot of work, but if you do it you WILL get an A!
This teacher is not for the lazy, hard workers get an A!!!
A little tough to get A's but talk with her beforehand!!!

Theme 3

Workload and Attendance

Very easy class, just a lot of reading.
Mandatory attendance participation and be on time.
There is a heavy amount of reading.

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

105

Lifetime ratings

91/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across many years give detailed and mostly consistent patterns about workload, teaching quality, grading, and attendance.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 568

4 out of 519

3 out of 58

2 out of 54

1 out of 56

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

22 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 4 · A 8

B range

B 5

C range

No reported values

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

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