Charlie Richard

JAZZ · MUSIC25 · MUS25 · JAZZAP · MUS44 · JAZAPMU25 · JAZZBAND · MIDI · MUSIC · MUSLOTS · LESSONS · JAZZ25 · MIDI8A · 42 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 91/100
RMP rating: 4.5/5
Take again: 85.71%
Difficulty: 2.6

The decision

Take him for Jazz Appreciation if you can keep up with weekly listening and writing; an A is very achievable without prior music background.

Best fit · Easy A HunterEasy A if you do the workJazz listening heavyOpens assignments earlyNo late workClear and caring

Jazz Appreciation is widely called an Easy A if you stay on deadlines and complete weekly work.
Expect , and a mystery-tune style assignment.
Professor is responsive, opens work early, but does not accept late submissions.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

84/100

Most students say an A is very doable by finishing weekly assignments and .

Online reviews more often say Easy A if you do the work; a and writing much harder.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

72/100

Content is jazz appreciation for non-majors, but listening identification and .

Both formats describe beginner-level jazz content; online comments emphasize song-matching difficulty more.

Is attendance flexible?

MustTake

88/100

Strong majority would take him again for a fair, clear, enjoyable GE jazz class with reachable high grades.

Recommendation is consistently strong online; in-person older comments are more mixed but still mostly positive.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

78/100

Students repeatedly say he grades fairly and awards nearly full credit when you apply yourself and turn work in.

Format shift

Online comments stress easy grading if work is complete; .

Workload

Moderate

55/100

Typical load is about 1-2 , and a couple longer papers or concert critiques.

Format shift

Online reviewers more often mention multi-hour modules and weekly writing; in-person comments vary by decade.

Teaching experience

Excellent

88/100

Praised as clear, organized, responsive, passionate about jazz, and .

Format shift

Both formats praise clarity and care; a few older negative .

Assessment method

Balanced

48/100

and assignments plus timed quizzes/tests and larger end tasks like mystery tune or concert critique.

Format shift

Online reviews give the clearest mix of discussions, quizzes, and papers.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

29 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

In-person and historical reviews still paint him as a passionate, clear jazz teacher; older comments vary more on how hard the listening and writing felt.

Main concern

A minority of older reviews call the online-style workload and no jazz background.

What students said

“Discussion posts and . I am grateful to have had Prof Richard. and an A is achievable!!!”
MUS25

“Charlie is as amazing of a teacher as he is a musician.”
JAZZ

“Jazz appreciation is HORRIBLE online!!! UNLESS YOU ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF JAZZ BACKGROUND.”
JAZAPMU25

Remote format

Online

13 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

Online Jazz Appreciation is mostly praised as , and easy when , and discussions on time.

Main concern

, and writing load plus no late work can feel like a lot for a GE elective.

What students said

“Easy A class as long as you do the work. This class has no music background required.”
JAZZ25

“Class is an easy A if you stay on top of the due dates and do all the assignments.”
MUS25

“Do not be late cause he doesn't take late work, he does however give extra .”
MUS25

Exam style

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Exams and quizzes are timed and listening-heavy; students who print notes and study song clips generally do well.

Timed quizzes and testsStudy sheets recommendedListening and song matchingMystery tune assignment

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

if you read and listen carefully, plus analysis and critique writing.

Listening-based test questionsSong analysisMystery tune essay

“ .”
MUS25

“Analysis of songs, tests, critique music assignment, mystery tune essay, and reading.”
JAZZ25

Online

Online students describe timed quizzes/tests where notes help, plus listening matchups and a difficult mystery-tune style task.

Timed quizzesPrint notes for testsSong-artist matchingMystery tune

“Timed quizzes and tests, so as long as you study his study sheets you will pass.”
MUS25

“A lot of the so confusing and unnecessary.”
MUSIC25

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Easy A class as long as you do the work. This class has no music background required. It's fun and you will learn a lot. !”
Voice snapshots generated from 42 reviews (13 online, 29 in person), highlighting jazz GE workload, grading, and recommendation patterns. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

88/100

“He was without a doubt an amazing teacher and made everything so clear and straightforward!”

🅰️ Easy A Path

84/100

“Class is an easy A if you stay on top of the due dates and do all the assignments.”

📚 Workload Reality

55/100

“For the online course every week due on Friday there is at least 2-3 discussion posts due(250 words each with , as well as two papers”

👍

88/100

“Choose this professor !! He was without a doubt an amazing teacher and made everything so clear and straightforward!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

made everything so clear and straightforward
Extremely easy class just prepare yourself for the mp3 clips
knows a lot about jazz

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Easy A class as long as you do the work
Hardly marked off points for any of the
if you try hard, produce quality work... you will get an A

Theme 3

🎧

pair them to what songs they performed
mystery tune at the end of the class is hard
opens them a week or more before to give us time

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

42 reviews spanning many years with and consistent Easy-A-if-you-work themes support high confidence.

Inside 42 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 531

4 out of 56

3 out of 53

2 out of 51

1 out of 51

Course coverage

MUS2517 reviews

JAZZ254 reviews

MUSIC254 reviews

MUSIC3 reviews

JAZAPMU252 reviews

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JAZZBAND2 reviews

MIDI8A2 reviews

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JAZZAP1 review

LESSONS1 review

MIDI1 review

MUS441 review

MUSLOTS1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

13 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 1 · A 10

B range

B+ 1 · B 1

C range

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D range

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F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

No reported values

Charlie Richard

Take him for Jazz Appreciation if you can keep up with weekly listening and writing; an A is very achievable without prior music background.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

EasyA

Beginner

Recommended

MustTake

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 Path

📚 Workload Reality

👍 x x x

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

🎧 x x x x

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

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