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Dance

Ryan Thomas

DANCE100 · DAN6 · DAN25 · 7 lifetime ratings

AI rating
34/100
RMP rating
2.5/5
Take again
28.57%
Difficulty
3.4

The decision

if , and mandatory attendance without needing a soft landing.

Best fit · Effort For RewardTough GraderSo Many PapersOutdated MaterialsHarsh PersonalityParticipation Matters
  • Most students report , and low empathy.
  • and nitpicky enforcement frustrates many.
  • A minority praise passion and if you fully engage.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Some earn A or A- by doing every critique and quiz, but and no late work make an easy A unlikely.

Online has one A story if work is done; in person grades cluster around B with .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

36/100

Content is dance appreciation, but , and outdated materials raise the real challenge.

Both formats report busywork and papers; in person adds harsher classroom enforcement.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and skipping or lateness is punished.

In person strongly mandatory; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

30/100

Only about three in , and many call the experience a waste of time and energy.

One strong online yes and one hybrid yes sit against a larger in-person no.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

28/100

; late work is rejected and non-passing grades after heavy effort are common.

Format shift

Online and in ; in person adds brutal tone complaints.

Workload

Heavy

30/100

Weekly critiques, many papers, quizzes, and .

Format shift

Online weekly 500-word critiques plus quizzes; in person so many papers and tests.

Teaching experience

Poor

38/100

A few call lectures amazing and passionate, but more describe outdated materials, wasted effort, and harsh classroom manner.

Format shift

Online is split one rave and one waste-of-time review; in person leans negative.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

and critiques with quizzes, fill-in tests, and a .

Format shift

Online is weekly critique plus quiz; in person adds test-heavy fill-in finals.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person sections are often called harsh and nitpicky with , and .

Main concern

, and .

What students said

“the . he is SUPER nit-picky with everything & is very brutal with his students.”
DAN6
“All of and the questions are so specific that it is difficult to find the answer.”
DAN6

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Online Dance Appreciation feels dated, fee-heavy, and paper-quiz heavy; one student still earned an A by doing all work.

Main concern

Outdated online platform with extra fees plus weekly critiques and .

What students said

“The online platform for this class is extremely outdated, and there is an additional fee to use it (on top of tuition).”
DANCE100
“Very easy class to pass IF YOU DO YOUR WORK!”
41995

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Tests are picky fill-in formats and little exam softness mentioned.

Fill-In TestsSpecific QuestionsHigh-Point Final ItemWeekly Quizzes

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person tests are fill-in-the-blank with very specific questions and a .

Fill-In-The-BlankSpecific QuestionsHigh-Point Final
“All of and the questions are so specific that it is difficult to find the answer. The final question on his final was 30 points.”
DAN6

Online

Online work centers on weekly quizzes and written critiques rather than clearly described proctored exams.

Weekly QuizzesWritten Critiques
“Weekly you'll write a 500-word critique on a dance, take a 20 question quiz then get a generic good work from Mr. Thomas.”
DANCE100

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Wasted so much time and energy working on assignments, only to receive a non passing grade.”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 reviews (2 online, 5 in , and mixed lecture praise. Credibility rating: Medium.

⚠️ Teaching Quality

38/100

“His curriculum and materials completely outdated. He consumes your time with frivolous work.”

📉 Recommendation Rate

30/100

“Waste of time, don't do it!”

📝 Workload Pressure

30/100

“Be ready to write. Instructor is tough, does not accept late work.”

🎯

28/100

“he is SUPER nit-picky with everything & is very brutal with his students.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Lectures were never boring. He made class interesting & fun.
  • His curriculum and materials completely outdated.
  • Proffesor Thomas is amazing.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Very easy class to pass IF YOU DO YOUR WORK!
  • does not accept late work
  • So many papers

Theme 3

😤 About Classroom Climate

  • he made a student cry
  • he even locked a student out of class for going to the restroom during a video
  • Very judgmental at times

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

7

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Seven detailed reviews from 2019-2020 show consistent tough-grader themes but split quality scores and a small online sample.

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 52
1 out of 53

Course coverage

DAN64 reviews
419951 review
DAN251 review
DANCE1001 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

1

A- 1

B range

4

B 4

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather not say 1