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History

Edgar Ivan Gitierrez

HIST16 · HIS31 · HIS7 · HIST2 · WC1 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
20/100
RMP rating
1.9/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
3.4

The decision

Avoid unless and tolerate a .

Best fit · Self Taught ProBare-minimum lecturesTough graderHeavy reading loadPoor communicationRude classroom tone
  • , and little real lecture content.
  • and high-effort and low-reward.
  • ; one old glowing review is an outlier.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

, and quizzes students say feel disconnected from the books make an A hard to earn.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

, and unclear expectations make the content feel harder than a standard history GE.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

One review , so policy is mixed across terms.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

Almost every because of , and wasted class time.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Tags and comments emphasize tough grading, few graded items that matter a lot, and quizzes students call fail-oriented.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

25/100

Students report lots of reading, multiple books for a 3-unit class, many papers, and group work.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

22/100

Most reviews describe bare-minimum , and a rude classroom tone.

Format shift

; one older positive review is the outlier.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

Grading centers on papers, reading, group projects, and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews paint a messy, rant-heavy class with weak lectures, lots of reading and papers, and frequent complaints about rudeness and .

Main concern

, and a hostile or dismissive classroom tone.

What students said

“we never had any true lectures in class with powerpoints or anything, he would go on long pointless rants and talk about nothing.”
HIS31
“ you to do. Is very bad with communicating with students.”
HIST2
“ it has nothing to do with the main book.”
HIS7

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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Assessments feel strict and poorly aligned with lectures, with quizzes and papers driving risk.

Reading-heavy quizzesMany papersGroup projects

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Quizzes and ; students say quizzes can feel unrelated to the assigned books.

QuizzesHeavy papersGroup projects
“ it has nothing to do with the main book.”
HIS7
“I took his class for my general education, should of dropped when I had the chance!”
HIST2

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“I took his class for my general education, should of dropped when I had the chance! His teaching style is all over the place, can't really keep up with him.”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 in-person reviews spanning 2011-2019, highlighting teaching, workload, and communication themes. Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

22/100

“He was honestly not a good teacher at all... we never had any true lectures in class with powerpoints or anything”

👎 Recommendation Rate

12/100

“Half of the class dropped because of him.”

📚 Workload Pain

25/100

“His class is 3 units and he leaves like 3 books to read... re u kidding me!!!!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he would go on long pointless rants and talk about nothing
  • you to do
  • he was horrible! i did not learn anything from his class!

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • SO MANY PAPERS

Theme 3

💬 About Communication

  • , and rude!
  • makes everyone feel stupid because we didn't answer his (no-sense questions)

Data context

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Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Five mostly detailed reviews spanning 2011-2019 are consistent in tone, but the small sample and one old positive outlier keep confidence only medium.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 53

Course coverage

HIS311 review
HIS71 review
HIST161 review
HIST21 review
WC11 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

0

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B range

1

B 1

C range

0

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D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

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