Patrick Craig

HIST16 · HIST22 · HIST17 · HISTORY · HISTORY22 · 14 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 46/100
RMP rating: 3.0/5
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Difficulty: 3.5

The decision

Reasonable pick if you enjoy story-style history lectures and ; risky if you need tight organization and .

Best fit · Effort For RewardStorytelling lecturesWeird humorMixed organizationLecture-heavyKnowledgeable

Many students like his history stories, humor, and .
, and .
One newer online review got an A without heavy work; .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Some report As with and notes, but others say little slack and .

Online student found an A manageable; .

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content is standard history pace; compressed terms and dense lectures raise difficulty for some.

Online notes dense lectures; in-person notes crammed 8-week coverage and overload.

Is attendance flexible?

Depends

50/100

Enjoyable for students who like stories and ; avoid if you need organization and .

Online is mildly positive; .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

45/100

Some get As with regular work; others feel grades stay low despite effort and .

Format shift

Online A was easy-ish; .

Workload

Moderate

52/100

Main load is lectures, notes, midterms, and .

Format shift

Online student did not work that hard; .

Teaching experience

Average

48/100

; unorganized and unhelpful for others.

Format shift

; in-person is mixed on professionalism.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Students focus on midterms and finals with limited review support.

Format shift

; online assessment details are sparse.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

13 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person history students split between friendly storyteller praise and complaints about organization, fairness, and .

Main concern

and delayed or .

What students said

“ and looked like he was having fun”
HISTORY22

“ showed up, lost papers) UNPROFESSIONAL(his stories, dress & excuses) UNFAIR”
HIST17

“He does VERY LITTLE to prep you for the midterm.”
HIST22

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

One online HIST16 student and earned an A without extreme effort.

Main concern

Long dense lectures require careful note-taking.

What students said

“His lectures are long and have a lot of information so . He wasn't super easy but I got an A and really didn't work that hard in the class.”
HIST16

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams appear standard and lecture-based, with little prep help according to several students.

Midterm and final focusedLimited exam reviewLecture-note dependent

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals with little review and heavy reliance on lectures.

Midterm and finalLittle exam reviewAttendance helps tests

“ . He does VERY LITTLE to prep you for the midterm.”
HIST22

“if you showed up to class regularly, you . Didn't do reviews before the tests”
HIST22

Online

Online review .

Student evidence

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Top student voice
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Voice snapshots generated from 14 reviews (1 online, 13 in-person), highlighting lectures, exams, and mixed organization. Credibility rating: Medium.

📖 Lecture Style

48/100

“ and looked like he was having fun”

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35/100

“He does VERY LITTLE to prep you for the midterm.”

😄 Classroom Personality

60/100

“Weird sense of humor. Likes telling all sorts of weird stories from history, which was fun.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Knows his stuff.
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His jokes are a bit off the wall, but they provide some relief from the boring history.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

He wasn't super easy but I got an A and really didn't work that hard in the class.
I showed up more than he did, studied, turned everything in, did EC and still got a bad grade.
The class was hard, but if you showed up to class regularly, you .

Theme 3

📋 About Organization

UNORGANIZED(has no contact except at class-if )
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tried to make the class as easy as possible even though it's all of US history in 8 weeks

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Fourteen reviews exist, but many are old or sparse, with only one recent online comment.

Inside 14 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52

4 out of 55

3 out of 53

2 out of 51

1 out of 53

Course coverage

HIST227 reviews

HISTORY223 reviews

HIST172 reviews

HIST161 review

HISTORY1 review

Reported outcomes

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Patrick Craig

Reasonable pick if you enjoy story-style history lectures and x x x; risky if you need tight organization and x x x.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

FairEffort

Standard

Recommended

Depends

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Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

📖 Lecture Style

🧪 x x x

😄 Classroom Personality

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

📋 About Organization

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Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

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F

No letter grade reported

Reasonable pick if you enjoy story-style history lectures and ; risky if you need tight organization and .

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