AI Rate Professor

Philosophy

Richard Livingston

PHIL170F · PHIL105 · PHIL170 · PHIL100F · 11 lifetime ratings

AI rating
68/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
Take again
63.64%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if you want a and can handle difficult, lecture-heavy material with steady studying.

Best fit · Effort For RewardHelpful outside classLecture heavyDifficult materialOpen-book testsMixed teaching reviews
  • Students , and ability to clarify readings or concepts.
  • PHIL170 is repeatedly described as difficult, test-heavy, and dependent on studying or bookwork.
  • Grading can , and , but attendance and preparation matter.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

An A , and , but students still describe the class as hard and study-dependent.

All evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

38/100

The course content, especially PHIL170, is repeatedly called difficult and requires reading, notes, and practice.

All course .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Several reviews say attendance is mandatory or that skipping class will seriously hurt performance.

Only in-person reviews discuss attendance, and .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

66/100

and clear, but several strongly negative reviews warn about difficulty and teaching quality.

Recommendation .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

62/100

because students mention , and extra points, but tough-grader comments keep it from being clearly lenient.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

34/100

Students mention lots of reading, bookwork, tests, papers, and online work, especially in PHIL170.

Format shift

Workload .

Teaching experience

Average

64/100

Many students call him helpful and clear, but several others say lectures dragged or did not teach the material well.

Format shift

All .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Reviews emphasize quizzes, five tests, open-book tests, and .

Format shift

Assessment .

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

but uneven professor whose harder philosophy courses reward attendance, notes, and preparation.

Main concern

The main concern is difficult, lecture-heavy coursework with some students finding the .

What students said

“This is a difficult class though, and ask for help.”
PHIL100F
“The class isn't super easy, but the reviews and and .”
PHIL170

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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tests, which makes the exam setup more student-friendly despite hard content.

Open Book TestsExtra PointsCurved QuizzesMultiple Tests

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews explicitly mention open-book tests, quiz curves, and , but .

Open Book TestsCurved QuizzesAdded Curve Points
“The class isn't super easy, but the reviews and and .”
PHIL170
“There are 5 tests, but all open book, and .”
PHIL170
“ terms of grading, personally thought he graded up more than he had to.”
PHIL100F

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“A really great teacher, willing to help you as long as you ask.”

Voice snapshots generated from 11 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and attendance. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

64/100

“He's nice and good at explaining ideas.”

📚 Course Difficulty

38/100

“Seriously one of the hardest courses I've ever taken.”

⚖️

62/100

“ terms of grading, personally thought he graded up more than he had to.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His lectures are super helpful, .
  • He lectures a lot, but they're usually pretty interesting.
  • Didn't really enjoy or out of the book.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • The class in general is pretty difficult.
  • The class isn't super easy, but the reviews and and .
  • Tough class, but if you study hard enough you can pass.

Theme 3

🧭

  • . You lose a lot of .
  • Gotta do the bookwork even tho he doesn't check.
  • Skip class? You won't pass.

Data context

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Analysis sample

11

Recent reviews read by the AI

11

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

The judgment is credible because 11 detailed in-person reviews span several years and show consistent , and exams.

Inside 11 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55
4 out of 51
3 out of 52
2 out of 50
1 out of 53

Course coverage

PHIL1706 reviews
PHIL1052 reviews
PHIL170F2 reviews
PHIL100F1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

10 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 2 · A- 1

B range

5

B 4 · B- 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather not say 1