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History

Tim Garvin

HIST5A · HIST11 · HIST10 · 17 lifetime ratings

AI rating
42/100
RMP rating
2.9/5
Take again
12.5%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

if you love history and ; otherwise pick a more engaging professor.

Best fit · Effort For RewardLecture heavyTough graderHeavy readingBoring slidesPaper and quiz focused
  • Recent reviews slam unresponsiveness, boring delivery, and .
  • Older fans say he cares about history and .
  • Expect lots of , and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

As are possible with major effort on papers and quizzes, but and .

; older in-person notes easier with effort.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

Dense primary-source reading, frequent quizzes, and .

; difficulty tags cluster high.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

Some sections , so rules are inconsistent.

Recent online often optional; several in-person mark mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

and recent reviews strongly push students toward other history professors.

Older in-person fans exist, but recent online and .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

Tough-grader tags and strict.

Format shift

Online papers criticized most; older in-person sometimes called fair if you revise.

Workload

Heavy

30/100

Multiple books, weekly quizzes, several essays, and .

Format shift

Heavy load reported in both online and in-person sections.

Teaching experience

Average

45/100

Some find lectures interesting and caring; many find PowerPoints boring, unengaging, and unhelpful.

Format shift

Recent reviews .

Assessment method

Balanced

50/100

Weekly quizzes, several papers, and .

Format shift

and ; online stresses quizzes and essays.

Luni fit check

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Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

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Classroom format

In person

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person lectures are long PowerPoint sessions with , and research papers; mixed views on fairness and engagement.

Main concern

Boring delivery and .

What students said

“The ! No respect to students! Didn't care about us!”
HIST11
“ but this professor found a way to make learning about it an absolute BORE.”
HIST10
“Easy A with effort.”
HIST10

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online history feels boring and and , though some email replies.

Main concern

, especially summer.

What students said

“ . Expects you to write amazing papers. Average grade of a .”
HIST11
“made history really boring and unengaging. take another professor”
HIST10

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Quizzes are often open book and , but .

Open book quizzesTake-home elementsWeekly reading quizzesPaper heavy

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

72/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person open-book quizzes and reviews.

Open book quizzesTake-home combo examsPop quizzesResearch paper final
“Very unengaging and quiz heavy but its open book so thats a plus.”
HIST10
“midterm and and choose 5 of ten terms he puts up - he gives you a cheat sheet two weeks before.”
HIST5A

Online

and essays without proctoring software mentions.

Reading quizzesEssaysTest heavy
“ and essays.”
HIST10
“Average grade of a so makes it near impossible to get an A in the class.”
HIST11

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ but this professor found a way to make learning about it an absolute BORE.”

Voice snapshots generated from 17 reviews, balancing older effort-for-reward praise with recent boredom and tough-paper complaints. Credibility rating: High.

😴 Engagement Gap

45/100

“THE MOST BORING TEACHER EVER!! Everyday you just take powerpoint notes the whole 2 hours.”

📝 Paper Strictness

32/100

“Expects . Average grade of a .”

🚫 Recommendation

28/100

“take another professor”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • make learning about it an absolute BORE
  • Very lecture heavy, but the lectures alone arent that helpful
  • Yep, PowerPoints. Copy them.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • this was the hardest I've ever had to work for an A
  • Easy A with effort

Theme 3

📬 About Responsiveness

  • Didn't answer the 4 ways of communicating given by himself
  • reached out
  • always responded to my emails so thats good i guess

Data context

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Analysis sample

17

Recent reviews read by the AI

17

Lifetime ratings

80/100

Evidence confidence

17 reviews over many years with enough detail; recent cluster is more negative, lowering consistency slightly.

Inside 17 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 53
3 out of 55
2 out of 51
1 out of 54

Course coverage

HIST117 reviews
HIST106 reviews
HIST5A4 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

9 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 4

B range

3

B+ 2 · B 1

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1