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Black Studies

Thekima Mayasa

BLACKSTUDIES104 · 140B · 140A · BLAS140B · BLAS · BLACKHIST140B · BLAS140A · BLAS100 · BLACKSTUD · BLAS116 · INTRO · 120 lifetime ratings

AI rating
31/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
Take again
30.51%
Difficulty
2.1

The decision

Avoid unless you only need an easy grade and can tolerate chaos, silence, and .

Best fit · Easy A HunterExtremely disorganizedMIA communicationEasy final gradeLate gradingPassionate but scattered
  • Chronic disorganization, late posts, and months without graded work dominate recent reviews
  • Many students still exit with high grades, often without knowing status until the end
  • Passionate about Black Studies, but structure and communication fail online and in person

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

78/100

Despite chaos, many report A or A+ and self-evaluated grades with generous outcomes.

Online and ; online more often notes open-book exams.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Content is accessible, but volume of , and .

and .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

and mixed in person, though showing up can matter for projects.

Online is mostly optional; in-person is more mixed and sometimes expected.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Would-take-again is low because disorganization and .

; older in-person reviews are slightly more mixed.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Generous

84/100

Slow or missing and sometimes self-reported.

Format shift

Consistent across online and in-person.

Workload

Moderate

42/100

Can feel light until sudden walls of reading, essays, and late modules hit near deadlines.

Format shift

Online more often reports assignment dumps and .

Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Passion is noted, but , and responsiveness repeatedly fail.

Format shift

Online is harsher; some in-person students still find lectures inspiring.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Discussions, papers, group projects, and videos dominate; exams are few and often easy.

Format shift

Online is assignment-heavy; some in-person sections use self-evaluation and projects.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

27 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

same unorganization, late arrivals, canceled classes, and end-of-term grading.

Main concern

Structure and reliability collapse even when students like the subject.

What students said

“I .”
BLAS100
“ !!!! So ”
BLACKSTUD
“If .”
INTRO

Remote format

Online

23 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

Online students report missing grades all semester, broken links, late dumps of work, and .

Main concern

No grade visibility and instructor disappearing for long stretches.

What students said

“Didn't input grades till day after end of term, extremely bad t responding to emails”
BLAS140A
“ though, open book with no time limit.”
140A
“Easy "A"”
BLACKHIST140B

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

; many terms are driven by assignments instead.

Open bookNo time limit reportedFew examsEasy exams

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

76/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person evidence focuses more on projects and .

Group projectsFew testsSelf-evaluation grades
“There is . You self evaluate yourself in the end.”
BLACKSTUDIES104
“She will ask what grade you believe you deserve before the course ends.”
BLAS140A

Online

Online and long stretches with almost no graded work.

Open bookNo time limitLate exam posts
“ though, open book with no time limit.”
140A
“ and answer questions”
BLAS140A

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ !!!! So insanely disorganized, doesn't even know what she's doing.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (23 online, 27 in person), highlighting disorganization, grade opacity, and easy outcomes. Credibility rating: High.

📉 Organization Collapse

20/100

“Still things from week one left ungraded and this is the .”

🅰️

78/100

“Easy "A"”

👎 Recommendation

28/100

“PLEASE, I URGE YOU TO SAY AWAY.”

❤️ Passion Despite Chaos

60/100

“Dr. Mayasa genuinely cares about her students and is passionate about teaching Black Studies.”

Theme 1

📂 About Organization

  • The online and
  • Months in, and .
  • She spends class talking but it's always redundant and she talks in circles.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Fairly easy class to pass if you put in the effort.
  • she more than made it easy for everyone to pass.
  • You dont even know what your grade is even when you ask her.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • and super passionate about the subject.
  • I have never had a class end by a professor giving me a hug.
  • Her knowledge passion and enthusiasm is amazing!

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

120

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews across online and and poor communication.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 554
4 out of 514
3 out of 514
2 out of 515
1 out of 524

Course coverage

140A14 reviews
BLAS140A11 reviews
BLAS140B6 reviews
140B4 reviews
BLACKHIST140B3 reviews
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BLACKSTUD3 reviews
BLAS3 reviews
BLACKSTUDIES1042 reviews
BLAS1162 reviews
BLAS1001 review
INTRO1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

40 reported outcomes

A range

21

A+ 11 · A 10

B range

2

B+ 1 · B 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

16

Not sure yet 16