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Mychal Odom

BLAS140AB · HIST146 · BLAS140B · BLAS140A · BLAS100 · BLAS140 · HIST109 · BLKSTUDIES140 · 31 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.6/5
Take again
28.57%
Difficulty
2.7

The decision

Skip unless you can tolerate months without grades and teach yourself from videos and discussions.

Best fit · Self Taught ProDisorganizedExtremely slow gradingTangent-heavy lecturesMovie/video basedInconsistent online structure
  • , and little structure.
  • Content and passion can be interesting, but many feel they learned little and wasted time.
  • Online sections are especially poorly received for vague guidance and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

64/100

Several students still pull As with late work accepted or curves, but and .

; online feels harder due to volume and opacity.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Material itself is not advanced; frustration comes from structure and .

Both formats read as GE-level content with organization as the real barrier.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

35/100

and warn that , though some report low actual attendance.

Online replaces seat time with constant discussion work; in .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

30/100

and many explicit avoid or laziest-professor warnings outweigh scattered positive notes.

Online recommendations are especially weak; a minority of in-person students still enjoy him.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

Late work and , but and opaque criteria cancel much of that goodwill.

Format shift

Online students feel harsher because feedback and grade visibility are worse.

Workload

Moderate

42/100

Some terms feel light on formal exams; others bury students in videos, discussions, readings, and papers.

Format shift

Online and intersession loads spike; .

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Passion shows at times, but disorganization, tangents, and .

Format shift

In-person nostalgia is warmer; online teaching quality is consistently poor.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

32/100

Discussions, video responses, papers, and sparse worksheets dominate over frequent traditional exams.

Format shift

A , but assignments drive most recent stories.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

22 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

In person can feel chill and sometimes easy, but lectures often digress into movies, sports, and tangents.

Main concern

Disorganization and classroom vibe.

What students said

“maybe 5 minutes of class will be actual content; the rest is .”
BLAS100
“His lectures are always interesting and he has a wealth of knowledge.”
HIST146

Remote format

Online

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online is widely seen as lazy, vague, last-minute, and graded only at the end of the term.

Main concern

You may not while drowning in discussions and videos.

What students said

“the semester ended yesterday, and he didnt grade one thing.”
BLAS140A
“He never updates grades, doesn't follow the syllabus, and posts things last minute.”
BLAS140B

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment risk is less about proctoring and .

Discussion boardsVideo or movie responsesLate gradingOccasional open-note or take-home examsCurve grading

Assessment risk

Standard

60/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In person uses lectures, movies, some papers/worksheets, and .

Lecture and movie basedFew graded itemsOpen-note or take-home exams in some terms
“ so make sure you take good notes!”
BLAS140A
“Took months to grade assignments, often times leaving you in limbo as to how you were performing.”
BLAS100

Online

Online evidence centers on video/discussion workloads graded very late, not on webcam proctoring.

Discussion boardsVideo reviewsEnd-of-term gradingUnclear criteria
“The whole class is watching videos or movies and either writing a review or answering questions in a discussion board.”
BLAS100
“I do not recommend taking Odoms class online. The the class”
BLAS140A

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“this professor is without a doubt the laziest, low effort, disorganized person I have had the misfortune to study under.”

Voice snapshots generated from 33 reviews focused on organization and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

30/100

“so disorganized and easily distracted that we learned nearly nothing.”

⏳

20/100

“All my work was returned on the , so I had no idea how I was doing.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

30/100

“ .”

📚 Workload & Structure

42/100

“ date) and deadlines are always different/never follow the syllabus.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Goes on huge tangents
  • only shows movies to teach
  • His lectures are always interesting and he has a wealth of knowledge.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Easy A, just show up
  • He takes forever to grade
  • also graded on a curve

Theme 3

🖥️ About Online Format

  • he is an AWFUL online instructor
  • posts things last minute
  • !

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

33

Recent reviews read by the AI

31

Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

33 reviews are enough to show a durable disorganization theme, though course mix and older positive outliers lower consistency slightly.

Inside 33 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 55
3 out of 55
2 out of 53
1 out of 514

Course coverage

BLAS140A11 reviews
BLAS1009 reviews
BLAS140B5 reviews
BLAS1403 reviews
HIST1462 reviews
Show 3 more courses
BLAS140AB1 review
BLKSTUDIES1401 review
HIST1091 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

20 reported outcomes

A range

12

A+ 4 · A 7 · A- 1

B range

5

B+ 1 · B 3 · B- 1

C range

2

C+ 1 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1