AI Rate Professor

Economics

Ray Hummell

ECON1 · ECON102 · ACCOUNTING116A · ACC116A · ECON120 · ECONECON · ECON · ECON101 · ECON121 · ACCT116A · 69 lifetime ratings

AI rating
42/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
60%
Difficulty
2.5

The decision

if you are fine teaching yourself from the book and can tolerate long personal digressions.

Best fit · Self Taught ProStorytellerOff TopicSelf Taught CourseCurves QuizzesPolarizing
  • Many students say he rarely teaches econ and fills class with personal stories
  • The class can still be easy if you read the book and do online work
  • Experience is highly split between fans of his personality and students who feel shortchanged

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

76/100

Many report an , and sometimes take-home open-book tests.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Content is manageable for most, but because .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

and tags warn that skipping means you will not pass.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

About 60 percent would take him again; fans love the vibe while if you want to learn.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Lenient

70/100

, and generally easy overall grades appear often.

Format shift

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Workload

Light

66/100

Workload is mostly reading, weekly quizzes, and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

A large share of students say he does not teach the subject and spends class on personal stories and opinions.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

62/100

Weekly quizzes and online tests dominate, with reading and homework as the real preparation.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

some find him hilarious and easy, many say he rambles about his life instead of teaching economics.

Main concern

, so and reading.

What students said

“If you want to learn economics - take someone else”
ECON120
“class is rediculously easy!!! The and ”
ECON120
“He spends most of the instructional time talking about his life instead of economics”
ECON121

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, so exam logistics are friendlier than the teaching quality.

Take-Home Open BookQuiz CurvesIndex Card AllowedOnline Homework Quizzes

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

74/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals plus curves or index cards.

Take-Home Open BookQuiz CurvesIndex Card Allowed
“The and ”
ECON120
“he allows a index card to be used for it. ”
ECON120
“Online quizes in micro econ suck but just hit back button on browser to get new quize. Easy A ”
ECON121

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Professor is a nice guy but an awful teacher. He will expect you to read the text, and , but will not teach it.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person , and polarized recommendations. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

34/100

“He doesn't really teach, he is more of a story teller.”

🅰️ Easy Grade Potential

76/100

“Honestly this class is so easy just do homeworks and quizzes and you'll be doing great.”

👍 Recommendation Split

48/100

“If you want to learn economics - take someone else”

🗣️ Lecture Style

30/100

“Stay well away, unless you want to listen to pointless boring stories.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He is more of a story teller
  • talks about his life and gets off topic
  • one man show

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • class is rediculously easy
  • and offers
  • Read the book, know the graphs, and you will get an A

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

  • loves to bash Christians and conservatives
  • makes students feel bad about going to Mesa
  • inappropriate comments

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

69

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over many years repeatedly describe the same off-topic lecture pattern and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 520
4 out of 510
3 out of 511
2 out of 518
1 out of 510

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

11 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 3

B range

4

B 4

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

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