AI Rate Professor

Biology

James Hannan

BIOLOGY107 · ENVIRREGBIO · BIO100 · BIOBIO · BIO107 · BIOL107 · BIO · BIOLOGY · BIOCRN · NATURHIST · BIOLOGY100 · BIOL100 · BIO1 · BIO101 · 68 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
2.8/5
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Difficulty
3.9

The decision

if you want a demanding, story-heavy biology course and will study constantly; .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHard testsWeed-out bioHilarious storiesHeavy memorizationField trips
  • Expect , and field-trip material.
  • Passionate and funny for students who study nonstop; brutal for GE seekers.
  • Attendance and note-taking are effectively required; slackers get deselected.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

, and weed-out norms mean an A takes constant serious study.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

24/100

Fast lectures, dense specimens, field-trip quizzes, and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Students say you must never miss class and write down everything because .

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

42/100

Loved by serious biology learners for passion and humor; widely avoided by students seeking easy credit.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

28/100

Tests are described as impossible or weed-out; few easy-A claims and many C/D outcomes.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

22/100

Constant studying, specimen memorization, field trips with quizzes, and weekly test pressure.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

50/100

Brilliant, funny, and passionate for engaged students; .

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Lecture exams, lab quizzes, specimen IDs, and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person bio courses are rigorous, lecture-and-specimen heavy, with field trips and ; humor is a constant but support feels uneven.

Main concern

, and lectures that wander off topic.

What students said

“ . Study HARD.”
BIO100
“Great professor I enjoyed his class. serious studying or be deselected”
BIO107
“MUST attend lectures, write down EVERY thing he says!”
BIO100

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.

Exams are hard, detail-heavy, and pull from lectures, stories, movies, and specimens with little forgiveness.

Lecture-Based ExamsHard TestsSpecimen MemorizationMovies on TestsField Trip Quizzes

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and heavy memorization; many call them extremely hard.

Hard Lecture ExamsSpecimen QuizzesMovies on Tests
“ .”
BIO107
“MUST attend lectures, write down EVERY thing he says! His stories, movies, and hand outs end up on the tests also.”
BIO100
“His exams and .”
BIO107

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you just want good grade with no effort or without learning, he's not the professor for you.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews, highlighting rigor, humor, and polarizing outcomes. Credibility rating: High.

🔥 Hard Weed-Out Course

22/100

“ . Study HARD.”

😂 Passion and Humor

70/100

“This guy is hilarious. Thats the main reason i go to class.”

📚 Serious Learners Thrive

75/100

“Great professor if you are there to learn and work for your grade.”

Theme 1

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • .. I did everything he asked and still got a D.
  • You have to work for your grade. No slackers!
  • Very hard class. If your not a science major and are just taking it for general .

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He breezes over the lectures very quickly and goes off on frequent, and .
  • Dr. Hannan is a phenomenal professor. I learned more in his class than any other class I've taken at Mesa College.
  • Horrible teaching skills, made classes very boring and .

Theme 3

❤️ About Personality

  • Hannan is a hoot!
  • he is really funny, a nice guy
  • Kinda arrogant

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

68

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

50 in-person reviews over many years with a stable hard-course and polarizing-teacher pattern.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 516
4 out of 515
3 out of 510
2 out of 510
1 out of 517

Course coverage

BIO10720 reviews
BIO10014 reviews
BIOBIO2 reviews
BIOLOGY2 reviews
BIOLOGY1072 reviews
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NATURHIST1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

1

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B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

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D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

1

Not_Sure_Yet 1