AI Rate Professor

Anthropology

Patrick Geyer

ANTHR101 · ANTH101 · ANTH103 · ANTHROPOLOGY10 · ANTH107 · ANTHRO103 · 10 lifetime ratings

AI rating
58/100
RMP rating
3.6/5
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Difficulty
3.0

The decision

if you can tolerate dry lectures and will actually study the readings and notes.

Best fit · Effort For RewardDry lecturesExtra credit availableTough testsApproachablePolarizing
  • Lectures are widely described as long, dry, and dense PowerPoint-driven.
  • , but and solid notes make decent grades reachable.
  • and do-not-take warnings.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

A is reachable with notes, reading, and , but tests are tough and .

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Is the course easy?

Standard

52/100

Content is manageable with reading, yet lectures feel dry and and tricky items.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

, so flexibility cannot be confirmed from comments.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

52/100

while others say run; outcome depends on tolerance for dry lectures.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

softens grades for some, but and cryptic test questions.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

55/100

Main load is reading, note-taking, and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

58/100

Students like his stories and approachability, but many find lectures dry, long, and low-energy.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Grades center on midterms, finals, and as a buffer.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person Anthro classes feel dry and lecture-heavy, with tough but and meaningful .

Main concern

Boredom from dense PowerPoints plus harsh or .

What students said

“Excellent professor. the lecture can be rough sometimes, but he makes up for it with digression and discussions.”
ANTH103
“The class is an easy A to the decent student, but you may get a bit bored with his lectures”
ANTH101
“ and peppered with trick questions”
ANTH107

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.

and lectures but can feel cryptic or harsh.

Tricky questionsLecture-specific materialStudy-dependent tests

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as tough, sometimes tricky, and based on both readings and lecture content.

Tricky questionsLecture-specific materialStudy guide sometimes useless
“ but not impossible so long as you actually read the material and study.”
ANTH103
“totally tough prof! tricky questions for tests.”
ANTHROPOLOGY10
“ and peppered with trick questions”
ANTH107

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“The class is an easy A to the decent student, but you may get a bit bored with his lectures and I love the subject.”

Voice snapshots generated from 10 in-person reviews, highlighting lecture dryness, exam toughness, and . Credibility rating: Medium.

😴 Dry Lecture Style

40/100

“dry boring lectures its like torture”

🎯 Effort Pays Off

62/100

“Direct proportion between invested time and results.”

🎁 Buffer

70/100

“ and advantage of the opportunites, and you will do well.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • lectures were really long and dry
  • uses long, dense powerpoints
  • experience stories

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • easy A to the decent student
  • available

Theme 3

⚠️ Recommendation Split

  • !
  • though Prof. Geyer isn't bad

Data context

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Analysis sample

10

Recent reviews read by the AI

10

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Ten detailed but older reviews (2009-2014) show a consistent dry-lecture theme with .

Inside 10 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 53
3 out of 50
2 out of 52
1 out of 51

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Reported outcomes

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