Lisa Solana

JOUR135 · 2 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 18/100
RMP rating: 1.0/5
Take again: 0%
Difficulty: 2.5

The decision

Avoid JOUR-135 unless you have no alternative and can teach yourself the material.

Best fit · Self Taught ProAI-generated lecturesRobotic presenceWaste of timeGroup projectsLow effort

Students describe lectures and slides as fully AI-generated
Class feels impersonal and bragging-focused rather than instructional
Zero interest in retaking and quality ratings stuck at 1

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

40/100

Difficulty reports are mixed and , but students do not describe an easy A path.

All evidence is from in-person JOUR-135 reviews.

Is the course easy?

Standard

45/100

Content itself is not framed as advanced, yet poor delivery makes the experience unrewarding.

All evidence is from in-person JOUR-135 reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

20/100

All evidence is from in-person JOUR-135 reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

Students call the class a waste of time and .

All evidence is from in-person JOUR-135 reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

45/100

Grades are not the main complaint; delivery quality and AI-generated content dominate reviews.

Format shift

Workload

Moderate

50/100

Group projects and participation are mentioned, but .

Format shift

Workload notes come only from in-person JOUR-135.

Teaching experience

Awful

10/100

Students say she feels robotic, brags about herself, and relies on fully AI-generated slides and lectures.

Format shift

Both in-person reviews rate quality at 1.

Assessment method

Balanced

50/100

Participation and group projects are tagged, but .

Format shift

Assessment specifics are limited in in-person comments.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person JOUR-135 is widely seen as low-effort, AI-heavy, and emotionally disconnected from students.

Main concern

Lectures feel machine-made and disrespectful, so classroom time may not teach much.

What students said

“The whole class is AI generated, actual waste of time of a class, don't bother taking it.”
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“she felt non human like a robot and class was not human”
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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

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Reviews do not .

Assessment risk

Varies

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Reviews .

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“The whole class is AI generated, actual waste of time of a class, don't bother taking it.”
Voice snapshots generated from 2 in-person reviews, highlighting AI-generated content and low recommendation. Credibility rating: Low.

🚨 Teaching Quality

10/100

“Genuinely disrespectful to us students who took the class expecting our professor to put in just as much effort”

👎 Recommendation Rate

8/100

“don't bother taking it.”

🤖 Classroom Presence

12/100

“she felt non human like a robot and class was not human”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

The whole class is AI generated
plethora of and lectures
her bragging about her accomplishments

Theme 2

💔 About Respect & Effort

actual waste of time of a class
class was not human
don't bother taking it

Theme 3

📌 About Course Setup

Participation matters
Group projects

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

35/100

Evidence confidence

Only two same-day low-quality reviews exist, both highly negative, with .

Inside 2 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50

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3 out of 50

2 out of 50

1 out of 52

Course coverage

JOUR-1352 reviews

Reported outcomes

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