Kristen Marajanovic

HIST101 · HIST101AND102 · HIST102 · HIS102 · HIS101 · 125 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 51/100
RMP rating: 3.8/5
Take again: 62.63%
Difficulty: 3.0

The decision

if you can spare many hours for lectures and will stick strictly to her material and format.

Best fit · Effort For RewardLecture Heavy Time SinkAI Paranoia GradingHilarious When It WorksLecture-Only SourcesPolarizing Workload

and drive most frustration.
and punishes outside sources or suspected AI.
Students who take dense notes and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Many As exist if you mirror lectures and rubrics, but AI flags, citation nitpicks, and vague zeros make the A costly.

Online reviews show more AI fails and zeros; essays.

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content is mostly intro history, but pace and volume of lecture hours make it feel hard for a 101.

Both formats stress lecture length; online amplifies time drain with multi-hour pre-recorded videos.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

32/100

Watching or attending lectures is effectively required for , and .

Online often forces full lecture video watching for credit; in person is frequently mandatory because slides lack text.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

Fans love her humor and passion; and harsh AI enforcement.

Recommendation splits more sharply online, where time load and AI policing dominate complaints.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

38/100

and AI or outside-source zeros appear often, .

Format shift

Online has more AI accusation stories; in person still demands lecture-only answers.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Weekly multi-hour lectures plus discussions, quizzes, and .

Format shift

Online workload complaints are strongest; in person is still lecture-heavy but .

Teaching experience

Good

62/100

Passionate, funny lectures help many learn history, but organization and .

Format shift

In-person humor and energy score higher; and navigation draw more criticism.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

Grade , and a few high-stakes writing tasks.

Format shift

; in person often uses essay tests with limited MC.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

13 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In person still centers on long entertaining lectures; , but AI rules and toughness remain.

Main concern

and if you deviate from her phrasing.

What students said

“All the review tests and exams you can pre-write”
HIS102

“ ! She took away transcripts because she claimed people used AI”
HIS101

“Easy A if . Gives answers word for word for tests/assignments.”
HIST101AND102

Remote format

Online

37 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

, and polarized between easy-A praise and harsh AI or source rules.

Main concern

Multi-hour weekly lectures plus strict lecture-only answers and AI suspicion.

What students said

“Ive spent 40+ hours on assignments to get 0's. ”
HIS101

“Don't use AI (ever) and its an easy A.”
HIST101

“she has insanely long lecture videos filmed years ago with poor quality.”
HIS102

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are usually written and lecture-bound; notes help some sections, but AI suspicion raises risk.

Essay Free ResponseNotes Sometimes AllowedLecture-Only AnswersAI Detection RiskFew Multiple Choice

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; several students report notes allowed or pre-writing essays encouraged.

Essay ExamsNotes Allowed SometimesPre-Write EncouragedLecture Dependent

“ if you're not good with writing prompts she rarely uses multiple choice”
HIS102

“Hand written mid-term and final, but notes allowed on one page front and back.”
HIS102

Online

Online exams and quizzes must use only lecture material; AI suspicion and .

Lecture-Only ContentWritten Free ResponseTranscript DependentAI Suspicion

“She also threatened to report me to student affairs for .”
HIST101

“There were pre-recorded lectures and ... Three units... each ending with a .”
HIS101

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Don't use AI (ever) and its an easy A.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting lecture load, AI rules, and grade paths. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Lecture Time Sink

28/100

“Lecture videos are very long about 6-7 hours long.”

🎭 Hilarious History Lectures

78/100

“Her lectures are fun, not boring, and insightful.”

🚫 Outside Sources Forbidden

35/100

“You must forget about things you've learned and only pull from what she's spoken about in class.”

👍 Conditional Easy A

52/100

“Easy A if . Gives answers word for word for tests/assignments.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Her lectures are fun, not boring, and insightful.
LONG LECTURE VIDEOS . This online class is easy just very time consuming.
She's giving theater kid in the

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Way too hard for a 101 class
Don't use AI (ever) and its an easy A.
Ive spent 40+ hours on assignments to get 0's.

Theme 3

⚖️ About Rules & AI

She took away transcripts because she claimed people used AI
Assumes you are cheating.
Don't even try to use AI, not needed at all

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty recent detailed reviews span online and in person with consistent themes on lecture length and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 565

4 out of 523

3 out of 58

2 out of 58

1 out of 521

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

47 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 13 · A 9 · A- 2

B range

B+ 2 · B 4

C range

C 1 · C- 1

D range

D- 1

F

F 3

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 5 · Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 5

Kristen Marajanovic

x x x if you can spare many hours for lectures and will stick strictly to her material and format.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

FairEffort

Standard

Mandatory

Depends

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Compare the in-person and online experience.

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In person

Online

See what students actually said.

📚 Lecture Time Sink

🎭 Hilarious History Lectures

🚫 Outside Sources Forbidden

👍 Conditional Easy A

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

⚖️ About Rules & AI

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Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

if you can spare many hours for lectures and will stick strictly to her material and format.