AI Rate Professor

Oceanography

Benjamin Grupe

OCN100 · OCEAN100 · OCEANOGRAPHY · OCEA101 · EOS110 · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.6/5
Take again
33.33%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

Avoid unless you already know oceanography and want a .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTest heavyUnclear notesGrad-level introBoring lecturesSkip class you fail
  • Intro oceanography feels taught at graduate difficulty with brutal tests.
  • Notes and .
  • One student found him passionate; most urge avoidance.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

, and reviews say no to recover.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Students say he teaches intro content like graduate material with and .

All .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and tags say skip class and you will not pass.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

; most say do not take him for intro oceanography.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

24/100

, and students report widespread failing grades.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

42/100

Load is driven more by brutal tests and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

32/100

, and over-hard expectations, with one passionate outlier.

Format shift

Teaching quality comments are all in-person.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Reviews stress tests, graded-by-few-things, and .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

8 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person oceanography with , and frequent complaints about unclear teaching.

Main concern

, and many students fail without recovery options.

What students said

“ but he still blames the students when he is CLEARLY the problem.”
OCN100
“His expectations of the students are extremely high for that of a intro. to oceanography class.”
OCEA101
“ and when he does they don't make much sense if you back to them.”
EOS110

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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Exams are described as very hard and central to the grade, with little help or recovery.

Test heavyHard true-false trapsNo extra credit

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and drive most of the grade.

Test heavyHard examsNo extra credit
“ but he still blames the students when he is CLEARLY the problem.”
OCN100
“His true or false questions would be multiple choice a-e not a simple true or false.”
OCEAN100

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ .”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 in-person reviews with consistent difficulty themes. Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Clarity

32/100

“ and when he does they don't make much sense if you back to them.”

🧪

28/100

“ but he still blames the students when he is CLEARLY the problem.”

🚫 Recommendation

28/100

“ . .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • just leaves you confused.
  • He makes the class boring and you get very uninterested very quickly.
  • He is so clearly very passionate about the content he is teaching

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Tests

  • Teaches like you are already an Oceanographer.
  • His expectations of the students are extremely high for that of a intro. to oceanography class.
  • The highest grade in the class is an 83%.

Theme 3

🚪 About Taking the Class

  • .
  • .
  • If you don't know a lot about Oceanography already, it's probably not the .

Data context

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Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Eight in-person reviews across several years show consistent difficulty and teaching complaints, though older reviews and sparse grade detail lower certainty.

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 51
3 out of 51
2 out of 55
1 out of 50

Course coverage

EOS1103 reviews
OCN1002 reviews
OCEA1011 review
OCEAN1001 review
OCEANOGRAPHY1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

1

B- 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1