AI Rate Professor

Fire Technology

Edward Sprague

FIRE131 · FIRE100 · FIRE115 · FIRE132 · 7 lifetime ratings

AI rating
92/100
RMP rating
4.6/5
Take again
85.71%
Difficulty
3.4

The decision

Strong pick for fire and emergency management courses if you show up and engage.

Best fit · Effort For RewardRespected Field ExpertAmazing LecturesHilarious and ApproachableClear FeedbackFair Grader
  • Students praise his deep emergency-management experience and .
  • and strong willingness to help outside class.
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Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

68/100

Many students earned As with and strong reviews, but content can be hard and one review called him a .

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Hazardous materials and emergency management material is challenging, though he makes difficult topics clearer.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

as mandatory for credit and success.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

88/100

Six of and call him outstanding, humble, and highly knowledgeable.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

66/100

, though one student said he would not admit grading mistakes.

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Workload

Moderate

55/100

Expect , and solid prep; not described as overwhelming for most students.

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Teaching experience

Excellent

90/100

, and strong support outside class.

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Assessment method

Balanced

52/100

Mix of lectures, group work, test reviews, and .

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

, and well-supported by a respected instructor.

Main concern

and one student felt grading mistakes were unfairly blamed on students.

What students said

“Chief Ed Sprague is an amazing teacher in all aspects.”
FIRE115
“ instructors. Learned the most from him and graded fairly.”
FIRE100
“ . Excellent notes and PowerPoint slides. Lots of group participation.”
FIRE132

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 ; no special proctoring details are stated.

Test ReviewsClear NotesIn-Person Class

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and frequent test reviews.

Test ReviewsClear NotesGroup Participation
“ . Ellaborates on every topic.”
FIRE132
“ . Excellent notes and PowerPoint slides.”
FIRE132

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“I have taken all his classes and can say without a doubt that he's such a great instructor.”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 in-person reviews spanning 2017-2021, highlighting teaching strength and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

90/100

“An absolute outstanding instructor and person.”

👍

88/100

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📚 Makes Hard Topics Clearer

72/100

“he is capable of making the difficult class of Hazardous Materials a bit easier.”

⚠️

35/100

“Unwilling to admit his mistakes as far as grading. Always makes it the students fault”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Amazing lectures
  • . Excellent notes and PowerPoint slides.
  • Hilarious

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • graded fairly
  • Get ready to read

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Very approachable.
  • always willing to help out with personal and professional development
  • one of the most humble and knowledgeable persons you'll ever meet

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

7

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

Seven detailed in-person reviews from 2017-2021 are consistent overall, but the sample is modest and includes one sharp outlier.

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 50

Course coverage

FIRE1323 reviews
FIRE1152 reviews
FIRE1001 review
FIRE1311 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

5 reported outcomes

A range

5

A+ 1 · A 4

B range

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C range

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D range

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F

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No letter grade reported

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