AI Rate Professor

Political Science

Michael Newbrough

POLI101 · POSC101102 · PSCI · POL102 · POLS110 · POSC1012 · POLISCI · POLS101 · POSC101 · POSC110 · POSCI101 · POSCI102 · INTLRELATIONS · IS100 · POL101 · POSC102 · POSC · POLISCI101 · POLSC101 · PSC102 · POS102 · 70 lifetime ratings

AI rating
96/100
RMP rating
4.8/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
2.4

The decision

If he were still teaching, he would be a and memorable lectures.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerLife-ChangingInspirational LecturesBest EverPassionate TeacherNo Homework
  • Students repeatedly call him the and personal impact.
  • , and success if you study lecture notes.
  • A few note conservative bias and occasionally vague or , but praise still dominates.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

and only a few tests reward note study, though a .

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

72/100

Most and interesting, with average difficulty around easy to moderate.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

; one review called it mandatory while most focus on lectures rather than rules.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

98/100

Near-universal praise as a life-changing must-have professor with 100 percent take-again sentiment.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Lenient

80/100

Students who studied notes report doing great, with light assessment structure and few grade complaints.

Format shift

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Workload

Light

88/100

Repeated reports of and only a handful of tests.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Excellent

96/100

Overwhelming consensus that , and transformational.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Grades rest mainly on a small number of .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

as inspiring, entertaining, and life-changing with and note-based tests.

Main concern

Occasional conservative bias and .

What students said

“Dr Newbriugh .”
101
“The up to a Master's degree.”
POL101
“he is by far the . He is funny, informative, practical and his class is very easy. ( and only 4 tests!).”
POSC1012

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.

Typically a ; most do well if they study, but some call questions obscure.

Few testsNote-basedSome difficult wordingNo homework

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

with ; some students found wording vague.

Few testsNote-basedSome difficult wording
“his class is very easy. ( and only 4 tests!).”
POSC1012
“ . The questions are worded obscurely, making the tests difficult”
POSCI101
“if you studied your notes, you did great.”
POSC101102

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Dr Newbriugh . I followed his lead and went to the University of California at Santa Barbara and majored in political science.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews spanning years of near-unanimous praise for inspiration and light course load. Credibility rating: High.

🌟 Teaching Excellence

96/100

“The up to a Master's degree.”

🔥 Life Impact

98/100

“He awoke my passion for school and I'm forever grateful”

📚 Light Workload

88/100

“his class is very easy. ( and only 4 tests!).”

🧭 Occasional Bias Note

60/100

“Has an obvious conservative bias towards both material and students.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Amazing instructor, test questions that you'll remember for years
  • He made class a joy and will be missed.
  • on the board.

Theme 2

❤️ About Character & Impact

  • Changed my perspective on life, politics, and the world.
  • By far the most influential Professor that I've ever had.
  • The most intelligent and amazing professor ever!!!

Theme 3

📈

  • if you studied your notes, you did great.
  • . Good life stories, though.
  • and only 4 tests!

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

70

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

, though most are older and pre-retirement.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 561
4 out of 57
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 50

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

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No letter grade reported

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