AI Rate Professor

Political Science

David Chadwick-Brown

POLSC102 · POLI101 · POLSC100 · POLY101 · POL101 · POLISCI02 · POSC101 · POSC102 · POLIS101 · POSC120 · POSCI102 · POSC · POLSC101 · POSCIHIST · POLYS101 · 68 lifetime ratings

AI rating
34/100
RMP rating
2.9/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

if you can sit through long dry lectures and study hard for .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerLecture HeavyTest HeavyGenerous CurveMonotone StyleOld-School
  • Almost entirely lecture-and-exam based with .
  • but so many students pass with mid grades.
  • Attendance and detailed notes matter more than the textbook alone.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Tests are brutal and few, so an A needs strong notes and book work even though the .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Material is dense, lecture-driven, and and text detail.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Many students report and warn that missing lectures makes the tests nearly impossible.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

because lectures are boring and exams punish average students.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

He is a tough tester but so class averages in the 40-50s can still yield B-range grades.

Format shift

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Workload

Light

78/100

; grade usually rests on about three exams plus occasional paper or presentation.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Students call him very knowledgeable and sometimes fair, but also monotone, disengaging, and hard to learn from.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Assessment is almost entirely a few high-stakes tests with exam.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person classes are pure old-school lectures with beyond hard tests, and a heavy curve.

Main concern

Boring monotone lectures and saves the grade.

What students said

“ unless you learn well from lectures. He only lectures, no power points, no notes are written on the board”
POLISCI02
“You might pass, but no A.”
POSC120
“lectures were such a dread and .”
POLSC102

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.

notes and dense text, but graded on a .

Few high-stakes examsHeavy curveLecture and textbook detailEssay and multiple choice

Assessment risk

Strict

34/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

essays or multiple choice, and curved so low raw scores still pass.

Three exams typicalGenerous curveOptional replacement paperNo comprehensive final sometimes
“The class average on the past 2 exams was 50%. AKA majority didn't pass.”
POLISCI02
“ but they're VERY hard.”
POSC102
“There is .”
POLSC102

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ unless you learn well from lectures. He only lectures, no power points, no notes are written on the board, and he doesn't use the text book.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews spanning 2006-2019, highlighting lectures, curves, and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

48/100

“He is monotone, kinda goes off the book in his lectures. Not engaging .”

📉 Recommendation

28/100

“TAKE ANOTHER CLASS. HORRIBLE teacher.”

📝

34/100

“ . BUT i still wouldn't take a class of his again.”

⚖️

58/100

“Even though so you almost always end up with a B or betteer.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • ALL HE DOES is LECTURES and it's such a horrible way to teach
  • super boring lectures
  • Monotone,yes, but that is because he has been doing this for a long time.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • You might pass, but no A.
  • though, that helps.
  • if you don't have photographic memory you aren't

Theme 3

📚

  • Skip class? You won't pass.
  • but they're VERY hard.
  • so if you don't come to class, the .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

68

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed in-person reviews spanning many years show , and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 516
4 out of 512
3 out of 514
2 out of 59
1 out of 517

Course coverage

POSC10117 reviews
POLSC1015 reviews
POSC1025 reviews
POLI1014 reviews
POLISCI024 reviews
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POL1011 review
POLIS1011 review
POLSC1001 review
POLY1011 review
POLYS1011 review
POSC1 review
POSCI1021 review
POSCIHIST1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

11 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 3

B range

5

B 4 · B- 1

C range

2

C 1 · C- 1

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values