AI Rate Professor

Spanish

Enrique Arzola

SPANISH101B · SPAN101A · SPANISH120 · SPAN102 · SPA101 · SPAN101 · 13 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
2.4/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
3.1

The decision

Avoid as a true beginner; if you already know Spanish and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnclear lecturesSays um oftenPrior Spanish helpsBoringInconsistent reviews
  • Many students say lectures are , with frequent filler words and .
  • Prior Spanish knowledge is repeatedly cited as the real path to an A.
  • A and , so experiences split.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

An A is doable mainly with prior Spanish; true .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

Fast, book-heavy pace and without background.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

45/100

review and helps, but comments focus more on lecture quality than policy.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

32/100

Majority advise against him for and frustrating class delivery.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

50/100

, but and feel punitive.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Workload

Moderate

50/100

Homework and book-based work are expected; load is not extreme but .

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Frequent complaints about um-filled lectures, circular answers, and .

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

, and exams all matter; WebSam-style tools sometimes teach more than lectures.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

13 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person Spanish sections often frustrate beginners with , while prepared students report fairer outcomes.

Main concern

and hard-to-follow speech leave beginners lost.

What students said

“You won't learn anything from him.”
SPA101
“I learned more from Web Sam then from the teacher it's self.”
SPAN101
“He grades fair and if he thinks you are falling behind he will let you know”
SPANISH101B

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.

Exams are standard Spanish assessments; one review says a study guide did not help while others say he prepares you.

Exams with preparationStudy guide mentionedTests okay

Assessment risk

Standard

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; prep quality is mixed and not clearly open-book or proctored.

Standard examsStudy guide mixed reviews
“He gave a study guide that didn't helped at all.”
SPA101
“He prepares you well for exams and .”
SPAN101A
“ .”
SPAN102

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you haven't taken .”

Voice snapshots generated from 13 in-person reviews highlighting unclear lectures, prior-Spanish advantage, and split fairness views. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Clarity

30/100

“I felt , and when you ask for further explanation, he talked in circles.”

📚 Prior Knowledge Required

40/100

“If you do not have an introduction in Spanish I do not suggest taking this class.”

👍 Minority Praise

70/100

“He is awesome he doesn't make you feel bad when he corrects you he actually tries to help you learn.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He always coughs and says um um
  • In 50 minutes we counted 315.
  • hard to understand sometimes because he stutters ALOT

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • A lot of people struggled if they didn't already know Spanish.
  • Just review the material and study and an A is doable!
  • I got an A solely because I took three years prior to this class.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Fairness

  • he's so jealous he'll find an excuse to bring your grade down
  • He grades fair

Data context

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Analysis sample

13

Recent reviews read by the AI

13

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Thirteen reviews over many years with consistent beginner-warning themes and some positive outliers give good confidence.

Inside 13 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 50
3 out of 52
2 out of 53
1 out of 55

Course coverage

SPAN1015 reviews
SPAN1023 reviews
SPA1012 reviews
SPAN101A1 review
SPANISH101B1 review
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SPANISH1201 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

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D range

0

No reported values

F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

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