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Mike Taugher

GEO100100L · GEOGLAB · GEO100 · G7162 · GEO100L · LAB · GEOGRAPHY100 · GEOG100L · GEO101L · GEOG100 · 26 lifetime ratings

AI rating
74/100
RMP rating
4.0/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
2.2

The decision

Take him for lab if you want an easy pass; for and .

Best fit · Effort For RewardStoryteller lecturesHard textbook testsEasy lab ARambles off topicDrops lowest test
  • Labs are widely seen as an easy A if you show up and complete workbook work.
  • Lecture grades hinge and a generous scale.
  • Students love his stories and kindness but often teach themselves from the book.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

76/100

Labs and a lenient scale make As reachable if you read and hit roughly 80 percent after the dropped test.

The one online review also calls it an easy A; most .

Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

Labs are simple, but lecture content and .

Online evidence is only one easy lab; challenge .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

52/100

while if you master the book.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

78/100

and labs, with more hesitation when the grade .

Recommendation tone is positive across the single online lab and most in-person reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

74/100

Common notes of 80 percent as an A, , and near-perfect lab scores.

Format shift

Online and detail in person.

Workload

Light

62/100

Labs are light workbook work; .

Format shift

Workload complaints center on in-person textbook reading, not the online lab.

Teaching experience

Good

70/100

Warm, funny, and story-rich, but lectures often ramble and leave students relying on the book.

Format shift

Teaching praise is strong for in-person labs; lecture clarity is more mixed in person.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Grade and lab exercises as support.

Format shift

; online review does not detail assessments.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

25 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person labs feel fun and nearly fail-proof; lecture is storytelling-heavy with and mixed lecture clarity.

Main concern

and mostly from the textbook, with .

What students said

“A real gem of a human being!”
GEOG100L
“ and they are challenging. Lots of .”
GEO100
“Easy A if you're not lazy.”
GEOG100

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

Single online lab review calls him a good instructor and an easy A if you show up and read.

Main concern

Only one online review, so online experience is barely documented.

What students said

“Easy A as long as you show up and read the book.”
LAB

Exam style

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and often hard, though one is dropped and .

Four testsDrop lowest testTextbook-based questionsChallenging exams

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person courses revolve around four challenging textbook-based tests, often with one dropped.

Four testsDrop lowestTextbook reading required
“4 tests. . and they are challenging.”
GEO100
“His tests are hard. There are 4 .”
GEOG100

Online

Reviews do .

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“A wealth of information and entertaining stories, professor Taugher is great teacher, one of those professors who can excite and interest you in topics far-removed from your own major.”

Voice snapshots generated from 26 reviews, highlighting lab ease, lecture tests, and personality. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎭 Entertaining Storyteller

70/100

“A real gem of a human being!”

📘

40/100

“ and they are challenging. Lots of .”

✅ Easy Lab Path

85/100

“Easy A if you just show up and do the work.”

❤️ Wants Students to Pass

74/100

“He really wants his students to succeed and is disappointed when they don't.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His stories are awesome
  • He talks about himself a lot
  • tends to ramble on, but he's still great

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Easy A if you're not lazy
  • most of his students don't succeed because of the tough curriculum
  • An 80% is an A, 70% B

Theme 3

🧪 About Labs

  • Super simple and easy. Just show up and work out of the workboo
  • It's impossible to fail if you come to class
  • If you have to suffer through a lab, this the man.

Data context

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Analysis sample

26

Recent reviews read by the AI

26

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

26 reviews span many years with consistent lab-versus-lecture themes, but most comments are older and online evidence is thin.

Inside 26 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 511
4 out of 511
3 out of 54
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

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LAB1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 2 · A- 1

B range

4

B+ 1 · B 2 · B- 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1