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History

Melissa Gray

HIST172 · HIST1715932 · HIST171 · HIST17.2 · HISTORY171 · HISTORY · HIST0217 · HIST17.1 · 32 lifetime ratings

AI rating
31/100
RMP rating
2.4/5
Take again
34.48%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

Only take if you are ready for and writing and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderHeavy Reading LoadHarsh Unclear GradingLots of WritingPolarizing Feedback
  • , and weekly quizzes make this a high-effort history course.
  • as harsh and cryptic, with many saying full credit is nearly impossible.
  • A and workable As, but most urge avoidance.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Even strong writers report never getting full credit and and .

Both online and ; online adds cryptically worded quizzes.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

24/100

, and upper-division expectations make content feel far above intro history.

Online stresses volume of reading and writing; in-person stresses dense lectures and vague tests.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

, while many in-person reports mark attendance as required and grade-linked.

Online evidence leans optional; in-person evidence leans mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

32/100

Roughly one-third would take again; .

A few recent online students defend her as tough but fair; .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

20/100

; students say full credit is rare and tiny citation mistakes cost heavily.

Format shift

sympathy-based partial credit complaints.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Multiple weekly quizzes, long lectures, constant reading, and .

Format shift

Online mentions weekly quizzes and essays; and final.

Teaching experience

Poor

36/100

some call her meticulous with , but and lectures unhelpful.

Format shift

Online positives focus on email feedback; and .

Assessment method

Balanced

52/100

, and finals rather than pure homework or pure exams.

Format shift

Online is quiz- and paper-heavy; , and papers.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews are mostly older and strongly negative , and exam wording that feels open to interpretation.

Main concern

, and tests worded so open to interpretation that students feel set up to fail.

What students said

“Never had so much reading, so many papers and such hard grading for a history class.”
HIST171
“She asks for one thing and typically grades for another.”
HIST1715932
“ unless you wanna fail and feel like you are a horrible student.”
HISTORY

Remote format

Online

23 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online sections dominate complaints about boatloads of reading, cryptically worded quizzes, and , though a and extensions.

Main concern

and quizzes worded so that answers feel unsearchable or subjective.

What students said

“She assigns boatloads of work and .”
HIST172
“She was not clear on what and when I wrote her for clarifications her responses often .”
HISTORY
“Don't confuse challenging for bad.”
HISTORY171

Exam style

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Quizzes and exams are often described as cryptically worded, timed, and graded without leniency.

Timed ExamsCryptic Quiz WordingTest HeavyEssay Heavy

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, short answers, and essays open to interpretation.

In-Person Midterm And FinalOpen-Ended Test WordingNo Word Bank
“the questions to the tests and so on are worded in a way that is so open to interpretation that it almost seems irrelevant to the subject matter”
HIST1715932
“the answer and a legitimate essay and there is no word bank for the vocab”
HISTORY

Online

Online quizzes and and hard to search in the material.

Cryptic Quiz WordingTimed ExamsWeekly Quizzes
“The and so cryptically that it's often difficult to discern what she is even asking.”
HIST172
“Read 3 hours then answer very specific questions worded in such a way that they are unsearchable in the material.”
HIST0217

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Pick another professor; pick another class!”

Voice snapshots generated from 33 reviews spanning online and in-person history and workload themes. Credibility rating: High.

📝

20/100

“She does not give anyone full credit on any of the assignments.”

📚 Workload Overload

22/100

“Expect to write and read constantly in this course.”

👍 Minority Defenders

36/100

“Don't confuse challenging for bad.”

🚫 Recommendation Rate

32/100

“ .”

Theme 1

⚖️

  • will never give you full credit
  • grades as if this is an upper division English & History course
  • Grades really hard

Theme 2

📖 About Workload

  • boatloads of work
  • Lots of
  • At least 4 assign/quizzes per week

Theme 3

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • responses often
  • Extremely poor teaching style, as well as disjointed lectures

Data context

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Analysis sample

33

Recent reviews read by the AI

32

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

33 detailed reviews spanning 2014-2026 with and heavy-workload themes across online and in-person formats.

Inside 33 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55
4 out of 56
3 out of 52
2 out of 56
1 out of 514

Course coverage

HIST17159328 reviews
HIST1728 reviews
HIST1716 reviews
HISTORY5 reviews
HIST17.22 reviews
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HISTORY1712 reviews
HIST02171 review
HIST17.11 review

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

26 reported outcomes

A range

9

A 9

B range

4

B+ 1 · B 2 · B- 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

11

Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Incomplete 2 · Not sure yet 3 · Rather not say 2 · Rather_Not_Say 1