AI Rate Professor

Political Science

Jack Wikse

POLIS1A · POLS3847 · POL101 · POLI1 · POLS1A · POLYS1 · POLS1 · POLS18 · POL1 · POLS1234 · 21 lifetime ratings

AI rating
58/100
RMP rating
3.4/5
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Difficulty
3.0

The decision

Good pick for an easier poly-sci GE if you can handle dry lectures and .

Best fit · Effort For RewardOpen Note TestsHeavy ReadingBoring LecturesNice but BiasedEssay Friendly
  • Friendly and approachable, but lectures are widely called dull unless you love politics.
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  • Heavy dry reading and perceived political bias are the .

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

EasyA

74/100

, and claims he will not fail students make high grades reachable.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

56/100

Material can be philosophically thick, but many call the class easy if you participate and read selectively.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

68/100

Students describe loose classroom control and , though engagement helps.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

Nice guy and ; boring bias and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

74/100

, and automatic C comments point to student-friendly grading.

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Workload

Moderate

46/100

Essays are manageable but .

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Teaching experience

Average

58/100

Knowledgeable and friendly, yet often boring and sometimes without interest in politics.

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Assessment method

Balanced

52/100

Mix of essays, open-note tests, reading, and .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

21 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

notes and redos, but often boring with lots of reading and bias complaints.

Main concern

, and .

What students said

“ ! Very friendly! !”
POLS1
“All you do is read, and get talked at. so vague its ridiculous.”
POLYS1
“you can seriously turn in a and he will for sure give u a C automatically.”
POLI1

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Exam style

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, and flexible essay makeups.

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Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as open-note with study guides and redo options.

Open NotesStudy GuidesEssay Redos
“ ! Very friendly! !”
POLS1
“he'll let you make up the going.”
POLIS1A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Easy class, I don't think he'd ever fail anybody. Its also boring. VERY boring. If you need this class for transfer credits and want an .”

Voice snapshots generated from 21 in-person political , and reading load. Credibility rating: Medium.

📝

82/100

“ ! Very friendly! !”

😴 Lecture Boredom

58/100

“Great guy, boring class”

📚 Reading Load

46/100

“There is also an average of 40+ pages of ”

⚖️

74/100

“you can seriously turn in a and he will for sure give u a C automatically.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Jack's really a great guy that knows what he's talking about
  • always easy to distract from lecture
  • he lectures pretty much for the entire class

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • and a few essays
  • I don't think he'd ever fail anybody
  • and requires a lot of studying!

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • He's such a nice guy! Very friendly
  • he is liberally biased
  • He openly supported conservative and liberal positions.

Data context

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Analysis sample

21

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

66/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-one fairly detailed in-person reviews from 2006-2011 agree on friendliness, boredom, and open-note ease.

Inside 21 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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1 out of 50

Course coverage

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