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Wesley Swanson

17A · 17B · HIST17A · HIS17A · 51 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
2.0/5
Take again
17.31%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

Avoid if you can; expect , and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderHarsh TA gradingHeavy readingVague feedbackAvoid if possible
  • Very low quality scores and ~17% would-take-again with many fail/low grades.
  • Harsh, opaque discussion and .
  • , and a brutal 1500-word paper.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Students say As feel impossible under harsh discussion and .

Online especially reports impossible As and AI penalties; a .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

, and a long research paper make content demanding.

; online lacks lectures more often.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

78/100

and many in-person sections.

Evidence mainly .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

, and repeated worst-professor warnings.

Online reviews are most negative; a minority of in-person students liked lectures.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

15/100

; half-credit discussions, AI accusations, and .

Format shift

Harshness strongest online; .

Workload

Heavy

25/100

, and a 1500-word paper create heavy load.

Format shift

Online often 15+ hour reading weeks for slow readers; and paper heavy.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Many say he does not , and is hard to reach; a few praise passion and lectures.

Format shift

In-person lectures mixed; online widely called no teaching.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

40/100

Weekly discussions, module quizzes, and a , though tests are also hard.

Format shift

Online heavily discussion and paper; exams and 100-question finals also appear.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

15 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Some enjoy lectures, but discussions and and support feels limited.

Main concern

, and high attrition.

What students said

“One of the ”
17A
“If !”
HIST17A
“ if you do what he says”
HIS17A

Remote format

Online

35 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Self-taught online history with , and a long final paper.

Main concern

Little , and grade-killing paper and discussions.

What students said

“ IF YOU CAN HELP IT!!!!!”
HIST17A
“to get an A in this class seems impossible”
17A
“He thinks everyone cheats and grades you by stating that you are using AI.”
HIST17A

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

High-stakes detail quizzes, long papers, and .

Textbook detail quizzes100 question finals1500 word paperHarsh discussion gradingAI plagiarism scrutiny

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person still includes hard quizzes and a long paper; .

Tough discussionsLong paperDetail quizzes
“the whole semester i never got a 5/5 always a 2-4/5 which brought my grade down.”
HIS17A
“Class does not prepare you for the .”
HIST17A

Online

Online quizzes pull obscure textbook details; and harsh partial credit.

Textbook quizzes1500 word paperTA gradingAI flags
“Quizzes and as they were based on hard-to-find details in the textbook, final was a 1,500-word paper”
HIS17A
“he will mark everything as Ai AI-generated and give you zero credit even when it's your original work.”
HIST17A

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ IF YOU CAN HELP IT!!!!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews with , and support failures. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Recommendation

18/100

“ ”

⚖️

15/100

“to get an A in this class seems impossible”

📚 Workload

25/100

“ if ur a slow reader or you'll spend over 15 hours per week on HW”

🎯 Teaching Presence

28/100

“Professor Swanson does no teaching of his own. There is not a single video where he talks about content in class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Makes learning History so hard and not interesting anymore
  • He doesn't teach at all and or .
  • I enjoy listing to his lecture, he makes it interesting.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • A complete nightmare. He is on an agenda to ruin everyone's transcript.
  • !

Theme 3

⚠️

  • and isn't helpful in the slightest.
  • He never responds or
  • the assistants check your work and give no response on how you can improve it

Theme 4

📄

  • the 1500-word paper was brutal and it shredded my grade
  • Wrote the 1500 term paper and was docked for incomplete citation

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

51

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews with and , and grade outcomes.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 57
4 out of 51
3 out of 55
2 out of 510
1 out of 529

Course coverage

HIST17A21 reviews
HIS17A13 reviews
17A9 reviews
17B4 reviews
373 reviews

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

49 reported outcomes

A range

6

A+ 2 · A 2 · A- 2

B range

11

B+ 4 · B 4 · B- 3

C range

16

C+ 9 · C 4 · C- 3

D range

3

D+ 1 · D 2

F

3

F 3

No letter grade reported

10

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 5 · Rather not say 4