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Religion

Joel Sease

PHILIO32483 · PHILO40 · RELIGION14B · RELGN14A · PHILO30 · PHILO6 · PHIL100 · 19 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
1.5/5
Take again
10.53%
Difficulty
4.1

The decision

Avoid unless you are highly independent and already .

Best fit · Self Taught ProSelf-written dense textbookTest heavyNo lecturesInaccessibleGraded by few things
  • Course is mostly self-paced reading of his dense free textbook with biweekly tests and almost no teaching presence.
  • Students say quiz answers often do not match the book and .
  • A few self-sufficient students pass fine, but most call intro philosophy or religion unnecessarily hard and unhelpful.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

30/100

As rare despite heavy reading.

Online has most of the grade-shock stories; .

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

His dense self-written text is repeatedly called incomprehensible for beginners and more advanced than intro level.

Both formats center on the same dense textbook and test model.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

70/100

because there is little live teaching to attend.

Online is largely asynchronous; a .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

15/100

Would-take-again is about 10% and most students say .

Online and couple self-sufficient success stories online.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

25/100

, and no review of wrong answers.

Format shift

Online students especially report opaque quiz scoring and grade surprises.

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Not assignment-flooded, but dense biweekly reading plus high-stakes tests create steady cognitive load.

Format shift

Both formats are reading-and-test based rather than heavy weekly busywork.

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Students say he , and leaves them alone with a .

Format shift

Online isolation is extreme; .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Grades rest and occasional essay with almost no other graded work.

Format shift

Online is pure quiz-driven; .

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

and testing with little real teaching or communication support.

Main concern

Even face-to-face sections .

What students said

“ .”
PHILO6
“He sends out a 93 page book he wrote himself and has you just read it and .”
RELGN14A
“The professor only assigns textbook readings with or contact with students at all.”
PHILIO32483

Remote format

Online

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections assign his free textbook, biweekly multiple-choice quizzes, and sometimes an , and no answer review.

Main concern

, dense self-authored text, and .

What students said

“There are to watch, the .”
PHILO30
“This professor does not use and only uses 15 question quizzes every other week for the whole .”
PHIL100
“He does not release your answers to see what you got wrong.”
PHILO30

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment is sparse, high-stakes, and opaque, with tests that students say often mismatch the reading.

Biweekly multiple-choice quizzesNo answer reviewNo retakesSelf-authored dense textbookFew graded items

Assessment risk

Strict

30/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and taking tests with little instructional support.

Test heavyDense self-authored textMinimal teaching contact
“He sends out a 93 page book he wrote himself and has you just read it and .”
RELGN14A
“Professor expects you to read all material which I did and STILL failed his class.”
PHILO40

Online

Online courses use biweekly timed-style multiple-choice quizzes from his book, delayed scoring, and no wrong-answer review.

Biweekly quizzesNo answer releaseNo extra creditEssay at end of some terms
“He also does not let you view your answers of the .”
PHIL100
“The but took him WEEKS to release the scores.”
PHILO30

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ .”

Voice snapshots generated from 19 , and low instructor support. Credibility rating: Medium.

📖 Dense Self-Written Textbook

18/100

“The textbook was dense, heavy, and .”

🧪

30/100

“only uses 15 question quizzes every other week for the whole ”

🚫 No Teaching Presence

18/100

“There are to watch, the .”

👎

15/100

“ . Hes no help.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • It seems as if there was little effort by Joel Sease put into the course.
  • Professor Sease did not engage with his students at all.
  • The only time I have read anything from him during this class is the intro he wrote the first week of class.

Theme 2

📚 About the Textbook

  • the book used for the whole course was written by this professor
  • He spends paragraphs just rambling when it could've been said it A SINGLE SENTENCE.
  • The textbook was written by him and it shows.

Theme 3

📈

  • The questions on the book.
  • my A had turned into a D?
  • The average for the bi-weekly tests ... were an F.

Data context

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Analysis sample

19

Recent reviews read by the AI

19

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

Nineteen reviews over several years show strong consistency about no teaching and dense testing, though sample is smaller than ideal.

Inside 19 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
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3 out of 50
2 out of 53
1 out of 514

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

17 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 3 · A- 1

B range

2

B 2

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

2

D 1 · D- 1

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

5

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 4