AI Rate Professor

Philosophy

Jenifer Kalamian

PHIL116 · C30080 · PHIL170C · PHIL101 · PHIL170 · PHIL100 · 20 lifetime ratings

AI rating
90/100
RMP rating
3.9/5
Take again
75%
Difficulty
2.6

The decision

if you want an engaging philosophy class and are willing to read, participate, and think critically.

Best fit · Effort For RewardEngaging LecturesParticipation MattersCaringReading RequiredExtra Credit
  • Most students praise her as caring, engaging, and strong at making philosophy feel relevant.
  • Grades are very reachable if students read, participate, and keep up with notes.
  • A minority of students find her unorganized or closed off to opposing views, especially online.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

An A is very realistic if students attend, read, participate, and use , but it is not a no-effort free grade.

attendance and participation, while online evidence is more mixed but still mentions and passing through notes and readings.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

The content is approachable and often interesting, but , and belief-challenging topics add real intellectual work.

In-person students usually describe the material as engaging and manageable, while online students more often mention boredom, disorganization, or limited freedom of interpretation.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

38/100

Attendance and participation are not always described as formally mandatory, but students repeatedly say skipping class or staying quiet hurts success.

Both formats stress participation, with and class engagement to passing.

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

88/100

Most students recommend her because , and makes philosophy interesting.

, while online reviews are polarized between high praise and serious concerns about organization and openness.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

76/100

Students , and not being a , though participation and reading still matter.

Format shift

, while online reviews include both tough-grader criticism and extra-credit praise.

Workload

Moderate

62/100

The workload is manageable but , and participation.

Format shift

In-person reviews frame the work as fair and routine, while and long lectures as more noticeable.

Teaching experience

Good

84/100

Most students find her lectures interesting, caring, and thought-provoking, despite some complaints about organization and openness to disagreement.

Format shift

, while online feedback is split between excellent lectures and frustration with organization or discussion tone.

Assessment method

Balanced

52/100

Comments mention , and two tests, with no single assessment type dominating all reviews.

Format shift

and participation more clearly, while online reviews emphasize readings, response papers, and .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person reviews are mostly positive, emphasizing , and fair chances to succeed.

Main concern

Students , and participate to keep up.

What students said

“If you just show up for class, you will be pretty much set for the two tests.”
PHIL100
“not a , and she cares A LOT about her students!”
PHIL170C
“Doing the learning experience.”
PHIL100

Remote format

Online

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are sharply mixed, with some students loving the thoughtful lectures and while others report disorganization and frustration with discussion style.

Main concern

Some online students felt lectures were long or unorganized and that disagreement was not always welcomed.

What students said

“Offers plenty of opportunity for .”
PHIL100
“As long as and do the .”
PHIL100
“Be careful to speak up with your opinions because she tends to cut students off when they are in opposition of what she is concluding.”
PHIL101

Exam style

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and readings, but they do not clearly prove open-book, proctoring, webcam, or Lockdown Browser policies.

Two TestsNotes HelpReading Based

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and studying from notes, but do not clearly prove open-book, closed-book, or proctoring policies.

Two TestsNotes Help
“If you just show up for class, you will be pretty much set for the two tests.”
PHIL100
“She doesnt make any study guides because she says our notes are the expect on exams?)”
PHIL116

Online

Online reviews do not clearly prove webcam, proctoring, open-book, Lockdown Browser, midterm, or .

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“She is an amazing professor and you will learn so much from her.”

Voice snapshots generated from 20 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and format differences; credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

84/100

“She cares about the subject material and is great at lecturing.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

88/100

“ !”

📈 Grade Path

82/100

“If you do your work, participate, and pay attention in class then you are solid.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • .
  • Her lectures are always so interesting.
  • Professor Kalamian is by far one of the interact with.

Theme 2

📚 About Work And Grades

  • Make and do notes on everything.
  • Offers plenty of opportunity for .
  • Just do the reading assignments and pay attention in lecture and you'll do fine.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Concerns

  • and I struggled to stay engaged during her class.
  • The lectures felt like they took forever to get through.
  • Be careful to speak up with your opinions because she tends to cut students off when they are in opposition of what she is concluding.

Data context

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Analysis sample

20

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty reviews across several years and both formats give consistent evidence of .

Inside 20 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 512
4 out of 53
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 54

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

14 reported outcomes

A range

10

A 9 · A- 1

B range

3

B+ 1 · B 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1