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Travis King

M130 · HIST130 · HISTM130 · HISTM180 · HISTM160 · HISTM140 · HIST72576 · 36 lifetime ratings

AI rating
62/100
RMP rating
3.7/5
Take again
75%
Difficulty
2.9

The decision

; treat accelerated online summer courses as high-risk and high-reading.

Best fit · Effort For RewardLecture HeavyEssay ExamsPolarizingHeavy Reading OnlineCaring When Organized
  • , and easy with study guides and few graded items
  • Online and accelerated summer sections draw sharp complaints , and
  • Many still earn As, but experience quality varies widely by format and term

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

68/100

Many students earn As with study guides and attendance, but and .

; online summer often demands more reading and writing for the same grade.

Is the course easy?

Standard

52/100

Content is standard history with lecture pace and .

In-person feels simpler; online accelerated sections are described as heavy and fast.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

45/100

because lectures drive the exams.

In-person attendance matters more; as no.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

About three-quarters would take him again, but recent online .

; recent online HISTM140 reviews are sharply negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

Many report clear criteria and grade boosts, while others call him a .

Format shift

Online recent reviews emphasize tough or .

Workload

Moderate

48/100

In-person often has few graded items; , and many papers.

Format shift

Online summer workload is .

Teaching experience

Average

62/100

Praised as funny, caring, and strong in , but criticized as .

Format shift

In-person teaching praise is common; online includes both caring and worst-professor claims.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Grades often rest on midterms, finals, and .

Format shift

Online adds discussions, chapter summaries, and papers; .

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

21 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person history is lecture-heavy, often humorous and and generally easy As if you attend.

Main concern

Some call him unorganized or test-heavy with grade.

What students said

“He's a great guy, just show up to classes and . and easy.”
HISTM180
“ . so if you don't do well on the .”
HISTM160

Remote format

Online

15 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online, especially 4-week summer, swings from fair and and papers.

Main concern

Multiple recent complaints about teaching the , and .

What students said

“on the 4th week he told us he taught the wrong class”
HISTM140
“you have to read 100 pages a week with super detailed summaries”
HISTM140

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are mostly essay-based with study guides; friendliness is average and .

Essay ExamsStudy GuidesMidterm And Final HeavyTopic Choice On Exams

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals are essay prompts, sometimes two essays, often matched to a study guide.

Essay MidtermsEssay FinalsStudy GuidesFew Graded Items
“ or anything”
HISTM140
“He gives a study guide for the tests which are the .”
M130

Online

Online work often uses quizzes, discussions, and essays; some terms have no traditional tests while others add a .

QuizzesEssaysDiscussionsChapter Summaries
“Discussions, quizzes, and . No tests.”
HISTM140
“the but he didn't teach us the correct material”
HISTM140

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“He's a great guy, just show up to classes and . and easy. Great guy!”

Voice snapshots generated from 36 reviews, contrasting strong in-person lecture praise with online summer chaos. Credibility rating: High.

🎭 Polarizing Experience

58/100

“ !”

📚

40/100

“you have to read 100 pages a week with super detailed summaries”

😂

75/100

“The professor is really chill and fun. Its always a blast taking his class”

📝 Essay-Based Exams

58/100

“ and easy.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and always open to answering questions.
  • .
  • He is a terrific lecturer and has a great sense of humor.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Super easy class, a lot of but overall pretty good.
  • almost like he just picks a random number 1-10 and makes that your grade.
  • If a student does the work and follow his criteria, it is hard not to pass.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Online Risk

  • he told us he taught the wrong class
  • His whole class was wrong, like he gave us the assignments of another class
  • ... never gives directions and .

Data context

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Analysis sample

36

Recent reviews read by the AI

36

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-six reviews over many years and both formats provide rich, detailed, and consistent format-split patterns.

Inside 36 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 516
4 out of 59
3 out of 52
2 out of 51
1 out of 58

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

35 reported outcomes

A range

27

A 24 · A- 3

B range

4

B+ 2 · B 2

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Not sure yet 2 · Rather not say 1