AI Rate Professor

Political Science

John Fortuna

POSC25 · POLI25 · POSC1 · POS1 · 20 lifetime ratings

AI rating
78/100
RMP rating
3.6/5
Take again
76.47%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if you can keep up with readings and lectures, but if you want a low-effort political science class.

Best fit · Effort For RewardReading HeavyLecture HeavyPop QuizzesClear Study GuidesMixed Grading
  • Students often praise Fortuna as knowledgeable, funny, and and study guides match the tests.
  • The class usually , and essay exams rather than minimal work.
  • Grading and but harsh or rigid to others, especially in POSC25.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

A is realistic for organized students, but reading, quizzes, essays, and .

Online students describe straightforward structures, while in-person students , and tough grading.

Is the course easy?

Standard

52/100

The political science content is manageable, but and .

Online reviews call lectures straightforward, while and lecture-heavy pacing.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

because students mention pop quizzes, participation, and grade loss for missing class.

; online reviews focus more on deadlines and weekly participation.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

and personality, but several warn that his grading and workload are frustrating.

Online reviews are more consistently favorable, while and strong dislike.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

Some students report and feedback, but others repeatedly call him a tough or .

Format shift

Online grading seems structured but deadline-sensitive, while .

Workload

Heavy

34/100

Students repeatedly mention heavy , and weekly work.

Format shift

Online workload centers on lectures, discussions, quizzes, and essays, while and pop quizzes.

Teaching experience

Good

76/100

Many students find him knowledgeable, funny, and clear, though some describe him as boring or discouraging.

Format shift

Online students praise structure and lecture alignment, while experience.

Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

, and essay tests rather than one dominant category.

Format shift

Online reviews mention discussions and essay tests more, while , and finals.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

15 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews are more mixed, with strong praise for personality and knowledge but , and harsh grading.

Main concern

and and preparation important.

What students said

“His class does require a lot of time and work.”
POSC25
“Such a word.”
POSC25

Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Online reviews are mostly positive about structure and lectures, but , and tight deadlines.

Main concern

, and .

What students said

“ , and a .”
POSC25
“This professor has potential, but .”
POLI25

Exam style

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Reviews describe essay tests, midterms, finals, and pop quizzes, but they .

Essay-Based TestsMidtermFinal ExamStudy GuidesPop Quizzes

Assessment risk

Standard

60/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews , and prompts or study guides, but do not clearly prove closed-book rules.

Pop QuizzesEssay Format TestsMidtermFinalStudy Guides
“ .”
POSC25
“Study guides for the midterm and tests”
POSC25

Online

Online , and one final exam, but do not clearly prove webcam, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, or open-book policies.

Essay-Based TestsMidtermFinal ExamWeekly Quizzes
“ , and a .”
POSC25
“1 Midterm, 1 paper, and 1 final exam”
POSC1

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Fortuna's a pretty solid teacher. Gives tons of reading and the class is definitely lecture heavy, although he puts up the so you can miss a class or two and lectures can be a little dry sometimes.”

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

🎯 Teaching Quality

76/100

“Mr. Fortuna is passionate, extremely knowledgeable, & funny.”

📚 Workload Reality

34/100

“He is hilarious but he gives A LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT of reading.”

👍 Recommendation Level

72/100

“One of the !”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Hes a solid teacher, I enjoyed listening to his lectures, his PowerPoints are thorough and I felt like I didnt need to go too in-depth in the book, I actually rarely opened it!
  • I Love him! He is so great! !!!!
  • Lectures can be dry but if you participate and get into it, it's pretty interesting.

Theme 2

📚 About Workload

  • so prepare yourself for 20 pages plus of reading
  • You really do need to read the textbook and .
  • His class does require a lot of time and work.

Theme 3

⚖️ About Grades

  • Easy A
  • Such a word.
  • if you visit him during office hours!

Data context

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Analysis sample

20

Recent reviews read by the AI

20

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty reviews across many years and both formats , and mixed grading.

Inside 20 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 54
3 out of 54
2 out of 51
1 out of 53

Course coverage

POSC259 reviews
POSC18 reviews
POS12 reviews
POLI251 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

15 reported outcomes

A range

9

A 7 · A- 2

B range

4

B 4

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 1