AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

James Duran

MATH300 · MATH342 · MATH334 · MATH120 · BUSCALC · MATH100 · MATH104 · 19 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
3.6

The decision

Avoid unless you are already strong in math and can teach yourself from the book.

Best fit · Self Taught ProReads from the bookPop quiz heavyPoor explanationsHigh drop ratesStay away warnings
  • Dominant theme is ineffective teaching from the textbook with .
  • Daily or , and little help produce high stress and poor grades.
  • Would-take-again is 0% and many students call him the .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Reported grades cluster at D+/D-/F with and no easy path to A described in recent reviews.

Both the one online and as very hard.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

Material is standard college math , and quiz pressure.

Online and .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

40/100

for absences; others say not mandatory but quizzes punish ditching.

; older in-person notes are mixed.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

and a long run of stay-away warnings dominate the record.

Online and ; rare older positive notes are outnumbered.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

28/100

Tough grader tags, hard tests, no calculators or for many, and D/F outcomes are common.

Format shift

One older comment claims easy grading; majority report hard grading and failure risk.

Workload

Heavy

32/100

Daily or , and homework with strict lateness rules create constant pressure.

Format shift

Both formats emphasize frequent quizzes and tests.

Teaching experience

Awful

22/100

Students repeatedly say he reads the , and offers little help.

Format shift

Online review matches in-person complaints about book-only rushed teaching.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Pop quizzes and hard tests drive the .

Format shift

Online and and tests.

Luni fit check

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

Course format

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Classroom format

In person

18 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Most reviews , and low pass outcomes; a few older positives note niceness if you ask questions.

Main concern

, and little effective instruction.

What students said

“This guy was the academic career.”
120
“ !”
100
“ ”
MATH342

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Single online review describes and , and a strong stay-away warning.

Main concern

Horrible communication and zero support while rushing multiple hard assessments.

What students said

“If you like math or .”
MATH300

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and little leniency; not described as open-book or proctored software.

Pop quizzesHard testsNo calculators (reported)Trick-feeling questionsTake-home quizzes (older)

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person sections feature frequent or daily quizzes and ; a .

Daily quizzesHard testsPop quizzes for absencesTake-home quizzes (older)
“Expect if enough people don't show up.”
MATH300
“ !! .”
MATH120

Online

Online review reports multiple really hard quizzes and .

Multiple hard quizzesHard testsTest heavy
“ and tests.”
MATH300

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you like math or .”

Voice snapshots generated from 19 math reviews (1 online, 18 in-person), focusing on teaching failure and assessment stress. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫 Teaching Disaster

22/100

“His teaching style is horrible. Teaches straight from the book”

📝 Quiz Overload

32/100

“ ”

📉 Pass Rate Fear

12/100

“half the class dropped”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • teaches straight from the book
  • and skips steps
  • Dry and monotone

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • His pass fail rates are awful
  • he seems to like to trick students

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

  • controlling and gets angry over petty things
  • Offers NO help at all
  • awkward and unpleasant

Data context

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Analysis sample

19

Recent reviews read by the AI

19

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

Nineteen reviews with strong negative consistency, but many are older and only one is online, so recent format coverage is thin.

Inside 19 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 53
3 out of 52
2 out of 50
1 out of 511

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

D range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

5

D+ 4 · D- 1

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1