Robin Averbeck

HIST311 · HIST308 · HISTORY311 · HIST018 · HIST310 · 14 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 32/100
RMP rating: 2.5/5
Take again: 42.86%
Difficulty: 4.1

The decision

Avoid unless and can handle heavy reading.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderHeavy Reading LoadLecture HeavyStrict Essay StandardsPolarizing Online

Essay and .
Workload centers on long .
Online sections work better for organized students; .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

As require near-perfect discussion posts and .

Online students still struggle for As on discussions; as even harsher.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

, and and pacing demanding.

; in-person adds sleep-inducing full-period lectures.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

and note skipping hurts your chance to pass.

In-person more often stresses mandatory presence; .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

42/100

; fans like online structure while many call her the .

Online reviews are more mixed-positive; .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

+, and F-for-one-mistake paper stories show low leniency.

Format shift

Harsh essay and and in-person reviews.

Workload

Heavy

32/100

Weekly long readings, discussion posts, and lecture-heavy weeks create a heavy steady load.

Format shift

Online weeks can demand huge page counts; .

Teaching experience

Poor

35/100

Some praise knowledge and structure, but many report boring lectures and unhelpful or .

Format shift

Online has more positive lecture comments; .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

30/100

Discussions and essays outweigh quizzes; .

Format shift

Online weights discussion posts heavily; and essay exams.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person students mostly describe boring long lectures, mandatory presence, and .

Main concern

Condescending feedback and unrealistically .

What students said

“ and borders on her inventing reasons to ridicule students.”
HIST308

“ to improve and gives an F if you make one mistake.”
HIST310

“ city.”
HISTORY311

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online HIST courses are structured around lectures, quizzes from readings, and heavily weighted discussion posts; some call .

Main concern

Discussion posts and .

What students said

“ reading so they're easy”
HIST311

“ 100 points per discussion post and only 10 per quiz”
HISTORY311

“if you keep up with the workload and pay attention to her lectures her class is not tough to pass.”
HIST311

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and discussion work rather than student-friendly open formats.

Essay and Short AnswerReading-Based QuizzesNo Multiple ChoiceDiscussion Heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and short answer with no multiple choice, plus harsh paper standards.

Essay ExamsShort AnswerNo Multiple Choice

“ .”
HIST018

Online

Online quizzes pull exact lines from readings while and ; proctoring is not clearly described.

Reading QuizzesHeavy Discussion PostsPaper Grading

“ reading so they're easy”
HIST311

“pretty hard grader for .”
HIST311

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Even after following her guidelines she looks for reasons to find fault. ”
Voice snapshots generated from 14 balanced online and and reading load. Credibility rating: Medium.

📝

22/100

“She is a . She would not round my 89% to a 90%.”

📚 Reading Overload

32/100

“Does she really think I'm going to read 70 pages on top of all the ?!”

🖥️ Online Structure Split

42/100

“I don't know why there are so many bad reviews... I'm in her online history class and absolutely love it.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Lectures are super boring, its just her reading the book to you with a powerpoint
I found the .
lectures every single class, while everyone sleeps through the entire lecture.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

city.
gives an F if you make one mistake.
and perfect and youll still struggle to get an A

Theme 3

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and her one-line comment is often riddled with grammatical errors.

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Fourteen mixed online and in-person reviews with consistent tough-grader themes support medium confidence despite smaller sample.

Inside 14 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52

4 out of 55

3 out of 50

2 out of 51

1 out of 56

Course coverage

HIST3117 reviews

HISTORY3113 reviews

HIST3102 reviews

HIST0181 review

HIST3081 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

10 reported outcomes

A range

A 3

B range

B+ 1 · B 4

C range

C 1

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Not sure yet 1

Robin Averbeck

Avoid unless x x x x x x x x and can handle heavy reading.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Mandatory

Depends

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

📝 x x x

📚 Reading Overload

🖥️ Online Structure Split

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

⚠️ x x x x

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

Avoid unless and can handle heavy reading.

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