AI Rate Professor

History

Jacob Whittaker

HIST311 · HIST308 · HIST321 · HIST202 · HIST310 · HIST307 · HISTORY364 · HIST365 · HIST364 · 14 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
—
Difficulty
2.9

The decision

if you have any other history option; poor organization and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProMonotone LecturesSlow GradingDisorganizedBoring DeliveryAvoid If Possible
  • Lectures are widely described as monotone, rambling, and .
  • Grades and all.
  • A minority find content interesting, but most urge students to pick another history professor.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Several students say you must already know history or work hard for an A, and .

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content ranges from manageable intro material to advanced classes that are not a walk in the park.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

72/100

At , and comments focus more on lecture quality than roll-taking.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Most , and missing grades.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

35/100

Delayed or missing grades and and opaque even when content is not brutal.

Format shift

All evidence from in-person reviews.

Workload

Moderate

52/100

Typical load is a few response papers plus midterm and .

Format shift

All evidence from in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Students repeatedly call lectures boring, monotone, rambling, and poorly timed.

Format shift

All evidence from in-person reviews.

Assessment method

Balanced

48/100

and finals, and occasional quizzes tied to the book.

Format shift

All evidence from in-person reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person students report monotone lectures that run over time, little participation, late or missing grades, and .

Main concern

Unreturned work and their grade.

What students said

“Absolute worst teacher I have ever had. He did not grade a so no one knew their grade.”
HIST307
“Professor talks (monotone) 2 hours straight with no breaks & no student interaction.”
HIST308
“If you have y other option for a history teacher, do yourself a favor and !”
HIST307

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessments are mostly essay exams and papers with study guides; reviews .

Essay ExamsStudy Guide TopicsMidterm and Final

Assessment risk

Standard

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals, response papers, and long topic lists on study guides.

Essay MidtermEssay FinalResponse PapersStudy Guide
“Midterm study guide has 24 topics to write about & 2 essay question, test only has 1 essay & 5 topics.”
HIST311
“3 response papers, 2 essay exams, & term paper.”
HIST307

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you have y other option for a history teacher, do yourself a favor and !”

Voice snapshots generated from 14 in-person reviews (2012-2015), , and . Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

30/100

“Monotone and boring. Lectures make no sense & are exactly the same as the book essentially class time is wasted.”

🚫 Recommendation

22/100

“ . .”

⏳

28/100

“He takes forever to return your work, he literally posted two grades the entire semester.”

📚 Course Challenge

48/100

“its not going to be a walk in the park.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Someone help! I'm dying of boredom. Monotone voice.
  • Lectures are all over the place. NEVER STOPS TALKING!
  • .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • interesting class but not a class for an easy A
  • If you want to pass with an A, .
  • he did not grade a

Theme 3

⚠️ About Organization

  • Ran out of time for every lecture because he didn't manage his time.
  • he was 35 because he forgot it was at 8.
  • .

Data context

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Analysis sample

14

Recent reviews read by the AI

14

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Fourteen detailed in-person reviews from 2012-2015 are consistent on boredom and , but all are older and lack recent data.

Inside 14 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 51
3 out of 52
2 out of 55
1 out of 54

Course coverage

HIST3076 reviews
HIST2021 review
HIST3081 review
HIST3101 review
HIST3111 review
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HIST3211 review
HIST3641 review
HIST3651 review
HISTORY3641 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not_Sure_Yet 1