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Anthropology

Nancy Garr

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AI rating
74/100
RMP rating
4.1/5
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Difficulty
2.9

The decision

if you want real physical anthropology learning and will use her study guides; skip if you need a low-effort GE.

Best fit · Effort For RewardPassionate AnthropologistStudy-Guide Driven TestsOff-Topic TangentsLecture-HeavyHelpful Outside Class
  • Most students praise her passion and thorough study guides that .
  • Tests and ; and memorization.
  • Mixed reports of rambling lectures and treating students like children, but many still learn a lot.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

An A is reachable with study guides, notes, and consistent study, but and detail-heavy rather than free.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

Content is dense physical anthropology with lots of vocab and memorization, though lectures and guides make it manageable.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

42/100

as important because tests come straight from lectures, even .

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

Most students recommend her for learning and helpfulness, with a minority .

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

and quiz performance; appears sometimes but A grades still need real study.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

48/100

and a few big tests; labs often pack heavy worksheets into short windows.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Good

73/100

Students , and helpful, though rambling and off-topic stories frustrate some.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Grades hinge mainly on weekly quizzes and .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person lectures mix passionate storytelling with occasional long tangents; , and her study guides.

Main concern

Long tests and if you only want a light requirement.

What students said

“If you apply your self and do her study guides, the class is super easy.”
ANTH300
“She keeps me awake the entire time; the 3 hour class goes by fast.”
PHYSICALANTHR
“The . Be prepared to quote her word-for-word or fail.”
ANTH300

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

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, and often require precise notes or study-guide mastery rather than open-book formats.

Lecture-Based TestsStudy Guides Match ExamsLong TestsWeekly QuizzesEssay/Short Answer Detail

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and and study guides, with some students calling essays and vocab sections very hard.

Study GuidesLong Lecture TestsVocab MemorizationQuizzes
“She GIVES YOU THE !”
PHYSICALANTHRO
“ . She tests on too specific of details that no one remembered.”
ANTH300

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you apply your self and do her study guides, the class is super easy. She is also very sweet. If you are looking for a class that you have to do no work this is not the class.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews spanning 2002-2014, highlighting teaching, exams, and workload themes. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Passion

73/100

“She's passionate about what she is teaching and provide a lot of different resources to help students to get a good grade.”

📘 Study Guide Advantage

70/100

“Physical Anthro is a hard class with a lot of information. Because of that, Nancy provides wonderful study guides that give you EVERY QUESTION that might be on the test.”

⚠️ Rambling Lectures

45/100

“She gets side tracked and rambles easily, she interchanges vocab terms and we students are always asking, Did you mean to say _____?”

📈 Effort-Based Grades

58/100

“I do not think that the . I mean, they are easy if you are looking for a B/C-grade, but to maintain an A, one has to study hard.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • naturally humorous and easy going. Well liked by all.
  • She makes the somewhat dry text relate to interesting real-life examples.
  • sadly very dull teching style.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Pretty easy if you ask me, her tests are directly off her study guides.
  • Lots and lots of work. .
  • Not the easiest class, but manageable. There is a lot to memorize so make flash cards!

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Mrs.Garr is awesome. Her experience keeps the lectures interesting, and and willing to help.
  • prepare to be treated like a child.
  • ....

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

51

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed in-person reviews spanning many years show consistent , and teaching style.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 529
4 out of 511
3 out of 54
2 out of 56
1 out of 51

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

2

B 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

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No letter grade reported

2

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