AI Rate Professor

Journalism

Rod Lyons

PHOTO20 · V8124 · PHOTO101 · PHOTO10 · 10 lifetime ratings

AI rating
42/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
3.4

The decision

if you are serious about photography and can handle tough critique and material costs.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderPhotography Boot CampNo-Nonsense CriticMaterial CostsSerious Students Only
  • Strong craft knowledge for students who want real photo training, not a fun elective.
  • Many call him a tough, sometimes condescending critic with heavy weekly assignments.
  • Requires your own camera and extra material spending.
  • respected by serious shooters, hated by casual takers.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

and strict technical standards mean an A requires real craft effort, not just showing up.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content is standard photo technique made harder by rigid limits and frequent assignments.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

35/100

as expected for lab-based photo work, with little flexibility noted.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

50/100

; serious photo students praise growth, casual students strongly dislike him.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

32/100

Repeatedly called one of the toughest graders, with inconsistent or harsh critique.

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Workload

Heavy

34/100

Weekly assignments, material prep, and .

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Teaching experience

Average

52/100

Knows the craft and can teach well, but patience and tone divide students.

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Grades revolve around weekly photo assignments and prints more than traditional exams.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

: weekly technical assignments, strict critique, and high material cost, with split opinions on his patience.

Main concern

Harsh critique, weekly DVD-style submissions, and required equipment spending.

What students said

“He made me hate photography. be creative with too many limitations”
PHOTO101
“His classes are photography boot camps of sorts. If you're taking photography for the fun of ”
91021
“He is hard, but a really really good teacher. I learned more than ever in his class”
PHOTO10

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.

Assessment is mostly assignment and critique based; .

Assignment HeavyEasy Tests MentionedLab Critique

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person evaluation centers on weekly photo work and .

Weekly AssignmentsLab CritiqueTough Grading
“you will learn from him (and the !)”
91021
“ be creative with too many limitations”
PHOTO101

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you're taking photography for the fun of , but if .”

Voice snapshots generated from 10 in-person reviews, highlighting craft rigor versus harsh critique. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

52/100

“He is hard, but a really really good teacher. I learned more than ever in his class”

⚖️

32/100

“He's a .”

📦 Workload & Cost

34/100

“You NEED a camera and spend about $100 .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Awesome Instructor!!!
  • He can be no nonsense and serious which can be intimidating at first
  • Prof Lyons has no patience and will only crush your photography.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • He puts peoples work down alot.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

10

Recent reviews read by the AI

10

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Only 10 reviews, many old and short, with but uneven detail.

Inside 10 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

PHOTO104 reviews
PHOTO1013 reviews
910211 review
PHOTO201 review
V81241 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

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A range

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B range

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C range

0

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D range

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F

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No letter grade reported

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