AI Rate Professor

Humanities

Michael Caldwell

HUM120 · HUM110 · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
27/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
20%
Difficulty
2.0

The decision

unless you are comfortable with , and a high risk of a negative classroom experience.

Best fit · Self Taught ProPolarizing instructorHeavy readingDisrespect concernsDiscussion basedUnfair grading complaints
  • Recent reviews are strongly negative and describe disrespect, belittling, poor preparation, and .
  • Older positive reviews praise his intelligence, passion, and reading discussions, but even they warn that students must read a lot.
  • Grades do not look impossible, but recommendation is very low because classroom experience is highly polarizing.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

50/100

Grades range from A+ to D+, and the main cost is heavy reading plus possible unfair grading rather than especially hard content.

because there are zero online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

62/100

Difficulty ratings are generally low, but the reading load and .

All course .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

Participation and , and one review explicitly warns that skipping class will hurt performance.

Only in-person reviews exist, so .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Recent reviews strongly advise avoiding him because of disrespect, belittling, and .

All recommendation evidence is in person, with no online reviews to compare.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

25/100

Several reviews mention tough or , and recent negative reviews describe punishment and a .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

35/100

Students repeatedly mention a lot of .

Format shift

All .

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Recent reviews describe disrespect, mockery, poor preparation, and and passion.

Format shift

All .

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

, and grading complaints, but do not clearly show a purely exam-based or purely assignment-based structure.

Format shift

All .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

8 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are polarized, with recent comments describing a hostile class climate and older comments praising his intelligence and reading-based teaching.

Main concern

The main concern is disrespectful treatment and a miserable classroom experience in recent reviews.

What students said

“ .”
HUM120
“you must be ready for a lot of reading.”
HUM110

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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Reviews do not clearly prove exam format, .

Assessment risk

Varies

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and participation, but do not clearly prove any specific exam policy or .

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ .”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 reviews, highlighting polarized feedback with recent negative classroom-climate concerns and ; credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

30/100

“They talk down to students like we're all idiots and .”

👍 Recommendation Rate

28/100

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📚 Reading Load

35/100

“you must be ready for a lot of reading.”

Theme 1

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

  • If you make a mistake, they'll mock you in front of the entire class.
  • Their attitude is terrible, and they belittle anyone who dares to speak up.
  • , and a miserable class experience.

Theme 2

📚 About Reading and Participation

  • There's a lot of reading, and it's mandatory, but the books are interesting.
  • i didn't expect to have to read so much but in his class get ready you will have to read a lot
  • He makes everyone sit in a circle like we're in kindergarten or therapy-awkward and unproductive.

Theme 3

✅ Positive Outliers

  • Brilliant Teacher. Definitely hot!
  • He is very intelligent man, and loves what he teaches.
  • Dr. Caldwell is freaking awesome.

Data context

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Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

60/100

Evidence confidence

Credibility is medium because there are only 8 reviews and a split between older positive comments and very negative recent comments.

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 52
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 54

Course coverage

HUM1104 reviews
HUM1204 reviews

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

1

A+ 1

B range

4

B 2 · B- 2

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

1

D+ 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values