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Anthropology

Lara Braff

ANT122 · ANTH130 · ANTH120 · ANTHRO8409 · ANTH122 · ANTHRO120 · ANTHRO130 · ANTH120130 · 41 lifetime ratings

AI rating
68/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
Take again
60.98%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

if you can keep up with reading and prefer structured anthropology content, but if AI-checking disputes or slow communication would stress you.

Best fit · Effort For RewardReading HeavyExtra CreditLecture HeavyMixed CommunicationAI Detector Concerns
  • Students often find the material interesting and manageable when they keep up with readings, quizzes, and study guides.
  • , curves, and clear study materials can make strong grades realistic, but recent reviews raise serious AI-checking and .
  • and care, while online reviews more often mention distance, communication problems, and AI detector stress.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

68/100

An A is very possible with readings, quizzes, study guides, and , but and AI-checking complaints make it more than a free A.

Online evidence is more mixed because easy workload comments sit beside AI-detector complaints, while in-person evidence more , and .

Is the course easy?

Beginner

62/100

The course content is usually understandable GE-level anthropology, but the , and .

Online students emphasize reading and videos, while , and exams.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

, though some in-person reviews suggest showing up and taking notes matters.

Online reviews focus on module completion, while notes and test success.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

61/100

Recommendations are split because many students praise her structure and insight, while others , and AI accusations.

, while online reviews contain stronger recent warnings about communication and AI checking.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

, curves, and dropped grades help, but several students call her strict and say small grade bumps or AI accusations can hurt.

Format shift

Online grading concerns center on AI detection and few graded items, while and strict rounding complaints.

Workload

Moderate

52/100

The workload is steady with readings, videos, quizzes, tests, discussions, and occasional group work rather than overwhelming for most students.

Format shift

Online reviews mention weekly modules and heavy reading, while , and exams.

Teaching experience

Average

64/100

Her teaching is praised as passionate and informative by many students, but , and harsh interactions.

Format shift

In-person students more often praise lectures and care, while online students more often report limited contact and uneven support.

Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

Assessment appears to combine quizzes, tests, reading responses, discussions, projects, essays, and a .

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize quizzes, tests, discussions, and videos, while , and lecture notes.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

23 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person reviews are polarized but often praise her lectures, passion, study guides, and while warning about fast lectures and .

Main concern

Some students say lectures move fast and .

What students said

“She absolutely care for her students and gives lots of opportunities for as well as grades on a curve.”
ANTH120
“ .... she made the course way harder than it should be.”
ANTH120
“The exam and if you put the effort of studying them.”
ANTH120

Remote format

Online

18 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews describe a manageable but reading-heavy class with , and recent AI-detector complaints.

Main concern

Recent online students report hard-to-reach communication and aggressive AI checking.

What students said

“This professor uses sketchy AI detectors for everything.”
ANTH120
“Pretty easy class though, albeit quite a lot of reading.”
ANTH120
“It was an easy class but only if you read everything and watch the videos.”
ANTH120

Exam style

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Exams and quizzes are usually described as study-guide or , Lockdown Browser, or strict proctoring rules.

Weekly QuizzesChapter TestsStudy GuidesFinal ExamTest Heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and tests, but they do not clearly prove closed-book rules, proctoring, or open-book policies.

QuizzesStudy GuidesExamsTest Heavy
“The exam and if you put the effort of studying them.”
ANTH120
“The study guides are exactly what is in the test.”
ANT122
“There's only 3 exams, which she gives you amazing study guides for.”
ANTH120

Online

Online reviews mention chapter quizzes, tests, and a , but they do not clearly prove webcam, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, open-book, or .

Chapter QuizzesPeriodic TestsSmall Final Exam
“you get around 1 quiz per week”
ANTH120
“about every 3-4 weeks, she gives you a Test 25 questions”
ANTH120
“A .”
ANTH120

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“She absolutely care for her students and gives lots of opportunities for as well as grades on a curve.”

Voice snapshots generated from 41 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and online experience. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

64/100

“This is my second course with this professor and it was just as great as the first one.”

⚖️

58/100

“She couldn't give me at least a C . I had a 69%.”

📚 Workload Pattern

52/100

“It took at least 1 and a half hours to get through 1 module because there was so much reading and videos.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She absolutely care for her students and gives lots of opportunities for as well as grades on a curve.
  • and interactive with her students and the course is well structured.
  • and you have to continuously tell her to go back to slides because she moves on too fast.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Easiest A ever, she gives tons of and gave extension on the final.
  • The exam and if you put the effort of studying them.
  • .... she made the course way harder than it should be.

Theme 3

💻 About Online Experience

  • This professor uses sketchy AI detectors for everything.
  • Got no emails/announcements and very little notifications from her throughout the semester besides her posting the week's assignments.
  • Pretty easy class though, albeit quite a lot of reading.

Data context

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Analysis sample

41

Recent reviews read by the AI

41

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

The profile has 41 reviews across many years and both formats, with enough detailed agreement to identify real patterns despite polarized opinions.

Inside 41 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 512
4 out of 58
3 out of 58
2 out of 57
1 out of 56

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

28 reported outcomes

A range

20

A+ 9 · A 10 · A- 1

B range

6

B+ 3 · B 2 · B- 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

1

D+ 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1