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Art

Alison Elder

PHOT154 · PHOTOGRAPHY100 · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating
48/100
RMP rating
2.9/5
Take again
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Difficulty
2.5

The decision

Only consider her history-style photo classes if you want light weekly work and ; skip if you need engaging lectures.

Best fit · Effort For RewardTedious LecturesExtra Credit AvailablePolarizingYells at StudentsEasy Tests Possible
  • Photography history can be easy with , and lots of .
  • Other students call lectures tedious and report yelling .
  • easy A .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

76/100

Multiple As reported with , and plentiful , though written work can be graded stingily.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

65/100

Content is often easy with light weekly work, but some sections demand memorizing dates and obscure book facts.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

; one notes only needing to come once a week for homework.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

Half strongly praise easy workload and sweetness; and yelling.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

and easy tests help grades, but .

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Workload

Light

72/100

Weekly homework about 15 minutes, few tests, group project, and keep load light for many.

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Teaching experience

Average

45/100

Sweet and easygoing for some; tedious powerpoints and yelling for others create a split experience.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

65/100

Several tests, non-cumulative final, in-class essay, plus weekly homework and one group project.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Two glowing easy-A reviews for PHOT154 contrast with two very negative PHOTOGRAPHY100 reviews citing tedious powerpoints and yelling.

Main concern

Tedious lectures and reported yelling in some sections with .

What students said

“This class was very easy. Only 4 tests, non cumulative final. You could cram for each test and still get all A's.”
PHOT154
“Powerpoints and lectures are nothing short of tedious. and her tendency to lose herself and yell at students.”
PHOTOGRAPHY100
“lots of . Was difficult *for an art history class*, required a lot of dates and obscure info from book for test.”
PHOT154

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.

In-class tests and essay with book-heavy facts; .

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Multiple non-cumulative tests, possible in-class essay, book-dependent .

Non-cumulative finalFew testsBook requiredIn-class essay
“Only 4 tests, non cumulative final. You could cram for each test and still get all A's.”
PHOT154
“3 tests, an in , and a field trip.”
PHOT154

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Powerpoints and lectures are nothing short of tedious. and her tendency to lose herself and yell at students.”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 polarized in-person reviews across two photography courses. Credibility rating: Low.

📚 Easy Course Path

80/100

“This class was very easy. Only 4 tests, non cumulative final. You could cram for each test and still get all A's.”

😠 Negative Classroom Tone

20/100

“her tendency to lose herself and yell at students. .”

⭐ Friendly

75/100

“plenty of opportunities for . Very sweet professor with an easy going disposition.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Lecture is just powerpoints
  • Powerpoints and lectures are nothing short of tedious.
  • Very sweet professor with an easy going disposition.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • You could cram for each test and still get all A's.
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  • weekly hw assignment (15 minutes easily).

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • !
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  • Very sweet professor with an easy going disposition.

Data context

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Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

4

Lifetime ratings

42/100

Evidence confidence

Four in-person reviews from 2013-2014 are highly polarized by course, limiting confidence in a single profile.

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

PHOT1542 reviews
PHOTOGRAPHY1002 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

No reported values