AI Rate Professor

Psychology

James Clifford

PSYC100 · PYSCH120 · PSYC220 · PSYCH120 · PSCYH100 · DEVELOPMENTAL · PSY100 · PSCH100 · PSY200 · PSYC120 · PSYCH100 · 420 lifetime ratings

AI rating
13/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
26.83%
Difficulty
2.8

The decision

Avoid him unless you are and a heavy workload.

Best fit · Self Taught ProConfusing assignmentsHeavy workloadHarsh gradingOld lecturesAvoid if possible
  • Students repeatedly , and disorganized lectures.
  • Workload is the dominant complaint, with many reviews citing hours of and long videos.
  • Some students still earn A or B grades through , but most do not recommend the experience.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Many students still report A or B grades, but they often describe hours of confusing work, harsh grading, and .

Online students mostly describe stressful effort, while .

Is the course easy?

Standard

43/100

The psychology content may be introductory, but unclear lectures and should.

Online reviews emphasize outdated materials, while and assignments.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

62/100

Reviews focus more on online videos and assignments than attendance rules, and .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Most because the workload, grading, and and frustrating.

Online reviews are overwhelmingly negative, and in-person reviews are mixed but still mostly negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

Students repeatedly say he is a , and rarely grades critical thinking assignments above a B.

Format shift

and in-person reviews.

Workload

Overwhelming

10/100

Many students describe hours of , and heavy weekly assignment loads.

Format shift

Online workload complaints are especially intense, while .

Teaching experience

Awful

20/100

Students often say lectures are old, disorganized, unclear, repetitive, and .

Format shift

Online teaching is described as especially weak, while .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

25/100

Grades appear driven mostly by critical thinking assignments, homework sheets, textbook quizzes, papers, and .

Format shift

Both .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

30 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

, though a few students say the class can be easy or engaging if you put in the work.

Main concern

The , and lectures that many students find repetitive or unclear.

What students said

“This was THE weirdest class I've ever had.”
100
“Professor Clifford's class is very difficult for no reason.”
200
“yo this class was light work. very chill professor, , take home quizzes (open note).”
100

Remote format

Online

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are strongly negative, with repeated complaints about , and excessive work.

Main concern

The main concern is a heavy online workload with and weak lecture support.

What students said

“Every lecture is old and only consist of a single Word document that .”
PSYC120
“Be prepared to spend .”
PSYCH120
“ .”
DEVELOPMENTAL

Exam style

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Exam evidence is inconsistent, with some students reporting take-home or open-note quizzes and , while .

Take-Home QuizzesOpen-Note QuizzesNo Midterms or FinalsTests Hard in Some Sections

Assessment risk

Varies

72/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews include take-home quizzes, open-note quizzes, and one report of , but .

Take-Home QuizzesOpen-Note QuizzesNo Midterms or FinalsTests Hard in Some Sections
“ so poorly- totally incomprehensible despite my 100% attendance.”
100
“yo this class was light work. very chill professor, , take home quizzes (open note).”
100
“ material not being findable through modules or even the textbook.”
PSYC100

Online

Online reviews do not clearly prove webcam, .

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Professor Clifford's class is very difficult for no reason.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and recommendation tone. Credibility rating: High.

⚠️ Teaching Quality

20/100

“Although he knows his material, he clearly has no idea how to teach it.”

📚 Workload Pressure

10/100

“Be prepared to spend .”

⚖️

18/100

“Doesn't give higher .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He doesn't really give good lectures online.
  • His style of teaching is so bad I understand the textbook more than his lectures.
  • so monotone and repetitive.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • thinking assignments...
  • I would spend hours on his repetitive critical thinking assignments just to get a .
  • The class wasn't terrible! I didn't necessarily get good grades on the writing assignments and I even skipped one of them, but still ended with an A.

Theme 3

🚫 About Student Warnings

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Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

420

Lifetime ratings

96/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across online and , and highly consistent evidence despite a few positive outliers.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 597
4 out of 565
3 out of 553
2 out of 564
1 out of 5143

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

48 reported outcomes

A range

16

A+ 1 · A 13 · A- 2

B range

19

B+ 10 · B 9

C range

3

C 2 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

8

Audit/No Grade 1 · Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Not sure yet 4