AI Rate Professor

Communication

Fermin Irigoyen

COMM130 · COMM100 · ECON101 · COMM110 · 43 lifetime ratings

AI rating
29/100
RMP rating
2.5/5
Take again
34.88%
Difficulty
3.2

The decision

unless you can self-teach from the , and accept strict grading risk.

Best fit · Self Taught ProHarsh gradingDisorganized lecturesTextbook dependentQuiz heavyPolarizing personality
  • Recent reviews are strongly , and poor support.
  • and describe an easy class with humor and .
  • Online reviews are especially risky because quizzes, textbook dependence, and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

Some older reviews call it easy, but many students report , and grades dropping sharply from one mistake.

Online reviews lean much harder due to quizzes and strict grading, while and severe recent complaints.

Is the course easy?

Standard

45/100

The communication content is not inherently hard, but , and quiz design make the course feel harder than it should.

Online difficulty is driven by modules and quizzes, while in-person difficulty is driven by unfocused lectures and .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

, and missing participation can hurt outcomes.

, while one online positive review says lectures were non-mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

30/100

Most recent students do not recommend him because of , and uncomfortable classroom behavior.

Both formats include warnings, but online reviews are more consistently negative and .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

20/100

Many students describe tough grading, , and little flexibility for mistakes.

Format shift

and assignment credit, while in-person complaints focus on speeches, attendance, and few graded assignments.

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Workload is not always large, but quizzes, textbook reading, modules, speeches, and .

Format shift

Online work is textbook and quiz centered, while reading-heavy quiz preparation.

Teaching experience

Poor

32/100

Reviews often , and inconsistent professionalism despite some older praise for humor.

Format shift

Online reviews stress lack of support, while and inconsistent classroom behavior.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

76/100

, and a few high-impact graded items, with speeches or modules depending on the course.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize quizzes and tests, while , and few major assignments.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

32 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are highly polarized, with older praise for humor and ease but many recent , and .

Main concern

Class time may feel unfocused while grading and .

What students said

“class time is useless we talk about random, unimportant things.”
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“Class is an easy A and there are .”
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Remote format

Online

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are mostly negative, with repeated complaints about harsh grading, , and weak support.

Main concern

Online students report , and little help when problems happen.

What students said

“Terrible teacher with a really tough grading system that ”
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“Not the or help when it comes to assignments”
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Exam style

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The strongest exam evidence points to proctored, timed, textbook-specific quizzes that students often describe as strict or tricky.

Proctorio ProctoredTimed QuizzesQuiz HeavyTextbook Specific Tests

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and one proctored quiz system, but do not clearly prove open-book or closed-book rules.

QuizzesPop QuizzesProctored Quizzes
“He also uses Proctored for quizzes”
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“BEWARE OF POP QUIZZES”
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Online

Online reviews explicitly mention Proctorio, short timed quizzes, and textbook-specific multiple-choice tests.

Proctorio ProctoredTimed QuizzesTextbook Specific Tests
“Proctorio proctored, 30 questions each, multiple-choice, textbook specifics”
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“tricky quizzes (30 questions in just minutes proctored, 6 times during the course)”
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Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ !”

Voice snapshots generated from 43 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and format differences; credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

32/100

“ .”

⚖️

20/100

“ ”

🧪

28/100

“tricky quizzes (30 questions in just minutes proctored, 6 times during the course)”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Lectures rambled on a bit
  • He talks a lot and engages with his students.
  • Teacher , has no modules displayed, and .
  • Fermin was the at CSM.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • I got one bad grade and it brought down my entire letter grade to a C because he only grades 3 assignments.
  • His class was really easy, basically had to copy from the textbook for lab modules
  • Definitely an easy A if !
  • He is a

Theme 3

📚 About Textbook and Quizzes

  • Textbook is overpriced but it worked well enough.
  • Makes you buy his textbook for no reason and barely teaches
  • No sadly.

Data context

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Analysis sample

43

Recent reviews read by the AI

43

Lifetime ratings

96/100

Evidence confidence

Forty-three reviews across many years and both formats provide rich, consistent evidence of recent risk despite older mixed positives.

Inside 43 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 57
3 out of 53
2 out of 56
1 out of 519

Course coverage

COMM11024 reviews
COMM13015 reviews
COMM1003 reviews
ECON1011 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

32 reported outcomes

A range

9

A 8 · A- 1

B range

7

B+ 1 · B 6

C range

6

C+ 2 · C 4

D range

2

D 1 · D- 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

8

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Incomplete 2 · Not sure yet 4