AI Rate Professor

Physics & Planetary Sciences

Harry Filkorn

GEOLO6 · GEOLOGY1 · OCEAN3335 · GEOLO1 · GEOLOGYI · GEO3232 · GEOLOGY001 · EARTH03 · GEOL1 · OCEAN1 · GEO1 · GEOL6 · GEOL412 · OCEANO1 · GEOL01 · EARTH003 · OCEAN01 · GEO6 · EARTH001 · 40 lifetime ratings

AI rating
66/100
RMP rating
4.1/5
Take again
58.82%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

Take him if , and use study guides; expect and a lecture-heavy style.

Best fit · Effort For RewardLecture heavyStudy guidesHandwritten notes on examsCaringPop quizzes
  • Many students like his humor, fairness, and study guides that overlap exams
  • In-person geology and oceanography are often doable with notes and attendance
  • Online labs and As

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

A is reachable with notes, study guides, and multi-attempt work, but labs and .

Some online reviews call easy A; others say A needs effort while B or C is easier.

Is the course easy?

Standard

52/100

Concepts are introductory earth science but lectures pack detail and .

or lab-heavy sections.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

and note-taking tied to exams.

Online ; in-person frequently requires showing up.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

About 59 percent would take again; fans praise care and fairness while others dislike monotone teaching or .

experiences.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

62/100

Study-guide overlap, allowed notes, curves, and .

Format shift

; and accommodations.

Workload

Moderate

52/100

Heavy notes and quizzes plus labs, but and no textbook in many sections soften the load.

Format shift

Online reports two weekly assignments; in-person stresses note-taking and pop quizzes.

Teaching experience

Good

72/100

Students call him caring and helpful with solid study support, though some find lectures dry or .

Format shift

no-presence complaints.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

Exams, quizzes, and as support rather than pure projects.

Format shift

Both formats emphasize tests and labs; online adds multi-attempt quizzes.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

35 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person students mostly praise a , and fair curves if you study.

Main concern

Monotone lecture-heavy delivery and .

What students said

“He lets you so ”
GEOLOGY1
“He is an amazing professor and has a good sense of humor”
GEOLOGY1
“Might be the . He is a nice guy, but has absolutely no idea how to teach”
EARTH003

Remote format

Online

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online earth and and multi-attempt assignments, but and instructor presence feels limited.

Main concern

and office hours can be scarce.

What students said

“Getting a B or a C in this class is easy but you will need to put in effort to get an A”
EARTH003
“If you're looking for an easy A !”
EARTH003
“Professor was non exisistent didnot have office hours no ”
EARTH03

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams often reuse practice questions and allow handwritten notes; labs and .

Handwritten notes allowedPractice testsMultiple choicePop quizzesStudy guides

Assessment risk

Standard

62/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

with reused items, and pair with pop quizzes and lab work.

Handwritten notes on examsPractice test overlapPop quizzesLecture slides by email
“He also gives out a , and about half of the questions on the practice are reused on the exam”
GEOLOGY1
“He lets you so ”
GEOLOGY1

Online

Online sections use multi-attempt assignments and ; labs are high stakes without strong guided support.

Multi-attempt assignmentsQuizzes with two chancesLab exercisesPowerPoint lectures
“the assignments have the unlimited tries option so you can get a 100 every time and the ”
EARTH003
“He assigned two assignments per week with multiple attempts which meant passing was easy”
OCEAN01

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“He lets you so ”

Voice snapshots generated from 41 reviews across online and . Credibility rating: High.

📝

62/100

“about half of the questions on the practice are reused on the exam”

🎯 Teaching Quality

72/100

“He is an amazing professor and has a good sense of humor”

👍 Recommendation Split

58/100

“If you're looking for an easy A !”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • his humor was there but the way he taught was very monotone
  • Amazing professor. !
  • Lectures feel like eternity, he reads off of his powerpoint

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • the course is pretty easy just pay attention and study for the tests
  • Easy B and C but must work for A
  • Just make a quizlet out of the and you'll get an A

Theme 3

🧪 About Labs and Online Work

  • Get ready to do your own research in order to answer the labs

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

41

Recent reviews read by the AI

40

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

41 reviews over many years covering online and in-person geology and oceanography with mixed but detailed grade and .

Inside 41 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 523
4 out of 510
3 out of 53
2 out of 51
1 out of 54

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

19 reported outcomes

A range

10

A+ 1 · A 9

B range

6

B+ 2 · B 4

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

2

D+ 1 · D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

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No reported values