AI Rate Professor

Political Science

Jim Dawson

ONLINE · 3 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.0/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
5.0

The decision

Skip this professor if you care about your grade or .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderTest HeavyTricky QuestionsHeavy ReadingPoor Course Format
  • All three reviews rate quality at 1 and .
  • Grades rest , and final with intentionally tricky questions.
  • Huge reading load and no study guides make preparation extremely hard.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

8/100

, and intentionally tricky high-stakes tests make an A nearly unreachable.

Online and and .

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

12/100

Massive reading plus tricky timed assessments make the course extremely hard.

Both formats report max difficulty and .

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

70/100

, though one marks it yes.

Online review says no; in-person evidence is mixed.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

and every review calls the experience the .

Online and .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

10/100

, and intentionally tricky questions create harsh outcomes.

Format shift

Harsh grading appears in both online and in-person reviews.

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Heaps of articles, daily logs, and .

Format shift

Online emphasizes volume of materials; in-person emphasizes high-stakes sparse assessments.

Teaching experience

Awful

12/100

Students say the class is formatted to outsmart them, not teach, with terrible structure.

Format shift

Online focuses on bad formatting; in-person focuses on trick questions.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Grades , and final with little assignment cushion.

Format shift

Both formats are quiz and .

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and timed tests designed to outsmart rather than teach.

Main concern

Intentionally tricky, high-stakes quizzes with severe time pressure.

What students said

“His curriculum is designed to outsmart students and not teach.”
online
“Only 4 tests during the semester, very tricky questions, only giving you one minute and seconds; per question to answer.”
online

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online student says the class piles on articles, news logs, and YouTube , and final with no study guides.

Main concern

tests.

What students said

“ . He gives you HEAPS of articles, daily news logs, youtube lectures, and more.”
online

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment is built from few heavily and final with no study guides.

Test HeavyTricky QuizzesNo Study GuideTimed QuestionsMidterm and Final

Assessment risk

Strict

18/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

intentionally tricky and severely timed questions.

Tricky QuizzesTimed QuestionsFew Graded Items
“the questions are intentionally tricky.”
online
“very tricky questions, only giving you one minute and seconds; per question to answer.”
online

Online

Online review , and final with no study guides despite many readings.

No Study GuideQuizzes Midterm FinalHeavy Readings
“There is NO study guide to use for any of these despite their focus and sources.”
online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“His curriculum is designed to outsmart students and not teach.”

Voice snapshots generated from 3 reviews, , and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫

5/100

“ .”

🧪

18/100

“the questions are intentionally tricky.”

📚

12/100

“He gives you HEAPS of articles, daily news logs, youtube lectures, and more.”

Theme 1

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • questions are intentionally tricky.
  • , and final.
  • There is NO study guide to use for any of these

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His curriculum is designed to outsmart students and not teach.
  • He has .
  • If you want to learn and/or .

Data context

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Analysis sample

3

Recent reviews read by the AI

3

Lifetime ratings

52/100

Evidence confidence

Three fully consistent recent negative reviews with detailed assessment complaints give medium confidence despite small sample.

Inside 3 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 53

Course coverage

online3 reviews

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

0

No reported values

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Rather not say 1