AI Rate Professor

Music

John O. Schneider

CLASSICGUITAR1 · MUSIC650 · MUSIC106 · 0506MUSIC650 · MUS112 · MUSIC122 · MUSIC651 · MUS121 · MUS216 · MUS651 · GUIT4 · MUS125 · MUS650 · MUSIC8186 · MUSIC111 · MUS111 · MUS122 · HAR · GUIT1 · GTR101 · MUSIC662 · MUSIC261 · MUS11 · 57 lifetime ratings

AI rating
74/100
RMP rating
4.2/5
Take again
62.5%
Difficulty
2.5

The decision

Great pick if you want to actually learn music or guitar and will practice; less ideal if you only need an easy humanities credit.

Best fit · Effort For RewardPassionate music educatorTake-home and listening examsGuitar practice requiredTough on details and spellingLaid-back but high standards
  • Strong praise for passion, patience, and real skill teaching guitar and theory.
  • Music history and and listening finals.
  • You get out what you practice; not always an easy A for non-majors.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Guitar can be an easy A with practice and performance, but and and can be graded strictly.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

52/100

Appreciation sometimes feels easy or open-book, while guitar and history require practice or careful listening skills.

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Is attendance flexible?

Optional

72/100

, though showing up helps for listening finals and .

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

66/100

and skill, but non-majors sometimes warn others away from history courses.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

52/100

Performance-based guitar grading can be generous, while and detail mistakes.

Format shift

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Workload

Light

68/100

Often few formal homework items, but guitar needs daily practice and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Good

80/100

, and funny, with a minority finding lectures boring or expectations too high for beginners.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

and , and limited ongoing homework dominate grades.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person guitar and music courses reward practice and engagement; history classes lean on take-home tests and a .

Main concern

and listening exams can frustrate non-music majors.

What students said

“Lots of pressure on the final exam worth 50%, but it ends up being easier than you think even for a non-music major cause he teaches the material so thoroughly.”
MUSIC122
“ if music is not your major -2 points for each grammar mistake or spelling”
MUS122
“He grades really easy just get up and perform and he'll give you an A even if you mess up.”
MUSIC662

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.

Common pattern is take-home written tests plus a listening or performance final; .

Take-Home ExamsListening FinalOpen BookPerformance Midterm Final

Assessment risk

Standard

62/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

worth a large grade share, and guitar performance checks.

Take-Home ExamsListening FinalOpen BookPerformance Assessments
“ where you just need to know the era of the songs.”
MUSIC111
“ and book is necessary.”
MUS122
“It's an .”
MUSIC111

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Lots of pressure on the final exam worth 50%, but it ends up being easier than you think even for a non-music major cause he teaches the material so thoroughly.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews, separating guitar versus music history experiences. Credibility rating: High.

🎸 Passionate Teaching

80/100

“Absolutely fantastic professor. and musicianship in the .”

📝

55/100

“There's a and you're supposed to say what time period it's from.”

👍 Guitar Payoff

85/100

“If you want to learn guitar, this is THE man, no matter what level you are at.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He's a pretty funny guy, and he'll spend time helping the class for the final
  • He is quite laid back, but still maintains good control and overall clarity
  • One of the nicest professors at Pierce.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

  • not really a class for an easy A
  • Pick an easy piece for the and you get an easy A.
  • This class is a guaranteed A and you don't even need to show up for class!

Theme 3

🎵 About Guitar Practice

  • You NEED to know the notes from the first position.
  • Guitar won't happen by magic.
  • his expectations are too high for beginners.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

57

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

50 in-person reviews over many years with clear course-type splits and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

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1 out of 54

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

13 reported outcomes

A range

8

A+ 1 · A 7

B range

2

B+ 1 · B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 1