AI Rate Professor

Biological Sciences

Bruce Riddell

BIO015 · BIO002 · BIO105 · BIO2 · BIO15 · 9 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
2.0/5
Take again
11.11%
Difficulty
3.6

The decision

Avoid unless and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnorganizedDoes Not TeachTough GraderSo Many PapersTest Heavy
  • Most students say and teach little
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Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

, and heavy writing make an A costly even when some pass.

All evidence is in-person; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Content is treated like major-level work with dense labs, papers, and long quizzes.

All evidence is in-person; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

40/100

, while others report optional attendance.

All evidence is in-person; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

14/100

Most and .

All evidence is in-person; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Repeated tough-grader tags and .

Format shift

All evidence is in-person; no online reviews.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Weekly lab reports, many papers, group projects, and long quizzams create a heavy load.

Format shift

All evidence is in-person; no online reviews.

Teaching experience

Poor

20/100

Students say , and teaches almost nothing.

Format shift

All evidence is in-person; no online reviews.

Assessment method

Balanced

62/100

Heavy mix of lab reports and papers with test-heavy quizzes, midterms, and finals.

Format shift

All evidence is in-person; no online reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

9 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person BIO students repeatedly call him unprepared, unclear, and a and quizzes.

Main concern

, and little real teaching.

What students said

“ instructions and you will learn absolutely nothing from him.”
BIO2
“He is so unorganized. No class syllabus.”
BIO015
“Grades unfairly and .”
BIO2

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.

Long collaborative quizzams, multiple-choice midterms, and .

QuizzamsMultiple Choice MidtermLab PracticalCollaborative QuizzesLaptop Allowed

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Students describe long quizzams, collaborative laptop quizzes, multiple-choice midterms, and lab practicals.

Quizzams 50-60+ questionsCollaborative laptop quizzesMultiple choice midtermLab reports and practicals
“Allowed to use laptop on quizzams (which are 60+ ?s) & they are collaborative.”
BIO15
“Quizzes are 50+ Qs long thus calling it a "QUIZZAM,"”
BIO015
“The .”
BIO2

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ instructions and you will learn absolutely nothing from him.”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 in-person reviews with highly consistent criticism. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫 Teaching Quality

20/100

“Riddell is knowledgeable about the subject, but cannot teach.”

👎 Recommendation

14/100

“ !!”

📚 Workload Pain

22/100

“Majority of .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and
  • He doesn't even lecture
  • , and never prepared for labs

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Grades unfairly and
  • Hardest class I took @ SCC

Theme 3

📝 About Workload

  • SO MANY PAPERS
  • Weekly lab reports
  • LOTS OF HOMEWORK

Data context

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Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

9

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

Nine mostly consistent negative in-person reviews from 2016-2019 give a clear but older sample.

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 52
2 out of 51
1 out of 55

Course coverage

BIO23 reviews
BIO0022 reviews
BIO0152 reviews
BIO1051 review
BIO151 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

0

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B range

2

B 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values