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Anthropology

Marcus Arguelles

ANTROPOLOGY · ARCH1 · ANTH2 · ANTH01ANTH02 · ANTHRO01 · ARCH01 · ANTHR1 · ANTHO101 · ANTH1A · ANTH1745 · ANTHROPOLOGY01 · ANTHRO001 · ANTHROPOLOGY · ANTH1 · ANTHI1745 · CLASSSECT · ANTH02 · ANTHR01 · ANTH01 · ANTHRO1 · 47 lifetime ratings

AI rating
94/100
RMP rating
4.6/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
2.9

The decision

if you want a memorable anthropology experience and are willing to show up, read, and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerInspirational lecturesWorld-travel storiesGenuinely caresTough but fair testsLecture heavy
  • Passionate, story-rich lectures that inspire majors and non-majors alike
  • Attendance and reading matter; but curves and care help
  • Near-universal praise with only rare complaints about long lectures

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Many earn strong grades with notes, reading, and labs, but as hard and not a free A.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

52/100

Content is interesting and not impossibly hard, yet lecture depth and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Multiple students say lecture and and key info for tests comes from class.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

96/100

100% would-take-again rate and decades of students calling him a favorite and must-take.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Lenient

70/100

and ; still expects real effort on tests and papers.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

55/100

Reaction papers, labs, reading, and ; not endless busywork but not featherlight either.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Excellent

92/100

Students rave about knowledge, passion, travel stories, and genuine care that can change majors.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

Multiple-choice and and text dominate, balanced by labs and reaction papers.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

47 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person anthro and archaeology feel like deep, story-driven lectures from a and reading.

Main concern

Long lectures and if .

What students said

“This man is perhaps the single most qualified professor of archaeology anywhere.”
ARCH01
“he is one of the few who inspired me to do better.”
ANTH1
“ , go to lab, and read the text book if you want to do well.”
ANTHR01

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.

Exams pull from lectures and reading, often feel tough, and .

Multiple choice plus essaysLecture and textbook basedCurved quizzesMandatory lecture attendance

Assessment risk

Standard

52/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and essays drawn from lecture stories and the textbook.

Hard tests if unpreparedCurve on quizzesEssay from lecture
“ the book before every test.”
ANTH01
“tests are multiple choice, just memorize the key terms and ”
ANTH01ANTH02

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Here I am ten ”

Voice snapshots generated from 47 in-person reviews across decades, highlighting inspiration, care, and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

92/100

“This man is perhaps the single most qualified professor of archaeology anywhere.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

96/100

“One of the best professors at Merced College! !”

❤️ Student Care

90/100

“When I failed a test... he called to make sure everything was okay.”

📚

52/100

“ , go to lab, and read the text book if you want to do well.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He has some of most amazing stories and life experiences.
  • He gives insanely intricate and deep lectures
  • his stories do usually have a point

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Class is not easy but it isn't supposed to be, study hard and read the book.
  • Easy A's... write down very good notes
  • grades on a curve

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • he genuinely cares about his students
  • He will always help out his students.
  • .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

47

Recent reviews read by the AI

47

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

47 reviews over two decades with strong consistency, rich detail, and near-unanimous recommendation.

Inside 47 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 536
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1 out of 51

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

5

A+ 2 · A 3

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

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No letter grade reported

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