AI Rate Professor

Fine Arts

Linda Salmon

ART160 · BASICDRAWING1 · ARTHISTORY01 · ARTHISTORY1A · ART110 · ART01 · 10 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
1.6/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

Avoid unless you are ready for , and marathon tests.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderLecture HeavyTest HeavyBoring PowerPointsHeavy Reading
  • Lectures are long, book-driven PowerPoints with little clarity on what is tested.
  • and finals make the course high-effort.
  • Nearly all students if they want an easy art class.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

, and massive figure-ID exams mean an A takes sustained grind, not casual effort.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

, and test-heavy art history content make the class intellectually demanding.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and tags warn that skipping means you will not pass.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

15/100

Students consistently warn others away, citing boredom, toughness, and ruined GPAs in other classes.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

22/100

and comments about barely passing or dropping dominate the reviews.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

22/100

, and 170-plus question exams create a heavy load.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Students describe vague slides, book reading as lecture, and little clarity on what will be tested.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Weekly quizzes, figure-matching tests, and very long midterms and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person art and art , and poorly aligned between slides and tests.

Main concern

, and extremely long exams drain time from other classes.

What students said

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ART01
“Prepare for weekly quizzes & a 175 question midterm.”
ART01
“she reads (and mispronounces) things directly from the book and calls that a lecture.”
ART01

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.

and multi-choice marathons with little student-friendly support.

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals emphasize figure ID and very long multiple-choice tests.

Weekly QuizzesFigure Identification175-Question Midterm170-Question Final
“Prepare for weekly quizzes & a 175 question midterm.”
ART01
“the final was 170 Questions.”
ART01

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

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Voice snapshots generated from 10 in-person reviews spanning 2013-2016, highlighting toughness, exam load, and weak lectures. Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

28/100

“she reads (and mispronounces) things directly from the book and calls that a lecture.”

🚫 Recommendation Rate

15/100

“ ”

📝

35/100

“the final was 170 Questions.”

⚖️

22/100

“Such a hard teacher. I honestly had to focus on her class to pass”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Vague powerpoints. Most of the material is from stuff not covered so you must read on your own,
  • she reads (and mispronounces) things directly from the book and calls that a lecture.
  • Her lectures are super long & a bit boring.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • If you're looking for an easy A look somewhere else
  • Prepare for weekly quizzes & a 175 question midterm.

Theme 3

📚 About Workload

  • You NEED the book to pass.
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  • LECTURE HEAVY

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

10

Recent reviews read by the AI

10

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Ten detailed in-person reviews from 2013-2016 align strongly on toughness and weak teaching, but all are older and format coverage is one-sided.

Inside 10 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 52
2 out of 53
1 out of 55

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

2

B+ 1 · B 1

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