Ellen Coleman

PSCI101 · POLS101 · POL101 · POLISCI · POLISCI101 · POLYSCI · POLS103 · POLS200 · POLSCI101 · PLOYSI101 · POLI2712 · POLI101 · POLITCALSCIENC · POLYS101 · POLYSCI101 · POLS202 · POLS1O1 · 67 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 42/100
RMP rating: 3.6/5
Take again: 35.29%
Difficulty: 2.6

The decision

if you can manage rigid deadlines, long lecture materials, and limited flexibility without much support.

Best fit · Self Taught ProStrict graderLecture heavyPodcast lecturesAttendance strictPolarizing

Recent online reviews are strongly negative, citing strict , and poor communication.
Older in-person reviews are much more positive and describe an .
Grades can be good, but students often say the class is stressful, rigid, and unforgiving if you fall behind.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Some students earn A grades easily, but , and rigid participation rules make the A unreliable.

Online evidence is harsher and less forgiving, while with attendance and work.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

60/100

The political science content is usually not conceptually hard, but the course structure can feel tedious and demanding.

Online reviews focus on long videos and quizzes, while , and attendance.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

16/100

Many reviews describe mandatory attendance, participation tracking, drop threats, or and lateness.

Both formats show attendance or participation pressure, with and in-person reviews emphasizing roll and late rules.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

38/100

Recent students often discourage taking her because the class feels rigid, stressful, and poorly supported.

Online reviews are mostly negative in recent years, while .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Students frequently describe , and major grade impact from a few items.

Format shift

Online reviews show the strongest strict-grading complaints, while .

Workload

Heavy

30/100

The workload often includes long videos or podcasts, documentaries, readings, quizzes, essays, and exams.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize videos, podcasts, and essays, while , and tests.

Teaching experience

Poor

48/100

Some students find her organized and knowledgeable, but many recent reviews , and detached teaching.

Format shift

Online reviews are much more negative than in-person reviews, especially after 2020.

Assessment method

Balanced

62/100

Assessment commonly mixes quizzes, essays or papers, discussions, midterms, finals, and book-based online work.

Format shift

Online courses lean toward quizzes, essays, documentaries, and exams, while , and writing assignments.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

30 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

but historically more positive, often calling the class clear, organized, and easy if students attend and do the work.

Main concern

, and long lectures can become frustrating.

What students said

“her class is not hard but there is alot of work with the but they are not hard.”
POLS101

“She takes roll multiple times and if you leave early or are not ”
POLISCI101

Remote format

Online

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are highly polarized but recently trend negative, with complaints , and .

Main concern

Online students report rigid grading, passive-aggressive communication, and stressful participation enforcement.

What students said

“Quizzes are 10 minutes and only one attempt, so if you fail you are stuck with it”
POLITCALSCIENC

“Try to stay away and take another professor if possible.”
POLISCI

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

The exam and , but comments do not clearly prove proctoring, webcam, Lockdown Browser, open-book, or take-home rules.

QuizzesExamsMidtermFinalEssay Heavy In Some Courses

Assessment risk

Standard

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and book quizzes, but do not clearly prove closed-book or proctored exam rules.

MidtermFinalBook QuizzesVideo Quizzes

“ and Final) then two book writing assignments.”
POLS103

“There are 3 big tests, multiple choice”
POLISCI101

Online

, and essays, but do not clearly prove webcam, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, open-book, or take-home rules.

10 Minute QuizzesOne Attempt QuizzesExamsEssays

“Quizzes are 10 minutes and only one attempt”
POLITCALSCIENC

“3 exams are 100 question”
POLISCI101

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice
“Try to stay away and take another professor if possible.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and format differences. Credibility rating: High.

⚠️ Recommendation Risk

38/100

“Save yourself the headache and ..”

⚖️

28/100

“ .”

📚 Workload Pressure

30/100

“She expects you to have enough free time to juggle around 1-2 hour videos and unnecessary long podcasts.”

Theme 1

💻 About Online Format

Her lectures are uncomfortable hour long videos with awkward music in the background.
Most of your grades will come from chapter quizzes that .
time-sensitive.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

The and the and short.
One bad grade and you either wont pass or will get a low C.
You always have the chance to earn 100%.

Theme 3

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

She was amazing! and listens.
and a great educator.
Professor .

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

The analysis uses 50 reviews across online and but time-shifted disagreement between older and newer reviews.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 534

4 out of 57

3 out of 57

2 out of 59

1 out of 511

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

37 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 5 · A 9 · A- 1

B range

B 11 · B- 1

C range

C+ 1

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 5 · Not sure yet 2 · Not_Sure_Yet 1 · Rather not say 1

Ellen Coleman

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FairEffort

Beginner

Mandatory

Avoid

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Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

⚠️ Recommendation Risk

⚖️ x x

📚 Workload Pressure

💻 About Online Format

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

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Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

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