AI Rate Professor

Ethnic Studies

Mario Bahena

Courses not reported · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
34/100
RMP rating
2.8/5
Take again
40%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Skip this online section unless you can handle heavy weekly work and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProHeavy online workloadMandatory video uploadsTough graderPolarizing reviewsAI grading complaints
  • Recent online reviews strongly warn about excessive work and .
  • Grading and difficulty feel higher than a typical introductory community-college ethnic studies course.
  • A minority of earlier reviews found the class easy and interesting with .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Some students earn As with and , but many report tough grading and heavy work that makes an A costly.

All evidence is from online reviews only.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Students say the online workload and intro junior-college course.

All evidence is from online reviews only.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

, and online participation includes required recorded discussion videos.

All evidence is from online reviews only.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

35/100

Recent online students because of workload and video requirements, outweighing two positive older reviews.

All evidence is from online reviews only.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

, and several students report Bs despite finishing work.

Format shift

Based only on online reviews.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Repeated complaints of lots of , and required video responses for an intro online class.

Format shift

Based only on online reviews.

Teaching experience

Poor

40/100

older praise for passion and and online design.

Format shift

Based only on online reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

30/100

Grade hinges on papers, quizzes from readings, discussions, and .

Format shift

Based only on online reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online 10109 is polarized: recent students report too much , and , while two earlier reviews called it easy and enjoyable.

Main concern

Required video recordings of yourself plus heavy weekly assignments for an intro online class.

What students said

“for some reason makes all work due 9:59, uses AI to grade, and gives so much work for an introductory online class.”
10109
“He requires students to record themselves and upload videos, which felt strange and unnecessary for this type of class.”
10109
“I really enjoyed his course. Very easy and interesting topics every week.”
10109

Exam style

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Reviews emphasize quizzes and papers more than high-stakes proctored exams; .

Quizzes from readingsPapers with clear criteriaVideo discussion posts

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Online

Quizzes are described as straightforward from the text; .

Quizzes from textClear paper criteriaRecorded discussion videos
“The and readings are informative and interesting.”
10109
“for talking about it whether or not we feel comfortable with it.”
10109

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . The Chicano Studies course at a junior college.”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 online reviews spanning 2025-2026, highlighting workload, video policy, and polarized quality. Credibility rating: Medium.

⚠️ Online Workload Shock

22/100

“gives so much work for an introductory online class.”

🎥 Forced Video Uploads

30/100

“He requires students to record themselves and upload videos, which felt strange and unnecessary for this type of class.”

👍 Minority Easy Experience

85/100

“I really enjoyed his course. Very easy and interesting topics every week.”

Theme 1

📚 About Workload & Difficulty

  • gives so much work for an introductory online class
  • feeling more like an upper-division university class
  • for an online class it's way too much work

Theme 2

🎥 About Video Requirements

  • record themselves and upload videos
  • record ourselves responding to other people's videos

Theme 3

❤️ Positive Minority Voices

  • Very easy and interesting topics every week
  • 10/10!

Data context

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Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Five recent online-only reviews with detailed comments, but opinions are polarized and the sample is small.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

101095 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

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

0

No reported values