Brian Herlocker

PHILV02 · 3 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 24/100
RMP rating: 2.3/5
Take again: 33.33%
Difficulty: 4.3

The decision

Avoid unless you are fully independent online and and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProSlow GradingProctorio ExamsLots of HomeworkHard to ReachOpinion-Heavy Grading

Two of and poor communication.
Exams have used Proctorio or .
Heavy weekly reading and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Students report and exams that can tank grades, with little .

All evidence is from online reviews; no in-person reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Weekly readings, discussions, and load feel hard.

Online-only sample for PHILV02.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

as mandatory for the online class with no flexibility described.

Online-only evidence.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

25/100

Two harsh avoid reviews outweigh one positive take-again comment about interesting content.

Would-take-again about 33% across three online reviews.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

22/100

Students and late zeros go unexplained.

Format shift

Online-only evidence.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of homework and weekly readings with .

Format shift

Online-only evidence.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Content can be interesting, but , and weak support dominate the experience.

Format shift

Online-only evidence.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

and discussions sit alongside midterm and .

Format shift

Online-only evidence.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

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

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Fully online PHILV02 with , and proctored exams; support and .

Main concern

Late or missing grades, MIA communication, and .

What students said

“Horrible he takes and then barely checks in”
PHILV02

“He accused me of and has been MIA for nearly a month”
PHILV02

“He uses Proctorio for some technical issues with it.”
PHILV02

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Online exams have used Proctorio and drawn complaints about technical issues and unexplained cheating accusations.

ProctorioMidterm and FinalTechnical IssuesCheating Accusations

Assessment risk

Strict

25/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Online

Proctorio is explicitly mentioned; one term ran without it yet still produced a cheating accusation and long radio silence.

ProctorioMidterm and FinalTechnical IssuesCheating Accusations

“He uses Proctorio for some technical issues with it.”
PHILV02

“it was his first time conducting an . He accused me of cheating without any explanation/reasoning”
PHILV02

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice
“ ”
Voice snapshots generated from 3 online reviews, highlighting communication failures and proctored exams. Credibility rating: Low.

🎯 Teaching Quality

28/100

“barely checks in and really tanks your grades on questions he asks for ”

📝 Workload

28/100

“There are .”

🚫 Recommendation

25/100

“do yourself the favor and ”

🔒

25/100

“He uses Proctorio for some technical issues with it.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫

takes
He's still uploading assignments but .
if and study the clarifications you will succeed.

Theme 2

📈

really tanks your grades on questions he asks for and
He accused me of
He uses Proctorio for

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

32/100

Evidence confidence

Only three online reviews with mixed detail; themes align but sample size is too small for high confidence.

Inside 3 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51

4 out of 50

3 out of 50

2 out of 50

1 out of 52

Course coverage

PHILV023 reviews

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

No reported values

B range

B+ 1

C range

No reported values

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Not sure yet 1

Brian Herlocker

Avoid unless you are fully independent online and x x x x and x x.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Mandatory

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

📝 Workload

🚫 Recommendation

🔒 x x

👨‍🏫 x x x x

📈 x x x x

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

Avoid unless you are fully independent online and and .

🔒

👨‍🏫

📈