John Titmus

MUSINTR · MUSAPP · MUS08 · MUSV08 · APPRMUS · MUSVO1 · 12 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 48/100
RMP rating: 3.0/5
Take again: 60%
Difficulty: 2.1

The decision

if you need a low-effort humanities GE and ; expect little real teaching.

Best fit · Easy A HunterEasy A via quiz reuseLecture-heavy and dullAutomated online contentExtra site feeShow up and listen

Music appreciation is widely seen as an easy A if .
In-person lectures drag and focus can be hard; online versions feel automated with a paid third-party site.
Teaching depth is thin; .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

Students repeatedly say Easy A , and reusing quiz questions on midterms and finals.

Both online and and ; online also flags a paid site.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

72/100

Content is music appreciation with listening and basic terms, not deep theory, though lectures can feel endless.

Online comments call it fairly easy; .

Is attendance flexible?

Depends

48/100

great for an easy GE, poor if you want actual teaching or engagement.

Online leans utility for easy humanities; .

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

78/100

Called an ; As are common when quizzes and tests are gamed carefully.

Format shift

Leniency appears in both formats; older .

Workload

Light

68/100

Handful of tests, listening tasks, and at most one concert essay; not a heavy writing load.

Format shift

Online adds many listening assignments and a paid platform; .

Teaching experience

Average

42/100

Some call him straightforward and caring; many say the course is automated, boring, or has little real teaching.

Format shift

In-person praises niceness but long lectures; online often criticizes remote neglect.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

, and a final, with limited essays or papers.

Format shift

Same test-heavy pattern online and in person; .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

if you attend and ; lectures feel long and some students lack usable notes.

Main concern

Long lectures and weak note if .

What students said

“Easy A, show up and listen to the different songs for the test and you'll be fine.”
MUSV08

“Dont miss class or youll fail the tests! Just show up and listen to the and youll do fine.”
MUSV08

“ and answer, you will have 95% answers to the midterm and final.”
MUSAPP

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

Online sections are easy with and ; students note a costly external site.

Main concern

Extra ~$130 platform fee and thin instructor presence.

What students said

“This was not a difficult class, but there were a lot of .”
MUSV08

“If open all your quizzes before the 90% of the answers in front of you.”
MUSV08

Exam style

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Exams largely rehash quiz material, so prepared students find them very approachable.

Quiz questions recycled on examsMultiple tests plus finalListening-based itemsNo proctoring mentioned

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

78/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and ; success depends on attending lectures and reviewing Canvas songs.

Recycled quiz questionsHandful of testsShow-up critical

“ and answer, you will have 95% answers to the midterm and final.”
MUSAPP

“Just copy/paste all the Q&A from the and paste them into Word (etc) and come midterm / final, you can look up the questions easily as they will simply be repeated.”
MUSINTR

Online

and map heavily onto tests; no camera or lockdown software mentioned.

Open quizzes before testsListening assignmentsExternal paid site

“If open all your quizzes before the 90% of the answers in front of you.”
MUSV08

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Easy A, show up and listen to the different songs for the test and you'll be fine.”
Voice snapshots generated from 12 reviews (2 online, 10 in person), highlighting easy-A patterns and thin teaching. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Easy A Reality

82/100

“Easy A, show up and listen to the different songs for the test and you'll be fine.”

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80/100

“ and answer, you will have 95% answers to the midterm and final.”

😴 Lecture Drag

40/100

“Hes a nice guy but his lectures can feel like forever.”

💸 Online Extra Cost

35/100

“BUT you have to pay about 130 dollars extra to use the website which is basically your book.”

Theme 1

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Easy A, show up and listen to the different songs for the test and you'll be fine.
Course grade will be an A :)
This class is fairly easy.

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

There was no teaching involved.
It is all automated.
Hes a nice guy but his lectures can feel like forever.

Theme 3

🎧 About Course Work

there were a lot of listening assignments
Just show up and listen to the and youll do fine.
The concert.

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Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Twelve reviews span 2007-2023 with consistent easy-A themes, but many are old, thin on grades, and split on teaching quality.

Inside 12 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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1 out of 50

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

5 reported outcomes

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Not sure yet 2

John Titmus

x x x if you need a low-effort humanities GE and x x x x; expect little real teaching.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

EasyA

Beginner

Recommended

Depends

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In person

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🎯 Easy A Reality

📝 x x

😴 Lecture Drag

💸 Online Extra Cost

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

🎧 About Course Work

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Quality ratings

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if you need a low-effort humanities GE and ; expect little real teaching.

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