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Photography

Karen Schwenkmeyer

PHOTO100 · PHOTO150 · ART1505123 · PHOT150 · ART199 · PHOT160 · PHOTOHIST · PHOTOHISTORY · PHOT100 · PHOTO5543 · PHOTOSECT · PHOTO160 · 53 lifetime ratings

AI rating
50/100
RMP rating
3.2/5
Take again
40%
Difficulty
2.9

The decision

if you are interested in photography and willing to , and careful attendance.

Best fit · Effort For RewardLong LecturesHeavy WorkloadPassionate About PhotographyMixed Teaching QualityExtra Credit
  • Student opinion is sharply split between passionate, inspiring teaching and .
  • Workload , and lecture material.
  • Grades can be manageable with effort and , but students do not describe it as low-effort.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

An A is possible with completed work, notes, and , but and real effort.

Online reviews sound more time-consuming, while if you do the work to tough and boring.

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

The content is not usually described as intellectually brutal, but , and vague instructions raise the difficulty.

Online reviews emphasize time load and hard essays, while and challenging lecture-heavy classes.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Several reviews say attendance matters, with one online class requiring weekly Zoom or summaries and .

, though online evidence centers on weekly Zoom and in-person evidence centers on class presence and notes.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

Recommendations are mixed because some students find her inspiring while many others complain about boring lectures, heavy work, and .

Online reviews are cautious to negative due to workload, while .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

Some students mention and , but many others call her tough and say you must work for an A.

Format shift

, while in-person reviews conflict between lenient, fair, and hard grading.

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Repeated comments cite lots of , and time-consuming lectures.

Format shift

Online workload appears especially heavy, and , and long lectures.

Teaching experience

Average

58/100

She is often described as passionate and nice, but many students say lectures are boring, vague, or not helpful.

Format shift

Online reviews are mostly neutral and workload-focused, while in-person reviews and avoid-her warnings.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

Reviews emphasize worksheets, papers, quizzes, projects, reports, and .

Format shift

Online reviews mention assignments, discussions, quizzes, and essays, while , and online quizzes.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

47 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

passion and organization while many others criticize long, boring lectures and unclear support.

Main concern

Lectures are often long and boring, and .

What students said

“The lectures are very long, but the topics are interesting.”
PHOT150
“Attendance is manontary and and boring.”
PHOT100
“This was one of .”
PHOT150

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Online reviews describe a time-consuming asynchronous class with , and some mandatory Zoom expectations.

Main concern

The online workload is heavy and time-consuming.

What students said

“ class, and is pretty hard.”
PHOT160
“although it ”
PHOT160
“if you do have a lot of time this will eat up all of your time.”
PHOT160

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and papers rather than strict proctored exams, though some students found essay exams hard.

Online QuizzesNo In-Class ExamsOpen Note Online QuizzesEssays

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

78/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

in some sections, and open-note online quizzes in one review.

No In-Class ExamsOnline QuizzesOpen Note Online QuizzesEssay Exams
“ .”
PHOT150
“the .”
PHOT150
“the though. !”
PHOTO160

Online

Online reviews mention quizzes but do not clearly prove webcam, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, open-book, or .

Quizzes
“A lot of homework and Quizzes, but those still okay.”
PHOT160

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“yes if you work hard you can get an A but she makes photography all about other things.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

58/100

“She is clearly very passionate about photography and constantly tries to get her students more involved in her lectures.”

📚 Workload

25/100

“ class, and is pretty hard.”

👍 Recommendation Level

48/100

“i wouldn't reccomend taking her unless you have no choice.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • The and the teacher is nice and wants to help.
  • Her lectures are very long and boring.
  • She is clearly very passionate about photography and constantly tries to get her students more involved in her lectures.
  • She talks about many interesting things and gives a lot of help with the research paper.

Theme 2

📚 About Workload

  • Professor karen is nice but so
  • Class is very time consuming!
  • , and a decent amount of homework.
  • Just come to class and do the assignments.

Theme 3

📈 About Grades And Exams

  • She offer a lof of , like a like a ton of extra creidt, .
  • you really have to work for an A in this class.
  • .
  • If you do all the worksheets, quizzes, event & exhibition reports plus , you'll most likely pass the class

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

53

Lifetime ratings

94/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across many years provide rich and detailed evidence, though opinions are strongly polarized.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 517
4 out of 59
3 out of 510
2 out of 511
1 out of 57

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

14 reported outcomes

A range

6

A+ 3 · A 3

B range

7

B+ 3 · B 4

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1