AI Rate Professor

Journalism

Thomas Graham

JOUN122 · JOURNALISM115 · 3 lifetime ratings

AI rating
50/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
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Difficulty
3.7

The decision

if you want hands-on journalism practice and can handle a major time commitment.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHeavy Production WorkReal Journalism PracticeExperienced InstructorTime IntensiveMixed Course Fit
  • Students learn practical journalism through campus newspaper production.
  • The workload is very heavy for a three-unit class.
  • Some students value his experience, while others feel course expectations are poorly matched to the description.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

42/100

Students reported A grades, but earning them requires many hours of interviews, research, writing, and edits.

All evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

The course is intellectually and practically demanding because students must produce publishable journalism work.

All course difficulty evidence comes from in-person production-class reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

Reviews do .

Only in-person reviews exist, and they do not clearly prove an .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

52/100

want intensive real-world journalism work.

All recommendation evidence comes from in-person reviews, with mixed tone across them.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

A grades appear possible, but comments focus .

Format shift

Only in-person reviews mention outcomes, and they do .

Workload

Overwhelming

18/100

Multiple reviews describe long research, interview, writing, and editing hours for each story.

Format shift

All and is consistently heavy.

Teaching experience

Average

60/100

Students respect his experience and practical value, but some criticize course structure and wasted class time.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews exist, and they show both strong learning and notable frustration.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

15/100

Assessment appears centered on producing multiple journalism stories rather than exams.

Format shift

as the main course requirement.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews describe useful production experience but a heavy workload and .

Main concern

.

What students said

“You have to be prepared to put in work for this class.”
JOUN122
“You need to devote lots of time to this class.”
JOURNALISM115
“1 story can take bet 20-40 hrs to complete, plus more time for edits.”
115

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews do not clearly .

Reviews do not clearly prove exam format

Assessment risk

Varies

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews discuss story production but do .

Reviews do not clearly prove exam format

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“I've learned more from him in a semester than I have in most of my other classes.”

Voice snapshots generated from 3 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching and grading. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Practical Learning

60/100

“If you're committed, you can learn a lot.”

📚 Workload Reality

18/100

“Lots of hours needed to research and write a good story.”

⚖️ Expectation Fit

52/100

“Course description said nothing about producing 5 stories for the campus paper.”

Theme 1

📰 About Production Work

  • It is a production class, meaning the goal is to produce the campus newspaper.
  • This class required 5 stories for the semester, 1 story every 3 weeks.

Theme 2

⏱️ About Time Commitment

  • You have to be prepared to put in work for this class.
  • You need to devote lots of time to this class.
  • 1 story can take bet 20-40 hrs to complete, plus more time for edits.

Theme 3

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Value

  • Tom has a ton of experience and is a great guy.
  • I've learned more from him in a semester than I have in most of my other classes.

Data context

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Analysis sample

3

Recent reviews read by the AI

3

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Three detailed but older reviews consistently describe workload, though the sample size is small.

Inside 3 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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Course coverage

1151 review
JOUN1221 review
JOURNALISM1151 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

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D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

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