AI Rate Professor

Philosophy

Charles Vanpatten

PHIL352 · PHIL300 · PHIL310 · 9 lifetime ratings

AI rating
85/100
RMP rating
4.0/5
Take again
75%
Difficulty
2.8

The decision

if and can keep up with essays, journals, and attendance.

Best fit · Effort For RewardThought-provoking lecturesLots of writingExtra creditChill personalityAttendance matters
  • Students usually describe him as caring, funny, and engaging in philosophy discussions.
  • The workload is writing-heavy, with essays, journals, notes, and reading mentioned often.
  • Grades are usually doable with directions and attendance, but one review raises a .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

72/100

A good grade is realistic if you attend, follow directions, write the essays and journals, and use .

because there are zero online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Students call the material straightforward and doable, but , and .

Only in-person reviews exist, and they portray the course as manageable but participation-heavy.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

32/100

because students warn that skipping class hurts your chance to pass.

online evidence available.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

78/100

Most students recommend him for engaging lectures and supportive personality, though .

Recommendation .

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

70/100

and easy essays help, but one review describes a serious inconsistent plagiarism-related grading experience.

Format shift

because there are no online reviews.

Workload

Moderate

46/100

The workload is manageable but writing-heavy, with repeated mentions of , and reading.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews exist, and they consistently mention writing or attendance requirements.

Teaching experience

Good

82/100

Students generally find him caring, funny, passionate, and thought-provoking, with occasional repetition or inconsistency.

Format shift

All .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

38/100

Assessment leans toward essays, journals, site reports, notes, and some exams.

Format shift

appearing mainly in PHIL352.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person reviews describe an engaging, approachable professor with manageable but writing-heavy coursework.

Main concern

Expect , and .

What students said

“A lot of writing in this class but you'll definitely stay for his humor and his passion for philosophy.”
PHIL310
“If you keep taking his class you'll learn a lot.”
PHIL300
“Don't expect a good grade if you don't attend.”
PHIL352

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

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and mostly standard, with students mentioning three exams and easy exams if they read and .

Three ExamsEasy Exams With NotesSite Visit ReportsEssays

Assessment risk

Standard

62/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and easy exams if students read and , but do not clearly prove open-book or strict proctoring.

Three ExamsEasy Exams With Notes
“Three exams.”
PHIL352
“ if you read the book and .”
PHIL352

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“A lot of writing in this class but you'll definitely stay for his humor and his passion for philosophy.”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and attendance. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

82/100

“If you keep taking his class you'll learn a lot.”

👍 Recommendation Level

78/100

“ !!”

📝 Workload Reality

46/100

“A lot of writing in this class but you'll definitely stay for his humor and his passion for philosophy.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He's a really good teacher, and acts somewhat like a close friend you'd usually talk to.
  • Interesting lectures that kept me awake.
  • Chuck is really chill and down-to-earth.

Theme 2

📚 About Workload

  • You just have to take notes on his lecture, write an essay every 2-3 weeks, and do journals.
  • Also 16 weekly journal entries that are due at the end of the semester.
  • Get ready for 4 or 5 essays throughout the semester but which are fairly easy if you follow his directions.

Theme 3

📈 About Grades

  • Gives plenty of EC.
  • Just do well on the essays and the journals to get an A.
  • Don't expect a good grade if you don't attend.

Data context

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Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

9

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Nine reviews provide useful detail, but the sample is small and spans several years with one severe outlier.

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 56
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 50

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

B range

4

B 3 · B- 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

1

D+ 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values