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English

Robert Murtha

ENGLISH156 · ENGL156 · ENG1A · ENGL103 · ENGLISH201A · ENG156 · ENG101 · 201A · ENGL201A · ENG103 · ENG201A · 18 lifetime ratings

AI rating
54/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
Take again
80%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Take Robert Murtha if you want discussion and writing growth, but if .

Best fit · Effort For RewardTough graderHelpful outside classEngaging humorUnclear feedbackReading quizzes
  • Students often like his humor and class discussions, but .
  • Several students say he is helpful and caring, while .
  • The course can be rewarding for students who want to improve writing and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

An A is possible, but comments repeatedly say students must work hard and .

because there are no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

The course content is manageable English work, but , and .

All course .

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

58/100

and help, but reviews do not clearly prove a .

Only in-person reviews discuss class participation and showing up.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

57/100

Many recommend him for humor and help, but and create real risk.

The recommendation .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Students often describe him as a .

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

45/100

Workload includes reading, essays, quizzes, and a research paper, but not every student found it overwhelming.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews mention workload.

Teaching experience

Average

61/100

He is often engaging, funny, and caring, but and .

Format shift

Teaching evidence is entirely in-person.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Grades , and papers rather than only exams.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews describe assessments.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

18 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person reviews show a polarizing teacher who can be engaging and helpful but is often viewed as a tough and .

Main concern

and .

What students said

“Get ready to work for your grade in this class though.”
ENG201A
“If you want a .”
ENG101
“ , but extremely willing to help.”
ENGL201A

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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Reviews mention reading quizzes and writing assignments, but they do not clearly prove a .

Reading QuizzesEssay-Based AssessmentResearch Paper

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and essay-based grading, but not proctoring or formal exam format.

Reading QuizzesEssay-Based Assessment
“If he left a .”
ENGL201A
“ the book.”
ENG101
“we write three essays that are a 1000 words and a research paper”
ENG201A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Murtha is an all-around cool guy. Well educated, articulate, and a great sense of humor.”

Voice snapshots generated from 18 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching and grading. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

61/100

“He made lectures fun sometimes.”

⚖️

28/100

“Murtha is a .”

👍 Recommendation Fit

57/100

“If you're interested in .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He actually made class enjoyable.
  • He is engaging and respectful of his students.
  • Half of the time doesn't even know what he's gonna teach.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Be prepared to work for a good grade as he is a .
  • .
  • Probably not the easiest english teacher, but if you are struggling, he is definitely willing to help and he grades very fair.

Theme 3

❤️ About Helpfulness

  • He was really there for me when I needed help.
  • and so so this class was fun for me.
  • I talked to him multiple times about .

Data context

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Analysis sample

18

Recent reviews read by the AI

18

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

The profile has 18 detailed in-person reviews across many years with , and class style.

Inside 18 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 55
3 out of 51
2 out of 54
1 out of 52

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

9 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

2

B 2

C range

3

C+ 1 · C 2

D range

2

D+ 1 · D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values