Doug Beavers

MUSIC12 · MUSIC10 · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 28/100
RMP rating: 1.6/5
Take again: 0%
Difficulty: 3.3

The decision

Skip unless you already know the material and only need the credit with minimal teaching support.

Best fit · Self Taught ProBoring lecturesTough graderNot a teacherSelf-taught requiredLong lectures

Strong industry skill but weak classroom teaching and patience
Students say you learn from peers or yourself, not his lectures
yet overall experience is boring and unhelpful

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Tests are often called easy and one A- appears, but and .

Is the course easy?

Standard

45/100

Content difficulty varies; lectures drag and material is not hard, but teaching quality makes learning harder.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

Attendance/participation matters and .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

and repeated comments that he cannot teach or help students.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

Tagged tough grader; .

Format shift

In-person only.

Workload

Moderate

55/100

Not much regular homework, but long lectures and a .

Format shift

In-person only.

Teaching experience

Poor

22/100

Passionate expert but , and ineffective at actually teaching.

Format shift

In-person only.

Assessment method

Balanced

50/100

Easy tests plus participation and at .

Format shift

In-person only.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

, and poorly taught despite the professor's technical skill.

Main concern

You while dealing with and last-minute papers.

What students said

“everything he was supposed to teach me I had to learn for myself or from my peers”
MUSIC12

“Even though the lectures are boring he has no sense of humor and he assigned a 1600 word research paper the week of finals”
MUSIC12

“BORING... but lectures seem like they go on and on!”
MUSIC12

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Tests are repeatedly described as easy, with workload coming more from lectures and a large paper.

Easy testsResearch paperParticipation matters

Assessment risk

Standard

62/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, but and a large research paper was assigned near finals.

Easy tests1600-word research paperParticipation matters

“Even though the lectures are boring”
MUSIC12

“ but lectures seem like they go on and on!”
MUSIC12

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“everything he was supposed to teach me I had to learn for myself or from my peers. He's not all that good at teaching”
Voice snapshots generated from 4 in-person reviews, highlighting weak teaching and . Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

22/100

“He's not all that good at teaching, and no amount of ”

🥱 Boring Lectures

20/100

“BORING... but lectures seem like they go on and on!”

🚫 Helpfulness

15/100

“And !!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

everything he was supposed to teach me I had to learn for myself or from my peers
The teacher doesn't have a ton of patience, and
his lectures are boring he has no sense of humor

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

assigned a 1600 word research paper the week of finals

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

48/100

Evidence confidence

, but sparse grade detail and no online sample.

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50

4 out of 50

3 out of 50

2 out of 53

1 out of 51

Course coverage

MUSIC123 reviews

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Reported outcomes

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1 reported outcomes

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A- 1

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