AI Rate Professor

Biological Sciences

James Smiley

BIOSC040 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
68/100
RMP rating
3.7/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
2.7

The decision

if you want a and are ready to teach yourself from the book and labs.

Best fit · Self Taught ProSelf-taught heavyCaringTest heavyExtra creditNorm-reference grading
  • Highly caring and flexible with life/kids obligations, but lectures little and .
  • Easy A possible for self-starters; others feel they learn nothing in class.
  • and lab resources that matter.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

78/100

Multiple A/A+ reports, , and generous grading make high grades reachable for self-starters who study for tests.

All evidence is from in-person BIOSC040 reviews.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

62/100

Content is manageable if you read and , but self-teaching and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Optional

90/100

as not mandatory and students praise flexibility for life obligations.

In-person only; .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

68/100

and fairness, but strong dissenters say he does not teach and warn self-starters only.

In-person only; recommendation is conditional on learning style.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

78/100

Students call grading fair and and unique norm-reference .

Format shift

In-person only.

Workload

Moderate

55/100

Lots of at-home reading and test prep, but not described as .

Format shift

In-person only; test-heavy load.

Teaching experience

Good

62/100

Caring, funny, and helpful one-on-one, yet lectures are thin and many say you teach yourself.

Format shift

In-person only; quality ranges 1-5.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

and lab exams, with reading and .

Format shift

In-person only; test heavy tags dominate.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

6 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person BIOSC040: caring and accommodating with , but weak lecturing and heavy tests frustrate students who need structured teaching.

Main concern

You largely teach yourself; non-self-starters risk confusion and .

What students said

“You will be teaching yourself this material.”
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“ and generous.”
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“If you actually want to . If you want an easy A, .”
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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.

Large closed-note style tests .

Test heavy100+ question testsNo notesLab exams unclear

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person BIOSC040 is test-heavy; one student cites 100+ question tests without notes and .

Test heavyNo notes on testsLab exam content unclearNorm-reference grading
“expecting to take a test over 100 questions without any kind of notes”
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“he wouldn't really tell you what would be on the ”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you actually want to . If you want an easy A, .”

Voice snapshots generated from 6 in-person , and test-heavy grading. Credibility rating: High.

❤️ Caring Flexibility

85/100

“he was super accommodating. and generous.”

📖

40/100

“He doesn't teach much in class because you have to teach yourself everything in the book.”

📝

35/100

“ so be ready to study a lot.”

🎯 Easy A Path

78/100

“If you want an easy A, .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • You will be teaching yourself this material
  • he was friendly and pretty helpful
  • didn't lecture and relied on us to learn ourselves

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • and generous
  • so be ready to study a lot

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Smiley is a very caring teacher
  • makes the class breathable, especially for those of us who have kids
  • Inspirational, Hilarious

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

and caring themes plus mixed quality scores support solid credibility.

Inside 6 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 51

Course coverage

BIOSC0406 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

4

A+ 2 · A 2

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Drop/Withdrawal 1