AI Rate Professor

Sociology

Shane Anderson

SOC205 · PSYC145 · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
25%
Difficulty
2.5

The decision

Avoid unless you need an online A and are fine teaching yourself from the textbook.

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnresponsiveNo Real LecturesSelf-Study RequiredEasy A If You PersistUnclear Instructions
  • Teaching is almost nonexistent; students mainly read the textbook on their own.
  • Grades stay high if you complete the work, but feedback and support are poor.
  • Emails go unanswered and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

Students who complete the assigned reading and minimal instructional support.

All evidence comes from online reviews only.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Content is not intellectually brutal, but poor explanations and should.

All evidence comes from online reviews only.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

92/100

Multiple reviews explicitly .

All evidence comes from online reviews only.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Most students describe missing support, unclear work, and no real teaching, so .

All evidence comes from online reviews only.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

High final grades are common, but tough-grader comments and .

Format shift

All evidence comes from online reviews only.

Workload

Light

72/100

Workload centers on textbook reading and quizzes rather than heavy projects, though uploads and due dates are unreliable.

Format shift

All evidence comes from online reviews only.

Teaching experience

Poor

24/100

Students report no real lecture videos, textbook-page dumps, spelling-error quizzes, and .

Format shift

All evidence comes from online reviews only.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

and a few assignments with little live instruction or .

Format shift

All evidence comes from online reviews only.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Remote format

Online

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Fully online courses with little instruction, slow or , and high frustration despite easy A potential.

Main concern

Professor is hard to reach, uploads textbook pages instead of lectures, and .

What students said

“He is practically impossible to reach outside of class and .”
SOC205
“Do the work and you'll get an A but don't expect quality teaching if you wanna even call it that.”
PSYC145

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews mention quizzes with errors and missing due dates but .

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Online

Assessment is quiz-driven online with frequent complaints about incorrect due dates and .

Quiz heavyUnclear due datesLittle feedback
“When he does, the and incorrect due dates.”
SOC205
“Makes you read the entire textbook for everything while .”
PSYC145

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Do the work and you'll get an A but don't expect quality teaching if you wanna even call it that.”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 online reviews spanning 2023-2026, highlighting teaching gaps and easy-A patterns. Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

24/100

“He provides no real lecture videos; instead, he uploads textbook pages.”

📬 Responsiveness

18/100

“This professor will never answer your emails and maybe he does, he just doesn't want to answer them.”

🅰️ Grade Accessibility

82/100

“Easy. Do the work and you will get an A.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He provides no real lecture videos; instead, he uploads textbook pages.
  • He is horrible at and never puts examples on how to do them.
  • .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Do the work and you'll get an A but don't expect quality teaching.
  • Easy. Do the work and you will get an A.
  • He takes forever to grade and then gives you a bad grade when you literally ask for help.

Theme 3

📬 About Communication

  • He is practically impossible to reach outside of class.
  • This professor will never answer your emails.
  • Overall, very frustrating.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

4

Lifetime ratings

52/100

Evidence confidence

Only four recent online reviews exist; tone is consistent but sample size is small and .

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
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2 out of 51
1 out of 52

Course coverage

PSYC1452 reviews
SOC2052 reviews

Reported outcomes

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4 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 3 · A- 1

B range

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C range

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D range

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F

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