AI Rate Professor

Art History

Matthew Schum

AHCS319 · ART260 · ARCH341 · ARCH334 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
68/100
RMP rating
3.7/5
Take again
75%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if ; avoid if you need a chill, open-minded seminar vibe.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerAmazing lecturesCaring when engagedMandatory attendancePresentation-based workPolarizing personality
  • Recent architecture and urban theory classes earn strong praise for lectures and care.
  • Older art history reviews call him hard-ass, defensive, and .
  • Online work includes presentations and short reading responses that students call easy.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

Recent students report easy short writings and A+ grades, while older reviews describe hard-ass standards.

Online reviews lean easier on responses; .

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content is intellectually engaging and sometimes hard, especially theory-heavy or older AHCS sections.

Online ARCH feels more approachable than older in-person AHCS difficulty complaints.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

as mandatory.

Both online and .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

About 75% would take again and recent students .

Online ARCH feedback is warmly recommend; .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

and easy short responses appear in recent classes, but older reviews call him hard-ass.

Format shift

Online evidence is more lenient-sounding than older in-person AHCS comments.

Workload

Moderate

55/100

Presentations, weekly short writings, light papers and .

Format shift

Online ARCH341 details assignments; .

Teaching experience

Good

70/100

Amazing lectures and complaints in older ones.

Format shift

Online and recent in-person ARCH praise teaching; older in-person AHCS is negative.

Assessment method

Balanced

50/100

Mix of presentations, short writings, exams, papers, and quizzes depending on course.

Format shift

Online emphasizes presentations and short responses; and papers.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person experiences range from life-changing architecture lectures to harsh AHCS critiques of ego and strictness.

Main concern

Older reviews report defensiveness, no note-taking on computers, and .

What students said

“I learned a lot and I will use what I learned for the rest of my life.”
ARCH334
“ if you have no other choices... .”
AHCS319
“Fun teacher to have, made Art History very engaging and applicable.”
ART260

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Online ARCH classes with , and easy short reading responses.

Main concern

and and final presentations.

What students said

“Really interesting class about .”
ARCH334
“the short writings off the ”
ARCH341

Exam style

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Assessment blends open-ended presentations and short responses with traditional exams in some courses.

Presentation midterm and finalShort reading responsesCouple of examsLight papers and quizzes

Assessment risk

Standard

60/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person comments mention a couple of exams, light papers and quizzes; .

Couple of examsLight papers and quizzes
“Interesting lectures, a and if you did any studying at all.”
ART260

Online

Online classes use midterm and ; proctoring not clearly described.

Presentation midterm and finalShort reading responses
“the two assignments are presentations (midterm and ”
ARCH341
“the short writings off the ”
ARCH341

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“I learned a lot and I will use what I learned for the rest of my life.”

Voice snapshots generated from 6 reviews (2 online, 4 in-person), highlighting format and era differences. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Lecture Impact

70/100

“Really interesting class about .”

👍 Recent Recommendation

72/100

“ .”

⚠️ Polarizing Personality

35/100

“he is just too full of himself and takes his opinion as a fact.”

📝 Online Workload

60/100

“the short writings off the ”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Amazing lectures
  • made Art History very engaging
  • explaining readings

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • soooo hard and sooooo hard ass
  • short writings... supr easy
  • all easy if you did any studying

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • cares about his students
  • defensive is someone else has a

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Six reviews across formats and years give useful but mixed signal with limited sample size.

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

AHCS3192 reviews
ARCH3342 reviews
ARCH3411 review
ART2601 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 1 · A 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1