AI Rate Professor

Business

Tom Severance

BIS140SEC1347 · BUS120140 · BUS147 · BUS140 · BUS170 · PERSONAL · BUS145 · BUS120 · BUSN140 · 33 lifetime ratings

AI rating
66/100
RMP rating
3.6/5
Take again
66.67%
Difficulty
2.9

The decision

if you can handle heavy weekly busy work for a fair, structured A; skip if you need light online classes.

Best fit · Effort For RewardHeavy Busy WorkFair GraderOpen-Book Online TestsDo the Work Get AClear Course Structure
  • Doing weekly readings, quizzes, discussions, and A.
  • Workload is the main complaint, especially online business and finance courses.
  • Online exams are often open-book or untimed, and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

80/100

Students say consistent weekly work usually earns an A even when the load is heavy.

Online and ; online adds more busy-work intensity.

Is the course easy?

Standard

58/100

Concepts are approachable for business students, but volume and .

Online reviews more often call the load hard; in-person-tagged comments still often describe easy weekly structure.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

70/100

Online work replaces seat time; .

Online evidence focuses on deadline compliance; .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

68/100

Many praise fairness, structure, and real learning; others reject the busy work and limited teaching.

Recommendation tone is similar across formats, with stronger workload complaints online.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

68/100

Often called fair with partial credit on late work, though some say tough or picky on quizzes.

Format shift

and in-person-tagged reviews.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Weekly multi-chapter readings, quizzes, essays, discussions, and .

Format shift

Online reviews most strongly stress overwhelming weekly busy work.

Teaching experience

Good

65/100

, and real-world finance or law value offset low live teaching for some.

Format shift

Online comments emphasize structure and feedback; older in-person-tagged notes still often describe online delivery.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

, and finals all count.

Format shift

Online is more quiz-and-discussion heavy; both formats include midterms and finals.

Luni fit check

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Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

19 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Many tagged in-person reviews and open-book work with solid structure and learning.

Main concern

Busy work volume and limited live teaching feel for some sections.

What students said

“It is an easy A as long as you read the chapters.”
BUS140
“at least all the and open book!”
BUS147
“a lot of busy work but a very makeable A if you try”
BUS140

Remote format

Online

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Online sections are structured and fair but , and discussion posts.

Main concern

Heavy weekly busy work and .

What students said

“Do the work on time and you will will get an A. Also, this guy is the .”
BUS147
“Amount of work required is ridiculous.”
BUS140
“ and final”
BUS147

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Many exams and , though wording can be tricky.

Open BookUntimed TestsOnline QuizzesTricky WordingBest-of-Two Quiz Attempts

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person-tagged reviews still describe online-style quizzes, sometimes with two attempts and book-based answers.

Online-Style QuizzesOpen BookTwo Attempts
“ used.”
BUS140
“It is an easy A as long as you read the chapters.”
BUS140

Online

Online midterms, finals, and weekly quizzes are common; some are untimed or open book with clever wording.

Online TestsOpen BookUntimedTricky Quizzes
“ and final”
BUS147
“at least all the and open book!”
BUS147

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Do the work on time and you will will get an A. Also, this guy is the .”

Voice snapshots generated from 33 reviews (14 online, 19 in person), highlighting workload, fairness, and . Credibility rating: High.

⚖️

68/100

“this guy is the ”

📚 Heavy Workload

28/100

“Amount of work required is ridiculous.”

🅰️ Work-for-A Path

80/100

“JUST DO YOUR WORK! It's not that hard.”

💻

82/100

“at least all the and open book!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Professor Severance runs a legit online class
  • the way he taught it and outlined the
  • Teach nothing, but assign a ton

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Do the work on time and you will will get an A
  • a very makeable A if you try
  • This class wrecked my gpa. The work load was heavy

Theme 3

📝

  • and final
  • and open book
  • quiz every week 2 discussion questions and a

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

33

Recent reviews read by the AI

33

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-three reviews with both online and , and repeated workload and fairness themes support high credibility.

Inside 33 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 514
4 out of 58
3 out of 57
2 out of 52
1 out of 52

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

6

A 6

B range

0

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C range

0

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D range

1

D 1

F

0

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