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Anthropology

Mari Zarpour

BIOANTH · ANTH101 · ANTH1011033 · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.1/5
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Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Skip if you need lively teaching; better for self-motivated students who can learn from the textbook alone.

Best fit · Self Taught ProReads Off PowerPointBoring LecturesTough GraderTextbook NotesLow Energy
  • Most students say she reads slides straight from the textbook with little engagement
  • and quizzes with mandatory participation in at least one section
  • and college-level if you actually learn the material

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

Not an easy A; and frequent quizzes mean you must learn the material to pass.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content is college-level anthropology with moderate difficulty ratings, not extreme.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

40/100

One section grades participation and expects talking in class; another says you need not attend regularly.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

32/100

Three of and weak teaching, with only one partial defense.

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

One student reports 1 of 20 points on hard work; if .

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

45/100

Quizzes, papers, and participation appear regularly without descriptions of overwhelming load.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Most students say she reads PowerPoints, talks in circles, and lacks motivation or material mastery.

Format shift

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Assessment method

Balanced

48/100

Mix of papers, quizzes, and participation rather than exams alone.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Lectures are mostly reading PowerPoints from the textbook; and college-level while others call her a .

Main concern

Disengaged teaching and and quizzes.

What students said

“Reads off the PowerPoint. Won't answer any questions. Talks in circles.”
BIOANTH
“Zarpour reads straight off the .”
ANTH101
“Not an easy A by any means, but far from impossible. .”
ANTH1011033

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

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Assessment leans on quizzes, papers, and participation more than high-stakes proctored exams.

Frequent QuizzesCollege-Level PapersParticipation Graded

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and sometimes graded participation.

Frequent QuizzesCollege-Level PapersParticipation Graded
“ . Participation is graded so if you don't talk in class you will fail.”
BIOANTH
“Zarpour gives good notes of , and expects college-level papers to be produced.”
ANTH1011033

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Reads off the PowerPoint. Won't answer any questions. Talks in circles. Doesn't know the material.”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 and mixed grading views. Credibility rating: Medium.

👨‍🏫 Teaching Quality

30/100

“Zarpour reads straight off the .”

⚖️

32/100

“Super tough grader like you might get 1 out of 20 points for something that you put a lot of time into.”

📚

55/100

“The notes she provides you are straight out of the textbook so if you read it on your own time, you're good to go.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Reads off the PowerPoint
  • Talks in circles. Doesn't know the material
  • Very boring and looses the potential

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Not an easy A by any means, but far from impossible

Theme 3

📘 and Notes

  • Honestly, you don't have to attend lectures regularly in order to pass
  • Participation is graded so if you don't talk in class you will fail

Data context

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Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

4

Lifetime ratings

52/100

Evidence confidence

4 in-person reviews from 2014-2015 with mixed but mostly critical detail; limited sample size.

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

1011 review
ANTH1011 review
ANTH10110331 review
BIOANTH1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

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C range

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C 1

D range

0

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