AI Rate Professor

Physics

Michael Bowen

MATH14 · MATHV03 · PHYSICS · PHYSICS131 · CALCULUS2ND · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
48/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
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Difficulty
4.0

The decision

if you can learn from the book and solutions manual on your own; teaching quality is highly inconsistent.

Best fit · Self Taught ProPoor explanationsBoard problems onlyHard testsMixed reviewsSelf-study heavy
  • some call him cool and ; others say he never teaches and leaves students on their own.
  • Math and physics content is often hard; and study.
  • Old reviews (2004-2011) show inconsistent teaching quality across courses.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

Students say and , and earn at least C-level test scores to pass.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

Multiple difficulty-5 ratings and comments about hard conceptual tests and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

and pass advice; others strongly dislike his teaching and report no help.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

45/100

One older review suggests using a solutions manual on tests helps; .

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Workload

Moderate

45/100

and study load is real, but reviews do not describe overwhelming weekly volume.

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Teaching experience

Average

45/100

Quality spans 1 to 5: the book and ignores students.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

and as the main hurdle.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

some praise cool vibe and passable grades with hard work; others say he copies the , and ignores most students.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“He doesn't really explain the math concepts well &has a linear way of thinking”
MATHV03
“he never so much as lifted a single finger entire semester”
PHYSICS131
“ ! ... Highly recommended man!”
PHYSICS

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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Tests are described as hard with conceptual parts; one older review says using a solutions manual during the test helps.

Conceptual test questionsSolutions manual allowed (older report)Hard tests

Assessment risk

Standard

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; one older student reported using a solutions manual during the test.

Conceptual questionsHard testsSolutions manual on test (older)
“just use ur solutions manual during the !!”
CALCULUS2ND
“ !”
PHYSICS

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“He doesn't really explain the math concepts well &has a linear way of thinking, not understanding that not everybody loves math nor understands it the same way that he does.”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 in-person reviews spanning 2004-2011, highlighting polarized teaching quality and . Credibility rating: Medium.

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30/100

“He doesn't really explain the math concepts well &has a linear way of thinking”

📝

35/100

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🔀 Polarized Reviews

48/100

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🚫 No Teaching Effort

20/100

“he never so much as lifted a single finger entire semester”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • All he does is pick stuff out of the book& do problems on the board.
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  • he was pretty cool

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

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  • just use ur solutions manual during the !!
  • You will pass the class if you do all your homeworks, get at least a , and study hard.

Theme 3

😠 About Neglect

  • He BSed with one student all semester while other students where left to own wits.
  • More useful if he wasnt there.

Data context

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Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

52/100

Evidence confidence

Five reviews across math and physics with mixed but detailed comments; all are old (2004-2011).

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 51

Course coverage

CALCULUS2ND1 review
MATH141 review
MATHV031 review
PHYSICS1 review
PHYSICS1311 review

Reported outcomes

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