AI Rate Professor

Fine Arts

Kraig Cavanaugh

ARTHIST · ARTF110 · ART111 · ART109 · ARTF111 · ARTHISTORY · ART152 · ART110 · ARTF100 · ART100 · COLORTHEORY · 22 lifetime ratings

AI rating
48/100
RMP rating
3.4/5
Take again
60%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

if you want a demanding art course and can handle heavy studying and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerEntertaining but hardTough graderHeavy homeworkMixed teaching clarityHumor-driven lectures
  • Polarizing Fine Arts and art history instructor: many find him funny and have had.
  • Difficulty is high with , and inconsistent expectations for what to study.
  • theory or art analysis and will grind; not for easy-A seekers.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Even , and grades from D to C+ despite effort; an A requires heavy study and is not guaranteed.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Average difficulty is high, with , and tests many fail even after studying.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and tags warn that skipping means you will not pass.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

52/100

About 60 percent would take again; fans love his humor and care, while critics say run and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Tough grader tags and reports of failed tests and .

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Workload

Heavy

25/100

Students repeatedly cite lots of , and high out-of-class load, including feedback that .

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Teaching experience

Average

52/100

Humor and one-on-one help earn praise, but , and harsh lectures drag overall quality to mixed.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Tests and slide-based exams dominate comments, with papers and but .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

22 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

All reviews are in person and and complaints about disorganization, harsh tests, and heavy workload.

Main concern

Unclear study targets and .

What students said

“You will REALLY understand color theory!!!”
ART152
“Everyone failed the first test. Everyone failed the ”
ARTHIST
“This class is definitely difficult and if you're looking for ”
ART152

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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Exams are repeatedly called difficult with large slide decks; some reviews note review sessions and , but .

Difficult TestsHeavy Slide StudyReview SessionsExtra Credit Sometimes Offered

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and slide-heavy; students say review sessions help but many still fail, and .

Difficult TestsSlide HeavyReview SessionsExtra Credit Available in Some Terms
“Everyone failed the first test. Everyone failed the ”
ARTHIST
“ , but the amount of that's offered can assist anyone in achieving a good grade”
ARTHISTORY
“He will basically tell you everything on a ”
ARTF100

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“I wish that I never signed up for this class. If you want to spend all week every week studying to get a D this teacher is for you.”

Voice snapshots generated from 22 in-person reviews with mixed praise and strong criticism. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

52/100

“He's absolutely hilarious! He's a teacher for adults so his language mirrors that”

📚 Workload

25/100

“We did give him feedback on the last day that ”

⚖️

28/100

“This class is definitely difficult and if you're looking for ”

👍 Recommendation Split

52/100

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Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He's absolutely hilarious
  • Great sense of humor - entertaining to say the least
  • and inconsistent with grading

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Everyone failed the first test
  • if I studied my butt off
  • You will REALLY understand color theory!!!

Theme 3

⚠️ About Concerns

  • Prime example of why artists should not teach art history
  • no one ever knows what to study
  • if you're looking for

Data context

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Analysis sample

22

Recent reviews read by the AI

22

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

and negative camps, but several older comments are short and grades are sparsely reported.

Inside 22 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59
4 out of 53
3 out of 55
2 out of 52
1 out of 53

Course coverage

ART1104 reviews
ART1003 reviews
ART1113 reviews
ARTHISTORY3 reviews
ART1092 reviews
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ARTF1001 review
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ARTF1111 review
ARTHIST1 review
COLORTHEORY1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 1 · A 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not_Sure_Yet 1