AI Rate Professor

Geology

Brian Miller-Hicks

GEOL104 · GEOL100 · GEO101 · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating
93/100
RMP rating
4.9/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.0

The decision

if and study for notecard-supported exams.

Best fit · Effort For RewardPassionate geology lecturesNotecard on testsHelpful and clearWeekly homeworkMakes geo interesting
  • All four reviews give top teaching marks and .
  • Tests are content-heavy but allow a notecard, so preparation still matters.
  • and students say showing up clarifies concepts.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

Notecards and helpful teaching raise grade prospects, but students .

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Is the course easy?

Standard

52/100

, yet tests and weekly homework keep the course from feeling trivial.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

One review says attendance is not mandatory while .

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

91/100

Every review is strongly positive and students say if available.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

68/100

; reported grades include A and B with tough but .

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Workload

Moderate

55/100

and test prep is real, but workload is not described as overwhelming.

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Teaching experience

Excellent

93/100

Students praise passion, clarity, humor, and .

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Assessment pairs weekly homework with .

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and supportive, with solid lectures and .

Main concern

and .

What students said

“Professor Miller was great! Loves the subject and you can tell by his lectures. but you are allowed to have notes on a 4 x 6 notecard.”
GEOL104
“One note , but there is a lot of information on the test, so studying is a must.”
GEO101
“He expects you to do the , but is willing to spend the extra time to make sure you understand everything.”
GEOL100

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 tough and information-dense, but a notecard is allowed, which students view as friendly.

4x6 notecard5x8 notecardOne note card per testContent-heavy tests

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

76/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

while still requiring serious studying for heavy content.

4x6 notecard5x8 notecardOne note card per test
“ but you are allowed to have notes on a 4 x 6 notecard.”
GEOL104
“One note , but there is a lot of information on the test, so studying is a must.”
GEO101
“Allows one 5x8 card for tests.”
GEOL100

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If . He is very passionate about Geo and it reflects in the way he lectures.”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 in-person reviews, highlighting passionate teaching and notecard-supported exams. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

93/100

“I thoroughly enjoyed Prof. Miller-Hicks lectures. He expects you to do the , but is willing to spend the extra time to make sure you understand everything.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

91/100

“If . He is very passionate about Geo and it reflects in the way he lectures.”

📝

76/100

“ but you are allowed to have notes on a 4 x 6 notecard.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Loves the subject and you can tell by his lectures.
  • Good sense of humor, but takes the subject seriously.
  • Passionate about his field; good teacher.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • but you are allowed to have notes on a 4 x 6 notecard.
  • studying is a must.
  • He expects you to do the

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

4

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Four consistent five-star reviews with useful policy detail, but sample size is small and all from 2015.

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

GEOL1002 reviews
GEO1011 review
GEOL1041 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

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D range

0

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F

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No letter grade reported

0

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