AI Rate Professor

Computer Science

P Mahoney

CISC182 · CISC181ONLINE · CISC114 · CSIC181 · CISC181 · CIS6382 · DATACOMM · CLASS181 · CISC · 25 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
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Difficulty
2.4

The decision

unless and tolerate a chaotic instructor.

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnorganized instructorTextbook-driven classPicky gradingBoring lecturesSelf-study required
  • , and hard to learn from in person.
  • Course content is easy if you follow the book and and quizzes.
  • Online or lectures.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

EasyA

78/100

and , so an A is realistic if you follow the book even when instruction is weak.

; several students who took online sections still report easy grades.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

72/100

Material is introductory computer skills that many call easy or cake once the book is used.

All analyzed reviews are treated as in person per input flags.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

, so flexibility cannot be confirmed.

data.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Most students warn others away due to poor teaching, chaos, and unprofessional behavior.

Recommendation tone is negative across the in-person review set.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

52/100

, but some call him picky and critical on errors.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

45/100

Frequent labs, quizzes, and weekly work add up even when content is easy.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Students repeatedly , and archaic.

Format shift

Teaching complaints dominate the full in-person sample.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

, and textbook exercises more than big exams.

Format shift

Assessment pattern is described only in in-person-tagged reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

25 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

as , and weak at instruction, with easy book-based work but frequent frustration.

Main concern

, and unprofessional classroom behavior.

What students said

“If you have an option, please do yourself a favor and ! ...the list goes on with him.”
CISC181
“Control Freak. Just read the textbook examples and pretend he is teaching. I feel like I learned nothing at all.”
CISC114
“Horrible, horrible, horrible, please do not take this class he is the ago.”
CIS6382

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews mention quizzes and scantron items more than major proctored finals.

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Several courses use frequent quizzes and book-based work rather than a .

Weekly quizzesLabs not testsScantron quizzesTextbook exercises
“ . SO much work but i think overall it was pretty easy.”
CISC181
“Do whatever you can to do well .”
CISC181

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you have an option, please do yourself a favor and ! ...the list goes on with him.”

Voice snapshots generated from 25 in-person reviews spanning 2004-2011, highlighting poor teaching and easy book-based grades. Credibility rating: Medium.

👎 Teaching Quality

30/100

“Horrible, horrible, horrible, please do not take this class he is the ago.”

✅ Easy Grades Possible

78/100

“HE IS EASY.. THE ONLY REASON YOU WILL HAVE A HARD TIME IN HIS CLASS IS IF YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. I GOT AN "A" ON EVERYTHING”

📚 Book-Driven Learning

72/100

“Just read the textbook examples and pretend he is teaching. I feel like I learned nothing at all.”

⚠️

28/100

“This guy was out of his mind. if you get him, he will drive you crazy.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • his teaching methods seem a little archaic
  • It is a major guessing game
  • He does not responded back to your questions

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • SO much work but i think overall it was pretty easy
  • Got an easy A because I followed all the lessons on the book

Theme 3

😠 About Classroom Experience

  • Control Freak
  • !
  • iT WAS LIKE GOING TO JAIL FOR 3 HOURS

Data context

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Analysis sample

25

Recent reviews read by the AI

25

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

25 reviews span 2004-2011 with consistent negative teaching themes, but all are old and many lack grade detail.

Inside 25 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 57
3 out of 53
2 out of 53
1 out of 511

Course coverage

CISC18113 reviews
CISC1144 reviews
CISC181ONLINE2 reviews
CIS63821 review
CISC1 review
Show 4 more courses
CISC1821 review
CLASS1811 review
CSIC1811 review
DATACOMM1 review

Reported outcomes

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