Harold Pease

POLSC1500 · HISTORYPHILOS · HISTORY · POLSCI · POLISCI · POSC1501 · POLSC · HIST17 · WORLDRELIGIONS · HHIS17 · POLSC2010 · PHIL · POSCI1 · HIST2231 · PHIL1A · WORLDREL · POSCON · HISTORY17B · POLSI17 · HIST17B · POSC · HIST1523 · WORLDRELIGION · AHIST · POLITICALSCIEN · HIST17A · HIST2232 · GOV · 53 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 32/100
RMP rating: 2.6/5
Take again: 25%
Difficulty: 3.6

The decision

if you want a hard, quiz-driven class and ; most students advise avoiding him.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderTest HeavyDaily QuizzesHard to PassPolarizing Lectures

Tests and and many students fail despite studying.
Online sections draw strong complaints about unresponsiveness and .
A minority who study hard praise his knowledge and life-changing lectures.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

An A usually requires memorizing lectures and textbook details for hard quizzes and tests, and many strong students still struggle.

Online reviews stress near-impossible exams; quiz mastery.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

, and paced around frequent high-stakes quizzes rather than light intro material.

Both formats feel hard; online adds long videos and fill-in-blank tests.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and missing class means missing quiz or test material.

In-person comments stress daily presence; online still requires watching full hour-long lectures.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

25/100

Only about a , and most comments warn that the class is too hard or poorly supported.

Online reviews are almost uniformly against taking him; in-person is mixed but still leans negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

26/100

Tags and comments call him a and little grade recovery.

Format shift

Online grades feel especially punitive; .

Workload

Heavy

35/100

online, and sometimes a long research paper.

Format shift

Online is described as all reading and tests; .

Teaching experience

Poor

38/100

A minority love his smart, funny lectures, but many call tests unfair, lectures irrelevant, or support nonexistent.

Format shift

In-person fans praise lectures more; online students focus on weak organization and no replies.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Grades hinge on quizzes, midterms, and .

Format shift

Online is test- and paper-heavy; plus big exams.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

44 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person classes mix tough daily quizzes and hard tests with occasional praise for smart, funny lectures and a .

Main concern

Unpredictable hard tests and if you start poorly.

What students said

“you have a quiz EVERYDAY and you take it the last 5 min of class”
HIST2232

“If you don't do well in the beginning, consider dropping because it only gets harder”
POSC1501

“if u avrg over 85% on 12 quizzes minus the 2 lowest scores ”
HISTORY

Remote format

Online

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections are reading- and , and frequent reports that he does not reply to emails.

Main concern

Unresponsive support plus near-impossible exams make the online format especially punishing.

What students said

“ while taking this class, it is all reading all the time and all test questions are fill in the blank”
POLSC1500

“I have emailed him multiple times for this summer class and he will not get back to me”
POSC1501

“It's next to impossible to pass his course”
POSC1501

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are high-stakes, often closed-style memorization tests; some history sections .

Daily QuizzesHard Closed-Style TestsFill-In-Blank OnlineVerbal Quiz FormatQuiz Average Can Skip Midterm

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person testing often means daily end-of-class quizzes and ; .

Daily QuizzesHard Tests85 Percent Quiz PathNot Open Book

“he reads the questions out loud so you don't have a and it isn't open booknotes”
HIST2232

“if u avrg over 85% on 12 quizzes minus the 2 lowest scores ”
HISTORY

Online

Online exams are described as hard fill-in-blank tests based on long lecture videos and .

Fill-In-Blank TestsLecture Video HeavyLong Research Paper

“ so you need to watch all lectures which are an hour long”
POLSC1500

“ended up failing them or getting a low D”
POSC1501

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice
“Don't do it. If you have to... Work hard but expect the worse. and harder.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting hard exams, polarized lectures, and . Credibility rating: High.

📉 Hard to Pass

28/100

“It's next to impossible to pass his course.”

🧪 Test and Quiz Heavy

78/100

“you have a quiz EVERYDAY and you take it the last 5 min of class”

👎 Low Recommendation

25/100

“ .”

🎓 Knowledgeable Lectures

55/100

“Honestly, it was a privilege to be in a room with such a intellegent man.”

Theme 1

📝 About Tests and Quizzes

and harder
quiz EVERYDAY
fill in the blank so you need to watch all lectures
if u study ull get an A

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Amazing lectures
made you think
monotone, but knows his stuff
His lectures don't do it

Theme 3

⚠️ About Support and Difficulty

he will not get back to me
You never know what will be on the test
most A/B students fail his class

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews span many years with , and polarized teaching quality.

Inside 50 stored ratings

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

13 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 1 · A 4

B range

B+ 1 · B- 1

C range

No reported values

D range

No reported values

F

F 1

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 2 · Not_Sure_Yet 1

Harold Pease

x x x if you want a hard, quiz-driven class and x x x x; most students advise avoiding him.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Mandatory

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

📉 Hard to Pass

🧪 Test and Quiz Heavy

👎 Low Recommendation

🎓 Knowledgeable Lectures

📝 About Tests and Quizzes

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

⚠️ About Support and Difficulty

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

if you want a hard, quiz-driven class and ; most students advise avoiding him.