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Paul Rittman

HIST101 · HIST130 · HIST117 · HIST131 · HIST103 · HIST155 · HISTORY104 · HISTORY131 · HIST102 · HIST104 · HIST118 · 70 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.8/5
Take again
29.79%
Difficulty
3.6

The decision

Avoid unless you have no alternative and and heavy writing.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHarsh AI plagiarism flagsLecture heavyTest and essay heavyTough graderInconsistent grading
  • Many recent students report essays wrongly marked AI-generated and ignored proof.
  • Workload is heavy with long lectures, weekly writings, and high-stakes tests.
  • A minority online or highly prepared students pass, but overall recommendation rate is low.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Many Ds and Fs, harsh essay and , and frequent AI false flags make an A unusually costly.

Online has more A reports with steady work; and AI flags.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

and writing, and non-multiple-choice exams make content demanding.

Online weekly summaries can feel lighter; and .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

and optional in others with little consistent pattern.

Both online and in-person show mixed mandatory and .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

30/100

Would-take-again near 30% with .

Online reviews are somewhat more positive; .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

18/100

Tough grader reputation plus AI/plagiarism flags and .

Format shift

as fairer by some; in-person recent reviews call it harsh and inconsistent.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

, and high-stakes midterms and finals create heavy load.

Format shift

Online still has weekly 400-word work; and written exams.

Teaching experience

Poor

35/100

Some praise passion and humor, but many report boring lectures, ignored emails, and .

Format shift

Online experiences trend better; in-person quality is highly polarized and recently worse.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Midterms, finals, and .

Format shift

Online mentions open-note quizzes plus one essay; and few graded items.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

41 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and polarizing, with many reports of , and failing grades.

Main concern

AI detectors and .

What students said

“ , if your only option is to take this class just wait till next term.”
HIST117
“ and every single essay that I've written he's marked as AI.”
HIST104
“Do yourself a favor and .”
HIST118

Remote format

Online

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online can be more manageable with open notes and weekly 400-word summaries, but and .

Main concern

and .

What students said

“If you're gonna take Mr. .”
HIST103
“ so overall easy class as long as you put in the work.”
HIST118
“He gave us five page essays for each day of the week that were supposed to be about how important each day of the week was.”
HIST117

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Written non-multiple-choice exams and ; and unproctored.

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals are long written exams with study guides sometimes provided; .

Written examsLong midterms and finalsStudy guides sometimesEssay-heavy
“The .”
HIST117
“The and they are absolutely impossible to finish in 1 hour and 25 minutes.”
HIST103

Online

Online tests and quizzes are often open notes and not proctored, but and .

Open notes onlineNot proctoredMultiple choice quizzesHarsh essay grading
“While and not proctored, the wording is so confusing.”
HIST103
“Tests and and easy.”
HIST155

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ , if your only option is to take this class just wait till next term.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (9 online, 41 in-person), highlighting AI grading conflicts, heavy lectures, and low recommendation. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

35/100

“ . His lectures take up the whole class.”

👎 Recommendation Rate

30/100

“Do yourself a favor and .”

🤖 AI Flagging Risk

15/100

“He marked all of my work as AI generated even when I had recorded myself writing them.”

📚 Workload Load

22/100

“So much unnecessary lecture notes. Literally 8 pages of lecture notes on top of 4+ chapters to read every week.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • The professor is a , and is passionate about history
  • he yapped the whole class and barely gave time to talk with classmates
  • Lectures are exteremly lengthy and not lively

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • I've seen many people talk about . Well, it happened to me too
  • mostly every student in his class is failing
  • EASY A!

Theme 3

⚠️ About AI and Fairness

  • Even if I had proof that it was handwritten he wouldn't regrade it
  • He almost failed me for plagiarism but he made a mistake and got the wrong student
  • he also doesn't post the information for the

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

70

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews across many years with large recent negative cluster and consistent themes , and lecture load.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 514
4 out of 513
3 out of 512
2 out of 59
1 out of 522

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

43 reported outcomes

A range

11

A+ 3 · A 8

B range

5

B+ 2 · B 3

C range

6

C+ 1 · C 4 · C- 1

D range

10

D+ 4 · D 4 · D- 2

F

7

F 7

No letter grade reported

4

Audit/No Grade 1 · Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 2