AI Rate Professor

History

David Wilkerson

HIST117 · HIST104 · HIST115 · HIST118 · 38 lifetime ratings

AI rating
58/100
RMP rating
3.6/5
Take again
55.56%
Difficulty
3.2

The decision

Take him if you like history storytelling and ; skip if .

Best fit · Effort For RewardAmazing LecturesTough GraderWriting HeavyGet Ready to ReadSlow Grading
  • Passionate, knowledge-rich lectures that many love, but he often goes off topic.
  • and essay writing; few multiple-choice assessments.
  • Easy to pass with effort, but a true A is and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Many get B-range grades with steady work, but and grammar focus make a clean A hard.

Online stresses grammar penalties and writing load; .

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content is standard college history with and writing rather than pure concept density.

; online adds more weekly DBQs and papers.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

62/100

sometimes required or summer.

; in-person often optional but .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

56/100

About half would take again; fans love lectures while and .

; online more mixed on communication and .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

36/100

, and hard-to-get perfect scores on essays.

Format shift

Online grammar focus is sharp; .

Workload

Moderate

42/100

Few graded categories but and final writing.

Format shift

Online has more weekly DBQs and quizzes; but still writing-heavy.

Teaching experience

Good

62/100

Strong knowledge and often amazing lectures, undercut by tangents, spelling errors, and slow responses.

Format shift

; online praises notes but criticizes communication.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

58/100

Essays, midterms, and finals dominate; some weekly boards and quizzes but often graded by few things.

Format shift

Both formats are writing-based with midterm and .

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person sections praise walking-book lectures and humor, but , and few graded items such as and final.

Main concern

and off-topic lectures.

What students said

“Professor Wilkerson was the .”
HIST118
“ . .”
HIST117
“Easy B class, but you have to work for an A.”
HIST118

Remote format

Online

18 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Online HIST courses pile on reading, discussion boards, quizzes, and essays; , and delayed email replies are common complaints alongside fair effort-based grades.

Main concern

, and writing-heavy workload.

What students said

“It takes him a while and .”
HIST117
“You will get lots of homework that you are going to need to read for. The .”
HIST117
“There is and you need to read to pass.”
HIST117

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessments are mostly short responses and essays rather than multiple choice; some sections allow notes on exams.

Essay ExamsShort ResponseNo Multiple Choice OftenNotes Sometimes AllowedWriting Heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

52/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and final; some allow notes or study guides; grading is tough on writing quality.

Essays Midterm FinalStudy GuideNotes Allowed SometimesTough Essay Grading
“Lets , and final.”
HIST118
“Class consisted of a and a final.”
HIST118

Online

Online midterms and finals are short paragraphs and multi-paragraph essays with quizzes and discussion boards; .

Essay ExamsDiscussion BoardsQuizzesNo Multiple Choice
“the midterm and final are 6 short paragraphs and 3 essays 5-7 paragraphs both of the test are 45 points.”
HIST117
“Final and and long-essay questions.”
HIST117

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Easy B class, but you have to work for an A.”

Voice snapshots generated from 38 reviews (18 online, 20 in-person), highlighting lectures, writing load, and . Credibility rating: High.

🎤 Lecture Impact

62/100

“He has a vast knowledge of history on so many levels, he's a walking book covering a range of chapters in his head.”

⚖️

36/100

“Unless you are a historian with amazing English skills it's very hard to get an A.”

👍 Mixed Recommendation

56/100

“I still really enjoyed class”

✍️ Writing Load

42/100

“ if and so. No multiple choice-based class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he made history interesting and enjoyable
  • he goes off on so many tangents that
  • Professor Wilkerson gave amazing lectures.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Easy B class, but you have to work for an A.
  • Hes a and doesnt go over why you got the grade you got.
  • He grades on effort, quality, and completion so and essays and you'll be sure to pass!

Theme 3

⏱️

  • Takes him a while to grade and get back to emails.
  • It took him a few weeks to grade.
  • Hard to improve on future essays when the previous one wasn't graded before the next one was due.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

38

Recent reviews read by the AI

38

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-eight reviews across online and in-person from 2014-2023 show recurring lecture, writing, and .

Inside 38 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 513
4 out of 58
3 out of 59
2 out of 54
1 out of 54

Course coverage

HIST11723 reviews
HIST1189 reviews
513732 reviews
HIST1042 reviews
497751 review
Show 1 more courses
HIST1151 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

33 reported outcomes

A range

10

A+ 1 · A 8 · A- 1

B range

11

B+ 4 · B 6 · B- 1

C range

6

C+ 2 · C 4

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

6

Not sure yet 6