AI Rate Professor

Arts Sciences

John Foster

ART101 · RLST207 · ART10452469 · PHIL120 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
2.8/5
Take again
25%
Difficulty
2.7

The decision

if you need instruction; ART online is doable only if .

Best fit · Self Taught ProTough graderDoes not teachEssay-heavy ARTSyllabus sticklerLittle work high stakes
  • Religion sections slammed for no teaching and
  • easy if you write a lot, not hard conceptually
  • Outcomes swing from A+ on papers to D+/C for strong students who miss work

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

Some A+ on essay courses, but and D+/C for strong students make an A unreliable.

Online ART can yield A+ with writing effort; .

Is the course easy?

Beginner

65/100

Content often described as easy with little work, but .

Both formats call material easy; RLST difficulty ratings conflict.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

; mixed reporting.

; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Would-take-again is low; .

; online ART mixed but not strongly endorsed.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

; D+/C for straight-A students over missed work or tiny spelling errors.

Format shift

Harshness strongest in in-person RLST; online ART more workable.

Workload

Moderate

45/100

Often little work but high stakes; and papers.

Format shift

Online ART heavy writing; .

Teaching experience

Poor

32/100

Accused of not teaching and expecting students to know everything; some older praise for syllabus and humor.

Format shift

; online ART more syllabus-driven.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Essays, opinion papers, and sparse high-stakes assignments dominate; few tests.

Format shift

Online ART is almost all essays; .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

RLST reviews call him a joke who does not teach and grades harshly; older ART/PHIL notes are lighter and syllabus-driven.

Main concern

and zero teaching support in RLST.

What students said

“He literally doesn't teach at all.”
RLST207
“ ! I'm telling you that .”
RLST207

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

ART101 is weekly essays with textbook use; easy content but heavy writing and .

Main concern

Lots of papers and homework; .

What students said

“The class mainly consisted of .”
ART101
“This class isn't hard, it's just a lot of work.”
ART101

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Few tests overall; finals can punish tiny errors and papers need depth.

Essay-heavyFew testsHigh-stakes final answers

Assessment risk

Standard

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Little work but finals and ; one review notes a one-letter misspelling on a final.

High-stakes sparse workIn-person final
“I also misspelled a word on the final by one letter (a 6 word answer, with a comma).i missed one letter.”
RLST207
“The class has little to no work due, but if you get bad grades then the measly 8 things due might actually affect you”
PHIL120

Online

Mostly weekly essays; tests not many; .

Weekly essaysFew tests
“The class mainly consisted of .”
ART101
“I took his ART 101 class and .”
ART101

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ ! I'm telling you that .”

Voice snapshots generated from 6 reviews (2 online, 4 in-person), highlighting . Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫 Teaching Disaster (RLST)

15/100

“He literally doesn't teach at all.”

⚖️

22/100

“I am a straight A student and i got a D because im a single mom and missed an assignment”

📝

55/100

“This class isn't hard, it's just a lot of work.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • doesn't teach at all
  • HE SHOULD NOT BE A TEACHER
  • follows the Syllabus word for word

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • YOU WILL LEARN NOTHING
  • pretty easy class if you are willing to do the work

Theme 3

📝 About Workload

  • LOTS OF HOMEWORK
  • SO MANY PAPERS
  • little to no work due

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Six reviews from 2014-2023 across courses with and mixed-quality themes.

Inside 6 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 52

Course coverage

ART1012 reviews
RLST2072 reviews
ART104524691 review
PHIL1201 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 2

B range

0

No reported values

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

1

D+ 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values