AI Rate Professor

Music

Matthew Foley

MUS17 · MUS8 · MUS12 · 7 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
25%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

unless and grind weekly quizzes.

Best fit · Self Taught ProHands-Off TeachingTough GraderTest HeavyGen Ed TrapOpen Book Possible
  • Many call the course hands-off with recycled videos and .
  • A ; most gen-ed students felt over-challenged.
  • ; not a safe easy music elective for non-majors.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

40/100

Some open-book summers are easy, but and .

Online has both breeze and nightmare reports; in-person sample is small and negative for non-majors.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

Gen-ed students say it feels major-level with , and high-stakes tests.

One online summer review found it easy; most online and .

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

75/100

; the course is assignment and quiz driven.

Online evidence dominates; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Only about a quarter would take again, with repeated warnings for gen-ed seekers.

A few online yes votes contrast with and in person.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

32/100

; assignments often feel never good enough despite effort.

Format shift

; one summer open-book path felt lenient.

Workload

Heavy

30/100

Weekly discussions, assignments, quizzes, documentaries, and heavily weighted exams stack up.

Format shift

Online weekly load is the main evidence; .

Teaching experience

Poor

35/100

Students say he is hands-off, uses others videos, and stays disengaged from teaching.

Format shift

Online comments dominate this criticism; .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

70/100

Heavily weighted exams and .

Format shift

Online weekly quiz plus multi-exam structure is clearest; .

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

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Sparse in-person notes describe heavy assignments or .

Main concern

and if you are not a music major.

What students said

“there was so my time”
MUS12
“If your not a .”
MUS8

Remote format

Online

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online music appreciation mixes easy open-book summer stories with complaints of and heavy weekly work.

Main concern

Professor seems disengaged; exams and .

What students said

“He quite literally doesn't even teach his courses, he jacks videos from other professors and ”
MUS17
“This class was a breeze. The and multiple choice so .”
MUS12
“This teacher expects you to know too much, it was the toughest class I had this semester”
MUS12

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

; others feel term-dense and high stakes for gen-ed students.

Open Book Multiple ChoiceHeavily Weighted ExamsWeekly QuizzesTerm Heavy Readings

Assessment risk

Varies

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Limited in-person evidence points to tough, exam-centered grading with little grade transparency.

Few ExamsTests Are ToughLecture Heavy
“He only gives out 2 exams and that's what your grade is based on mostly.”
MUS8
“He doesn't have a gradebook so you never know your grade.”
MUS8

Online

Online evidence includes open-book multiple-choice tests for some summers and .

Open BookMultiple ChoiceWeekly QuizzesHeavily Weighted Exams
“The and multiple choice so .”
MUS12
“ if you didn't write down every last word of the hour long lectures you're going to fail.”
MUS17

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“He quite literally doesn't even teach his courses, he jacks videos from other professors and ”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 reviews with Medium credibility due to small sample and mixed online outcomes.

👎 Hands-Off Teaching

35/100

“He quite literally doesn't even teach his courses, he jacks videos from other professors”

⚠️ Gen Ed Difficulty Trap

35/100

“If your not a .”

🧪 Open Book Exception

80/100

“This class was a breeze. The and multiple choice”

📝

32/100

“He would grade pretty hard, and it just felt like all of .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • a class made by chatGPT would be more engaging.
  • .
  • .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • it was the toughest class I had this semester
  • Expects you to know ALL terms in reading
  • I thought it would be an easy A, but nope.

Theme 3

⏱️ About Workload

  • Lots of homework
  • and .
  • there was so much assignment

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

7

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Only eight reviews with mixed online outcomes and very few in-person .

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 53
1 out of 52

Course coverage

MUS174 reviews
MUS123 reviews
MUS81 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 4

B range

3

B+ 1 · B 1 · B- 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather not say 1