AI Rate Professor

Music

Leslie La Barre

MUS12 · MUS16 · MU235A · MUS34 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
81/100
RMP rating
4.8/5
Take again
80%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

if you want a serious, engaging music course and are ready to participate and keep up.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerPassionate lecturerCaring and supportiveLecture heavyParticipation mattersChallenging content
  • Students consistently praise her passion, knowledge, and care for music students.
  • The courses are rewarding but not easy, especially without prior music background.
  • , and participation matter for doing well.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

An A is possible, but , and real preparation rather than minimal effort.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

43/100

The material is intellectually demanding, especially for students without a music background.

All course .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

Comments and tags repeatedly warn that skipping class hurts performance.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

80/100

because , and deeply knowledgeable.

Recommendation evidence is entirely in person.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

60/100

Grades appear fair, with mentioned once but no broad evidence of .

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

45/100

Students mention readings, assignments, notes, and preparation, but not an overwhelming workload.

Format shift

Workload comments are only from in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Excellent

92/100

Students consistently describe her as passionate, knowledgeable, caring, and engaging.

Format shift

Teaching quality evidence is entirely in person.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

75/100

One course is described as having only a midterm and final, while other reviews emphasize lectures and notes.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and caring professor whose classes are informative but demanding.

Main concern

The main risk is challenging lecture-heavy material with .

What students said

“She is so passionate about what she teaches and is so nice.”
MU235A
“Without a music background this class can be really challenging”
MUS16
“this is not a breeze of a class but I feel prepared for transferring.”
MUS12

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Reviews clearly mention a midterm and final in one course, but do not prove open-book, proctoring, or .

Midterm and FinalLimited Test Recovery

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person evidence mentions only two tests, a midterm and .

Midterm and FinalLimited Test Recovery
“ and final.”
MUS16
“having only two tests makes it .”
MUS16

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Dr. La Barre is amazing in her knowledge and can answer any question that is thrown at her.”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching and grading. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

92/100

“She is so passionate about what she teaches and is so nice.”

📚 Course Challenge

43/100

“Without a music background this class can be really challenging”

✅ Recommendation

80/100

“ if you get the chance!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Full of life and keeps lectures entertaining.
  • She has really informative lectures so !
  • Her real life experience as a jazz pianist and composer really added to the course.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • this is not a breeze of a class but I feel prepared for transferring.
  • and final.
  • come prepared to class!

Data context

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Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

Five detailed and consistent reviews support the analysis, but the sample is small and from 2019 to 2021.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

MUS162 reviews
MU235A1 review
MUS121 review
MUS341 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

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A 2

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

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F

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No letter grade reported

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Not sure yet 1