AI Rate Professor

Communication Studies

Kerry Osborne

COM223 · SPEECH104 · COMS120 · COMM250 · COMM101 · COMM301 · COMS105 · COMS250 · COMMS150 · COM105 · COMS223 · 45 lifetime ratings

AI rating
10/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
14.81%
Difficulty
3.9

The decision

unless you can handle strict grading, mandatory attendance, detailed speech rules, and high frustration risk.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHarsh gradingUnclear instructionsStrict attendanceHeavy workloadPolarizing teacher
  • Most students describe Osborne as a very tough and , and written details.
  • Many reviews say instructions and unfair.
  • A smaller group of students if you follow directions closely and submit work early.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

An A is possible for a few students, but many say outlines, speeches, technicalities, and missed details can destroy the grade quickly.

Online reviews are harsher about unpredictable grading, while as a major grade risk.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

The subject itself is not always described as hard, but , and group work make the course feel difficult.

Online students emphasize unclear instructions and grading, while and many assignments.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

8/100

as mandatory, with participation penalties or even being dropped after absences.

, while online reviews mention weekly modules and participation penalties.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

because , and unforgiving.

, but online reviews are especially concentrated in recent negative experiences.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

12/100

Students repeatedly call her a tough grader who docks heavily for outlines, formatting, technical issues, and small mistakes.

Format shift

Online grading complaints are intense and recent, while but include a few positive exceptions.

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Reviews mention many assignments, readings, speeches, quizzes, group work, weekly modules, and strict participation demands.

Format shift

Online reviews stress weekly assignments and , while and class participation pressure.

Teaching experience

Poor

25/100

Most comments describe unclear explanations, poor support, and rude interactions, despite a and energy.

Format shift

Online reviews are mostly negative about support and communication, while .

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Grades appear to combine speeches, outlines, quizzes, , and participation.

Format shift

Online reviews mention modules, quizzes, discussions, and speeches; , and participation.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

30 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

but mostly negative, with , and unclear help offset by a few older positive reviews about feedback and engagement.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“If you have to attend every class, if you miss more than 3 classes she will drop with no hesitation.”
COMS120
“NEVER cancels class and ”
COM105
“quality work good grade.”
COMM301

Remote format

Online

15 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online reviews are strongly negative, with repeated complaints about harsh grading, unclear instructions, missed support, and severe penalties for small mistakes.

Main concern

and little forgiveness for technical or formatting mistakes.

What students said

“ rubric and seems to be based on her opinion and technicalities rather than demonstration of knowledge.”
COM105
“ .”
COM105
“No offered.”
COMS105

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews mention quizzes, exams, speeches, and outlines, but do not clearly prove open-book rules, proctoring, webcam use, or Lockdown Browser.

QuizzesMidtermFinalSpeechesOutlines

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews mention speeches, exams, quizzes, midterms, finals, and participation, but do not clearly prove closed-book rules or .

SpeechesQuizzesMidtermFinalParticipation
“Only had 3 speeches & 2 exams.”
COM105
“Weekly journals, 5 pop quizzes, 1 research paper, and and a .”
COMS250
“ if you do great on the first mid term you'll be good.”
COMS105

Online

Online reviews mention quizzes, weekly modules, discussion boards, group speeches, and graded presentations, but .

QuizzesWeekly ModulesDiscussion BoardsGroup Speech
“There are only 10 quizzes for the whole course.”
COMS120
“You will give a group speech at the end.”
COMS120

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ .”

Voice snapshots generated from 45 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and teaching consistency. Credibility rating: High.

⚖️

12/100

“If you miss one little detail or word she will give you no credit.”

🎯 Teaching Quality

25/100

“Her .”

👍 Recommendation Rate

18/100

“ !”

Theme 1

⚖️

  • She grades like its a stem class and she has no care that this is an introductory class.
  • .
  • She is a stickler for well written outlines!

Theme 2

📌 And Work

  • If you miss one weekly module or its late, you're whole participation goes down and you lose a letter grade.
  • She has nothing else to do but assign a

Theme 3

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She clearly loves her job and students.
  • Awful at explaining.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

45

Recent reviews read by the AI

45

Lifetime ratings

94/100

Evidence confidence

Forty-five reviews across many years and both formats give strong evidence, even though .

Inside 45 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 510
4 out of 55
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 528

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

28 reported outcomes

A range

7

A+ 1 · A 4 · A- 2

B range

4

B+ 2 · B 2

C range

8

C+ 4 · C 3 · C- 1

D range

2

D 1 · D- 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

7

Drop/Withdrawal 5 · Rather not say 1 · Rather_Not_Say 1