AI Rate Professor

Psychology

Jamie Buchanan

PSYCH118 · PSYCH100 · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating
31/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

Take Buchanan only if you can handle heavy work and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderHeavy homeworkMixed teaching qualityExtra credit varies
  • Reviews are sharply split between older praise and recent severe criticism.
  • , and little support.
  • Positive in-person , and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Getting an A looks possible in some in-person sections, but , and unreliable extra credit.

Online evidence is negative about hard grading, while and heavy grading complaints.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

The course content is not described as conceptually impossible, but the workload and .

Online feedback focuses on workload and costs, while and homework in one week.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

Reviews do not clearly prove a .

Neither online .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

35/100

Recommendation is mixed overall but recent reviews , and support.

The online , while in-person reviews are split between high recommendation and strong rejection.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

25/100

Recent students repeatedly call the grading tough or extremely hard despite older comments about .

Format shift

, while but recently negative.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Students report loads of , and .

Format shift

Both online and .

Teaching experience

Poor

42/100

Older students praised fun lectures and feedback, but recent students report poor help and a much worse experience.

Format shift

Online teaching evidence is negative, while .

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

, and exams, so assessment appears mixed rather than exam-only.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize papers and materials, while , and activities.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person reviews are mixed, with older praise for engaging lectures and but a and tough grading.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“she gives loads of homework and .”
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“gives plenty of chances to boost your grade with and in class activities.”
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Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

The only online review is strongly negative and reports expensive , and poor support.

Main concern

and costly required materials.

What students said

“She does not help when reached our to, and grades extremely hard.”
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Exam style

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Reviews mention exams and pop quizzes, but they do not clearly prove exam format, proctoring, open-book rules, or .

Exams MentionedPop Quizzes MentionedPolicy Unclear

Assessment risk

Varies

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and pop quizzes but do not clearly prove the .

Exams MentionedPop Quizzes Mentioned
“she gives loads of homework and .”
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Online

The online review does not clearly prove exam policy, proctoring, .

Policy Unclear

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“She grades very tough and does not give any like stated, !!”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and workload. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

42/100

“She really makes all her classes fun and interesting.”

⚖️

25/100

“She does not help when reached our to, and grades extremely hard.”

📚 Workload Pressure

22/100

“she gives loads of homework and .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She really makes all her classes fun and interesting.
  • Lectures were always so fun and involved, shes newer and has a different teaching style from older professors which is refreshing.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • She grades very tough and does not give any like stated, !!
  • grades extremely hard.

Theme 3

📚 About Workload

  • she gives loads of homework and .
  • She makes you purchase tons of packets, very expensive software, and demands access codes.

Data context

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Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

4

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Only four reviews exist, but and show a meaningful recent negative shift.

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

PSYCH1002 reviews
PSYCH1182 reviews

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

B range

1

B 1

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values