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History

Mario Perez

HIST101 · HISTORY100 · HISTORY100101 · USHISTORY · HST100 · HIST100 · HIST · HISTOR100 · USHIST · ALL · HISTORY101 · 42 lifetime ratings

AI rating
32/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

if you like history, can handle heavy reading and essay exams, and are comfortable with a polarizing lecture style.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerEssay testsHeavy readingOff-topic lecturesStrict gradingPolarizing teacher
  • Students are sharply divided, with some finding him brilliant and interesting while .
  • The course often involves lots of reading, essay tests, and book analyses.
  • Grades feel strict or unclear to many students, especially when .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

30/100

An A usually , and extra book analysis, with several students reporting strict or .

All evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

The class is intellectually and organizationally challenging because students , and off-topic tangents.

All course difficulty evidence comes from in-person history reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

55/100

Reviews do not clearly say attendance is mandatory, but lectures, study terms, and .

Only in-person reviews mention class structure, and but is not clearly required.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

38/100

Despite some strong supporters, many students warn against taking him because of , and .

Recommendation and is highly polarized.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

25/100

Many students , and , though a few call him fair.

Format shift

All .

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Students repeatedly cite lots of reading, essay tests, book analyses, and a large amount of writing.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews describe workload, and most describe it as heavy.

Teaching experience

Poor

42/100

Some students love his storytelling and knowledge, but many describe lectures as .

Format shift

.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Assessment , and book analyses rather than small assignments.

Format shift

Assessment .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

42 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and polarizing history professor with , and frequent tangents.

Main concern

Students often complain that , and workload is heavy.

What students said

“his lectures are fairly useless”
HIST101
“A lot of writing and reading, 2 book analysis are due if you want an A”
HIST100
“ and he wont go over what is wrong with them.”
HST100

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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Exams are mostly essay-based and tied to heavy reading, with ; reviews do not clearly prove open-book or proctoring rules overall.

Essay TestsReading-Based TestsBook AnalysesStrict Grading

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews describe all-essay or written tests based on readings, with and in several comments.

Essay TestsWritten TestsReading-Based TestsStrict Grading
“Yes, his tests are all essay.”
HISTORY100
“The tests are all written, no multiple choice.”
HISTOR100
“Tests are all essay and based on the reading.”
USHIST

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Very difficult class, Tons of ... and i didnt even bother trying the essays... More than half the class dropped before the final... if your uninterested in american history like me, Stay Away!”

Voice snapshots generated from 42 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and grading. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

42/100

“He's clearly brilliant, but he's so scatterbrained that he's constantly off-topic.”

📚 Workload Pressure

22/100

“A lot of writing and reading, 2 book analysis are due if you want an A, otherwise a B is the most you can get doing only 1.”

📝

28/100

“ and he wont go over what is wrong with them.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His lectures primarily compose of comedic anecdotes from his personal life and very little about the subject matter.
  • he will elaborate way too much on a small thing then you have no idea of the big picture.
  • His lectures were so interesting that we occasionally would forgo our break.

Theme 2

📚

  • There is a lot of reading involoved and all of .
  • Lots of reading and essays!
  • A lot of writing and reading, 2 book analysis are due if you want an A

Theme 3

⚖️

  • Very funny. .
  • I felt that Perez would mark me down for little to no reason.
  • Tests are all essay and based on the reading.

Data context

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Analysis sample

42

Recent reviews read by the AI

42

Lifetime ratings

91/100

Evidence confidence

Forty-two reviews give broad evidence over many years, and the main themes of , and polarizing lectures are repeated often.

Inside 42 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 510
4 out of 54
3 out of 510
2 out of 59
1 out of 59

Course coverage

HIST10013 reviews
HIST10111 reviews
HISTORY1008 reviews
HIST2 reviews
HST1002 reviews
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ALL1 review
HISTOR1001 review
HISTORY1001011 review
HISTORY1011 review
USHIST1 review
USHISTORY1 review

Reported outcomes

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3 reported outcomes

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2

A+ 1 · A 1

B range

0

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D range

1

D+ 1

F

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