Kyle Livie

HIS117A · HIST117B · 106B · HIST106A · 117A · HI117B · HIS117B · HIST117 · HIST105 · 106A106B · HIST106B · HIST116 · HIST104B · HIS117 · 106A · HIST117A · HISTORY117A · 66 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 78/100
RMP rating: 4.2/5
Take again: 73.53%
Difficulty: 3.0

The decision

if you want excellent history teaching and can handle a reading and writing load; summer.

Best fit · Effort For RewardAmazing LecturesWriting Heavy HistoryExtra CreditHilarious and CaringSummer Workload Warning

Students love Livie's lectures, humor, organization, and accommodation, especially outside compressed terms.
Grades are often strong if you write a lot, cite sources, and and essays.
Summer and short sessions can feel unreasonable with daily work and many papers.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

64/100

Many students get As if they write long, cited responses, but quality is effort-based and summer sections demand heavy output.

Online summer reviews stress workload for the A more than regular or in-person terms.

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

History content is engaging and , but reading guides, annotations, and .

and writing; in-person emphasizes lecture density with still substantial writing.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

58/100

Some sections treat attendance as optional or flexible, while .

; many online sections are async with no real seat time.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

74/100

Most students strongly recommend him for teaching quality, with caveats about writing load and summer intensity.

In-person praise is more uniformly glowing; .

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

70/100

Many say he grades easy on effort, completion, and volume of writing, with and late-work flexibility.

Format shift

A minority of online reviews call him a and paper standards.

Workload

Heavy

32/100

Frequent tags for so , and daily summer due dates dominate the workload story.

Format shift

Online summer is the heaviest; regular-term and .

Teaching experience

Excellent

88/100

Across formats, students call him one of : , and accommodating.

Format shift

Both online video lectures and .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

, and essay midterms or finals rather than multiple-choice tests.

Format shift

Online and in-person both center writing; many say there are no traditional tests.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

21 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person students praise amazing lectures, humor, and and often no traditional tests.

Main concern

and reading; .

What students said

“He is a pretty nice professor and has amazing lectures!!”
HIST105

“THERE ARE NO TESTS! Everything is written; , and a .”
HIST105

“his lectures are the best and im actually excited to come to class”
HIS117B

Remote format

Online

29 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Async online history is organized with , and ; easy A if you write a lot, but summer pace can crush.

Main concern

Long annotations, frequent essays, and work overload.

What students said

“annotations are SO LONG (sometimes 40-50 pgs). More busy work. . ”
HIST117

“absurd amount of work for a summer course. there was an and he assigns 2 ESSAYS with difficult prompts.”
117A

“By far one of the greatest lecturers I've ever had in my academic career.”
HI117B

Exam style

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Exams are usually essays or policy in reviews.

Essay MidtermsEssay FinalsNo Traditional TestsWriting Heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person assessments are also writing-focused, with several students .

Written MidtermsWritten FinalNo Tests

“THERE ARE NO TESTS! Everything is written; , and a .”
HIST105

“ and .”
HIST117

Online

Online midterms and finals are described as mention of proctoring.

Essay ExamsDiscussion BoardsReading Guides

“Also the midterm and .”
HIS117A

“ and .”
117A

“ and .”
106A106B

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“By far one of the greatest lecturers I've ever had in my academic career.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, balancing lecture praise against writing-heavy and summer-load themes. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

88/100

“Professor Livie is honestly one of the his excellent lectures and straightforward course structure and grading.”

📚 Workload Reality

32/100

“There's a lot of work that needs to be done. It's basically a reading and writing course.”

🅰️ Grade Path

64/100

“Fair amt of work but easy A!”

❤️ Care and Flexibility

85/100

“He was very accommodating and accepted all my late work.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Please give this man a Netflix special, hes hilarious.
His lectures are great
He made history interesting and engaging for me

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

and has amazing lectures but there is an unnecessarily amount of work.
he grades you depending on how much you write.
he was pretty laid back with discussion posts and essays.

Theme 3

⏰ About Summer and Pacing

and he assigns 2 ESSAYS with difficult prompts.
post on the days you don't have an essay due.
The easiest cybersession (3 week) .

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews across many history courses and years, with rich detail and a complaints.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

46 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 13 · A 27

B range

B 3 · B- 1

C range

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F

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Not sure yet 2

Kyle Livie

x x if you want excellent history teaching and can handle a reading and writing load; x x x x x x x x summer.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

FairEffort

Standard

Varies

WorthIt

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

📚 Workload Reality

🅰️ Grade Path

❤️ Care and Flexibility

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

⏰ About Summer and Pacing

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

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A range

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F

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if you want excellent history teaching and can handle a reading and writing load; summer.