AI Rate Professor

Geography

Paul Belasky

GEOL101 · GEOG10401 · GEO104 · GEOL101L · GEOL103 · GEO103 · GEOL102 · GEO102 · GEOG104 · GEO101 · GEOLOGY103 · 108 lifetime ratings

AI rating
41/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
Take again
39.39%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if you love geology/oceanography and will read every chapter; otherwise find another GE option.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTest HeavyGet Ready to ReadTough GraderPassionate but TangentialMandatory Attendance
  • , and often 80+ questions with .
  • Passionate and knowledge-rich lectures polarize students; online delivery is frequently panned.
  • and grades depend heavily on a few high-stakes tests.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

As are possible with , and a curve, but exams and as hard and grade-critical.

Online students more often report harsh unclear grading; if you lock in.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

STEM-style geology content plus dense textbook material and for most students.

Both formats call it hard; online adds tech and lab-adaptation friction.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and warn that slides or key material are missed if .

Nearly all online and in-person comments treat showing up as non-negotiable.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

38/100

and many students explicitly say to pick another professor unless you truly love the subject.

In-person devotees still exist; online reviews skew more strongly negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

Tough grader tags and , though a few note a .

Format shift

Online labs and .

Workload

Heavy

30/100

Heavy textbook reading, journals, long lectures, and .

Format shift

Online adds group deadlines and MyPearson-style work; .

Teaching experience

Average

52/100

Students split between inspired by passionate storytelling and , and weak online delivery.

Format shift

In-person teaching is better regarded; online quality ratings are much lower.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

and finals with fewer lower-stakes assignments.

Format shift

; online also cites group projects and labs.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

37 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person fans praise storytelling and passion, while , and ; success requires constant reading and attendance.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“Professor Belasky is legit the bees knees. .”
GEO102
“Absolutely terrible. Highest grade on the midterm was a 74% percent with the average being an F”
GEO101
“his midterms and finals are 80 plus questions and they are very difficult.”
GEOL101

Remote format

Online

13 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections struggle with tech issues, long incoherent slides, rushed group work, and ; several students urge avoiding him for GE online.

Main concern

, and timed hard exams with little guidance.

What students said

“PLEASE listen to all these reviews because he's the . !”
GEO104
“He is not tech savvy whatsoever... Half the class is essentially waiting around doing nothing and the other half is material dense.”
GEO101
“the exams are lowkey hard and timed so lock in fr fr... good.”
GEOL102

Exam style

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Exams are frequently long, timed, dense, and .

Long Timed Exams80+ QuestionsTest HeavyTextbook-BasedDense Midterms

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person exams are long 80-plus-question tests that many say exceed lecture coverage and punish missed reading.

80+ Question ExamsNo Strong ReviewsTextbook HeavyIn-Person Final
“his midterms and finals are 80 plus questions and they are very difficult.”
GEOL101
“first thing he did when he comes back is to give us a midterm with 80 questions. gives inaccurate study guides”
GEO103

Online

Online students report hard timed exams and .

Timed ExamsTest HeavyReading Dependent
“the and timed so lock in fr fr”
GEOL102
“To pass you need cracked classmates to work with. You also have to really lock in to get a good grade in this class.”
GEOL101

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Out of all the classes I have taken at Ohlone, this is the worst and hardest... .”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews across online and , and polarized teaching. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Reading Overload

30/100

“Do the reading and the , and youll be fine.”

🧪

32/100

“his midterms and finals are 80 plus questions and they are very difficult.”

🔥 Polarized Teaching

52/100

“Professor Belasky is legit the bees knees. .”

👎 Recommendation Risk

38/100

“PLEASE listen to all these reviews because he's the . !”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Comes ready to have a good time and to teach.
  • He is easily distracted during lectures and .
  • his lectures are long so

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • The but it is a STEM course
  • getting a bad grade on 1 or 2 can jack you up for the rest of the semester
  • if you're not 100% interested in Oceanography, you will not do very well

Theme 3

⚠️ and Online

  • SHOW UP, READ THE ENTIRE CHAPTER HE ASSIGNS, and BE INTERESTED IN THE TOPIC.
  • He is not tech savvy whatsoever.
  • Missing class is not an option either because all of .

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

108

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed reviews spanning many years and both formats , and polarized teaching quality.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 546
4 out of 518
3 out of 519
2 out of 512
1 out of 514

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

34 reported outcomes

A range

14

A+ 3 · A 10 · A- 1

B range

7

B+ 2 · B 5

C range

5

C+ 1 · C 3 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

7

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 6