AI Rate Professor

History

Howard Dewitt

HIST105 · MUS123 · CAHIST · HISTORY · HIST141142 · POLYSCI · HISTROCKNROL · ROCKNROLL · HIST141 · ISHIS · HIST · POLYSCI105 · CAHISTORY · HISTORY105 · ROCK50 · PS102 · CALIHIST · CALHIST · HISTORY142 · HISTPOLISCI · HIS142 · CALHST · HISTORYOFRR · CALIFORNIAHIST · HIST142 · 60 lifetime ratings

AI rating
74/100
RMP rating
3.6/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
2.4

The decision

if you enjoy storytelling history and will stay on top of reading; skip if .

Best fit · Effort For RewardHilarious StorytellerHeavy ReadingEntertaining LecturesExpensive Self-Authored BooksEasy if You Keep Up
  • Many students love his humor, life stories, and classroom energy.
  • Workload , and essay writing.
  • some call it an easy A with notes; .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

Many report easy grades if , and use tutoring, but essays and dense weekly work still require steady effort.

All analyzed reviews are tagged in person; older comments about online sections are still counted in the in-person bucket.

Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

and and writing keep it from feeling introductory for everyone.

All analyzed reviews are tagged in person.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

while others are self-paced or note-focused with less seat-time pressure.

All analyzed reviews are tagged in person.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

Recent take-again sentiment is strong and many call him a and books.

All analyzed reviews are tagged in person.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

58/100

Flexible and helpful for many students, but .

Format shift

All analyzed reviews are tagged in person.

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Expect , and multi-book loads in some sections.

Format shift

All analyzed reviews are tagged in person.

Teaching experience

Good

72/100

High energy storytelling and humor win most students; organization and lecture clarity are more mixed.

Format shift

All analyzed reviews are tagged in person.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

Frequent quizzes, short essays, midterms, and versions.

Format shift

All analyzed reviews are tagged in person.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Across decades of in-person-tagged reviews, Dewitt is remembered as a funny, story-driven history/poli-sci character. Self-paced and lecture sections can feel easy if you keep up, but and .

Main concern

and required books .

What students said

“the ”
CAHISTORY
“very cool and easy going professor. hard work, but you learn a ton”
CAHISTORY
“Favorite teacher in all of my 15 years of school. Great person to get to know. He is brilliant and hilarious.”
HISTPOLISCI

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and readings; friendliness depends on section and how closely you follow the materials.

Weekly QuizzesShort EssaysMultiple Choice Plus EssaysSome Open-Note Self-Paced TestsReading-Based Exams

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person-tagged reviews describe multiple-choice plus short essays from lectures/readings; .

Multiple ChoiceShort EssaysOpen-Note in Some Self-Paced SectionsReading-Heavy Prep
“The and 1-2 short essays from the reading.”
HIST142
“tests are open note, and .”
HIST141
“while the .”
HIST142

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“the ”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 , and grading. Credibility rating: High.

🎭 Teaching Personality

72/100

“He is brilliant and hilarious.”

📖 Reading Load

48/100

“i took the online class and there ! around 100 pages per weekly assignment.”

👍 Recommendation

72/100

“if , and u must meet him cuz he is a character.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • very cool and easy going professor
  • Tells the . I've had.
  • funny teacher...very knowledgable..tends to ramble

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Easy A. Dr. DeWitt very cool
  • I worked my butt off for that A
  • and biased

Theme 3

📚 About Books & Work

  • 3 text books that he requires for the course are ones that he wrote
  • There is a lot of reading but its not that hard of a class
  • the 3 books i had to buy for his class i barely used

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

60

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews spanning many years give a large, thematically consistent sample despite sparse modern grade reporting.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 527
4 out of 512
3 out of 56
2 out of 512
1 out of 53

Course coverage

HIST14212 reviews
HIST1054 reviews
PS1024 reviews
CAHISTORY3 reviews
HISTORY3 reviews
Show 20 more courses
CALHIST2 reviews
HIST2 reviews
HIST1412 reviews
MUS1232 reviews
CAHIST1 review
CALHST1 review
CALIFORNIAHIST1 review
CALIHIST1 review
HIS1421 review
HIST1411421 review
HISTORY1051 review
HISTORY1421 review
HISTORYOFRR1 review
HISTPOLISCI1 review
HISTROCKNROL1 review
ISHIS1 review
POLYSCI1 review
POLYSCI1051 review
ROCK501 review
ROCKNROLL1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

2

B+ 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Drop/Withdrawal 1