AI Rate Professor

Theatre & Dance

Matthew O'Donnell

TD170 · TD152 · STAGECRAGT · TD173 · TD161 · TD172 · TD150 · 14 lifetime ratings

AI rating
82/100
RMP rating
4.7/5
Take again
85.71%
Difficulty
2.6

The decision

industry connections and an attainable A; skip if you need tight lecture structure.

Best fit · Easy A HunterIndustry connectedCaring mentorExtra credit friendlyHands-on theatre techResume rambling risk
  • Most students praise caring, industry-connected hands-on theatre tech teaching with lots of
  • A minority of recent reviews say lectures ramble about his resume and teach little, yet still call it an easy A
  • ; grades cluster at A/A+ for students who complete assignments

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

86/100

Many students report A/A+ for and lenient grading even when lectures disappoint.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Average difficulty around 2.6 with practical hands-on work; though some find lectures boring.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

as mandatory with participation mattering for theatre production work.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

78/100

few disappointed recent low ratings.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Lenient

82/100

Students say do the assignments and and you get an A regardless of lecture quality.

Format shift

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Workload

Light

74/100

Hands-on classwork and production help with keep load manageable rather than crushing.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Good

78/100

Strong care, industry knowledge, and hands-on training, offset by complaints of rambling resume lectures.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

30/100

Graded by few things, participation, hands-on projects, and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

and industry mentorship with occasional complaints of resume-focused, low-content lectures that still yield easy As.

Main concern

Some sections feel like resume storytelling rather than structured tech instruction.

What students said

“Cares about students. Goes out of his way to help students. Lots of ”
TD172
“if you want an easy A this is perfect”
TD152
“If you are going to take any of his theatre classes, do not expect to spend a lot of time in the classroom. This is an excellent class designed to TRAIN you theatre work.”
TD173

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.

Some quizzes and tests appear but , and more than strict proctored exams.

Quizzes with tricky questionsTest reviewsHands-on projectsExtra credit

Assessment risk

Standard

62/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, test reviews, and heavy hands-on production work.

Quiz reviewsTricky quiz questionsHands-on productionExtra credit
“He also does reviews for tests so ”
TD152
“ although he will have some tricky questions”
TD173

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“if you want an easy A this is perfect”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 in-person reviews spanning 2014-2026, balancing strong mentorship praise with recent lecture-quality critiques. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

78/100

“Matt is one of the . His class combines lecture and practical works together”

👍 Recommendation Rate

78/100

“ . Cares about students. Goes out of his way to help students.”

⚖️ Easy A Reality

86/100

“if you do all the . no matter what grade you get on all the assignments.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he just rambles about his resume and what shows he's done not really teaching much at all
  • hands on approach, which is important for technical theatre
  • He has an incredibly large amount of knowledge on his subject matter

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • if you want an easy A this is perfect
  • Lots of and give every opportunity
  • Graded by few things

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Cares about students
  • Accessible outside class
  • Willing to work around your schedule if you inform him ahead of time

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

14

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Sixteen reviews across many courses and years with mostly consistent praise plus a .

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 512
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 52

Course coverage

TD1524 reviews
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TD1733 reviews
TD1502 reviews
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STAGECRAGT1 review
TD1611 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

13 reported outcomes

A range

12

A+ 2 · A 9 · A- 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather not say 1