AI Rate Professor

Journalism

Bill Parks

JOUR172 · JOUR171 · BRDC155 · JOURNALISM · JOUR170 · JOURENG · JOURNALISM155 · JOUR101 · ENGL101A · JOUR101A · BRDCJOUR155 · JRN155 · JOURN101 · ADVERTISING · JOURN155 · JOUR155 · MASSMEDIA · 47 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
Take again
30.77%
Difficulty
2.6

The decision

Skip unless you need the GE credit and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProBoring LecturesTest HeavyTough GraderLecture HeavyStorytelling Style
  • Lectures are long storytelling sessions that many students call boring
  • Grades and
  • while learning value feels low for many

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Some students call it an easy A if they attend and do light papers, but and .

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content is not highly technical, but boring lectures and .

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and tags warn that skipping hurts your grade.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

32/100

Take-again rate is about 31 percent and many students call the class boring, hard, and .

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

38/100

Tough grader tags and unreliable for many.

Format shift

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Workload

Light

62/100

Often only about five to seven short papers plus a book report or project, but .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Knowledgeable and sometimes interesting storyteller, but lectures are widely called boring and .

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Grade is driven mainly by midterm and scores.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

47 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Lecture-heavy mass media and journalism courses with mixed ease claims; many students find tests hard and lectures dull.

Main concern

Hard midterms and while lectures feel unhelpful for many.

What students said

“The midterm and because he doesn't provide practice tests or study guides.”
BRDC155
“ . It is pointless, hard and a lot of work.”
JOURNALISM155
“the class was super easy and if you showed up to class and paid attention, you don't even have to study and you will get an A.”
JOUR155

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 carry most of the grade weight.

Hard Midterm And FinalNo Practice TestsGraded By Few ThingsCurve Sometimes

Assessment risk

Strict

34/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Midterms and practice material and heavy grade weight.

Hard Midterm And FinalNo Practice TestsGraded By Few ThingsCurve Sometimes
“The midterm and because he doesn't provide practice tests or study guides.”
BRDC155
“your grade will be mainly determined by the midterm and the .”
BRDCJOUR155
“ , but .”
BRDCJOUR155

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . It is pointless, hard and a lot of work. In fact, you hardly learn anything that will help you in your future career.”

Voice snapshots generated from 47 in-person , and mixed grade outcomes. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

48/100

“His lectures are boring at times but his class is really easy.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

32/100

“I would not recommend this professor, all it is is lectures, which for the most part are not engaging and really boring.”

📝

34/100

“The midterm and because he doesn't provide practice tests or study guides.”

⚖️

38/100

“Your grade and that was it.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Lectures are just boring
  • all he does is lecture everyday
  • Parks is easily one of the most boring professors

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • as well
  • he doesn't mind giving people A's if you put in the work
  • Everyone says this class is an easy A course, but alas, it's really not.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Nice guy.
  • Parks knows what he's talking about.
  • He's always there when you need help

Data context

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Analysis sample

47

Recent reviews read by the AI

47

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Forty-seven reviews over many years show consistent themes of , and mixed grade outcomes.

Inside 47 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 510
4 out of 514
3 out of 515
2 out of 53
1 out of 55

Course coverage

JOURNALISM15513 reviews
JOUR1557 reviews
BRDC1555 reviews
BRDCJOUR1554 reviews
JOUR101A3 reviews
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1011 review
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JOURN1011 review
JOURN1551 review
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MASSMEDIA1 review

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

20 reported outcomes

A range

7

A+ 3 · A 4

B range

3

B 3

C range

9

C+ 7 · C 1 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather not say 1