AI Rate Professor

Political Science

Lisa Henkle

POLITICS100 · POLT100 · AMERICANPOLITI · POLIT100 · POLSCIENCE100 · 104 lifetime ratings

AI rating
34/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
42.55%
Difficulty
3.6

The decision

unless you specifically want a writing-heavy politics course and can absorb strict zeros without much support.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerOverwhelming writing loadHarsh zero-risk gradingOff-topic personal lecturesPolarizing in-person charmHonorlock online exams
  • long weekly discussions, essays, and .
  • , and strict citation rules.
  • In-person personality fans exist, but online and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Harsh zeros, strict citations, and huge writing load mean an A requires constant polished output, not minimal effort.

Online zeros and integrity flags appear more often; some in-person students still report easy As .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

, but volume of reading and writing makes the course feel hard.

A subset of in-person terms feel lighter; online and compressed terms feel especially brutal.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

42/100

and optional in others, with mixed enforcement notes.

Both online and .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

42/100

Roughly two in ; praise clusters with personality fans while .

In-person recommendation is higher among fans; .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

Students report zeros for , and unforgiving citation checks.

Format shift

Online integrity flags and zero scores are common; .

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Weekly 500-word posts, multi-page essays, book reports, and .

Format shift

Online compressed terms pile daily writing; .

Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Some love humor and clarity; many say she goes off-topic, skips real teaching help, and feels passive-aggressive.

Format shift

In-person personality saves some terms; online teaching presence is thinner and more assignment-driven.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

38/100

and finals still essay-heavy.

Format shift

Online is almost all discussions and papers; .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

28 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

some call her hilarious and straightforward with lighter weeks, others report off-topic talks, harsh essays, and closed-book exams.

Main concern

; critics say personal stories crowd out content and .

What students said

“She's amazing and hilarious!!! I'm honestly not a morning person or into politics but she makes me look forward to her lectures”
POLIT100
“ !!”
AMERICANPOLITI
“She gives at least 4 essays a week and she grades super tough.”
POLIT100

Remote format

Online

22 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online politics/history sections are writing factories with , and occasional room-scan proctoring.

Main concern

Massive weekly word counts plus harsh zeros and integrity tools make online the riskiest format.

What students said

“She also uses Hanlock to .”
AMERICANPOLITI
“Two assignments/wk, 500 word discussion post and 1000 word mini-essay. Midterm and final are 4 essays that you will be expected to write within 2 hr.”
AMERICANPOLITI
“Ridiculous amount of work. If you have a .”
POLIT100

Exam style

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Exams are mostly timed essays without notes; online may add room scanning, and .

Timed essay examsClosed notes commonHonorlock room scan onlineNo multiple choiceHarsh zeros

Assessment risk

Strict

26/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

short time limits and harsh grading; some lighter terms use only midterm and final.

Closed notesEssay examsShort quiz windowsHeavy papers after finals
“ and .”
AMERICANPOLITI
“ and a final.”
POLIT100
“can't use no notes or textbook for have 30 min for quiz”
POLITICS100

Online

and at least one report of Honorlock room scanning before tests.

Honorlock room scanTimed multi-essay examsWeekly essay quizzesClosed notes
“She also uses Hanlock to .”
AMERICANPOLITI
“Midterm and final are 4 essays that you will be expected to write within 2 hr.”
AMERICANPOLITI
“Instead of me with a zero.”
AMERICANPOLITI

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“EXTREMELY unrealistic work load with HEAPS of , and quizzes. Every question in any of these assignments and tests will have to be answered in 500 words or more.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews across online and in-person politics courses, emphasizing workload and . Credibility rating: High.

📚 Workload Reality

12/100

“The work load for her class is extremely unrealistic! Expect to read heavy chapters everyday, daily assignments that includes 500 words with doing two 200 word replies”

⚖️

18/100

“she is a , if you mess up ONE thing she does not have a problem giving you a ZERO.”

🎯 Teaching Split

48/100

“She's amazing and hilarious!!! I'm honestly not a morning person or into politics but she makes me look forward to her lectures”

👎 Recommendation

42/100

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Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • she goes off topic and talks about her personal life more than the work we need to learn
  • She is very straight up and gets to the point
  • she talked about her home life than the stuff we were supposed to be learning

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • She's a and in person
  • If you are wanting to take her for the ethnic studies requirement, don't.
  • Honestly very straight forward class, if you read and A!

Theme 3

✍️ About Writing Load

  • 500-word book discussions and 250-word replies are a lot
  • Nearly 4 papers a , and tests WEEKLY
  • It looks like an English 102 class.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

104

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed reviews across many years and both formats show a stable pattern of heavy writing and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 537
4 out of 511
3 out of 58
2 out of 57
1 out of 541

Course coverage

POLIT10023 reviews
AMERICANPOLITI18 reviews
POLITICS1006 reviews
POLSCIENCE1002 reviews
POLT1001 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

45 reported outcomes

A range

16

A+ 4 · A 10 · A- 2

B range

7

B+ 3 · B 3 · B- 1

C range

6

C+ 1 · C 4 · C- 1

D range

2

D+ 2

F

5

F 5

No letter grade reported

9

Drop/Withdrawal 7 · Not sure yet 2