Is this an easy A?
HardWork
28/100Bs appear, but students say and a .
Online and and self-study; no easy-A claims.
The decision
Key questions
Is this an easy A?
Bs appear, but students say success needs full textbook self-study and a tough final threshold.
Online and in-person both describe hard grading and self-study; no easy-A claims.
Is the course easy?
Called the hardest 2-credit course by some, with dense reading and test-heavy weed-out design.
Difficulty is high in both formats; one milder in-person review still calls it difficult for 2 credits.
Is attendance flexible?
Every review lists attendance as mandatory.
Attendance is marked mandatory in the online review and all in-person reviews.
Is this professor recommended?
Would-take-again is 0% and most comments warn that lectures do not prepare you for exams.
Avoid tone is dominant in in-person reviews; the one online review is equally negative.
Course guide
Grading
Strict
28/100
Tough grader tags, graded by few things, and a 72% final requirement make grades hard to protect.
Format shift
Strict grading evidence is almost entirely from in-person reviews.
Workload
Heavy
32/100
Test-heavy load plus reading large textbook portions with little homework cushion.
Format shift
Both formats stress heavy reading; in-person adds comprehensive exam prep burden.
Teaching experience
Poor
18/100
Students say she reads slides, is disorganized, reuses old material, and cannot explain clearly.
Format shift
Online calls her unprepared; in-person majority echo confusion and mismatch.
Assessment method
FocusOnExams
88/100
Course is almost entirely exams and final with little homework weight.
Format shift
Test-heavy structure is confirmed mainly by in-person comments.
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Course format
Classroom format
High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro
In-person majority report disorganized lectures, no study guides, exams that do not match class, and heavy self-study from the book.
Main concern
Exams and final do not track lecture content and require broad textbook mastery.
What students said
“The tests did not correlate to what was taught during class.”
“You need a 72% overall AND a 72% on the final alone to pass this course.”
“Lectures were often unhelpful and lacked detailed explanations”
Remote format
Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro
The single online review says you must self-teach from the textbook and YouTube while lectures only read slides.
Main concern
New instructor seems unprepared and will not explain concepts she thinks you should already know.
What students said
“You need to teach yourself by reading ALL of the textbook & Youtube. Just reads off Powerpoint/book.”
Exam style
Exams are high-stakes, often mismatch lectures, lack study guides, and require broad textbook self-study.
Assessment risk
Strict
28/100
Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.
In-person students report exam content disconnected from lecture, no study guides, and a required 72% on the final.
“You need a 72% overall AND a 72% on the final alone to pass this course. No study guides”
“Exams do not reflect lecture, teacher is unclear on what to focus on”
“Most of the class passed the semester but failed the final.”
Online review stresses test-heavy design and self-teaching but does not detail proctoring tools.
“Points out what you need to know but doesn't teach you on it.”
Student evidence
Top student voice
“You basically have to read the whole textbook. Good luck”
“You need to teach yourself by reading ALL of the textbook & Youtube.”
“The tests did not correlate to what was taught during class.”
“Good luck to the next couple of students taking her course because that's all you will need to pass only using the textbook and PowerPoint slides is not helpful.”
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Data context
Analysis sample
9
Recent reviews read by the AI
8
Lifetime ratings
78/100
Evidence confidence
Nine recent reviews are highly consistent on self-teaching, exam mismatch, and test-heavy structure, with only one mixed but still cautious voice.
Inside 9 stored ratings
Reported outcomes
9 reported outcomes
No reported values
B+ 2 · B 3 · B- 1
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No reported values
No reported values
Incomplete 1 · Rather not say 2