AI Rate Professor

Computer Science

Ken Couch

CSCI06 · CSCI6 · CSCI · CSCI35 · CSCI10 · CSCI2 · CSCI4 · CSCI3 · CSCI3508 · 22 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.8/5
Take again
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Difficulty
2.7

The decision

if you can teach yourself and mainly need a low-pressure course structure.

Best fit · Self Taught ProHands-Off TeachingPoor ExplanationsEasy StructureHelpful One-on-OneBoring Lectures
  • Many students say , but the dominant complaint is weak teaching and .
  • The classes often feel easy, but several students say they learned little from them.
  • Evidence comes entirely from older in-person reviews, with strongly mixed but .

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

Several reviews describe low difficulty and say an A is possible through basic required work, though poor teaching can make learning harder.

All evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is the course easy?

Beginner

72/100

The course content sounds introductory and often light, but .

All course .

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

45/100

as mandatory, but one positive review says students need to show up every day to learn.

, and the policy is not clearly proven.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

30/100

Most negative reviews advise avoiding him because they found the .

All .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

Grading is mixed, with some easy-A comments but also complaints that .

Format shift

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Workload

Light

76/100

Workload appears light because several reviews mention few core tasks and low difficulty.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews describe workload.

Teaching experience

Poor

32/100

Students often describe him as kind or helpful individually, but many say he does not teach clearly.

Format shift

All .

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

, and planning work, with no single method dominating across courses.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews mention assessments.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

22 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

but often frustrating class where students frequently teach themselves.

Main concern

Students .

What students said

“You spend more time deciphering his lectures than learning.”
CSCI4
“Its an easy class but pretty useless”
CSCI2
“you can basically do the , and 4 year plan and get a A.”
CSCI3

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

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One review mentions a and final, but reviews do not clearly prove a .

Take-Home MidtermTake-Home FinalMidtermFinal

Assessment risk

Varies

68/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and final, but the broader exam policy is unclear.

Take-Home MidtermTake-Home Final
“the other you used only twice for the and final”
CSCI2

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“You spend more time deciphering his lectures than learning.”

Voice snapshots generated from 22 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and student fit. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

32/100

“Terrible teacher, doesn't teach us anything, checked out for the semester.”

📈 Easy A Potential

82/100

“you can basically do the , and 4 year plan and get a A.”

⚠️ Learning Risk

30/100

“Most students ended up teaching themselves or students would help teach each other.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • .
  • Cant teach anything to any one
  • The .If you don't understand something he will .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Its an easy class but pretty useless
  • Grades didn't reflect anything and many students' grades were challenged.
  • you can basically do the , and 4 year plan and get a A.

Theme 3

🧭 About Student Fit

  • hes hands off cause you are suppoosed to be able to teach yourslef unless you get stuck.
  • anyone who cant learn from this teacher didnt go to class
  • .

Data context

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Analysis sample

22

Recent reviews read by the AI

22

Lifetime ratings

70/100

Evidence confidence

There are 22 detailed but and easy structure.

Inside 22 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55
4 out of 53
3 out of 54
2 out of 55
1 out of 55

Course coverage

CSCI39 reviews
CSCI23 reviews
CSCI63 reviews
CSCI42 reviews
CSCI1 review
Show 4 more courses
CSCI061 review
CSCI101 review
CSCI351 review
CSCI35081 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

1

B 1

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not_Sure_Yet 1