AI Rate Professor

Architecture

Ignacio Sardinas

ARCH201 · ARC180 · ARCH251 · ARCH10 · ARCH202 · ARCH250 · ARCH1012 · ARCH23 · ARCH102 · ARCH21 · ARCH101 · ARCH4067 · 49 lifetime ratings

AI rating
42/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
37.93%
Difficulty
3.6

The decision

Take him for design studio if you want rigorous prep and can handle blunt critique; if you have any other option.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerImpossible Timed QuizzesHigh Design StandardsLots of ReadingTough GraderCaring Studio Critic
  • History/survey courses (ARCH 250/251/ARC180) are defined by brutal timed quizzes with 8 minutes for 10 obscure detail questions.
  • Studio and design classes demand heavy physical models, high standards, and mandatory participation, but many students credit him for transfer and portfolio readiness.
  • online survey sections are widely hated; engaged design students often rate him highly.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Some design students who engage fully report A grades, but and heavy studio demands make an easy A unrealistic for most.

Online reviews stress impossible timed quizzes; grading and heavy models.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

, and multi-model studio projects keep intellectual and practical challenge high.

Both formats rate difficulty high; online emphasizes quiz speed and and standards.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

and warn that skipping studio or missing announcements hurts grades and project deadlines.

In-person studio is clearly mandatory; online attendance is mixed with .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

38/100

Would-take-again is only about 38%, with strong design fans and .

; in-person design and early ARCH classes produce more MustTake-style praise.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Tough grader tags, slow or missing grading reports, and quiz scores that tank overall .

Format shift

Online quizzes feel punitive; if you follow instructions.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

, and multiple physical models per project create a high time cost.

Format shift

Online is reading-and-quiz heavy; .

Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Students split between calling him the best design mentor and calling quizzes cruel or .

Format shift

In-person studio praise is warmer; online history teaching is widely criticized for .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Survey courses are test-heavy with frequent timed quizzes; but history sections center quizzes.

Format shift

Online ARCH 250/251 are quiz-centered; and critiques.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

33 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person design and studio work is demanding with , and high standards, but many students praise feedback, sustainability expertise, and transfer prep.

Main concern

Heavy model-building workload, mandatory attendance, blunt criticism, and the person.

What students said

“Mr. Sardinas is actually the about design and sustainability.”
ARCH202
“He give extra stuff only your class need to do. Forces you to make a least 3 full physical model every project instead of critiquing the 3d model.”
ARCH101
“DO NOT take him for 250 or 251 unless you absolutely have to. , and it being "open notes" does not justify the 8 minutes he gives you.”
ARCH250

Remote format

Online

17 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online history and survey sections are dominated , and stress; a minority say staying on top of videos and notes yields a solid grade.

Main concern

8-minute 10-question quizzes on obscure building names, architects, and years that often feel impossible even with open notes.

What students said

“ . 10 question about very specific obscure buildings that sometimes are not even covered in and you only get 8 minutes to complete the class.”
ARCH251
“took 250 and 251, literally such tough classes strictly because of the quizzes. 10 questions of "name the architect, building, and year created" and only 8 minutes to complete it.”
ARCH250
“As long as you do the quizzes, homework, and . He also gives .”
ARCH250

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams and module quizzes are extremely time-pressured recall tests that students repeatedly call impossible even when open notes.

Timed QuizzesOpen Notes Still Brutal8 Minutes for 10 QuestionsObscure Detail RecallSelect All That Apply

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

complaints; studio assessment focuses more on models and critiques than formal exams.

Timed QuizzesOpen NotesImpossible PaceStudio Project Critiques
“ , and it being "open notes" does not justify the 8 minutes he gives you for them because they are extremely difficult.”
ARCH250
“Prepare to read or ”
ARCH250

Online

Online sections repeatedly report 8-minute 10-question quizzes on architect, building, and year details, often with select-all items and .

Timed Online QuizzesOpen Notes8 Minutes / 10 QuestionsReading HeavySelect All That Apply
“There is a lot of reading and videos required and . There are ten questions open notes with an eight-minute limit and most questions are "select all that apply".”
ARCH250
“Class is very difficult giving students only 8 minutes long for 10 questions.”
ARCH250

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“DO NOT take him for 250 or 251 unless you absolutely have to. , and it being "open notes" does not justify the 8 minutes he gives you.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (17 online, 33 in , and recommendation split. Credibility rating: High.

⏱️

22/100

“10 questions of "name the architect, building, and year created" and only 8 minutes to complete it.”

🏗️ Design Studio Value

78/100

“Mr. Sardinas is actually the about design and sustainability.”

📚

25/100

“There is LOTS of but a lot more reading is required for 251 (lecture quiz and reading quiz).”

👍 Polarized Recommendation

38/100

“All i could say is if you !”

Theme 1

⏱️ About Quizzes and Tests

  • . 10 question about very specific obscure buildings
  • .
  • 10 questions, 7 minutes!! Yeah, it's crazy.

Theme 2

🏗️ About Studio and Design

  • Forces you to make a least 3
  • Yes he makes you work for it but that is what will happen when you transfer to Cal Poly.
  • He does have high standards for design, but remember that he is preparing you for success

Theme 3

❤️ About Personality and Mentorship

  • Iggy is such a great professor who really cares about his students
  • Really awesome instructor. All he wants is for his students to succeed.
  • He'll sometimes say things in a demeaning way, but that doesn't mean what he's saying isn't true.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

49

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews across many years with consistent themes on timed quizzes versus design rigor and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 521
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3 out of 55
2 out of 55
1 out of 515

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

23 reported outcomes

A range

14

A+ 3 · A 10 · A- 1

B range

3

B+ 2 · B 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

5

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 3