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James Steven

EDT14 · IDE120 · EDT · IDE130 · IDE160 · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
48/100
RMP rating
2.8/5
Take again
40%
Difficulty
2.9

The decision

good if you want industry critique and will redesign hard; skip if .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerVerbose lecturesSubjective design critiqueAccessible outside classAttendance strictIndustry experience
  • Strong industry experience but lectures often called boring or too long
  • and hard to impress
  • Lenient grades possible, yet program structure and portfolios draw heavy criticism

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

76/100

Several students report A/A+ with lenient grading despite harsh design critique, especially with solid problem-solving skills.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content difficulty is moderate but vague instructions and subjective design standards raise the practical challenge.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

; one student says he takes it personally and .

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

42/100

About 40% would take again; fans praise industry help while critics call the program outdated and disconnected.

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

72/100

Comments note lenient grading and easy As for competent .

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

50/100

Assignments and redesigns matter more than volume of homework; long lectures and portfolio work add load.

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Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Industry experience and accessibility are strengths; , and weak design guidance hurt.

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

30/100

and portfolios with few graded items rather than formal exams.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

8 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person IDE/EDT courses show mixed results: some value his industry eye and accessibility, others find unstructured assignments, vague design standards, and .

Main concern

, and personal attendance enforcement.

What students said

“ but is lenient when grading.”
IDE160
“Professor decides what a good design and bad one are and is very hard to impress.”
IDE130
“Easy A if you have decent problem solving and computer skills.”
IDE120

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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Reviews focus on design projects and portfolios rather than traditional proctored exams.

Design assignmentsPortfolio workFew graded itemsNo formal exams mentioned

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

80/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

No traditional exams described; assessment is design work, portfolios, and .

Design assignmentsPortfolio-focusedSubjective critiqueAttendance enforced
“he has a very unstructured class that ”
IDE130
“ designs”
IDE160

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Professor decides what a good design and bad one are and is very hard to impress.”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 in-person reviews, highlighting subjective design standards and lecture verbosity. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

48/100

“he is one of the . He will go up and beyond the call of any professor just to see a student succeed”

📐 Design Critique Style

35/100

“Mr. James said to do the opposite of his bad design. It became obvious he did not know anything about design”

👍 Accessibility

75/100

“Goes above and .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His lectures are very verbose, which makes it difficult to understand
  • Uses his industry standard experiences
  • he talks way too much but he has alot of experience

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • but is lenient when grading
  • Easy A if you have decent problem solving and computer skills

Theme 3

⚠️ About Program Fit

  • The program is terrible, assignments pigeon hole you into a technical and painfully superficial portfolio
  • Portfolios end up pretty empty
  • Also takes attendance personally, its uncomfortable and

Data context

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Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

8 reviews from 2006-2025 with consistent themes but some very old comments and .

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 53
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 53

Course coverage

IDE1304 reviews
EDT1 review
EDT141 review
IDE1201 review
IDE1601 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

4

A+ 1 · A 3

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

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