Joseph Vales

ANIM131 · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 18/100
RMP rating: 1.8/5
Take again: 25%
Difficulty: 4.5

The decision

Avoid unless you have no other option and can self-manage a chaotic heavy workload.

Best fit · Self Taught ProLots of homeworkTough graderUnorganizedLong off-topic lecturesBorderline absurd workload

and
Most students rate teaching poorly and
One positive review says manageable only if you invest serious time

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Getting an A and surviving tough quizzes, with grades ranging from A to C- and .

and ; the in-person review reports a C- under crushing deadlines.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Content pace and at 5.

Both formats report high difficulty; online adds long off-topic lectures and hard quizzes.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

40/100

as mandatory while others do not, with .

; in-person report says attendance was not mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Most students explicitly say do not take him again due to overload, poor help, and disorganization.

; two online and the in-person review would not.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Tagged tough grader with reports of , and a C- outcome.

Format shift

Online and .

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Nearly every review flags lots of , and not .

Format shift

Workload complaints are strongest online but also dominate the .

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

One student found him understandable; , and unhelpful.

Format shift

The sole higher-quality review is online; .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

, and quizzes more than a single high-stakes final.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize homework and hard quizzes; .

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person ANIM131 is described as and confusion.

Main concern

Not enough time for and a generally bad experience.

What students said

“ !!! i had to take him since he was the only professor this semster i would have waited if i knew.”
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Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online ANIM131 feels overloaded with long videos, constant homework, and .

Main concern

and .

What students said

“I highly do not recommend this professor. He has extremely long video lectures, strays off topic too often, and the amount of .”
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“He and he loves giving really hard quizzes that are either wrong or don't pertain to the lecture.”
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Exam style

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Assessment centers on frequent hard quizzes and .

Hard quizzesLecture-disconnected quizzesHomework-heavy assessment

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person comments focus on heavy workloads and tight deadlines rather than a .

Heavy assignment deadlines

“he doesnt give enough time on assignments with heavy workloads and ”
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Online

Online students report lectures.

Hard quizzesTest heavy

“he loves giving really hard quizzes that are either wrong or don't pertain to the lecture.”
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Student evidence

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Top student voice
“ !!!”
Voice snapshots generated from 4 reviews, highlighting workload, support, and teaching themes. Credibility rating: Medium.

📚 Workload Overload

12/100

“the amount of .”

👎 Recommendation Risk

22/100

“ .”

🎯 Teaching Quality

28/100

“His lecture is over an hr and he says so much with no meaning.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

He has extremely long video lectures, strays off topic too often
His lecture is over an hr and he says so much with no meaning.
and definitely new.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Work is manageable if you put in the time
He
he doesnt

Theme 3

⚠️ About Support

When reached to for help or suggestions when falling behind, I'm told to "just do it".
Doesn't grade work.
He takes no responsibility for his errors.

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Four detailed reviews from 2021-2023 are consistent on overload and poor experience, but the sample is small.

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50

4 out of 51

3 out of 50

2 out of 50

1 out of 53

Course coverage

ANIM1314 reviews

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

A 1

B range

No reported values

C range

C- 1

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Not sure yet 2