AI Rate Professor

Art

Don Sciore

STORYBOARD115 · ART15 · ARTD15A · ART · ART16 · ANIM115 · ANIM175 · ARTD16 · STORYBOARD · ANIM110 · PERSPECTIVE · 17 lifetime ratings

AI rating
93/100
RMP rating
4.8/5
Take again
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Difficulty
2.7

The decision

Must-take for perspective, storyboard, or animation if you want a behind.

Best fit · Beginner FriendlyExtremely patientEnthusiastic storytellerMaster of perspectiveAlways ready to helpInspiring for art careers
  • Near-universal praise as one of the best art/animation professors at Mt. SAC.
  • Patient one-on-one help turns hard perspective into confidence and strong portfolios.
  • Talks a lot and assigns home projects, but .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

65/100

Perspective is hard, but , and constant help make solid grades realistic if you do the homework.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Perspective concepts are genuinely difficult, but and patience keep the .

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

60/100

Students are urged to stay after class for help; .

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

95/100

Nearly and calls him among the best art division has to offer.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

72/100

Described as fair with more than ample time to finish work and strong portfolio outcomes when HW is done.

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Workload

Moderate

50/100

and home projects; lectures fill class time so studio work is mostly outside.

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Teaching experience

Excellent

94/100

, and deeply knowledgeable; repeatedly called a master teacher of perspective and storyboard.

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

25/100

, and portfolio projects rather than formal exams.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

17 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

In-person art and animation courses where students consistently praise patience, clarity, humor, and career inspiration.

Main concern

Heavy talking in class and projects mostly done at home leave little in-class studio time.

What students said

“Don is probably the most engaging teacher I've ever found at mtsac.”
ARTD16
“He was a great inspiration to my chosen career path.”
STORYBOARD115
“TAKE THIS CLASS!!!!!!!!!!! this is the .”
ART

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

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Exam style

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Assessment is project and proctoring described.

Portfolio and project basedHomework drawingsNo formal exam mentions

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

85/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and portfolios; reviews do not describe formal closed-book exams.

Homework projectsPortfolio focusedStay after class for help
“Just do your HW every time and you will have a strong portfolio”
ART16
“the because of class lecture.”
PERSPECTIVE

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Don is the master of the world. If .”

Voice snapshots generated from 17 in-person art and animation reviews. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

94/100

“Don is probably the most engaging teacher I've ever found at mtsac.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

95/100

“TAKE THIS CLASS!!!!!!!!!!! this is the .”

❤️ Patience & Help

92/100

“He always invests time to help the individual student.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • patient and
  • He not only teaches how to draw, but he also teaches you the concept in perspective
  • , and funny

Theme 2

🎨 About Learning Outcomes

  • made me more confident about it after taking his class
  • great inspiration to my chosen career path
  • you can really learn lots perspective stuff in his class

Theme 3

💬 About Personality

  • loves to talk
  • most pleasent human being on the planet
  • sounds like Dick Van Dyke

Data context

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Analysis sample

17

Recent reviews read by the AI

17

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Seventeen consistently glowing reviews across multiple art courses over many years provide strong, coherent evidence.

Inside 17 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 515
4 out of 52
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

ARTD166 reviews
PERSPECTIVE2 reviews
ANIM1101 review
ANIM1151 review
ANIM1751 review
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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

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B range

2

B+ 1 · B 1

C range

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D range

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