Al Parker - Riverside City College

Professor: Al Parker

Department: TBD

College: Riverside City College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIS6
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Parker lives out of state. The only thing that got graded on time were the quizzes&those were automatically unless its late. Judges off of word count though may not say so. Book was essential but no use to me. Posts to do were simple. Professor Parker is ill. Have patience or know before you sign up. If another prof didnt take over I wouldve failed

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIS6
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

BEWARE! This professor only give you 15 minutes to answer 20 questions for his online class. I studied for hours and I wrote notes and I read every article, did the evaluate quizzes and I still failed his quizzes. When I told him about how much I have studied, he just told me to keep doing the evaluate quiz that i already completed and went over. I

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: 44593
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This is not an easy class (I took it online). Important to read the lectures, do the study guides, and ESPECIALLY do each chapter review. This professor makes you critically think and read EVERY detail. If you are looking for an easy A, do not take this class. I busted my butt reading and studying and barely passed with an 80%.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HISTORY7
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Mr. Parker is well knowledgeable about History of the Americas and it is an interesting class. You can learn a lot of things about the American Continents. Make sure you attend his lectures. Took his class back in Fall '10

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIS7
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

If you attend all class sessions and study for the tests with the study guides he provides, you will pass the class. He is not that bad. He is very smart in history.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIS6
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Professor was beyond awful. He is impossible to get a hold of and disappears for weeks at time on online courses. Course went a week beyond end date because of that reason. Learned absolutely nothing.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIS7
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Awful!!!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIS6
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He does have knowledge about history but he is arrogant. His lecture was very boring and I found it pointless because it was a hybrid class so I could do all my work online anyway. I felt like i never had enough time on the tests. Not a HORRIBLE class but definitely not my first pick.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIS648799
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Professor is very very boring and his lectures do not relate to the book, but his test are on little unimportant minute details in the book. DROPPED!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIS7
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The online class was not difficult. Teacher is not the most engaging. Hard to get a whole of. Expects you to respond to him ASAP but will take for ever responding to you. Good at history poor at people skills

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST17A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I took Parker's class several years ago, and this still stands out as one of my most interesting classes ever! Be prepared, though, he expects you to take responsibility and work hard, it's not just like your classes in high school. If you actually want to learn something, I highly recommend this instructor, he's very enthusiastic about the subject

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIS7
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is so boring that I found myself watching the construction out the window rather than listening to him. I fell asleep countless times. He says that everything on the test is in lecture or the book but ut's not. Completely unhealpful.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST7
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Parker's online class was hard. He wouldn't respond to anybody's emails and student's bashed the class on the discussion board. He ended up sending a message that it was his last semester because his "heart isn't in it anymore." How odd since I know somebody in his class this semester and she is having the same problem with him. Unprofessional.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIS7
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

this teacher is so rude. he doesn't help you with anything. he talks and talks for the entire class period and expects you to write everything he says down. then he expects to read hundreds of pages from the book with tiny little words to prepare for the test. he is very unhelpfull and if you ask question he's just mean about it.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIS6
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I don't understand the point of making a mandatory GE course so insanely tedious. Please, don't take this guy if you just want to pass and continue en route to a 4 year university. Everything in this class is micromanaged. I just fail to see the point of it when it doesn't help...at all.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HISHIS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Even though I dropped this class...twice...this professor is a complete ass. When I was in the class, he was very rude and not helpful at all. Avoid him at all costs!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIS6
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I earned an "A" after a ton of hard work so it is doable but let's be frank, he is an ass the whole way through. Has a bad attitude, focuses on the moral lacking students seem to have according to him, and asks test questions not in the assigned material. There are better professors for history at RCC. Even as an A student I find him vile to others

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIST7
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very rude to students. Demands excellence yet he's not reliable. Takes to long to return messages and grading is not time of essence for him. Ask him a questionn expect a smartass remark. His instruction are as scatered as the textbook he uses. Not a good online professor.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HISTNA
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Worst teacher ever! Took him 7months to respond to my email so I could finish my "incomplete work" that HE LOST, so because of his mistake, I have more work to do in order to get my grade changed from an I/C to a regular grade. He loses work, demeans students, blames EVERYTHING to include his problems on the student, etc Like I said, WORST TEACHER!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIS6
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I would not recommend this class at all. This instructor is not helpful and loves to demean his students. When you ask a question, he makes the student feel absolutely stupid for even asking. Consider another instructor for History 6 & 7. He is not very prompt on replying e-mails as well. Not good.