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Alicia Volk ARTH292 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/16/2024	Loved the class but it is a lot of work. People who generally complain are those taking it for a gened, but they don't really seem to understand how survey-based art history courses work. You will have to go to every lecture, you will have to study a set of images (it isn't even that large compared to other classes), and you will have to write essays. If you go in understanding this you will enjoy the course very much. If you are a gen-ed student that is just taking this class to fulfill a generic requirement and will complain about having to put in work, don't do it and probably don't take an art history course. I learned to much about Japanese art through this course and professor Volk always makes lectures very engaging. Her way of storytelling is super captivating and I never felt bored. Also, her two TAs, Noriko and Maggie, are immensely helpful and have really fun discussion sections.
Alicia Volk ARTH292 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 05/11/2024	Extremely hard class for absolutely no reason. Not only does this class cover all of Japanese Art history, from 11000 BCE to the current day, but Professor Volk requires you to memorize the name of each piece of art, the author, the date it was created, and the medium. She allows students to use one side of a notecard for each exam which simply isn't enough seeing how each exam covers around 100 pieces of artwork. On top of this, the format of each test is unnecessarily anxiety-inducing, as she shows images on the projector with a time limit on each image, so once she passes each image there is no going back, immediately eliminating any test-taking strategies you may have. If you were thinking about taking this course as a GenEd, DON'T, you will end up wasting tons of your time studying for a class that you will forget about the second the final exam ends.
Alicia Volk ARTH292 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/08/2024	Professor Volk was very sweet, but DO NOT take unless you are genuinely not interested in this topic. Theres SO MUCH to remember. You have to know dates, authors, mediums, titles, definitions, concepts. And don't forget it's a Japanese art history class so the terms are in another language. Not an easy gen ed. I expected an A but will be lucky to get a B-.

Alicia Volk
ARTH292

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/16/2024

Loved the class but it is a lot of work. People who generally complain are those taking it for a gened, but they don't really seem to understand how survey-based art history courses work. You will have to go to every lecture, you will have to study a set of images (it isn't even that large compared to other classes), and you will have to write essays. If you go in understanding this you will enjoy the course very much. If you are a gen-ed student that is just taking this class to fulfill a generic requirement and will complain about having to put in work, don't do it and probably don't take an art history course. I learned to much about Japanese art through this course and professor Volk always makes lectures very engaging. Her way of storytelling is super captivating and I never felt bored. Also, her two TAs, Noriko and Maggie, are immensely helpful and have really fun discussion sections.

Alicia Volk
ARTH292

Expecting a C+
Anonymous
05/11/2024

Extremely hard class for absolutely no reason. Not only does this class cover all of Japanese Art history, from 11000 BCE to the current day, but Professor Volk requires you to memorize the name of each piece of art, the author, the date it was created, and the medium. She allows students to use one side of a notecard for each exam which simply isn't enough seeing how each exam covers around 100 pieces of artwork. On top of this, the format of each test is unnecessarily anxiety-inducing, as she shows images on the projector with a time limit on each image, so once she passes each image there is no going back, immediately eliminating any test-taking strategies you may have. If you were thinking about taking this course as a GenEd, DON'T, you will end up wasting tons of your time studying for a class that you will forget about the second the final exam ends.

Alicia Volk
ARTH292

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/08/2024

Professor Volk was very sweet, but DO NOT take unless you are genuinely not interested in this topic. Theres SO MUCH to remember. You have to know dates, authors, mediums, titles, definitions, concepts. And don't forget it's a Japanese art history class so the terms are in another language. Not an easy gen ed. I expected an A but will be lucky to get a B-.

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