Louise Martinez | PlanetTerp

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Louise Martinez ARTH200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/11/2015	Honestly, this was an interesting and fun class. Lots of memorization but the material is fascinating. Three test and all based on notes. Did not even need the book. Be nice to the TA and you should be fine.
Louise Martinez ARTH200 Expecting an A Anonymous 09/07/2015	This was a fun class to take. It does take time to memorize all the facts, dates and names of the art structures (use flashcards). However, it is a fun class. Ms. Martinez presents the notes in an orderly fashion. Discussion is mandatory so good, it's 20% of your grade. One paper which is not bad, however if you are like me who never toke an art history class, visit the person provided to help you with the paper. The exams are fair. Overall, the class was great, your grade depends on your time and dedication.
Louise Martinez ARTH200 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/17/2015	Prof Martinez is a nice teacher. You learn a lot about different cultures in this class. Be prepared to memorize in this class. Be prepared to participate in discussion classes. You write one paper and there are four quizzes. Low pressure class but attendance is mandatory. Even if you get the book, she discusses things that are not in there. Overall good professor.
Louise Martinez ARTH200 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/01/2012	The class was fair and interesting at times,but every class has their boring parts. The exams are fair, but the TA quizzes seem pretty hard. Attend lecture and if you are good at memorizing, you should get an A.
Louise Martinez ARTH200 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/01/2012	This class was sooo crazy. You have to do an insane amount of memorizing and writing but it is probably easier than what other professors require. She's a nice person but her lectures can be kinda dull. There is a paper, two midterms, and a final. There are also quizzes for discussion. Discussion will be contingent upon ur TA. The class overall isn't hard; it's not really necessary to buy the book. It will be helpful to study for ur exams but it isn't needed otherwise. If u go to all the lectures u won't need the book. grades come back in a somewhat timely manner and as long as you pay attention and go to most of the lectures u are pretty much guaranteed a B. Getting an A requires a lot more effort; you basically need to get an A on most of the assignments. Overall the class isn't bad but it got kinda annoying to do all the writing and memorizing near the end but it's not a hard class and attendance isn't taken.
Louise Martinez ARTH200 Expecting an A+ TerpGuy 08/19/2011	She is a really good professor and a nice lady. The class is really easy with her. If you need to get your HA CORE out of the way, take her. Its an easy A. Take notes, read the book and you should do fine on the exam. The slides from lectures are pretty much the same on the exam. The unknown slides (1 or 2) during the exam that she wants us to guess is really obvious and very similar to the one seen in class. She only makes you memorize the date range of each piece of art rather than specific dates. You also have to do one three page paper, which is easy. The essays on the exam are posted online so we have ample time to prepare for it. The final exam is not cumulative, only the final exam essay is. She gives you the whole semester to prepare for the final exam essay. As long as you go to lectures, take notes, read the book you will do well in class. Let me put it this way, a friend took the same course in a community college and he said he was failing the course. Thats how crazy the course can be with other professors. So if you need a chill class and grade booster, take Dr. Martinez. With all that being said, I think your grade in class also depends partly on who you have as your TA. My TA was much better than some of the other ones who gave really difficult quizzes with weird formats. But overall you should still should not have problem getting a good grade.
Louise Martinez ARTH200 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/03/2011	Martinez is a very nice teacher. She explains thoroughly about each artwork, so if you pay attention and take notes, you will do well as long as you take the time to memorize a lot of slides. The exams are pretty easy, since she posts the slides you need to know and the possible exam questions online. The TA is very engaging but the quizzes are harder than the test in my opinion. Overall, as long as you take the time to memorize the slides and since the material is not difficult you will do well in the class.
Louise Martinez ARTH200 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/28/2011	Dr. Martinez is the best! She does a brilliant job of explaining the artistic and historical context of each object. However, she does not make you learn the exact date something was made, just the period. So you spend less time staring at a sheet of dates and more time contemplating form and meaning. Also, she gives you a list of images that might be on the exam (roughly half of the images covered in class, I think) and she lets you know the essay questions in advance. So as far as Art History goes, there is not a lot of memorization. The introductions/summaries she does at the beginning and end of each chapter are fascinating and helpful to those who appreciate her insights. This is not the easiest class at Maryland, but it's not the hardest either. If you really care about Art History then you will love it!
Louise Martinez ARTH200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/17/2009	Dr. Martinez is really cool. She knows her art very well. She is also very fair. Only one of two midterms count (the higher one). Not much work except for the paper. But there is A LOT of memorizing! So if you're bad at that, I do not recommend this class. I thought I would hate this class because I'm not an artsy person at all. I was just taking it for Core. But I absolutely loved it! I found it very interesting and actually considered majoring in art history after this.

Louise Martinez
ARTH200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/11/2015

Honestly, this was an interesting and fun class. Lots of memorization but the material is fascinating. Three test and all based on notes. Did not even need the book. Be nice to the TA and you should be fine.

Louise Martinez
ARTH200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
09/07/2015

This was a fun class to take. It does take time to memorize all the facts, dates and names of the art structures (use flashcards). However, it is a fun class. Ms. Martinez presents the notes in an orderly fashion. Discussion is mandatory so good, it's 20% of your grade. One paper which is not bad, however if you are like me who never toke an art history class, visit the person provided to help you with the paper. The exams are fair. Overall, the class was great, your grade depends on your time and dedication.

Louise Martinez
ARTH200

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/17/2015

Prof Martinez is a nice teacher. You learn a lot about different cultures in this class. Be prepared to memorize in this class. Be prepared to participate in discussion classes. You write one paper and there are four quizzes. Low pressure class but attendance is mandatory. Even if you get the book, she discusses things that are not in there. Overall good professor.

Louise Martinez
ARTH200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/01/2012

The class was fair and interesting at times,but every class has their boring parts. The exams are fair, but the TA quizzes seem pretty hard. Attend lecture and if you are good at memorizing, you should get an A.

Louise Martinez
ARTH200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/01/2012

This class was sooo crazy. You have to do an insane amount of memorizing and writing but it is probably easier than what other professors require. She's a nice person but her lectures can be kinda dull. There is a paper, two midterms, and a final. There are also quizzes for discussion. Discussion will be contingent upon ur TA. The class overall isn't hard; it's not really necessary to buy the book. It will be helpful to study for ur exams but it isn't needed otherwise. If u go to all the lectures u won't need the book. grades come back in a somewhat timely manner and as long as you pay attention and go to most of the lectures u are pretty much guaranteed a B. Getting an A requires a lot more effort; you basically need to get an A on most of the assignments. Overall the class isn't bad but it got kinda annoying to do all the writing and memorizing near the end but it's not a hard class and attendance isn't taken.

Louise Martinez
ARTH200

Expecting an A+
TerpGuy
08/19/2011

She is a really good professor and a nice lady. The class is really easy with her. If you need to get your HA CORE out of the way, take her. Its an easy A. Take notes, read the book and you should do fine on the exam. The slides from lectures are pretty much the same on the exam. The unknown slides (1 or 2) during the exam that she wants us to guess is really obvious and very similar to the one seen in class. She only makes you memorize the date range of each piece of art rather than specific dates. You also have to do one three page paper, which is easy. The essays on the exam are posted online so we have ample time to prepare for it. The final exam is not cumulative, only the final exam essay is. She gives you the whole semester to prepare for the final exam essay. As long as you go to lectures, take notes, read the book you will do well in class. Let me put it this way, a friend took the same course in a community college and he said he was failing the course. Thats how crazy the course can be with other professors. So if you need a chill class and grade booster, take Dr. Martinez. With all that being said, I think your grade in class also depends partly on who you have as your TA. My TA was much better than some of the other ones who gave really difficult quizzes with weird formats. But overall you should still should not have problem getting a good grade.

Louise Martinez
ARTH200

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/03/2011

Martinez is a very nice teacher. She explains thoroughly about each artwork, so if you pay attention and take notes, you will do well as long as you take the time to memorize a lot of slides. The exams are pretty easy, since she posts the slides you need to know and the possible exam questions online. The TA is very engaging but the quizzes are harder than the test in my opinion. Overall, as long as you take the time to memorize the slides and since the material is not difficult you will do well in the class.

Louise Martinez
ARTH200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
04/28/2011

Dr. Martinez is the best! She does a brilliant job of explaining the artistic and historical context of each object. However, she does not make you learn the exact date something was made, just the period. So you spend less time staring at a sheet of dates and more time contemplating form and meaning. Also, she gives you a list of images that might be on the exam (roughly half of the images covered in class, I think) and she lets you know the essay questions in advance. So as far as Art History goes, there is not a lot of memorization. The introductions/summaries she does at the beginning and end of each chapter are fascinating and helpful to those who appreciate her insights. This is not the easiest class at Maryland, but it's not the hardest either. If you really care about Art History then you will love it!

Louise Martinez
ARTH200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/17/2009

Dr. Martinez is really cool. She knows her art very well. She is also very fair. Only one of two midterms count (the higher one). Not much work except for the paper. But there is A LOT of memorizing! So if you're bad at that, I do not recommend this class. I thought I would hate this class because I'm not an artsy person at all. I was just taking it for Core. But I absolutely loved it! I found it very interesting and actually considered majoring in art history after this.