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Abigail McEwen
ARTH260C Expecting an A- Anonymous 01/21/2024 |
it is an easy A class but attendance is somewhat mandatory since it will affect your participation grade. A really, extremely boring class if you’re not interested in the topic and she also talks in a very monotone voice so good luck staying up since it is at 9:30. Although she is a sweet person, she is a stickler and not that understanding when it comes to personal matter. A lot of busy work to do for such a boring class, but if you can make it through go ahead and take it. |
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Abigail McEwen
ARTH260C Anonymous 01/02/2024 |
it is an easy A class. A really, extremely boring class if you’re not interested in the topic and she also talks in a very monotone voice so good luck staying up since it's a morning class. She is a sweet person though. A lot of busy work to do for such a boring class, but if you can make it through go ahead and take it. Also, warning if you are going to be in carillon, drop the program is you can to save time and take classes you would care about more. |
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Abigail McEwen
ARTH260C Expecting an A kathleenMiles 11/06/2022 |
She's great. Don't worry about the negative reviews. Maybe she was bad earlier, who knows, but people can change. I took art history 260C with her: Art and Activism, as part of Carollin Communities. She was fantastic. Stupidly easy A. Spent max 10 minutes outside of the class with the weekly essay (it's really short) and posting some things on a class discussion board. Hint: you don't have to really read the weekly readings at all. She kept things really neutral (at least until we started discussing feminism) and invited everyone to participate. "You'll have to try really hard to not get an A in this class" - McEwen at the beginning of the semester. This is something I literally remember her saying verbatim. Something she actually said. |
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Abigail McEwen
ARTH260 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/21/2021 |
Easy A but a lot more work then I expected especially in the beginning of the year. While the class materials pretends to be neutral as it continues on it becomes more biased and one sided. It would've nice to both sides of an issue for once instead of a lot of rants. The TAs were very nice and helpful however and the professor was very nice at all times and gave good lecture during the 1st half of the year which I enjoyed. |
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Abigail McEwen
ARTH260C Expecting an A Anonymous 01/12/2021 |
This class is really easy to get an A in but a lot of busy work. At least for this semester, there were no quizzes or anything really that tests your knowledge on the content. There are discussion posts and weekly response papers (300 words). The sections decide prompts for the final which are two essays. There is also a group project but she’s a pretty easy grader on it. There is a textbook but you most definitely don’t need to read it unless it’s for finding examples for the final. |
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Abigail McEwen
ARTH260 Expecting an A- Anonymous 11/18/2020 |
I was excited to take this class because of the course content - the class itself was reviewing art in and about revolution/social issues, and it seemed like an interesting topic to learn more about during the pandemic. Unfortunately, this class was loads and loads of busy work - two synchronous lectures a week, a paper and discussion post every week, extra assignments and polls every week, and a group project for the final (note: collaborating on a group project is already tough enough - trying to maintain everyone online during a PANDEMIC is even tougher). There is almost no leeway in these assignments either. Here are some more pressing gripes with the class: -Don't buy the 40 dollar textbook. It is dry and is barely needed for class. It isn't even included in readings until the 8th week. -You won't learn anything from McEwen if you try. She is monotonous, dry, and her lectures don't have a clear outline. There is almost no talk of actual historical contexts behind the art discussed, and if there is - again, it is muddled by her dry and emotionless delivery. -The group project now, as mentioned before, is actually painful. -You'll never have a break from assignments in this class. They're all busywork, and you won't learn anything from them. -On top of all the busywork, participation in the zoom classes is graded too, and your grade will tank if you don't speak up in a 78 person class (...most people do not.) I will say that it is a bit ironic that this class has been so burdensome and unbending given the title and content of the course - this was the only class that was unwilling to cancel or change topics during election week. I will say the TAs are lovely and come prepared for discussions with good and informative content. Overall, if you're looking to takeaway any knowledge of art and social justice with this class, just go to Wikipedia and save your time and $$$. |
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Abigail McEwen
Expecting an A Anonymous 12/02/2010 |
I was actually really excited to take this course because I am interested in the history and art of the ancient Mesoamerican people, but her lecturing capabilities (or more precisely, lack of) completely ruined the course for me. On the first day of class I encountered what has now become her infamous "um". She literally throws that in every other word. She also has an unfortunate habit of not being concrete. She uses terms like "kind of" and "sort of" and "possibly" instead of saying that it is. I'm not sure if this is the appropriate way to explain things in an art history course, but I found it irritating. This was also said every other word. I found that she tried to stretch themes and concepts so it fit the lecture, and sometimes I really couldn't believe the information she was giving. The course itself was rather monotonous because it was just simply going over object after object. This class, however, was not hard by any means. The TAs' provided effective summaries of the themes presented in class, the quizzes in discussion and the exams in lecture were straight forward. If you want to get rid of your CORE, I would only recommend this class because it was easy, but do not take it with this particular professor. |
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Abigail McEwen
ARTH250 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/18/2010 |
Prof. McEwan seems fair and nice enough, but I found her lectures very scatterbrained and hard to follow. I didn't know whether to write down everything she said or nothing at all. She says "um" far too often for a college professor to the point where it is distracting. The class itself covers interesting material, but she manages to make it tedious and boring in lecture. Go to discussion and get the books (they're cheap) because the TAs were very helpful, and I learned way more in discussion than in lecture. Not a hard class if you can pick up the important themes in the art quickly and are good at memorizing pictures. |