It is so important to take notes for this class. I really enjoyed this class and I found Professor Wittman to be interesting and engaging!! I would recommend getting notion or another app where you can insert pictures with your notes. Attend all lectures and use Quizlet to memorize dates, locations and sites. It is very hard for a G.E. though...
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The professor exhibits an impressive vocabulary that is both helpful and strongly applicable for learning the course material. His lectures were beautiful, and his office hours help was very beneficial.
I initially took this class reluctantly to fill a GE and was amazed by it. The lectures he gives are super interesting, and he's very passionate about the subject. That being said, this class requires a good amount of effort: two papers, two midterms, and a final. It's not overkill, but isn't an easy A. Taking it P/NP makes it much easier though.
Decent lecturer, and is clearly passionate about the topics, as he has visited and taken photos of almost ever site/monument he lectured on. The class is very information heavy, and if you want an A, you have to work for it. A lot of my classmates took it P/NP and had a more enjoyable experience than I did. Exams are no walk in the park.
Great professor who genuinely cares about the topic he is teaching. Made the class very interesting.
Wittman is very passionate about the material and he is an excellent lecturer. Im a math major but I happen to find the subject matter quite interesting. Id rate him higher but there is quite a lot of reading involved, and grading can be tough. Dont regret taking this course, but there are easier GEs out there.
Not hard if you attend class and take notes
Prof. Wittman is highly knowledgable and clearly puts effort into teaching. His lectures were fascinating and suffused with an enjoyably dry sense of humor. I recommend attending his office hours - you'll learn a lot; just make sure to have questions prepared. He does try to stuff a ton of details into lectures, though, so be prepared for that!
I took this as a GE and I honestly really enjoyed it. The lectures were basically just looking a cool buildings for an hour and Wittman did a good enough job of keeping things interesting/relevant. The 2 papers were straightforward and graded fairly, and as long as you try to understand & use the terminology you'll be fine.
If you want to fulfill a GE, take another class.
Amazing lectures. Very interesting lecture materials explained in detail. Requires u to listen carefully otherwise u wont be able to follow. Exams are weird and hard. I paid a lot of effort on the exams. Hard class but interesting.
interesting lecture but a hard exam.
I took ARTHI6F reluctantly to fill an art GE, and I was blown away with how interesting the class and subject are. It may just be personal preference but some of the things discussed in class were incredibly interesting and eye-opening. All reading is online, there are 2 papers, one midterm, and the final. Very cool class and prof.
Thought it would be interesting but nope. Long lectures where he rambled on trying to squeeze as many concepts as he can in 75 minutes. Attendance is mandatory with a sign in sheet passed around in lecture. Only good thing was that all readings were PDF files no bookreader. It was just overall very boring and difficult DO NOT take for GE
Attendance is mandatory. Lectures are god awful long. Never stops lecturing the entire period. Is kind of full of himself. Wrote two papers on architecture on campusin SB. Midterms are easy if you read the bookgo to class, same for the final. Make flashcards for the IDs. Will come out ahead if you know the dates of all structures.
Most interesting class I have taken at UCSB. He speaks very well, is very knowledgeable, and provides a good course curriculum. He has a website where he posts all the readings and additional material but he still makes you go to class and sign an attendance sheet. Even so, 1010 would recommend.
DO not take him if you are just taking art for a GE. He takes it way too seriously. Lectures and sections are mandatory. He does have homework. And tests don't actually test if you understand the concepts, but instead if you memorized obscure architects names and dates. Overall, a horrible class for anyone who isn't an art history major.
Great professor. He knows his stuff, and you can tell that he is passionate. There is no homework, and the tests are all memorization. If you are remotely interested in buildings/architecture at all, I recommend taking this class.
He is AWESOME. A great, very intelligent, clear lecturer, and funny. If you go to class, and pay attention (I didn't even take notes), you will pass. He provides every lecture (with pictures and text) online, and the readings are free PDFs! This is a great class, and he makes it interesting and challenging, but very easy to pass.
Great lecturer. Very intelligent and knowledgable about subject matter. Presented the material in a clear, organized, and interesting way. Attendance during lecture was mandatory. Exams (midterm and final) were straightforward, and essay questions were given out before the day of the exam. Slide IDs were on both exams.
Definitely one of the best lecturers I've had, and he makes class interesting and fun. I wasn't into in history of architecture before this class, but he got me really interested in the subject.
If you have an interest in architectural history then Wittman is an excellent professor to take. His courses are lecture heavy but they are very interesting (personally, I find them enthralling). 142F was a new course for this quarter and he was a bit disorganized but I've taken several other courses with him and that's typically not an issue.
Lecture slides have little information on them, so be prepared to takes lots of notes (attendance is also mandatory). Had a midterm, in-class essay and final - midterm was supposed to be 5 IDs and two short-essay questions but he made it 15 IDs without telling anyone ahead of time. Getting a good grade is doable you just have to put in lots of work