not a good class

This class is very challenging, but do-able. The topics covered in the class are very eye opening and interesting...there was just a midterm and a final both take home 8-10 page papers that were fairly easy (topics were interesting)...Overall, awesome class && the lecture on advertising was AWESOME!

This class is challenging but extremely eye opening and so interesting. Be prepared to work, you have a summary due every week and a 8-10 page final and midterm paper, but its mostly interesting material. I had never taken an art class, you need no experience to do well!

helen is a psycho. she yells when she talks and us extremely annoying. she doesnt know how to teach and i would have dropped this class is if wasnt required for art majors. class is hell. me and everyone else in that lecture dreads going and pretty much DGAF.

I thought the class would be a lot more interesting, which a few lectures were, but most were pretty boring and the reading is a load of bull. It's a lot of writing but if you do it all it's an easy A. There are a lot of artsy kids that take it and I wasn't one so maybe if you are you'll enjoy it more..Taschian is enthusiastic about the subject.

I loved this class! Not super easy, but really interesting. My TA was amazing and really helpful... so that helped a lot.

Helen's lectures are pretty interesting when she does slides but her movie clips are really boring! The readings are really boring and lengthy...her midterm and final are both take home essays...

She always talked in extremely advanced terms like she was trying to show off what she knew and how smart she was. I couldn't stand it. If its a beginning class she should help out a little more and not try to show off her vocabulary. Papers were hard, depends on the TA grading it too.very rarely are the lectures interesting.She made the class hard

text: dense. some easy, most hard. lecture: enthusiastic, but sometimes unclear about the point. tests: no midterm, final was insane. takehome essay was several Qs that wound up at 12 pgs. mult choice part was too specific. overall: she teaches examples rather than concepts; if you keep up with assignments it's not too bad, but good luck on that

Who does she think she is? She is teaching a basic GE class but has assigned more writing than my 2 UD history classes this quarter combined. The readings are thick to the point of being unpenetrable. Class is at times extremely interesting, or extremely boring. Do not take for your GEs

She's nice, the material is interesting, but there's a ton of reading (some of it is interesting, some of it is boring). It's about 50/50 with her. I agree that the test seemed to come from inexperience, I even wrote that on the test itself. She'll get better. The TAs were tough. Don't be afraid! :)

Class topics are okay, but the final she made was born out of inexperience. 60% of the class failed the final and are now forced to curve it. Unfortunately, it looks like she's going to be teaching the class a lot more now. A must for the major, but if you're not in the Art major, DONT take her.

Very well articulated, very prepared, very knowledgable in her genre. I highly recommend taking anything she offers as you will learn a lot.

really nice teacher, but your grade really depends on your TA. The material can be pretty boring but its not that bad.

The lectures are drab and sometimes you fall asleep. Has a willingness to be lively but prompts for class participation a lot and does not encourage other students to participate. Bring a pillow and hope for a good grade.

She gives helpful feedback on the weekly assignments, they consist of 2 big 4-5 page essays for the midterm and final, and the weekly 2-3 page essays. It can be overwhelming so don't wait and do the writing last minute lol

prof taschian is a great professor and very passionate but this class is a lot of unnecessary work. do not take it if you're not taking it for a major class. there are 2-page papers due every week, which aren't super hard, but the material tends to be pretty boring. class is also mandatory but she's understanding about absences.

Taschian's lectures get very rambly, and the readings are intense to start (one/two page papers due on the readings every week) but the class gets easier as time goes on. Readings were very interesting, and Taschian is super accessible + kind outside of class. No final for this class, and the readings get less dense/hard as the class progresses

An introductory course that felt like an upperdivision in regards to assignments,grading, and expectations. I liked how challenging it was because it never felt particularly unfair. I loved the professor and the material. My major doesn't have anything to do with art but I still enjoyed this class very much

I really enjoyed this class. She assigns weekly summaries with reading, which was very interesting. Two papers, one midterm paper and a final paper only 4 pages. Really sweet and easy going.. I loved this class. She also doesn't use canvas which at first was weird but I ended up enjoying the straightforwardness of the class. 10/10.

Helen is THE best. The way she shows support and enormous amount of care for her student is truly amazing. Especially during such a challenging time, she created this amazing and supportive environment in her class where we can all express ourselves, sharing support, and learn. Overall, 10/10. Amazing class and amazing professor. Hands down.

Professor Taschian is one of my favorite professors at UCSB- she's one of the only professors I've had that been understanding with students during the pandemic. Lots of readings but encourages group work/discussion so it's not too bad. Participate and ask questions and you'll be fine. Weekly reading journal and one 12 pg final paper. no exams.

This class was so easy. All you had to do was listen to an artist talk once a week, then leave a paragraph-ish comment about the talk under an Instagram post.

This class was super easy. All you had to do was attend lecture and leave a comment on the UCSB art Instagram commenting on the lecture.