Going to his class is mandatory, which was difficult given how boring the content was. The midterm and "spot tests" were fairly easy, but the final essay prompt was extemely vague and hard to do, considering it has to be six pages long. Would not recommend.

Lecture slides go from being just a single picture to having whole paragraphs. Makes you go to the useless lectures by taking random attendance. The course itself BARELY goes into depth because it attempts to cover 3(!) distinct cultures' art in 10 weeks. Final paper was the most vague and frustrating paper promt I have ever seen. Sometimes funny.

Attendance was mandatory. There were no opportunities to participate so lectures were dull. Grading criteria was unclear. The course was very scattershot, and there was no overarching theme to it, which made it hard to stay engaged. However I passed easily despite never having taken an art history class before.

Gives very unclear instructions. Makes hypothetical questions that are unclear. Never sure what to take notes on in class. moves through slides very quick.

I would not recommend this class. His lectures are monotonous and tedious, and he almost never interacts with the class. As such, the lectures were not engaging at all. The mid-term didn't have enough questions to be fair; i.e., there was a 30 point mid-term on hundreds of pages, so not knowing one thing is enough to skewer you. Definitely avoid.

Your grade is based on the midterm and final both which are 7+ page essays. If you mess up its hard getting back up! take at your own risk

arthist 185AA. An incredibly easy class, talked mostly about african art about african women. it was very inspiring and i loved the topic. we ONLY had to do 2 page essays (journal and analysis)every week, that is all, no final or midterm! he is a very nice and understanding professor, definitely take this class! only used one book, short readings.

Ogbechie can be confusing with what he wants from you, but his material is excellent and in other class will you learn more about pre-modern africa. I wanted to go to every class, because the art was incredible and the communities it came from I had never heard of before this class. I'm not an Art History major (1st class) and I loved this class.

I took this class Winter 2011 and his thick accent made lecture hard to follow. I'm also not surprised to read of him changing his mind on midterm/final formats in his other classes - he pulled a fast one on us for the midterm and people were not happy. Subject material was interesting, though. Rely on your TA to learn and pass this class.

Refrain from taking his classes at all cost. His tenure shows the decline of ucsb as a great institution. He changes his mind about midterms and final structures without notifying the students, and chuckles about it when the students are upset. Subject material is incredibly boring and not worth the time and headaches to figure out.

He is hard to understand and his notes make no sense. He got mad when someone asked about the midterm. The midterm had images on it that he didn't ever give us. Terrible, ew, don't take... EVER.

loved him as a person. so interesting and knows everything. his midterm was irrelevant, and he is very unclear as to what he expects from a student. disappointing grade in the end, considering i'm an art history major and went to every lecture.

I liked him i dont understand why you all didnt but he did a good job helping us understand the material through personal experiences. Easy A why not take it Your all weak!

Worst class of my entire undergrad years. Ogbechie is close to impossible to understand during lectures. The lectures have NO relevance to assigned readings. He is adamant about student attendance and respect, but then his cell phone rings (and he picks up!) in class! He didn't even show up for the first class and cancelled two of them. FIRE HIM!

He is easily the worst professor I have ever had. His accent is very difficult to understand. He is rude and disrespectful to students. He threatened to drop students if they didn't buy the book (even though you only read 100 pages out of it). Said that students were stupid for wanting to know about the midterm. DO NOT TAKE! He should be fired!!!!!

This class is horrible. His accent is impossible to understand, he is pretentious and a jerk. He told people that if they didnt buy the $100 text (that you dont even read in its entirety) that he would make them drop the class. He is unorganized and just uses museum websites for his info. Horrible Horrible class and professor

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If you zone out in this class it sounds like he's speaking a different language. I cant say I learned one thing in his class, yet still got an A. We had to study 4 images for the midterm--piece of cake. Looking for a GPA booster? Take his class. No need to go to class either.

I HATED this class. He is very hard to follow and he bored the crap out of me. We didn't really learn about art in this class. It wasn't your typical art history class, more of an anthro class. Sitting through lecture staring at maps and trying to figure out what the heck he's talking about was not the business.

Awesome professor!!! His passion for teaching is unrivaled. Be prepared for very abstract concepts though. Thinking is required here, but essay tests give students the opportunities to express their ideas. You are about to be enlightened like never before. The key to success is to listen!!! The abstract nature of the class requires this. Good luck.

Love him. He can be the scariest, most intense person ever, but he is super intelligent.

I didn't find him difficult to understand at all; he can be a scary guy, but I've taken two classes with him and he's given me A's in both. He's not the most organized of professors, he kind of goes off the cuff on most lectures I think, but he's one of the most intelligent teachers I've had.

Accent takes a few lectures to get used to but after that it's not too bad. He makes jokes in lecture that are pretty funny and he explains stuff well. Most of the stuff you need to know you learn during discussion though so make sure you go to those.

He's Nigerian so sometimes its hard to understand him. The class is interesting, but I tended to zone a lot. It sort of hard to follow where he's going with his points sometimes