Prof. Ogbechie doesn't help you prepare for the midterm or final, you're basically on your own and this class depends on your TA. He has an accent which makes it hard to understand him, on top of that, he has a deep voice and starts to get quiet and mumble when he says longer sentences. He also lacks the mutual respect that students give him.

Not the most approachable teacher, nevertheless he is a fair grader and explains his lessons fairly well.

Prof. Ogbechie is very knowledgable and incorporates very interesting artwork and content into the course. However, he does not prepare you for the midterm or final very well which is most of your grade. The midterm and final requires memorizing 30 ish artwork ID's, information about them, and artistic analysis. Too much reading, just skim.

Lectures can frankly be convoluted, monotonous, and confusing. The amount of reading in this class is PAINFUL. Your entire grade comes down to the midterm and final, both structured similarly. Do NOT take this class as a GE if you can avoid it. It wasn't the worst, but it was more stressful than I liked.

IF YOU'RE TAKING THIS FOR A GE, DON'T DO IT. Lectures are boring, and he's low-key rude. He expects you to know everything he knows about the artworks. You will not pass the tests if you don't study, but even then, it is hard to study cause his slides are weird . basically this class gmfu. dont take it. Trust. Especially if you're a stem major.

Impossible to understand. Super boring lectures. The tests had nothing to do with what was on the review slides. Avoid this class at all costs.

gets mad at you for being on your phone in lecture even though most people take this class for a GE. TAs are unnecessarily hard graders and dont explain why they give you the grade you got. class covers too much material in just 10 weeks and you have to memorize useless info for the tests which youll probably forget within a day.

This professor was rather disappointing. The most difficult part of taking this course was keeping my eyes open during lecture. It is clear that the professor has a true passion for African and Indigenous art - that is about all that is clear in this class. The TA's are no better; apple doesn't fall far from the tree eh?

Lectures are extremely unorganized and he missed several classes in the quarter. It was very unclear what we would be tested on which made it difficult to study.

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.

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

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.

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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

Expects you to know things that he never goes over in lecture. The lecture slides either have too much text or none and I never know what to take notes on. Grades you literally based on how he feels that day, and often gives a C when you've given full effort. Kept creating new submission modules for the final essay & I nearly missed the last one.

The MOST disorganized class I've ever taken with no visible grading criteria for assignments. Insanely tough grader for no reason. He cannot use canvas for the life of him, and will create assignments and not tell anyone. Sends out emails at 10 pm on Sun w vital info when class is at 9am Mon. SO unclear about requirements for midterm & final essay.

While clearly obsessed and knowledgeable on the subject matter, he expects you to read his mind on how to complete his assignments. He wants everything done on canvas but doesn't know how to use it. Very rude about students having anxiety or being visibly neurodivergent. Truly felt he could not be pleased regardless of how hard I tried.

Class was super interesting!! Only had a few assignments and a midterm + final which were the same structure on different artworks. You do have to memorize info on a set of selected artworks but making a simple google doc with the required info and reviewing it is enough to pass. Loved him!

Very much a class designed solely for art history students with a professor who is a giant in this particular field. I'll never take another art history class again, but overall the course was interesting enough. The memorization was terrible.

2 small projects/papers and 2 exams. Exams require you to memorize some artwork, and analyze them. The projects/papers were both really easy. The lectures are mostly boring, but occasionally interesting. I took the class P/NP, but I should have taken it for a grade, because I got an A- without much effort and missing 5 classes.

Very hard to understand during lectures, and is very difficult to know what you actually need to learn. Unclear about what tests will be like and gave images for identification that he never discussed.

I really liked Prof Ogbechie's class! He was very passionate about the course material and I learned a lot.