Monaghan expects students to know the material before teaching it

worst GE class!

Very unhelpful over email. Please be warned of her passive aggressive comments

there was too much breadth to the material without any depth-- I thought I would learn about social and historical context rather than see every single painting done in Europe during the past few centuries. This is definitely more of a specialist class than a humanities GE. We took the final in June; I've forgotten everything already.

If you have trouble paying attention in big lecture halls, DO NOT take this class. It's really important to be able to listen to everything she says for every single slide because memorization of in-class information is basically the midterm and the final. I had a good TA, but there is only so much they can go over in section once a week.

Was very confused to come on here and read these reviews. Laurie may not be the best prof ever but DEFINITELY is not the worst. My biggest tip: write down every single thing she says about a painting. Makes it so much easier when going back and reviewing. Class is not as hard as everyone is claiming. Just have to pay attention during lecture.

NOT HAVING TO MEMORIZE PAINTINGS AND ARTISTS IS NOT A GOOD THING!!! instead we had to memorize information about history and movement with so many details. she literally asked what event inspired an artist to make a specific painting (from the first half of the quarter) on the final exam...

We dont have to memorize the art, but, since Monahan doesnt teach analysis (a one-page handout is not teaching!), there is no way to pass the exams without memorizing material about each movement and painting. I wish I had learned skills rather than information. The readings are not helpful for studying/supplementing lecture. Class is too big!!

Course is unorganized. Readings on syllabus don't correlate with lectures, study guides, or website, so it is difficult to keep track of the material. Even though the course is modern art, we study very few women artists and nearly no POC, and she skips the non-European, non-North American movements altogether.

Lectures are hilarious, deep, and thought-provoking. But it's true that she didn't start with the basic formal analysis and expects you to acquire the skills by yourself. Not an easy GE class, but I learned a lot from it --- not only about modern art but also how to view the world

DO NOT take her class no matter for GE or major. I thought 6c should be an easy class with more approachable material than 6b. However, I was totally wrong. She never did formal analysis in the lecture which makes really difficult for people to understand the painting. I barely learned anything in her lecture, just too overwhelming. Exams are tough

She speaks a lot about art with out saying anything of substance. Makes it difficult when you have to analyze painting on your own for the paper & exams. A lot of work and reading if taken as a GE class. One paper, in-class midterm, in-class final. Lectures are easy to doze off in. She calls people out who leave, sleep, or talk. Course reader class