Chattopadhyay may be a bit intimidating at first, but she's genuinely interested in the subject matter and student learning. The only assignment was to keep a journal of class activities and the occasional assigned reading. If you show up and do the journal, it's an easy and fairly interesting class.

This professor lacked respect and was not at all respectful. She was rude and did not treat the students well. She should not teach.

Professor is very passionate about the subject and can be intimidating at times due to the amount of knowledge she has and her expectations of students. She makes lectures engaging based on how much she knows and clearly tells you what to expect for midterms, assignments, and projects.

5 modules each worth 10%. Midterm and final online. Chill class but super uninteresting and the lectures felt 10 hours long. TA grades hard and makes you walk around the Arts Building every week writing down observations. Felt like the class was a waste of my time, did not learn much. Dissapointed in the GE classes at UCSB.

There is a lot of reading and you really have to pay attention during the lectures but I found it pretty interesting. Sometimes the concepts were very abstract but the TAs and the sections really helped. Not a super hard class but you definitely just have to put in some time.

Tough if you have no experience in the subject. TA's grade.

We had short assignments that did take some thought but were pretty straightforward once you got the hang of it. The final was a bit difficult. She assigned our research paper as more like a detailed review of another paper since we didnt have as much access to sources during the remote quarter. Shell give you solid feedback if you reach out.

Lectures are very boring and her voice is quite dry. Weekly assignments are short, but graded harshly. The research paper was a little odd for an art history paper but graded fairly.

The class was heavy and quite hard to follow as an upper class. Since I am not art history major, the topic was hard to understand with lots of specific terms. Be aware of pop quiz and do the readings carefully. The final exam was hard in which she will test you on specific image explained in class. DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS!

Swati is a great professor. She can be kind of intense at the beginning, but take notes and you'll be okay.

I took multiple classes with Swati as a non-art history major and enjoyed every one. She is very passionate and serious about her work and it shows in the lectures. all of her classes were very interesting and influenced me to pursue architecture as a possible career path.

I took my first Architectural History class ever with Swati, and she got me really into it! by this was my third now. As all others, her class is very good structured, she always revises the important points. She wants you to know the main concepts and not details!! Highly recommended