CHATTOPADHYAY

Swati Chattopadhyay

32 reviews
Tough grader Get ready to read Group projects Amazing lectures Respected Lecture heavy Inspirational Skip class? You won't pass. Gives good feedback Lots of homework Beware of pop quizzes
Past quarters
ARTHI 136B
60 / 60 Full
Twentieth-Century Architecture
Swati Chattopadhyay 3.4
T R
09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
53.0% A
ARTHI 136E
25 / 25 Full
Food Space
Swati Chattopadhyay 3.4
T R
12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
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ARTHI 5A Chattopadhyay Spring 2024 Total: 212
INT 84ZI Chattopadhyay Spring 2024 Total: 17
ARTHI 136B Chattopadhyay Winter 2024 Total: 57
INT 86EB Chattopadhyay Winter 2024 Total: 19
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ARTHI5A . Chattopadhyay 25 Days Ago

Professor was okay, she seemed sweet but I do think your TA makes or breaks your grade. unfortunately most of the ARTHI classes are paper heavy. overall easy ish class

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ARTHI5A . Chattopadhyay 5 Months Ago

This professor is simply extremely boring but she is not the problem. The problem is the TAs. Most do not know what is going on and will grade like their life depends on it. They are rude and extremely unhelpful. If you need an area F please try finding another class that won't hurt your GPA.

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INT86EB . Chattopadhyay 7 Months Ago

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.

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ARTHI136A . Chattopadhyay 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

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

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ARTHI136I . Chattopadhyay 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

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.

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ARTHI5A . Chattopadhyay 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

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.

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ARTHI5A . Chattopadhyay 2 Years Ago

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.

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ARTHI5A . Chattopadhyay 2 Years Ago

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

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ARTHI136A . Chattopadhyay 4 Years Ago

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.

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ARTHI136A . Chattopadhyay 4 Years Ago

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.

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ARTH136J . Chattopadhyay 5 Years Ago

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!

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ARTHI136I . Chattopadhyay 6 Years Ago

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

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