Only graded on weekly quizzes (get 2 attempts), midterm, and final - midterm and final questions pulled from quizzes. Everything is straight from the assigned weekly readings (which were pretty light) and lectures. Welter made a boring subject interesting and I would recommend taking this class with him if given the opportunity.
I loved Professor Welter. He was very passionate about the class material. The course was well organized and expectations were clear. Weekly readings and quizzes that could be taken twice for full credit on Canvas.
Professor Welter is a great lecturer and makes the class really easy to understand. I am by no means an art history major, but I found the content interesting and was able to be relatively successful in this class. Professor Welter is very passionate about architecture, and it really shows in this class.
Very kind and passionate despite what people say, not conceited or pretentious at all! Very approachable as well. Quizzes were online and based on lecture slides/readings and final/midterm based on these quizzes. His lectures were interesting for a non major as well.
He is super passionate and engaging. Attendance was not mandatory, and his class is based on entirely just the quizzes. All the quiz questions you've seen before get reused for the midterm and final so study those. Couldn't recommend this class enough. Great prof & fascinating material.
The worst course I have ever taken.
Great professor. Pay attention to lectures and you'll get a good grade. Super interesting and you can tell he's passionate about the subject.
Professor Welter is a Professor I have extreme respect and admiration for. He is incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about architecture, really tries to get students to engage with the subject in a critical/philosophical manner, and seems to really appreciate students ideas and work. Always a pleasure to take one of his classes!
I like this professor. I think hes pretty down to earth and understanding. We always had good discussions in his class.
Professor Welter is very thoughtful and articulate in his lectures. Not hard to do well on weekly quizzes if you take notes on the readings and lectures are very clear and easy to follow.
I thoroughly enjoyed this class. He is a clear and knowledgeable lecturer. We had weekly writing assignments that were hard to get a feel of the first few weeks but got more clear as the quarter went on. He also gives good feedback to help you improve your writing.
Professor Welter is so great! Im shocked he doesnt have higher reviews. Ive had multiple classes with him and hes amazing. His lectures are very thoughtfully put together and I have learned a lot from him. The work load is really not that bad unless its for a GE.
Very tough grader that is overly fastidious, he will deduct your grade significantly for some details like minor grammatic errors. Will probably frustrate you if your first language is not English.
He does not make you forget that he's German, It may get annoying. Highly opinionated. For essays he's very much a harsh grader. Grammar must be perfect. Highly engaging lectures if you are into architecture. Funny sometimes.
Yes, there are weekly responses but you got pass grade once you have done this assignment. Clear lectures (with a German accent though ), great feedback, care for every student. Would take any class with him!
VW assigns a ton of work. Weekly quizzes, weekly drawing journals, 2 papers, and a final. He cares about what he teaches and is passionate, but his style of teaching was hard to follow and his lectures seemed unorganized. If you complete hw assignments and study basics, easy B. You'll definitely have to work for the A. Don't take as a GE.
I originally took this class just for a GE, but VW is the best!! He can be intimidating at first just because hes a very large German man, but he is so nice and approachable. Its nice to have a prof that tries to connect w students at least a little bit through out the quarter. Hes extremely knowledgeable.
Great architecture and great lectures. Passionate professor. He is easy to understand. Heavy memorization. Harsh grader. Finals are essays.
VW is a cool professor, but assigns a lot of work. The weekly journals and quizzes didn't help much, so I forgot about them until the day of or night before, which was annoying and not useful, but I enjoyed his lectures. He also doesn't allow technology in class, so be prepared!
The professor made the subject matter more interesting than I originally thought, but he's a really harsh grader and very specific with his grading criteria. For example, he makes you include detailed citations on the final that you have to memorize beforehand. Also a lot of work with weekly mini essays, 2 larger papers, and a written final.
Thought this was an easy A, but it wasn't. Lots of memorization for an intro class. Try not to miss lecture, you need the info for weekly quizzes. Journals are annoying, but not bad if you like drawing/are creative. Section doesn't exactly supplement lecture so don't be shy about going to office hours. Very passionate about architecture, but boring
Boring lecturer and very very unapproachable. He is rude when answering questions. His grading criteria is completely unclear, he never says what he wants done, he just expects you know how to do everything. I didnt learn anything about architecture without missing a class and doing all the readings. Horrible class with terrible professor.
Great Lecture!
Lots of reading which is necessary if you want to understand lectures and do well on the quizzes. Lectures are most important because they contain the most info you're ever gonna get for the exam material. Didn't really like his teaching style bc he's kind of all over the place. Make sure to go to the first lecture bc it's the answer to everything.