If you are a student who values communication with professors, don't take her class. She is unapproachable, rude, passive aggressive and impatient. Additionally, any time I participated in class discussions or express an opinion I had about an art piece or text, she would take my words completely out of context and assume that I was bigoted.
I found her energy very comfortable & likable. She interacted with the class a lot and gave great lectures, although sometimes felt unnecessary. Did a total of 5 papers including a group project slide show toward the end of the course. She's very keen on attendance and not leaving early. Came off strict at times. Learned more through section.
The lectures are terrible. They are just photos of art pieces that don't need to be shown. I learned more in the section than in the lectures.
Long lectures that do not relate much to the essays or group projects. So many tangents that are unrelated to the subject matter. However, if you're more than okay at essays I would take this class because that's all the grades are based on.
Easy class !! Outside of a handful of papers, your workload is next to nothing. Her slides are not easy to follow, but she's a great speaker so I highly recommend you attend lectures !! Group project was easy enough and not too time consuming.
Ultrawoke professor- her lectures are filled with her biased opinions on various subjects, as she rarely tries to be objective when analyzing something.Boring lectures and subject material too. after the final when I didnt show for the last pointless session (which was after my group presented), my class grade was docked a whole 2 letter grades. BS
Professor Sorkin is very passionate about her teachings, as she said herself, she would not be lecturing if the information was not important. Attendance is not mandatory however going to lecture was very useful when writing my essays & doing my group project.
Pretty easy class. Have to participate in section, do a few writing assignments, and you're good.
Professor Sorkin is a good professor. The class material was very interesting and we covered many artists in the course, especially women and people of color. I appreciated how helpful section was and the midterm and final were adequate, not too crazy. She is not the friendliest professor, but she was available for office hours.
sorkin's attitude and teaching style make online classes with her a tire. can't imagine taking a class in person with her.
She hardly smiles. Too efficient to the point where she talks accusingly and has no patience. She gets a lot of things wrong in class and its hard to learn well. Little respect will be shown to you if you take her class
Professor Sorkin is very biased in her presentation of the course material, and while she tries to be "woke" she is not sensitive to delicate material and never puts content warnings when discussing these subjects. The majority of the course was non-objective, based on her personal opinions, and she was not interested in any other points of view.
dont take her class. worst professor Ive ever had.
The class is fun and pretty easy. Four essays including a group project on a museum research. Lectures and readings are not necessarily mandatory but they are still worth attending/reading. Overall great experience(I'm really interested in museums so I have a lot of motivation for this class but regardless still worth your time)
This professor is one of the most amazing, interesting, and caring professor I have taken!! These ratings are probably done by students who put little to no time into this class and still expected a solid A. If you want an easy but exciting class to take you wont regret getting this professor. Im a bio major and enjoyed this class. Take it
I got A/A- in all the other class but get B in this two-credit class. This is so ironical.
She does not care about her students AT ALL! She keeps saying that this is a two-unit class and it will not influence my gpa, but actually it did! Never take her class. I got worst gpa and worst experience from this class.
This is my worst class at UCSB. Don't ever take her class. Her grading system is unreasonable and she is so mean. She would be so unhappy if you went to restroom during the 2 hour lecture. Also, she is not respectful even to some guest speakers. DONT DONT DONT take her class!!!!!
She is the worst professor ever. i don't even want to call her a "professor". Her grading system is unreasonable. Her test is based on the very very detailed informations on the lectures, which you'll never know what they are talking about. there is no study guide, since this is a " 2 credits class with little influence on ur GPA". DO NOT TAKE IT
Sooooooooo Horrible
Her test is not only hard but also full of her personal thoughts. After some artists' performance, she adds up her opinions about history and emphasizes that those opinions will be on the test. Meanwhile, she has a really stereotypical view about cultures and music, and she is unfriendly towards international students.
This is the worst class I have ever seen in UCSB. It is even harder than my biology class. There is no text base and all depends on the lecture. She do not care about students. She think 2 credits is nothing. But i want to say 2 CREDITS are also CREDITS! In the exam she asked very detailed and unnecessary information. I ruin my grades .
Unfair grading policy. Ask unnecessarily detailed questions on the exam which will not show students' real capability, understanding and critical thinking about the content of the talks. Very suppressive. Some of my friends thought they were looked down when they went to office hour to ask question.
Do not take her class. Even if you paid full attention and lots of efforts in this class, as long as you make one or two mistakes in the final, you gpa will be ruined. Ridiculous grading system and very harsh grading system. My friend says this two-unit course is even harder than his other physics classes. He is a student who has a gpa over 3.9.