ART HIS 31
Art of India and Southeast Asia
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Discussion of selection of monuments and objects from Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia using key historical, cultural, and religious concepts. Analysis of each monument or object in detail, with their relationships compared and contrasted. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Spring 2017 - I ADORED this class! I'm a south campus major who hates writing, but this class was painless. The professor is fairly interesting, but personally I loved this class because I really liked the material. You definitely have an advantage if you are Southeast Asian, just because it's easier to remember names/details. Midterm/Final: Both were super fair! The professor gives out a study guide, so if you can answer ALL of the questions/define all the terms on the guide in detail, you're golden for the exam. Some questions were word for word from the study guide. It's important to remember what the art is, when/where it's from, because during the test he projects an image of the art from class on the screen. Attendance is pretty important imo. That's how you see the photos that can be asked. He posts lecture notes towards the end of the quarter if I remember right. Make sure to know everything in it. Discussion was fine. My TA covered all the key concepts from class. There are quizzes, but they are pretty easy. All you need to do is pay attention during lecture/discussion to do fine. For the paper, make sure you get your TA to skim through it once before you submit it. Also you get a free ticket to go to the LACMA to see the art you'll write about.
Spring 2017 - I ADORED this class! I'm a south campus major who hates writing, but this class was painless. The professor is fairly interesting, but personally I loved this class because I really liked the material. You definitely have an advantage if you are Southeast Asian, just because it's easier to remember names/details. Midterm/Final: Both were super fair! The professor gives out a study guide, so if you can answer ALL of the questions/define all the terms on the guide in detail, you're golden for the exam. Some questions were word for word from the study guide. It's important to remember what the art is, when/where it's from, because during the test he projects an image of the art from class on the screen. Attendance is pretty important imo. That's how you see the photos that can be asked. He posts lecture notes towards the end of the quarter if I remember right. Make sure to know everything in it. Discussion was fine. My TA covered all the key concepts from class. There are quizzes, but they are pretty easy. All you need to do is pay attention during lecture/discussion to do fine. For the paper, make sure you get your TA to skim through it once before you submit it. Also you get a free ticket to go to the LACMA to see the art you'll write about.
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Spring 2024 - Professor Hall is a funny and entertaining lecturer. She is knowledgeable and passionate about the subject she is teaching. Prior to the protest, lectures were not recorded and discussions were mandatory. Due to the protest, things had been made differently from what it was supposed to be. The midterm was a take-home paper while the final was a 20 MCQs online test. Both midterm and final were supposed to be in-person with both MCQ and FRQ format. There was some writing involved with this class, we wrote a total of 3 papers including the midterm, but they were only around 3-4 pages each. Also, the professor gave us a chance to rewrite our lowest-scoring paper, so the class was made easier this quarter. Overall, if you are interested in religion and arts, you should take this class. It involves little effort and you will enjoy learning about different cultures.
Spring 2024 - Professor Hall is a funny and entertaining lecturer. She is knowledgeable and passionate about the subject she is teaching. Prior to the protest, lectures were not recorded and discussions were mandatory. Due to the protest, things had been made differently from what it was supposed to be. The midterm was a take-home paper while the final was a 20 MCQs online test. Both midterm and final were supposed to be in-person with both MCQ and FRQ format. There was some writing involved with this class, we wrote a total of 3 papers including the midterm, but they were only around 3-4 pages each. Also, the professor gave us a chance to rewrite our lowest-scoring paper, so the class was made easier this quarter. Overall, if you are interested in religion and arts, you should take this class. It involves little effort and you will enjoy learning about different cultures.
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