Professor
Giulia Amoresano
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Most Helpful Review
Spring 2022 - I really enjoyed this class and Professor Amoresano is an amazing professor. The lectures were extremely interesting and it was obvious she was extremely knowledgeable and passionate about architecture. That being said, this class does have quite a bit of writing for a GE, though I don't think the workload is unmanageable by any means. The homework primarily consisted of 9 weekly worksheets, which were a set of 2-3 short answer questions of about 200-300 words each. They normally asked you to refer to material from the lectures and readings. I thought these were very straightforward and never took me more than an hour to complete. They were also only graded on completion, so they didn't need to be perfect. A large portion of this class is the final essay project, which is broken up into stages throughout the semester (one due every other week). These also involved fair amounts of writing, but were very open ended as we got to pick our own topic to study. I HIGHLY recommend spending a lot of time researching/thinking of your topic and argument at the beginning of the quarter - this will make your life a lot easier later on when the assignments become more focused. I didn't think these were very difficult, though they were somewhat time consuming. The final paper itself is 8-10 pages 12pt which is quite a lot, though I ended up just reusing material I already wrote for the previous weeks. There is also one group presentation sometime during the quarter, which is very easy and straightforward. Bare in mind some grading details will depend on your TA, as the TA does the grading for all the assignments. Overall, I liked this class. If you're interested in architecture and don't mind a bit of writing, I'd recommend it! I found the material very interesting and Professor Amoresano is extremely sweet and cares a lot about her students. If all you're looking for is an easy GE, then maybe consider another class though. It wasn't exceptionally difficult, but it is a fair amount of work
Spring 2022 - I really enjoyed this class and Professor Amoresano is an amazing professor. The lectures were extremely interesting and it was obvious she was extremely knowledgeable and passionate about architecture. That being said, this class does have quite a bit of writing for a GE, though I don't think the workload is unmanageable by any means. The homework primarily consisted of 9 weekly worksheets, which were a set of 2-3 short answer questions of about 200-300 words each. They normally asked you to refer to material from the lectures and readings. I thought these were very straightforward and never took me more than an hour to complete. They were also only graded on completion, so they didn't need to be perfect. A large portion of this class is the final essay project, which is broken up into stages throughout the semester (one due every other week). These also involved fair amounts of writing, but were very open ended as we got to pick our own topic to study. I HIGHLY recommend spending a lot of time researching/thinking of your topic and argument at the beginning of the quarter - this will make your life a lot easier later on when the assignments become more focused. I didn't think these were very difficult, though they were somewhat time consuming. The final paper itself is 8-10 pages 12pt which is quite a lot, though I ended up just reusing material I already wrote for the previous weeks. There is also one group presentation sometime during the quarter, which is very easy and straightforward. Bare in mind some grading details will depend on your TA, as the TA does the grading for all the assignments. Overall, I liked this class. If you're interested in architecture and don't mind a bit of writing, I'd recommend it! I found the material very interesting and Professor Amoresano is extremely sweet and cares a lot about her students. If all you're looking for is an easy GE, then maybe consider another class though. It wasn't exceptionally difficult, but it is a fair amount of work
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