Professor
Gregory Harwell
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I have taken AH108A - Northern Renaissance Art and AH AH109C - European Art of the 18th Century with Harwell. Honestly, Harwell is probably one of the most intelligent professors I've had at UCLA, which makes for a great lecture, if you enjoy the subject he's lecturing on. His assignments (if there are any) are fairly straight forward and easy to do. And in my experience his tests are multiple choice, although a bit tricky. Answers consist of A, B, C, D-all of the above, or E-none of the above, which can be tricky, but he does curve if it's in the best interest of the class. I have enjoyed Harwell's classes, but his area is not my favorite.
I have taken AH108A - Northern Renaissance Art and AH AH109C - European Art of the 18th Century with Harwell. Honestly, Harwell is probably one of the most intelligent professors I've had at UCLA, which makes for a great lecture, if you enjoy the subject he's lecturing on. His assignments (if there are any) are fairly straight forward and easy to do. And in my experience his tests are multiple choice, although a bit tricky. Answers consist of A, B, C, D-all of the above, or E-none of the above, which can be tricky, but he does curve if it's in the best interest of the class. I have enjoyed Harwell's classes, but his area is not my favorite.
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Fall 2020 - Harwell clearly is very knowledgeable and passionate about the subject but OMG THIS MAN HAS ZERO COMMUNICATION SKILL. For a remote learning class, Prof. Harwell ensured that he does not reply to a single email, there are no ways to reach him, and nothing is explained. If you are someone who wants to know the starting time of your midterm before it already started, do not take his class. Also, the class is 50% midterm and 50% finals so if you didn't do well on ur midterm only god can help you. The workload is manageable as there are no assignments other than readings. There is no extra credit. If there is, I wouldn't know, because he never answered my email.
Fall 2020 - Harwell clearly is very knowledgeable and passionate about the subject but OMG THIS MAN HAS ZERO COMMUNICATION SKILL. For a remote learning class, Prof. Harwell ensured that he does not reply to a single email, there are no ways to reach him, and nothing is explained. If you are someone who wants to know the starting time of your midterm before it already started, do not take his class. Also, the class is 50% midterm and 50% finals so if you didn't do well on ur midterm only god can help you. The workload is manageable as there are no assignments other than readings. There is no extra credit. If there is, I wouldn't know, because he never answered my email.
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Winter 2016 - This class was okay. His lectures were not very interesting and I found he rambled a lot about the art itself when the exams were not analysis-based. There are a lot of readings for this class, think long textbook style and an entire book (which I didn't think was needed). The exams are weird in that they're multiple choice, which never occurs in art history exams. For the midterm, one question might ask to select all the answers that are correct (which might be one or might be four of the choices). He changes it slightly for the final, not too many of those questions. I think the biggest thing for the final is know your architecture and review all the small details! I'm selling all my textbooks, which have been highlighted (I find this helpful, though I don't know if you do) I'm graduating this June 2016, so if you're interested email me at ************* and we can meet on campus before I leave. The large textbooks will be $15 and the two smaller ones will be $5.
Winter 2016 - This class was okay. His lectures were not very interesting and I found he rambled a lot about the art itself when the exams were not analysis-based. There are a lot of readings for this class, think long textbook style and an entire book (which I didn't think was needed). The exams are weird in that they're multiple choice, which never occurs in art history exams. For the midterm, one question might ask to select all the answers that are correct (which might be one or might be four of the choices). He changes it slightly for the final, not too many of those questions. I think the biggest thing for the final is know your architecture and review all the small details! I'm selling all my textbooks, which have been highlighted (I find this helpful, though I don't know if you do) I'm graduating this June 2016, so if you're interested email me at ************* and we can meet on campus before I leave. The large textbooks will be $15 and the two smaller ones will be $5.
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Spring 2018 - Easiest professor I had at UCLA. I took four of his classes, two of which were seminars, and each time I had a higher grade. He remembers his students and encourages open discussions in his seminars, not so much for his other classes though (but they’re just as easy; one had a midterm and final only, and the other had take home assignments). Seminars are super enlightening and workload is extremely manageable, especially if you have other classes with heavy workloads. He’s quick to respond to emails as well so even if you can’t make it to office hours he’s ready to help.
Spring 2018 - Easiest professor I had at UCLA. I took four of his classes, two of which were seminars, and each time I had a higher grade. He remembers his students and encourages open discussions in his seminars, not so much for his other classes though (but they’re just as easy; one had a midterm and final only, and the other had take home assignments). Seminars are super enlightening and workload is extremely manageable, especially if you have other classes with heavy workloads. He’s quick to respond to emails as well so even if you can’t make it to office hours he’s ready to help.
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