Reviews of professor Agnieszka Szymanska

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very caring for her students and interested in what she teaches. Participation really matters. Weekly textbook readings and short writing assignments. Midterm and final involve a lot of memorization. Big VMFA project throughout the semester which is more difficult but go to her office hours and you will be fine. Not the easiest history gen ed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Szymanska is a truly amazing professor and genuinely cares about what she teaches. If you put effort into the class and engage with the material, you will do well. There is a lot of reading, and most are discussed in class, but she is pretty lax about group discussion and loves listening to student ideas. Come prepared & you'll be fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of my favorite teachers.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Every week there is a reading that is like 50-100 pages. For those readings there is a one page writing assignment. She also tries to not use Blackboard for the life of her and will try other platforms like canvas. During discussions she can be overly passive aggressive towards students. She can't make the class interesting so I never truly learned

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is sweet and enthusiastic about the topics, you can see that she truly cares and that makes the class engaging. She loves when students connect to the material and really tries to make the class enjoy what they are learning about. Articles assigned can be VERY long and are better to skim than read the entire thing. Not too hard of a grader.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This professor expects their students to know how to write about art. She doesn't provide a clear foundation of what she's looking for when it comes to writing assignments. Instead, she simply asks her students to refer to examples she found on the internet. She seeks a writing style that simply hasn't been taught to most of us.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
class can be boring at times, but overall she's an amazing teacher who cares about her students. Make sure not to ask stupid questions though.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Homeworks are textbook readings with a multiple choice for each chapter. You can get by doing the multiple choice and skimming readings, but you need to talk during class. Counts attendance and gives real participation grades so you need to participate. Short writing assignments every week (completion) and two exams that are easy if you study.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Szymanska's art survey is a great class. Very little homework, just intermittent papers and some annoying out of class things. Overall great class and great for history credit.