Reviews of professor Katherine Michaelsen

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you don't mind taking a lot of notes, then this class isn't too bad. Her teaching style is boring, but she's a nice woman once you get to know her which makes the class more interesting. Her exams aren't easy, but they're not difficult to pass either. Just try your best as you would any other class and you'll be okay.*
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Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Take any other art history teacher. She was very confusing about what we would be tested on and expected us to know every date and title of every work ever discussed in class without even giving us a list of things to study. ALSO frequently and repeatedly made jokes about slitting her wrists if we answered questions wrong. Dont take her

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had Michaelson for Art history. She actually made the class interesting for me She loves participation and is passionate about what she is teaching. You have to pay attention in class if you want to pass. The exams are long but not SUPER hard if you pay attention She told my class to get a textbook but I never did and didn't read and still passed

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you're not interested you will fall asleep, she lectures the ENTIRE class. The assignments are a bit outdated as it is heavily test-based but the tests are easy if you listen. Instructions change and she forgets what she says so pay attention.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She tries to connect with people by making us turn our cameras on to talk at the start of class which was nice. But she doesn't leave room for creativity. It was more of us having to describe color, space etc rather than the meaning. And if you did you wouldnt get points. Also if your answer isnt the way she wants perfectly you dont get credit.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I enjoyed this Art History class because it was really straight forward. We didn't have any homework just a midterm and final which were papers. The midterm was all terminology and final you choose a topic based off her list. She is really knowledgeable and has met a lot of the artists we talked about which was neat. Take her for contemporary art