Reviews of professor Berfu Durantas

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
DO NOT TAKE HER! She picks favorites and if you're not one of them she will basically pick on you during class. She lectures the whole time and it's so boring! No phones in class and will say something to you about it. She says you need the textbook, but you really don't. My least favorite "teacher" I have ever had.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Durantas is very knowledgeable on Art History and teaches her students well, but she has no desire to connect with her students. Often, she is very condescending and talks down to her students, making us feel dumb. Participation counts, so make sure and be prepared for her to call you out if you do not participate. Very tough grader.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Durantas is a very sweet and interesting professor. Her class could be very boring since it is a required, basic class but her style of lecturing and teaching makes it interesting. I learned a lot more than I thought I would. She's very helpful and fair with assignments. She really appreciates participation and effort.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took her for Crossroads (HA115) and the homework is extensive. she will send up to 15+ sources to look at and half of them are not useful to the assignment. The writings aren't so bad she will pick them apart. Kind of strict too.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Her three hour art history class is boring at some points but she gives you a lot of information that will be useful for her tests. There are only 4 things that are graded. A essay, research paper, midterm and final. The midterm was overall easy, as long as you study the review sheet. However, she is a hard grader when it comes to the essays.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A great professor that really tries to keep you engaged and she makes art history a little less boring during her lectures. She is a fair grader and will tell you exactly what to study for tests and exactly how to write your papers. She appreciates the participation and is very sweet.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Boring class that I fight to stay up in each week, the lights are always off and she just reads slides so its very easy to fall asleep. She's "nice" but could have a hint of a condescending tone. I didn't love or strongly dislike her, its fine to get through for a semester but its not enjoyable at all.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Midterm and final. One extra credit paper on your chosen artwork. A 6-8 report research paper. Read one chapter each week. Power point note's are used every week. One page report on an artwork due on the 2nd or 3rd week of class. One class trip part of the extra credit report.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She's passive-aggressive and makes you feel bad for not understanding certain things. She's really passionate about her work but will spend 30 minutes straight talking about one artwork and doesn't understand that students are prone to zoning out if you're moving too slow. Really tough grader she takes points off for the smallest things.