You must have loose leaf notebook paper each day for the in-class writing assignments. A History, listed as a supplement with the class textbook above is particularly good, as is Marilyn Stokstad's, Art History . This is a great university, not a correspondence school. It is sometimes possible to cram for tests from someone else's notes and to do reasonably well on those tests, but this is not an education that stays with you in life. Most people remember longest what they learn in a participatory way, and with daily consistency.
Attendance is taken at each class.
There will be three major exams. Any excused absences will have an oral make-up test which will be different from the test given to the class. Many classes will have in-class assignments or quizzes which will be collected during the period. There are no make-ups for these. If you are missing 3 by the end of the semester, your semester grade will automatically go down one letter.