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 2024 - Harwell only had three exams, each was multiple choice. He provides study guides for each exam and has open office hours. Overall, If you pay attention in class, do the readings, and memorize the works of art from the study guide you are pretty much guaranteed an A! In terms of his lectures, he is very knowledgable on the subjects and kind of a silly guy unintentionally. It is such a pleasure to sit through his classes and he doesn't take attendance (you do have to go to class if you want to succeed). Expert tip: catch him before he runs out of class if you need to communicate with him because he is not great with answering emails. In summary, love this professor and the class was enjoyable!
Fall 2024 - Harwell only had three exams, each was multiple choice. He provides study guides for each exam and has open office hours. Overall, If you pay attention in class, do the readings, and memorize the works of art from the study guide you are pretty much guaranteed an A! In terms of his lectures, he is very knowledgable on the subjects and kind of a silly guy unintentionally. It is such a pleasure to sit through his classes and he doesn't take attendance (you do have to go to class if you want to succeed). Expert tip: catch him before he runs out of class if you need to communicate with him because he is not great with answering emails. In summary, love this professor and the class was enjoyable!
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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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