AI Rate Professor

Fine Arts

Stanley Baden

ART23 · ART · ART11B · SCREENPRINTING · 11B · ART00 · PRINTMAKING1 · ART23A · ART32A · ART23FGH · 11A · ART23F · PRINTMAKING · SILKSCREENING · ART11A · 23A · ART24 · SILKSCREEN · PRINTMAKIN · PRINTING · ART11 · 53 lifetime ratings

AI rating
97/100
RMP rating
4.8/5
Take again
95.83%
Difficulty
1.6

The decision

Take Baden for foundation or printmaking if you want a and creative freedom; choose someone stricter only for hard technique training.

Best fit · Easy A HunterChill Art MentorEasy A for EffortInspirational FeedbackCreative FreedomSupplies Often Provided
  • Near-universal love for Baden as a kind, hilarious, and encouraging studio professor.
  • Grades are extremely forgiving if you show up and complete work; technical rigor is intentionally light.
  • Best for fun foundation art or stress-free units, less ideal if you need intensive technique drilling.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

WalkInThePark

94/100

Completing work and showing effort almost always yields an A, with extreme leniency on prompts and late work.

Both sparse online and As.

Is the course easy?

Introductory

90/100

Foundation drawing and studio work stay low-pressure and exploratory rather than technically intense.

In-person students especially call it practice time more than skill bootcamp.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

80/100

Many say he is relaxed about leaving early or flexible deadlines, though .

In-person evidence dominates; .

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

96/100

Nearly every detailed review recommends him, often as the best art professor at the college.

In-person love is overwhelming; online has one cooler art-major critique but .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Generous

95/100

Students report almost no negative critiques, flexible late policy, and A-range grades for completed creative work.

Format shift

Online also grades mainly on effort; in-person praise is extreme.

Workload

Light

88/100

Most drawing is finished in class with limited weekly assignments and materials often supplied.

Format shift

In-person studio time covers most work; .

Teaching experience

Excellent

94/100

Warm mentoring, inspiring conversations, and joyful critiques define the experience more than rigid technique drills.

Format shift

In-person charisma is the core; remote students still found him kind and clear.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

12/100

Assessment is project and portfolio based with little to no traditional testing.

Format shift

Consistent across formats; studio pieces and effort matter, not exams.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

48 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

, and full of positive critique, with almost everyone calling him a favorite professor.

Main concern

Free-form structure may frustrate students craving step-by-step technical instruction.

What students said

“Stanley is the .”
ART11B
“You'd have to purposefully not be doing anything to get anything besides an A.”
11A
“One of . The sweetest!!”
ART11A

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

Limited remote reviews still , and easy As for completing assignments.

Main concern

Art majors may .

What students said

“Even during remote learning, he and provides tutorial videos he made to show to do certain drawings.”
ART11A
“You get an A for effort.”
ART11A

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

There are effectively no high-stakes exams; grades and engagement.

No Traditional ExamsPortfolio ProjectsIn-Class Studio WorkEffort-Based GradingCreative Freedom

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

96/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and participation without traditional closed-book testing.

In-Class DrawingOpen-Ended ProjectsPositive CritiquesFlexible Deadlines
“You'd have to purposefully not be doing anything to get anything besides an A.”
11A
“it would be a CRIME to get you anything lower than an A+++++”
ART11B

Online

Remote work used tutorial videos and periodic drawing assignments graded mainly on effort, with .

Tutorial VideosWeekly or Biweekly AssignmentsEffort-Based A
“As long as you do all the ”
ART11A
“You get an A for effort.”
ART11A

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Stanley is the . Stanley allows you to explore your own ideas and put them to life.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, mostly in-person studio art, highlighting near-universal praise for kindness and . Credibility rating: High.

❤️ Character and Care

96/100

“I've never had a professor find so much joy in the art his students create.”

🎯 Easy A Reality

94/100

“You'd have to purposefully not be doing anything to get anything besides an A.”

🎨 Creative Freedom

92/100

“all of and allow for creativity and interpretation.”

👍

96/100

“One of . The sweetest!!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Amazing Professor. He has great conversations that are inspiring for artists.
  • Stan is amazing!
  • great teacher, laid back but teaches

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Very easy A.
  • His class is super easy and Baden is an incredibly relaxed professor.
  • As long as .

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Probably the .
  • Just an overall good professor and great guy.
  • gee... i guess he is the sweetest person i've ever known.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

53

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over two decades are almost uniformly glowing, with only two online reviews, so format balance is uneven but overall tone is highly consistent.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 545
4 out of 57
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

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11A8 reviews
ART11B3 reviews
PRINTMAKING3 reviews
11B2 reviews
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SILKSCREENING1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

23 reported outcomes

A range

21

A+ 13 · A 8

B range

1

B 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values