AI Rate Professor

Art

Barbara Holmes

ART70 · ART41 · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating
46/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if you thrive on strict studio critique and can document every process step; otherwise expect frustration.

Best fit · Effort For RewardTough GraderParticipation MattersClear FeedbackPortfolio HeavySkip Class Fail
  • Student opinions are sharply split between career-changing mentoring and feeling excluded or harshly judged.
  • Studio portfolios must show overflowing process work or grades suffer even with effort.
  • Attendance and participation are mandatory and heavily weighted.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

and portfolio perfectionism mean an A needs sustained studio .

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Is the course easy?

Standard

42/100

Studio content is manageable for motivated art students but process documentation and critique standards raise the challenge.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and multiple tags warn that skipping class means you will not pass.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

50/100

Half of students praise career mentoring and feedback while half strongly discourage taking her.

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

and incomplete process records tank project scores even with hard work.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

35/100

Studio projects demand substantial time and energy plus overflowing process portfolios for each assignment.

Format shift

Workload comments are entirely in-person.

Teaching experience

Average

55/100

and claims of exclusive favoritism and harsh critique.

Format shift

All teaching comments are in-person.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

25/100

, and heavily documented process portfolios rather than exams.

Format shift

Assessment .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and strong career feedback for some, but others report uneven help and harsh portfolio standards.

Main concern

Feeling excluded from support and needing exhaustive .

What students said

“Great professor! I took her ART143 Professional Practices class, and I really learned a lot about how to be a professional artist”
ART41
“Not a very inclusive teacher, will stay close to few students and .”
ART41
“the energy to make something you'll be proud of but .”
ART70

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Reviews emphasize project portfolios and participation more than traditional exams.

Studio portfolio reviewParticipation graded

Assessment risk

Standard

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Assessment centers on process-heavy studio portfolios and .

Studio portfolio reviewParticipation graded
“Make sure your portfolios you tun in completed the project or it won't be good enough.”
ART41

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Great professor! I took her ART143 Professional Practices class, and I really learned a lot about how to be a professional artist and am now more confident in my career path.”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 in-person reviews highlighting polarized studio mentoring versus exclusion. Credibility rating: Low.

🎯 Teaching Quality

55/100

“Her syllabus makes sense, the , and it and translate ideas into something cool.”

⚖️

28/100

“Even if you work hard and put in effort outside of class doesn't mean anything to her.”

👍 Recommendation Split

50/100

“Go home!!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She also made sure to find resources on illustration/animation since several students want to go that route
  • Not a very inclusive teacher, will stay close to few students and .
  • and is respected according to positive tags

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • and participation matters appear repeatedly
  • portfolios overflowing with records or it won't be good enough
  • and energy but

Theme 3

📅

  • Skip class? You won't pass.
  • Yes across reviews

Data context

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Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

4

Lifetime ratings

35/100

Evidence confidence

Only four reviews spanning 2017-2024 with highly polarized scores and limited grade detail reduce reliability.

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 52

Course coverage

ART413 reviews
ART701 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 1 · A- 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Drop/Withdrawal 1