AI Rate Professor

Fine Arts

Linda King

ART23 · ART19 · ART15 · FINEARTS · PAINTINT · PAINTING · ART27 · ART22 · BEGPAIN · AA · ART31 · 20 lifetime ratings

AI rating
54/100
RMP rating
4.0/5
Take again
33.33%
Difficulty
3.1

The decision

if you want tough studio critiques and will show up and work hard; if you want a chill easy art elective.

Best fit · Effort For RewardHighly KnowledgeableTough CritiquesSerious DemeanorPushes EffortPolarizing
  • Deep art knowledge and strong skill growth for motivated students
  • Personality and control style split reviews sharply
  • and workload is real studio work

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

An A is reachable if you attend, finish studio work, and push yourself, but slackers and weaker effort often land lower grades.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

, but pace, critiques, and skill expectations keep it from feeling like a free ride.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Multiple reviews say attendance is required, especially for model sessions and .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

38/100

and praise is split by personality clashes despite strong teaching for serious art students.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

52/100

Often grades effort and growth more than raw talent, but critiques feel tough and some students report low marks.

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Workload

Moderate

42/100

Expect and , and meaningful outside practice.

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Workload .

Teaching experience

Good

72/100

Students repeatedly credit her deep knowledge and skill gains, tempered by controlling or cold classroom tone.

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

, and portfolio-style midterm and final work rather than tests.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Studio painting and drawing with , and lots of hands-on work; students either thrive under her push or clash with her seriousness.

Main concern

Controlling presence and uneven warmth can make the room tense for beginners.

What students said

“Linda is amazing! Yes, you have to attend class, and yes, you have to .”
ART23
“I've taken her Painting and Life Drawing classes and they're both easy A's. She does expect you to push yourself.”
ART19
“ if anyone had an A.”
ART19

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment is mainly studio production for midterm and .

Studio Midterm WorkStudio Final WorkPortfolio Style Assessment

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and final studio workload rather than proctored written exams.

Studio Midterm WorkStudio Final WorkHomework Deadlines
“Expects you to have alot of work done by the midterm and but it would be tedious.”
ART19

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“I don't understand all the hate. Prof. King really knows her stuff and she pushed for the students . I've taken her Painting and Life Drawing classes and they're both easy A's.”

Voice snapshots generated from 20 in-person reviews, highlighting teaching depth, workload, and polarizing personality. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎨 Teaching Quality

72/100

“Professor King is a great art teacher, she helped me dramatically take my painting/ drawing skills to a further level.”

👍 Recommendation Split

38/100

“ if anyone had an A.”

⚖️ Effort-Based Grades

55/100

“She does not grade you by your skill, but more about your effort.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She is so knowledgeable about art and will help you with whatever you need.
  • Excellent color theory and ptg, just not relaxed ever.
  • critiques may seem tough but they are very insightful

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • they're both easy A's. She does expect you to push yourself
  • She gave me my only c so far in college.
  • Expect to devote a lot of though.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Yes, she's not very friendly. Yet her role is to instill her knowledge for the arts.
  • Linda King seems like an angry alkie.
  • I think most reviews on here just misread her serious demeanor.

Data context

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Analysis sample

20

Recent reviews read by the AI

20

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

, but opinions polarize and most comments are older.

Inside 20 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 513
4 out of 51
3 out of 52
2 out of 52
1 out of 52

Course coverage

ART195 reviews
ART233 reviews
ART152 reviews
ART272 reviews
ART312 reviews
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AA1 review
ART221 review
BEGPAIN1 review
FINEARTS1 review
PAINTING1 review
PAINTINT1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

5 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 4

B range

0

No reported values

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

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