AI Rate Professor

Art History

Martina Hesser

ARTF110 · ART111 · ARTF111 · ARTF107 · ART110 · ART157 · ARTF100 · ART100 · 51 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
3.2/5
Take again
33.33%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

Only take her if you can , and limited support; many students say .

Best fit · Effort For RewardTough GraderLecture HeavyMonotonous LecturesMuseum Paper StressCondescending Feedback
  • Weekly quizzes and a .
  • Many students call , and harsh on papers.
  • ; recent online reviews are much more negative.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Many students earn A or B with steady quiz work, but the and can sink the grade.

; older in-person reviews say study hard for an A.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

62/100

Content is intro art history, but long lectures and heavy memorization make it feel harder than a free GE.

Both formats call content doable if you study; online mainly complains about lecture length.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

and others optional; online is mostly self-paced modules with deadlines.

; several in-person reviews say attendance matters.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

35/100

Only about one-third would take her again, with recent reviews warning about attitude and grading.

; online reviews drive the .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

32/100

Tough grader tags and .

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

42/100

Weekly lectures plus quizzes and one large museum paper; not light, not overwhelming for most.

Format shift

Online students especially hate long slow lecture videos.

Teaching experience

Average

45/100

some call lectures amazing and funny; many call them boring, rude, or Wikipedia-like.

Format shift

In-person older praise is stronger; online quality ratings are lower.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

research paper; finals vary by term.

Format shift

Online often has no traditional final; and finals.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

26 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

some love her knowledge and and .

Main concern

Heavy memorization for tests and .

What students said

“This is one of the .”
ART111
“Study a lot for her tests because they are hard”
ART100
“HORRIBLE PROFESSOR WITH ARROGANT ATTITUDE !”
ARTF110

Remote format

Online

24 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections mean long slow pre-recorded lectures, weekly quizzes, and a .

Main concern

Rude or , and .

What students said

“Long long long lectures, can not even sped the prerecorded slow lecture up and she talks very very slow.”
ART110
“AVOID! ... she's SO LATE THAT commented to correct me after the attempts allowed date.”
ART110
“ and provided ”
ART111

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Most courses grade weekly quizzes and a museum paper; some terms add midterms or .

Weekly QuizzesMuseum PaperSome In-Person TestsNo Consistent Final

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

need heavy memorization and study guides.

In-Person or Online TestsMemorization HeavyMuseum Paper
“She has 3 tests a year, the .”
ART100
“ . Besides that, ”
ART111

Online

Online and a museum paper; few comments describe camera or Lockdown proctoring.

Weekly QuizzesMuseum PaperOpen Lecture During Some Quizzes
“The class was pretty easy consisted of and a heavily weighted museum paper. ”
ART110
“most of the answers and you could have the lecture open as well”
ART110

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . Literally do not remember a single thing she lectured about.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews spanning 2008-2025, blending online and in-person themes. Credibility rating: High.

📉 Recommendation Rate

35/100

“AVOID! ... She's SO LATE THAT commented to correct me after the attempts allowed date.”

📝

32/100

“The biggest downside of this class is her Museum Essay Paper assignment, that has a lot of requirements to the .”

🎧 Lecture Fatigue

40/100

“Horrible, boring lecture videos. Incredibly monotonous and the ”

⭐ Polarized Teaching

45/100

“This is one of the .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Her lectures are literally straight from Wikipedia!!
  • Long long long lectures
  • she was engaging, knowledgeable and has a great sense of humor

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • she grades pretty heavy with the midterm and doesn't except any late work
  • Easy A if you cheat - if she can plagiarize, you can cheat
  • If you create a system to remember the dates, artist and artwork names, its an easy A or B

Theme 3

💬 About Attitude and Feedback

  • This professor is condescending, rude, and overall boring
  • Every time I've reached out to her for help she's super belittling
  • Gave me a

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

51

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

50 detailed reviews across many years and both formats, with , and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 516
4 out of 57
3 out of 510
2 out of 58
1 out of 510

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

28 reported outcomes

A range

14

A+ 3 · A 8 · A- 3

B range

8

B+ 4 · B 4

C range

1

C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

5

Not sure yet 3 · Rather not say 2