Aaron Giesel

ART105 · ART112 · PHOT100 · ART104 · ART100 · 12 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 74/100
RMP rating: 4.0/5
Take again: 66.67%
Difficulty: 2.8

The decision

Solid art instructor if you can handle disorganization and stay on top of Canvas yourself.

Best fit · Beginner FriendlyPassionate about artFrazzled and disorganizedGood feedbackPatientLate grading

Students praise passion, patience, and .
Organization, late grading, and .
Online sections can feel rushed with .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

78/100

Many A and A+ grades with lenient deadlines and project-based work if you participate.

Both formats report high grades; online ART105 was harder for one student who earned a C.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Studio and , though reading and critiques add challenge.

; online can feel faster-paced.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

and warn that showing up matters for discussions and critiques.

Evidence is similar across online Zoom and in-person studio sections.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

68/100

and feedback despite organization issues.

In-person recommendations are warmer; several .

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

72/100

Often lenient on deadlines and supportive in critiques, though .

Format shift

Online notes more frustration with late posts; .

Workload

Moderate

55/100

Project-based art and photo work with some reading and tests in survey courses.

Format shift

Online ART105 and PHOT can pile projects quickly; studio sections give class work time.

Teaching experience

Good

72/100

Strong passion and and inconsistent organization.

Format shift

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

38/100

Projects, critiques, and participation drive .

Format shift

Survey online courses add tests and movie notes; studio is almost all projects.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

, patience, and open projects, with notes that grades appear late.

Main concern

Frazzled energy and little grade visibility until the end.

What students said

“Zero indication of grade until the end of the semester, though.”
ART112

“If you are taking any art class that has him as an .”
ART112

“he is a . You can tell he has a passion for art”
ART105

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

caring and inspirational for studio work, but , and attitude complaints appear.

Main concern

Disorganization, late-night assignment posts, and .

What students said

“While a and wanted to see them explore their creative side”
ART112

“required students to download a monitoring plugin for the final”
ART105

“Really great Instructor! ”
ART112

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Studio work is critique-based; survey courses use a few tests, and .

Project critiquesMain testsMonitoring pluginParticipation

Assessment risk

Standard

52/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and critiques rather than formal proctored exams.

ProjectsCritiquesLab time

“Had open subject most of the time and .”
ART112

“ and critiques.”
ART112

Online

One ART105 review reports a monitoring plugin for the final; , and projects.

Monitoring pluginMain testsMovie notesProjects

“required students to download a monitoring plugin for the final, so be aware of that if .”
ART105

“he just has zoom lectures along with movie notes, movie summaries, and 3 main tests.”
ART104

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“If you are taking any art class that has him as an .”
Voice snapshots generated from 12 Fine Arts reviews across studio and online formats. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎨 Teaching Passion

72/100

“You can tell he has a passion for art, and is a fun guy to debate with!”

👍 Recommendation

68/100

“Overall, I would really .”

📂 Organization Gaps

40/100

“My grades were never fully submitted so I don't even know what I got on the .”

🎯 Easy A Potential

78/100

“He was very lenient with deadlines, sometimes unfortunately to the was due”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

He sees the while still being critical when he needs to be.
creates a safe space for everyone
extremely intelligent and insightful professor

Theme 2

⚠️ About Organization

he is extremely frazzled all the time
Starts class whenever he feels like it and usually not prepared.
Zero indication of grade until the end of the semester

Theme 3

📷 About Projects

Had open subject most of the time and .
lots of class time to work on art

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

12 reviews with useful detail but smaller sample and mixed online versus studio contexts.

Inside 12 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55

4 out of 54

3 out of 51

2 out of 52

1 out of 50

Course coverage

ART1125 reviews

PHOT1003 reviews

ART1052 reviews

ART1001 review

ART1041 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

10 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 2 · A 4 · A- 1

B range

B+ 1

C range

C 1

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Not sure yet 1