AI Rate Professor

Fine Arts

Stephen Bautista

FIGUREDRAWING · ANIM108 · ART111 · ARTART · ARTD17A · ARTD16 · ANIM101 · LIFEDRAWING · ARTZ50ANIM108 · ART17A · 22 lifetime ratings

AI rating
72/100
RMP rating
3.8/5
Take again
88.89%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

if you love studio art and will put in serious out-of-class drawing time.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerProfessional Studio CritiquesHeavy Drawing WorkloadMandatory AttendanceFair but StrictSerious Art Majors Only
  • Strong skill growth for students who treat drawing as a major commitment.
  • Workload and ; missing class makes catch-up hard.
  • , but tone can feel critical or untactful.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

36/100

As are earned through major projects and consistent effort; several students say an A .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Perspective, figure work, and fast studio pacing challenge students without strong drawing foundations.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

, and missing days makes catching up very hard.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

86/100

Nearly nine in skill growth.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

52/100

Detailed rubrics and meaningful projects; strict standards but not random harshness.

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

, and out-of-class drawing time are common.

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Teaching experience

Good

78/100

Thorough demos and individual critiques help serious students improve quickly.

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

23 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

All reviews are in-person studio classes with , and frequent critiques that reward serious art students.

Main concern

and beginners who need slower pacing.

What students said

“ if you LOVE art since you have to be willing to put in A LOT of extra time outside of class.”
ARTD16
“Don't miss class because he never posts video-recorded lectures until 2 weeks later & you'll be screwed.”
ARTD16
“He may seem strict, but rubric.”
ARTD17A

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.

Studio courses use projects plus midterms or .

In-Class PracticalsMidterm PresentationMajor ProjectsStudio Critiques

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person comments reference midterms, practicals, and .

Mid-Term2 FinalsIn-Class PracticalMajor Projects
“3 MAJOR projects, 3 or so easy hw, mid-term, and 2 finals (EASY if ).”
ARTD16
“Around 8 or more assignments with 2-3 major projects, in-class practical.”
ARTD16

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ if you LOVE art since you have to be willing to put in A LOT of extra time outside of class.”

Voice snapshots generated from 23 in-person reviews, highlighting studio rigor and critique culture. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎨 Serious Skill Growth

78/100

“This class improved as an artist.”

🏋️ Heavy Studio Load

28/100

“Work load is a bit heavy but it's not too difficult if you pay attention to his directions.”

📋

52/100

“ rubric that shows what you did well and what to improve.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Steph is very thorough in his lectures and will slow down or go over things if you ask.
  • clear exactly what you did wrong.
  • Great Prof. I have not known other professors that spend time with every single student during class.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • theclass is difficult to get an A in.
  • You get what you put into it.
  • Don't procrastinate!!!!

Theme 3

❤️ About Classroom Fit

  • Great for art majors!
  • If you are really interested in learning, you will succeed in his classes.
  • Students think professor is critical but he's just not tactful.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

23

Recent reviews read by the AI

22

Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-three reviews over many years agree on rigor and growth, but sparse grade detail and older sparse comments cap confidence.

Inside 23 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 512
4 out of 55
3 out of 51
2 out of 53
1 out of 52

Course coverage

ARTD166 reviews
ANIM1014 reviews
ARTD17A4 reviews
ART17A2 reviews
231071 review
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FIGUREDRAWING1 review
LIFEDRAWING1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

10 reported outcomes

A range

6

A+ 2 · A 4

B range

3

B+ 1 · B 2

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

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No letter grade reported

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