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Tina Howland

ARTC160 · ARTC290 · ARTC100 · ARTC200 · 39 lifetime ratings

AI rating
93/100
RMP rating
4.5/5
Take again
93.55%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

if you want hands-on design skills and mentoring; show up do the projects and you will learn a lot.

Best fit · Effort For RewardCaring industry mentorHilarious lecturesDetailed project feedbackReal-world design career tipsOrganized project class
  • and web design professor with industry experience
  • Projects drive learning; attendance and steady work
  • One sharp online negative exists but

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Most students who complete projects and attend earn A or B range grades but and .

Online and in-person both stress doing the work; a .

Is the course easy?

Standard

52/100

Photoshop web design and but pace and creative work challenge beginners.

Similar content difficulty across formats; online has one outlier calling it very hard.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

and missing class sets you behind; online is more flexible.

; online reviews more often say not mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

92/100

About 94% would take again with repeated favorite-class language and career outcomes.

Strong recommendation in both formats aside .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

58/100

and detailed critiques help most students succeed though some call her a .

Format shift

Online includes one Tough grader tag; .

Workload

Moderate

42/100

Regular projects labs and if you fall behind.

Format shift

Both formats mention lots of project work; online has a .

Teaching experience

Excellent

90/100

Students repeatedly praise passion clarity humor industry stories and after-class help.

Format shift

In-person praise dominates; online is mostly strong with one severe outlier.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

pieces and critiques more than high-stakes exams.

Format shift

Consistent project focus online and in person; .

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

35 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

Fun structured in-person design labs with and career-ready portfolio skills.

Main concern

and project workload can stress students who fall behind.

What students said

“Loved her graphic design class! She has such a passion for design”
ARTC100
“Howland loves web design and her enthusiasm for the subject is infectious.”
ARTC200
“One of the most useful classes I have taken.”
ARTC290

Remote format

Online

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Mostly positive flexible online design work with strong support though one student dropped over workload and .

Main concern

Heavy projects and one report of and .

What students said

“This is the and my favorite class.”
ARTC100
“ .”
ARTC100
“She helped whenever I asked, though, and gave me many instructions and comments to help.”
ARTC100

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment is mainly projects and critiques with so risk is moderate not proctor-heavy.

Project-based assessmentDetailed critiquesOccasional pop quizzesIn-class labs

Assessment risk

Standard

68/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-class labs projects and rare pop quizzes; reviews do not clearly prove closed-book finals.

In-class projectsPop quizzes mentionedPortfolio deliverables
“Not hard if you go to class and do all the homework.”
ARTC200
“BEWARE OF POP QUIZZES”
ARTC200

Online

and workload; they do not clearly prove webcam proctoring or open-book exams.

Project-heavyGood feedback
“Lots of work, but .”
ARTC100
“ but she helps.”
ARTC100

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Howland loves web design and her enthusiasm for the subject is infectious.”

Voice snapshots generated from 39 and career outcomes. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

90/100

“Professor Howland is exceptional.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

92/100

“This is the and my favorite class.”

❤️ About Character

90/100

“Funny professor - really cares about her students.”

⚖️

58/100

“Very hard to get an A in her class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She's funny and very passionate about design.
  • She knows her stuff.
  • Her enthusiasm was contagious.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • As long as you do the work and go to class, you're good.
  • Hard class but learned a lot.
  • Very hard to get an A in her class.

Theme 3

💼 About Career Value

  • I got work designing social media images this summer because of the web graphic info i learned.
  • Prepared for the 'real world'
  • Made work contacts in Professor Howlands Portfolio class.

Data context

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Analysis sample

39

Recent reviews read by the AI

39

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-nine reviews over many years with rich detail high consistency on teaching quality and a .

Inside 39 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 531
4 out of 53
3 out of 50
2 out of 54
1 out of 51

Course coverage

ARTC20024 reviews
ARTC1009 reviews
ARTC2903 reviews
ARTC1602 reviews
427581 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

20 reported outcomes

A range

13

A 12 · A- 1

B range

4

B+ 3 · B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 2