ARTH 2056

This is a great early art history class that really teaches you a lot about the ancient Greece and Crete art and artifacts. The course load is quite light with the mid term and final being take home and only 2-3 pages on 2-3 artifacts. The lectures can become a bit monotonous over the semester, though Professor Dakouri-Hild is enthusiastic and well knowledgeable in this field. Her field work is extremely interesting and her office hours are a great place to learn more about archaeology. Attendance was taken and it was beneficial to go to class to get the gist of Aegean artifacts, because there really is not too much online about this topic. Computers are allowed during lecture and she posts her power points with her own notes that really help studying for the midterm and final.

Professor Dakouri-Hild is very nice and helpful. She always took time to answer students' questions. She is very passionate about the content of the class, especially since she is an archaeologist herself. A lot of attention is required in class as you will need to take notes on each artifact because that is what the tests are on. Both the midterm and the final are worth 40% of your grade, so definitely keep that in mind and make sure to study thoroughly. She does provide a list of possible artifacts for each test, which is helpful. The readings for each class are not really necessarily. They are almost never brought up in class and don't provide enough of a background for it to be worth reading.

Definitely recommend this course for anyone interested in archaeology or art/artifacts from the classical era and before!! Very great class; professor Anastasia is a great lecturer with a clear intention of where she wants to take the class. The class structure is very easy and works great - there are clicker questions at the end of class to make sure you pay attention and for attendance purposes. It's not enough to just copy down what's on the powerpoint - you have to really listen and basically paste what she's saying about each artifact in your notes. The exams focus heavily on really looking into 1-4 of the artifacts/art pieces discussed in class. There's only a midterm and final, so there's not too much to stress about. There's one weekly assignment every week that opens Friday and closes Sunday night; they don't take more than an hour to complete.

Managed to get an A+ in the course. Short readings (~10 pages) are provided before lectures for letting you be familiar with the background of artifacts -- helpful but you could still skip them cuz what she told in class differed from the readings drastically. She provides PPTs that include notes so that you could solely study those notes for the exam. Overall a pretty easy course so long as you paid effort. Professor Dakouri-Hild is extremely knowledgeable and passionate about her studies. After taking the before-after assessment test I didn't realize I learned this much.

Professor Dakouri-Hild is very nice and extremely passionate about her studies as they relate to this course. However, I did find it difficult to engage with the material. This could just be because I took it as a part of the general education requirements as opposed to taking it for my major. If you are passionate about the subject yourself, there is much to be gained from this course. The workload is light and readings aren't necessary if you pay careful attention and take thorough notes during lectures. The midterm and final were both closed note essay exams. To do well, you should write a full page for each prompt. Because the format of the essays was single-spaced, this amounted to about 750 to 800 words per prompt. An A is not difficult if you are good about consistent note-taking and studying prior to the exams.

This class was by far one of the most boring classes here at UVA. If you're not interested in archaeology or the Aegean region (not Greece; it's like Crete and that stuff), don't take this class. Prof. Hild is a really nice person and she's really passionate about the material, but she's sooo boring. She went over the allotted class time almost every single class and sometimes didn't even finish the content. The class is 40% midterm, 40% final, 20% homework (for completion). There wasn't much work for the class except the homeworks for completion, but the exams can be a bit hard if you don't understand the artifacts/architecture that she covers. She gives you a red-list of all the things that might appear on the exam and you study based off of that. It's a pretty easy A/A- if you're willing to spend time to study for the exams and if you actually like learning about the Aegean. #tCF2020

I honestly took this class because I thought it was going to be an easier course and because I was interested in art history. Professor Dakouri-Hild is extremely knowledgeable, but at times can be a little short with students because she expects you to know the info as well as she does. She also tended to forget things sometimes. Overall though she is a good professor and understanding if you are struggling with any part of the course or need some direction. Exams were relatively easy, but make sure you study everything, not just the red list. Not a super interesting class, but not the worst one either. If you are truly interested in art history, I would recommend taking another class before you take this one.

Prof. Dakouri-Hild is incredibly knowledgable and passionate about Aegean Art and Archeology. The class itself wasn't super captivating (it was honestly super boring sometimes) but was worth going to. You don't need to do the readings at all to do well. You really have to go to class to do well on the exams though, it's impossible to understand the significance of the artifacts without her explaining them to you.

I went into this class pretty excited because I had always enjoyed this period of history. I was pretty underwhelmed. It was extremely difficult to pay attention in class. Lectures are pretty dry and somewhat difficult at times. Readings are dense are not completely necessary in order to do well in the class. Attendance is taken by clicker questions. That being said, the exams (a midterm and final) are pretty easy. They solely have written components and are usually on works that the professor had gone over a good amount. Not that difficult to get a solid A- in the class. #tcf2016