<p>Hi</p>
<p>I'm interested in taking either Art History or Philosophy course
this semester. Excluding the basic intro classes, are any specific classes
that you recommend? </p>
<p>In particular, I am unable to find sufficient info on Art History professors
(I did try RatemyProf). Is there any particular professor
who is amazing (either Phil or ArtHist)?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>15th Century Italian art with Dr. Kristin Lanzoni is an AMAZING class. I'm an Art History major with an interest in modern art, and I decided to enroll in her Renaissance/Baroque class...she made the works completely tangible and amazingly interesting for someone who knew absolutely NOTHING and was NOT incredibly excited about the class. I'm phenomenally disappointed I can't take her class in the spring because it has been wonderful.</p>
<p>I'd also suggest Experimental Art/Ethics since 1945 with Laurel Fredrickson. Once again, another professor whose class I'm currently in and enjoy immensely, plus the material itself is wonderful. I took the class last spring with another professor and it was probably my favorite class I've taken at Duke...ever.</p>
<p>If you aren't a major, those are two great classes to take. One gives you a great overview of Italian masters, the other contemporary works, and neither will kill you workload-wise.</p>
<p>Sheila Dillon is also teaching a bunch of classes based in Antiquity, and I've enjoyed my classes with her as well, if that's something you're interested in, BUT she tends to get mixed reviews, I think because she has high expectations on papers and people just get irritated. I, personally, think she teaches amazing classes. Sum of the story, most classes in the art history department are great:)</p>
<p>I second Dillon. I had her for a 200-level seminar in Greek art last semester (working with the Duke Classical Collection), and I really enjoyed the class. Roman art is her specialty, so Roman Art and Women in the CW should be good.</p>
<p>If you're at all interested in ancient art, take Early Greek Archaeology! Antonaccio is amazing and insanely knowledgeable. It involves a lot of memorization of slides, but I always get a lot out of her courses.</p>
<p>Michael Ferejohn is one of the few philosophy professors I've had. He's teaching a course on Aristotle next semester. I find Aristotle boring, but YMMV. He's also teaching a course on Knowledge, but I don't know how good that course is. He's a great professor, though.</p>
<p>If you're at all interested in ethics, I highly recommend Ethics 100S with Peter Euben.</p>
<p>Can I just say...I'm phenomenally depressed I can't take Women in the CW. ioghofdghodgofdsgfds. that's how I feel.</p>
<p>Luco is pretty good, don't know what he's teaching next semester though.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for all your help!</p>
<p>Though I know this is a bit of a stupid questions, in general,
for non-majors, which dept. among these is bit easier to manage than others?</p>
<p>Political science, Philosophy, Art History, Visual Arts, History, Sociology
Education, and Film/Video/Digital</p>
<p>I hate having this discussion because I'm an Art History major, BUT for non-majors there are some easier classes that are not bad to manage. Look at the course descriptions, and if you see a course has like, 5 papers then it's probably going to be alot workwise. BUT most courses will have one longer research paper (which you have a long time to really work on and develop), daily reading (but nothing too ridiculous), and likely a midterm and a final (BUT alot of professors will give you guided study questions), so they're good classes to take, plus the subject material is usually really interesting as well.</p>
<p>I know people who have taken PoliSci classes "just for kicks" and that ended up being their hardest class...a ton of reading, writing, and studying to do. I hear Philosophy can be challenging as well.</p>
<p>People took polysci classes for kicks? I shudder at the thought. The only think I could think of that sounds weirder is people taking an upper level engineering class for kicks.</p>
<p>When I take a class just for kicks it generally falls under the, um, PhyEdu or Dance category. But whatever suits you I guess...</p>
<p>I was thinking about a Dance course too, but saw that actually
they are a quite time commitment and I attended one Jazz Dance class
and saw that they were quite different from what I expected.</p>
<p>Are Modern Dance courses like that as well?</p>
<p>I take a lot of ballet classes, and I believe modern is quite the same way, structure-wise.</p>
<p>Classtime is usually 1 1/2 hours, twice a week. In terms of outside work, for ballet there are like, 2 performance reviews (2-3 page papers, single spaced, but they aren't graded hard so I usually just sit down and write whatever comes to mind), and 3 short journal entries (again, stream of consciousness), but that's all the work there is outside of class. </p>
<p>I mean, you have to earn your grade but it's nothing to stress out about.</p>
<p>Hows the workload/ease for Kristin Lanzoni's course?</p>
<p>I'm not sure how different 15th Century Italian (I imagine it's a tad different since I looked at my advisement report yesterday to see that it carries a research credit whereas Renn/Baroque this semester does not), but here's what I can tell you about Renn/Baroque this semester.</p>
<p>1 Test and 1 Final, which consists of 3 or 4 comparisons and a long essay, but we got a list of about 6 guiding questions beforehand so studying was very focused. 1 group presentation, but believe me when I say this was nothing to be worried about. 1 10-12 page research paper and 10 minute presentation on your paper, but you have a lot of time to work on it and she forces you to really stay on top of things so it's not bad at all. In terms of reading ,there really isn't much...we occasionally have essays to read, but there are no textbooks and reading is "optional." Memorizing paintings...yes...you will have to do this...but just stay on top of things. And the amount isn't as bad as like, ARH 69 or 70. You are going to have to go to class...she takes role and everything on the exams is from her lectures. BUT I mean, I love going to class and want to go because her lectures are fantastic.</p>
<p>Workload...not bad. Ease...not bad. I'm serious when I say she is truly a FANTASTIC professor...I literally built my entire schedule around taking her course in the spring. As a non-major you'll definitely get a lot out of the class, and it won't make you want to kill yourself either. I'd highly suggest her class if you're looking for an ALP/CCI/etc etc.</p>
<p>thanks a lot, as a non major you really dont know what to expect especially for art history, so thanks for the good description!</p>
<p>Yeah, i mean, it is a learning experience in terms of how to write a paper/comparisons and whatnot, but she teaches you, knowing there will be nonmajors in the class!</p>