Be aware of the insane amount of work in this class!!!! She is also a tough grader!

Professor Rosenblum isn't an easy grader, but she's clear, direct, provides great feedback, and is very available outside of class to assist students. This was my second time taking a class with her, so I would absolutely take classes with her anytime! She's passionate about the subject matter (just go to office hours!), and it's obvious in her lectures. Participation matters greatly in her classes, so plan to attend every lecture. If you attend every lecture, take good notes, and speak up when you have a question - there's no reason you can't do really well and learn a lot in any class Professor Rosenblum teaches. Truly the best professor I've had at UCLA.

*I took two classes from Professor Rosenblum. I received a higher grade in the other course however, this review applies to both*

PROS:
-She is nice, knowledgeable, and passionate in her discipline.
-She is always offering assistance to her students during office hours.
-If you do take her class, you will definitely leave with more knowledge than you entered.

CONS:
-She takes attendance EVERY lecture, so don't be absent nor tardy. Felt like you're back in high school. (graded)
-Participation is a must in EVERY lecture. She marks your name when you do participate. (graded)
-Her lectures are very dense and she will expect you to write everything she says and displays in class.
-Most of the material that is assigned to read is very dense and not needed in her midterm/final.
-Most of the lecture/readings is filled with irrelevant information that isn't needed. Her class is pretty much being bogged down by minutiae of the material.
-She is a tough grader. She does NOT have a grading rubric, which is fine, however, with the amount of points she docks off it is necessary.
-Her prompts for essays seem fun and creative, however, the lack of a grading rubric ruins the experience.
-Homework is assigned quite a bit, again, the feeling of being in high school is prevalent in her courses.
-By the 6th week of the quarter, it was VERY difficult to either attend or stay awake in her lectures since they are dense and her soft spoken voice. It was definitely a struggle to say the least.
-The final consists of art work analysis and memorization of 50 art works. The analysis is difficult since she is expecting word verbatim of her lectures (do not use your own opinions) and the fact that you have to memorize 50 art works and only 15-20 will be on the exam is a waste of time and completely irrelevant. Since the student is only memorizing just for the test, the student isn't taking away meaningful knowledge in the sense of "seeing" art, just temporarily memorizing the work that will be forgotten afterwards.

TAKE HER CLASS IF:
-you're good at memorizing minutiae course work.
-You have all the time in the world
-You don't have to work in college
-All your other classes are easy and light

Professor marks you "tardy" if you are late. Attendance is mandatory and graded. Essays have no rubric and are graded HARSHLY. She really only wants you to regurgitate whatever she says in class. Had to copy her notes like a transcript and then essentially throw it up on an essay to get an A on each one. She doesn't require you to participate but discretely writes your name down if you participate (bias?). Her strict grading did not teach me how to write well but merely how to write an essay that she would like (AKA an essay that just repeats exactly what she says in class). Does not even explain why she marks you off but merely says "Great!" but then marks you off 8-10 points for no apparent reason. And good luck differentiating the million festivals gone over in this class!

I absolutely loved this class and professor. If you take this class you must be prepared to memorize over 100 works of art. But the lectures are very engaging and the professor gives life to the works.

One of the best art history professors at UCLA! Prof. Rosenblum is super smart, helpful, and fun to to talk to even outside of the class material. She's one of the younger instructors I've had here, which might be why she was so easy to relate to, but she really understands that her students juggle with a lot of other classwork and structures her class with that in mind. All of our readings were online (no textbook), and the four one-page responses were really just to make sure you understood the material. The take-home midterm is easy if you've listened well enough in class, and the only final she gives is a 6-page research paper due before the last week. The subject itself was also super interesting and covers a wide range of locations and artistic mediums (traditional festivals, ritual art, modern painters/sculptors, and contemporary performance). I liked hearing her talk about Cuban art, which I think is her personal academic focus.

You will need to study to do well in this course, but it's totally worth it. Professor Rosenblum was arguably one of the best professors I've ever had. It's clear she loves the subject, and was passionate about teaching and student success. I would love to take a course with her again.