History of Western Art I: From Pyramids to Cathedrals
ARTHIST 201 examines pre-Renaissance arts and cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean, exploring canonical works and their social contexts.
Summary
Historical reviews of Thomas Dale: The course requires memorizing approximately 100 works of art and writing essays. While information is provided beforehand, some students found the memorization requirement excessive and the exams difficult to study for.
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Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Thomas Dale: Thomas Dale is knowledgeable but frequently criticized for long-winded, boring lectures that cause scheduling delays. While some find his approachability and office hours helpful, others find the material memorization tedious and the exams difficult to study for.
THOMAS DALE is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Fall 2019, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of Thomas Dale: Thomas Dale is knowledgeable but his lectures are frequently described as boring, long-winded, and dull. Students report that success is possible with self-study, though the experience varies from approachable to frustrating.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.09 GPA, 47.8% A/AB (n=69 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.12 GPA, 56.1% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Spring 2025: 2.98 GPA, 38.7% A/AB (n=31 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Thomas Dale: The course requires memorizing approximately 100 works of art and writing essays. While information is provided beforehand, some students found the memorization requirement excessive and the exams difficult to study for.
Historical reviews of Thomas Dale: Lectures are often considered unnecessary if students read and use online slides, though they help those struggling with homework. Dale is approachable during office hours, but his teaching style can be tedious.
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Fall 2026 · Projected
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About this estimate
The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 4 recent terms, weighted toward recent results.
The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.
8 earlier forecasts · 0.19 GPA average error.
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1289 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.
Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.
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Model & dataset provenance
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