I would not recommend this class at all to anyone looking for an easy, interesting GE. The professor's lectures are disengaging as her slides have no text, making it difficult to keep up with what she says. The readings are very long and tedious, but are essentially required as there are random quizzes in lecture along with quizzes in discussion based on images shown in one of the previous lectures. The midterm and final weren't too bad since Nair gave out 6 possible essay prompts from which she would choose 2, although each prompt had several questions that needed to be answered in our essays. Overall, this class was not my favorite and I would stay away from it as much as possible.

Trust me. DONT TAKE THIS BS CLASS. Way too harsh of grading on exams, quiz in lectures with no makeup, the material is taught in typical dry slideshows, TA's in the back of the lecture hall watching peoples computers and will approach you for doing anything other than taking notes. If I haven't already convinced you to avoid this class then let me tell you about the exams. In the hour and fifteen minutes given for the midterm, you are required to answer two essay questions. Each question is comprised of at least 10 sub questions. IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS within the given amount of time. You will be marked down if you do not hit all of them well enough and its not just two or three measly points, I hadn't gone into enough detail on ONE of the questions and got a D on the essay. Save yourself the time, stress, energy, and grade by not taking this class.

I wouldn't describe this class as an easy "kick your feet back" and do nothing GE. This class requires a decent amount of reading but there are in class quizzes on this reading and she does these randomly. So you have to pay attention to details in the reading. The class includes quizzes, participation, a midterm, a final paper and a final. The midterm and final both consist of two essay questions, the final is just longer. She gives you a list of 6 potential questions to study from and she picks two for the tests. The final paper is also relatively easy, only 5 pages. Overall this class was an easy A if you payed attention in lecture and discussions and did the reading.

Honestly, if you are looking for a professor who will hand out As to whomever, this is not the class for you. Art History 27 was not an easy A whatsoever, but it was a rewarding class to take. Dr. Nair genuinely cares about each of the students' learning experiences and was always helpful. If you go to her office hours before the midterm and final, she will go over each question with you and tell you points you should mention.
The class consisted of a midterm, worth 30% of the grade, and a final, worth 35% of the grade. There was also a paper, worth 5%, and participation/discussion was the remaining 30%. On the midterm and final, she gives out six essay questions prior and puts two of them on the exam. There are five to seven subquestions within the question itself, but it was not as bad as some of the other reviews make it seem. As long as you do the readings and answer the prompt directly, you will do fine on the exams. For the most part, the majority of the six questions were straightforward (one or two required a bit more thinking). In addition, there were pop quizzes in both the lecture and discussion, but none of them were difficult. As long as you do the readings, even just skim them, you will get 100%.
In regards to Dr. Nair and the TAs, they were exceptional. Dr. Nair was very tolerant of tardiness towards the beginning of the quarter, but then implemented a rule, that if a student showed up fifteen minutes late, they could not come into class. In addition, if someone left class, they would not be let back in. The reason for this rule was because people kept walking in and out of lectures while there were guest speakers there. As soon as people found out we had a guest speaker, which meant no pop quiz, they left; I can't even imagine how embarrassing that must have been for Dr. Nair. The TAs also sat towards the back of the class to ensure that people were using technology for the right reasons, which was reasonable (it was very distracting).
While this class required the most amount of work and reading out of the other classes I took this quarter, this class was the one I learned the most from. I would definitely take it again.