Catherine Levesque - College of William and Mary

Professor: Catherine Levesque
Department: History
College: College of William and Mary
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH362
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Super friendly and approachable outside of class for feedback. However, lectures/powerpoints are all over the place and really hard to understand. Extremely knowledgeable but really bad at communicating the material!
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH364
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Levesque is underrated!! She is not only extremely knowledgeable but also very accessible outside of class. I highly recommend meeting with her before writing your essay/project, it is extremely helpful.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH365
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
She's a very sweet person, but her lectures are sorta rambling to the point where taking notes can be an ordeal. I actually rely much more on the students' responses and the textbook for preparing the exams, which require a lot of memorization. But once you get the big picture right, you should be fine with these questions.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH326
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Levesque is a great person, super passionate about the topic. She would often get quite distracted or fail to explain concepts that required previous knowledge, however she was easy to meet with and understanding. No need for textbook, show up to class and take notes
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH362
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Most course materials aren't difficult to understand even for those who have never taken art history before. Easy exams with take-home essays, but a bit picky about paper in terms of style and vocab. We had an enjoyable field trip to D.C. and she def knows a lot about northern arts. Mind you, she's a slow grader and better be patient with her.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH362
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Very caring and definitely passionate about this course, but it's hard to get the big picture as she rambled on. There's lots of random things to memorize that aren't connected to the topic. However, she's lenient on the deadlines for papers/presentations, and gives detailed feedback. If you put in your efforts you'll be fine.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH362
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Levesque is well-versed in and passionate about NR art. However, the way she arranged lectures is that unhelpful. We went through tons of images many of which were simply skipped due to time limits. She'd often go off on a tangent (e.g. a minutiae in the picture) and forgot to inform us of the most important theme. Exams are not that hard.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH150W
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I had her for iconoclasm. A LOT of reading due the next class. Rambling lectures. A lot of stress in the last month. Do not take if you are not good at discussion. Very nice and accessible.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH150
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
If you take her for iconoclasm, be prepared for lots of reading (as in your lucky if theres less than 40 pages to read before each class). There are a lot of assignments due in the last month. While she is nice and a little lenient with deadlines, she tends to skip around in lectures and her grading criteria is very unclear.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH363
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Sharp as a whip and extremely passionate about the subject. Fantastic professor
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH364
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
This class had a large amount of coursework and reading for what I got from it. It's not impossible, but get ready to do a lot of heavy reading, listen to student presentations (that are actually more informative than the teacher's lectures), and write a couple longer research papers about a topic in art history. She's all-over the place.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH365
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Levesque is so passionate about the material that she'll interrupt herself in the middle of a sentence to go off on a tangent, which is both charming and frustrating. Really sweet and willing to help you outside of class. If you're interested in Dutch art and have the patience to put up with some daffiness and rambling, I'd recommend her.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH150W
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I took Prof. Levesque's freshman seminar, and it was enjoyable. She makes herself extremely available (you can talk with her basically whenever as long as you make an appointment) and encourages students to come in for help or feedback on their projects. The discussions are long, so you need to participate to get a good grade (which I did not do).
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH252
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Levesque gives the most incomprehensible lectures. She rambles on about minutiae and it's difficult to see the big picture. As a result I felt like I learned very little, and I had to teach myself. The tests require you to memorize an enormous amount of material.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH362
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof. Levesque is clearly knowledgeable. Lectures can be confusing, derived mostly from the book. Come to her office hours!!! She is very friendly & enlightening. Although, beware of her long list to works that you have to memorize for the exam (around 175-200 images)-- 1 midterm, 1 paper, 1 final. Participating in discussions helps your grade.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: ARHI
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Fantastic class, really looks at Art in a way I've never thought to. Lovely woman, helpful, charming and interesting lectures. Strongly recommend.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH252
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
She rambles a lot during the lecture and it is very boring.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH252
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Her lectures are boring but if you talk to her in office hours she can be very helpful. Don't take her for a Survey course. Her specialty is Renaissance/Baroque.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: ARTHI300
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Really really sweet, nice professor. Don't pay attention 5o any of the other comments on her, she's very knowlegable and will help you a lot. Really got me interested in art.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: ARTH150W
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Wonderfully enthusiastic with her lectures, she is very elaborate in her descriptions on each painting and often rambles to a subject entirely irrelevant. The slideshows always have far too many images, some that she doesn't even talk about, just clicks through for fun. Helpful with writing. Never actually answers questions just rambles.
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