Reviews of professor David Swart

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Swart is actually a really good professor/lecturer, it's the STA 261 class that's hard. There's many different components to the class (group projects, weekly homework, weekly quizzes, CYUs, in class CYUs, etc.) that it can be slightly overwhelming. The videos for the class are god awful, but Swart explains everything super well during lectures

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Mr. Swart is a good professor, however the department sets up this class. The information is taught in the form of online videos. They don't actually teach in the videos, they just say to look at user manuals when they don't know how to explain the material. Homework assignments and quizzes have NOTHING to do with the lecture videos. Frustrating.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Swart sucks. He took forever to respond to emails and exams are nearly impossible as nothing from the homework or quizzes is on the exam. Furthermore, the criteria is not fully explained.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Honestly... hated the class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
My problem is more with STA261 than Mr. Swart. It is mostly online (helped during pandemic) but stunk during actual school. Most lectures are from videos--not engaging. The course content is pretty difficult and expect multiple group projects. I would recommend this class if you are in CAS and trying to get an FSB minor, as it meets requirements.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mr. Swart was a good professor, but this class was just set up terribly. Since its a hybrid class, you really learn everything from watching videos before class. Between the videos, the online homework/quizzes, and the exams, the content of the class is NOT consistent. That got super confusing for exams.