Reviews of professor Joseph Schwartz

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Often goes on long unrelated rants and neglects to cover the material in an efficient amount of time. Class runs almost 3 hours and we still often go overtime, and are then asked to be "patient."

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I actually liked this professor. He seems a little mean at first but I promise he's super understanding and kind. His work not so much but it's a history class, study the slides and manage your time and you'll be fine. He doesn't call on people, or make us present. He even brought us food one day, and brings stuff to show us. Take him.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Knowledgeable..dull teaching style.

Adult students should be concerned about their own grades & education, not anxious about comments from their professor. Few professors are so paternalistic, but he seemed proud to be.

Where some dorm but many commute & work full time, beyond letting students know where they stands, professors should back off.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Schwartz isn't bad. VisComm is mostly a lecture course so he makes good use of the time drilling info into your head. You learn a lot coming out of his class. Quizzes aren't too hard (20 questions/5 quizzes). Design diaries are 1 page (5total) and a final project. Just design a poster. Not too hard but interesting. Just focus on what interests you.