Joe Schwarcz - McGill University, Montreal, QC

Professor: Joe Schwarcz

Department: Chemistry

College: McGill University, Montreal, QC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM183
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: No
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

harder than I thought it would be and lectures are very long and boring. you need a friend in that class to keep you motivated to show up. midterm and final are all multiple choice, although the course is very heavy on memorization of words that all sound the same, so the exams were hard

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM183
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Schwarcz, is a great lecturer. You can tell he's passionate about the material, also I found him to be genuine; tells funny personal stories. With that being said, the course is presented as a "general knowledge course" with no previous chemistry knowledge needed. This is completely false. Most exam questions focus on chemical understandi

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEM181
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Best prof I ever had even if it was only through online videos!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHEM183
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great prof! Very passionate in what he is teaching and occasionally telling fun stories of his own. The lectures are very much content-based and you need to take notes carefully to pass the exams. Lots of stuff to memorise but mostly organised. When he talks about seemingly irrelevant stuff it may be tested too so watch out for those points.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM183
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

If you are not a science student, then I would highly recommended not to take this class. I struggled all the way through the class, you really need to study hard. The teachers are alright, sometimes boring and sometimes interesting. However, only take this class if you have a proper grasp of science.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM181
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Star lecturer, really great speaker. He's pretty funny too. Probs my fav prof for CHEM 181.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: WOC183
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Joe fives an awesome lecture - he teaches you many things but he backs them up with a bunch of really interesting stories that make the material seem really clear. The exam questions were very fair, and even though it is a class about memorization, some questions can be answered with common sense.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: 183
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I loved the course but Dr. Schwarcz was the worst prof. out of the three. He's lectures and voice are monotonous, which makes it horrible to actually listen to what he's saying. He's also arrogant. I've seen him be disrespectful when speaking with students with genuine concerns. Overall, interesting class, boring guy.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM183
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The best lecturer around

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM183
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very good and interesting prof, really knows his stuff. CHEM 183 is a very interesting class too but I would maybe not recommend it for students that don't have a science background

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEM181
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good Prof

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM183
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Best chemistry prof at Mcgill in my opinion. Classes very interesting. But beware, the lectures might seem easy because he is clear, but EVERYTHING will be tested.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: WOC183
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

AWESOME MAN!+GREAT KNOWLEDGE

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEM183
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's really the best professor I had so far. He makes everything he says interesting and each week I was looking forward to go to his class. He's funny and really really smart and he will make you discover things you didn't suspect. I loved this course and highly recommend it!!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM222
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This guy is on top of his game. Tests were fair and straight forward. Does cool magic tricks. Teaches about real life stuff, that although is complicated, is well, reality. He's unique from McGill Professors in a good way. Efficient with getting results back on time. Org is a hard topic due to the nature of the beast, but he does a good job at it.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM183
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

HIS CLASSES ARE AMAZING! He always covers a lot of material for sure, and you're too busy scurrying your pen about to catch every word he says ('cause mind you it'll be tested!) but the classes are always something worth going to!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM181
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

One of the best classes I took at McGill

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM182
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Class so interesting! Even though it was at 8am and recorded, I still went to class. Teacher funny and helpful. Exam super easy if you study well and you do the lectures. World of Chem rocks!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHEM183
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great Professor, love his way of teaching

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CHEM180
• 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:

Good teacher :)