Professor is very passionate about the subject and can be intimidating at times due to the amount of knowledge she has and her expectations of students. She makes lectures engaging based on how much she knows and clearly tells you what to expect for midterms, assignments, and projects.

Swati is a great professor. She can be kind of intense at the beginning, but take notes and you'll be okay.

I took multiple classes with Swati as a non-art history major and enjoyed every one. She is very passionate and serious about her work and it shows in the lectures. all of her classes were very interesting and influenced me to pursue architecture as a possible career path.

I took my first Architectural History class ever with Swati, and she got me really into it! by this was my third now. As all others, her class is very good structured, she always revises the important points. She wants you to know the main concepts and not details!! Highly recommended

She comes off as stern on the first day of class, but her sense of humor and real desire to thoroughly teach students comes through shortly thereafter. Her lectures are dense, but the tests are on whatever she talked the most about in class, which makes it pretty easy to do well. Fair grading, interesting style of lecture.

Brilliant professor, subject matter (urban planning in various cities around the world) presented in a unique way, she definitely wants her students to develop critical thinking skills, class attendance necessary to do well on exams, great sense of humor, don't be afraid to ask her to clarify! one of the best profs i've ever had!