FORMER STUDENT from 1970's - Yes, he went off topic then, yet was brilliant and caring. Now that I am a university professor myself, I look back with fondness on a man who inspired me and contributed to my formation. I could never have done it without him. I'm sorry for those students who merely thought of him as an "old man." Your day is near.

It's obvious that he's knowledgable in linguistics, however he has a hard time effectively teaching. The final is extremely hard and unfair (anything that he says or distributes is fair game). This is made harder by the fact that he is very unorganized and unclear. The class is a little more bearable since he is witty and nice enough.

I would barely even call it a class. Schwartz would go off topic about unrelated stories to the material during every lecture. He was very unclear about what to study for the class, and I doubt he even graded our finals. Don't even consider taking this class.

Old guy who really needs to retire. Can be funny at times. This is a class where nothing really helps you understand what youre learning. The book he recommends you getting is useless. Homework is easy. Memorization is a must from classwork (HW) and also on the final. Way too much info to take in. Hard to understand through his mumbling accents.

Obviously a very intelligent and educated man, however I think he has far surpassed his peak. The class is confusing and frustrating for those without a significant background in Linguistics and he supplements his lectures with very little outside material, meaning if you don't understand the concepts in class you are pretty much out of luck.

Crazy old man, quite funny at times. but don't take this class unless you are good at keeping up and following new things. I left after every class wondering what on earth the teacher had talked about for the last hour not having a clue, but a select few seemed to always know what he was talking about!