We had short assignments that did take some thought but were pretty straightforward once you got the hang of it. The final was a bit difficult. She assigned our research paper as more like a detailed review of another paper since we didnt have as much access to sources during the remote quarter. Shell give you solid feedback if you reach out.

Lectures are very boring and her voice is quite dry. Weekly assignments are short, but graded harshly. The research paper was a little odd for an art history paper but graded fairly.

The class was heavy and quite hard to follow as an upper class. Since I am not art history major, the topic was hard to understand with lots of specific terms. Be aware of pop quiz and do the readings carefully. The final exam was hard in which she will test you on specific image explained in class. DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS!

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

I've had Swati twice now, and both courses have literally changed the way I see the world. She is brilliant in explaining colonial and capitalist theory/critique and relates it all to urban planning and public/domestic architecture. She might seem intense at first, but I came to love it. Has lots of office hours and the reader has great articles

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.

It was a shame that she felt it necessary to yellow every other word and put the an emphasis on the wrong syllables because I am sure if anyone else present her same information I would have enjoyed this class. Someone needs to tell her to tone it down and stop yelling intermittently because its totally not enjoyable to sit through!

scary, but organized and interesting.

I really enjoy her class. She has definitely changed the way I look at even the simplest of architecture. She is extremely brilliant. She can be kind of intense because every other word she says she kind of yells it but once you get over the shock of that she is perfect. Readings can be difficult but the tests are not.

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!

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what eveyone says it very true. Soften her up by going to her offic hours and sit in the front row. it's not bad at all. I kept the book and love what i learned...very useful in everyday life.

Oh so easy. I have no idea what half the lectures were about and I was at all of them. Very strange teaching style, almost like she is yelling at you. The TA was intense too, but a sweetheart who wanted everyone to do well.

The class was organized by subject matter, instead of chronologically, so it was a little weird. Excellent class, though. She requires you to actually think critically about the relationship of architecture and Modernity. The people who don't like her usually don't get it, or they're not that interested in the subject to begin with.

Wastes an incredible amount of class time asking the students to define simple terms. Its funny how she stresses "thinking" even though the A essays were just regurgitation of her own subjective opinions stated in class. Her statements in lecture are often unsupported and pointless - just mention them in your essays and you will do fine.

Very hard and strict teacher. Gets the points across pretty well in class but content is hard to get by with. Has a lot of expectations from students but as long as you get what she's trying to get across, the class isn't too hard.

Swati is a crazy brilliant bad ass. She knows her stuff better than any professor that I have ever had. She is an amazing scholar, but she is super, super intense. I want to be just like her.

Prof. Swati's classes are usually really good. She's brilliant and a hardass, so you can't help but learn stuff. Mostly she wants people to think, so if you have a brain, and you care about the material, you can do really well. Don't get discouraged by her impossible tests. It always balnces.

She takes a while to get used to, and she can be hard to understand sometimes because of her accent; but once you catch on, everything is really easy. Also she is really helpful in office hours if you don't understand something.

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this class was very boring and teacher hard to understand, not recommended

Awesome professor, but much of what she says goes over your head for a while. Once you start to learn how she/architectural historians think, everything gets a lot easier. Her tests were the hardest I've ever taken anywhere, but she balances it in the end