A legendary teacher, we are fortunate to have him

GENIUS

A great prof. I love his lectures. Great sense of humour.

awesome chem prof. Knows too much!

Don't take Org II with him in the fall... hold out until summer, much better!!!

Amazing. Funny. Knowledgable. He's got it all!

THE BEST, A GENIUS

the best prof after hanadi sleiman in org chem

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keeps you interested in the lectures

Funny, interesting & arrogant... Lockhart in a nutshell

Extremely funny, interesting and engaging. Takes great examples from everyday life to illustrate points. Also teaches you things you can use, like info about alcohol.

He's a really good teacher who has the rare ability to put chemistry in a historical and interesting context. He's a really knowledgable guy.

awesome professor

this prof is amazing. He knows an incredible amount of stuff...about everything. He makes org 2 interesting and engaging. Exams are very straight forward...no tricks. Look at class examples!

i love this man!He is the best teacher i've ever had and makes everything sound SOOOO interesting.a really devoted prof, puts all other chem teachers to shame. if u have any chance to take his class,TAKE IT!

amazing prof

Very interesting but a little conceited. Weird smile. Over all, Harpp and Fenster were much better teachers and just as interesting

so clear, funny. just makes your day!

This guy is the greatest, actually keeps the students interested for the whole length of the class. And as for you who think he is full of himself, well damn, he knows everything thats why. He's everything ya need in a prof. Plus those suits are so ****.

Top quality as far as teaching goes. Very interesting, clear and knowledgeable. But compared to Fenster for genuine care for the students & friendliness, he's far behind.

knows all sorts of trivia that make the subject interesting even to a chemistry detester.

Best professor ever. Interesting lectures and also enjoyable.

Very insightful. I didn't know organic chemistry could be so much fun! Has great sense of humour, deadpan in the extreme. Rock on, Schwarz, rock on!

I dont find him conceited at all! i think he's super interesting and funny and knowledgeable.

very good prof, and its a good thing too cause this guy's a jerk. thinks he's the most insightful, brilliant person on earth.

I loved him and thought his stories were great. The information I remember from his class is from real-life examples and is useful and fresh in my mind.

i love you schwarcz

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Awesome teacher, knows his stuff. Yes he is prideful, but he has a right to! He's Joe Schwarcz!

you get pains in your hand from taking notes like crazy, but as long as you go over your notes well, you're bound to get an A on the midterms (there are 2 with 70 something questions) but because there's so many questions, you can blow off 10 of them and still get an A.

The best !!!

Schwarcz is a great lecturer. he explains everything really well, and makes it like a story. This class was awesome - SO useful in day-to-day know-it-all-ness. the exams are all fairly easy if you study

Taken 4 classes with this guy, he's the greatest! I don't know too many profs who can keep my full attention for 1.5 hours, but this guy can :)

Great lecturer. His lectures are very interesting. Fair exams too.

Prof. Schwarcz is an excellent prof. and his classes are fun, but you DONT LEARN ANYTHING USEFULL. If you have an elective to use and you want to have fun, take one, but dont expect to learn any useful info.

He is a wonderful lecturer, interesting, funny... I don't know what people are thinking when they say you don't learn anything useful, I learned so much in this class and loved every minute of it! It takes a great prof to hold the attention of 200 students for an hour and a half! Amazing class!

he was great, hilarious, kept my attention, he also made me think about switching majors... too bad org chem is so hard!

Excellent lecturer. Never felt like you were actually learning anything because the class was actually fun. When it came time to study for the exam one realizes that a lot of material was actually taught. Exam questions were fair, be sure that you know his stories!

Dont go to class watch him on discovery channel... save yourself the trip

What an AMAZING prof!!!! Makes organic chemistry interesting, and *gasp* FUN!!! HIGHLY reccomended!!!!

He is a good teacher.

He once told me : "I am afraid, You will only get the mark that you deserve" & so I did. Take ANY class you can with him, if you fail, you will end up learning more than those who passes with other Profs'

makes stuff very interresting

Mr. Prima Donna is a pretty good prof. Funny, too. I wish he wouldn't take himself QUITE so seriously.

the midterm today was amazing easy! i luv u joe schwarcz!

Amazing prof all round. He's a strong believer in "You Get What You Deserve", and that's definately true. If you don't work, you'll do poorly. But if you try your hardest I can promise you you will do fantastic in this class. Something fun: Ask him about 75% of the way through the semester what was the biggest mistake in his life. Funny story.

Had him for gen chem, org 2, and 2 world of chems. He has kept my attention better than any other prof at mcgill, you really don't mind going to class with him. He's not the easiest, but if you work you can do well. Know his stories- but definitely take a class with him, WOC drugs was my favourite class at Mcgill

this prof is a good lecturer and explaisn things well.this is not as easy a class as people say so beware.you need to put in a lot of work and memorize little details if you want to do well.

I took OrgChemII and two world of chem classes with him. He is an excellent lecturer who makes his material interesting and fun. World of chem can actually be applied to everyday life and I would say that they were the most useful courses I've taken. Multiple choice can be tricky but if you study hard A is within reach.

Excellent

Super interesting and engaging speaker, was often almost sad when class was over due. However, was incorrectly informed that this was an easy class, which most certainly was not. An A is possible, but more work than an elective should be due to rather difficult MC questions.

You gotta be thankful that he's teaching you, not only is he a "celebrity", but he really is interesting. His teaching is good. Made organic chemistry a little less borring. Although his questions on exams are somewhat tough...

If you have to take Organic Chem 2, take it from Dr. Schwarcz in the summer. He is a great professor and his explanation are clear. If you study hard, you can get an A. He makes chemistry interesting by using practical examples.

DR Joe Schwarcz is my one true love at McGill. One can go through such hardships at this school, and Dr. Joe is a breaht of fresh air in all his students lives. He is SO interesting to listen to and so informative! I live for his stories and his lectures. He is my McGill angel.

Fantastic proff, one of the best out there. His stories make lectures genuinely worth showing up to!

Still debating whos the best prof, him or Fenster. He simply knows how to teach and be effective because he is also the head of the Office for Science and Society. It is a pleasure to hear him teach. Love all his books oh and he loves to talk about hockey!

He tells interesting stories and tries to make his topics in this course as interesting as possible. Pay attention as he really is an interesting guy. Go to the lectures and review the NTC's and it makes the exam easy enough.

Not the easiest class and he only teaches a portion but is always extremely clear, which helps come exam time.

Awesome Prof

an absolute lad!

Great Professor, love his way of teaching

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!

One of the best classes I took at McGill

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!

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.

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!!

AWESOME MAN!+GREAT KNOWLEDGE

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.

Good Prof

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

The best lecturer around

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Took both 183 and 181, 181 is far easier in terms of content but both are very pleasant because he is an amazing lecturer, very passionate about his class and very insightful about a lot myth in chemistry and daily. Definitely easy A for any science students because memorization heavy course.

He's my favorite prof at McGill! He made CHEM 181 so interesting and made the material seem very easy. Aced the final.

Prof. Schwartz is by far my favorite prof in McGill! He is very clear in his lectures and makes material fun and easy to learn. His slides are the best! The only thing I didn't particularly enjoy was the 2 hour long prerecorded lectures every week but apart from that Joe is a real gem!

He is a very humurous lecturer. His classes are absolutely interesting and easy to understand. There are many interesting topics and he really makes the class enjoyable. Class is easy, there are only two mts and one final, the questions are very straightforward and you get easy A if you memorize everything.

I really enjoyed the class. He was enjoyable to listen to and had a ton of interesting stories. The exams are fair, and if you take notes you should get an easy A. He's a really cool person.

I took both 181 and 183 with Prof. Schwartz and I loved both. Ultimate Favorite professor at McGill. You just need to take very good notes in 183 and you'll ace the exam.

he is definitely one of my favorite professors in the university. The lecture is well-organized, easily understood, and very enjoyable. he is a humorous and knowledgeable man with excellent and unique ways of delivering all the concepts. take notes as much as you can and attend to every class, with his help, u will ace this course.

I loved CHEM 183 with Prof Schwarcz. All of his lectures were interesting and engaging and I overall loved this class because of him. This class was taught by two professors but Schwarcz was the better lecturer. The lectures are also all asynchronous. Your grade in the class is determined by 2 midterms and a final. I really recommend this class.

Joe's lectures for CHEM183 online (Fall 2021) require a LOT of note taking and the classes often feel long, but I promise if you actually look over your notes once or twice, work with a friend, and use your notes you'll learn and remember a lot of fun facts, but also get an A. It's only three exams and just lectures. Pretty easy elective!

Prof Schwarcz is a very good lecturer. Chem 181 is an easy course as it is all online, open-book and asynchronous now but the teachers made it even better. All his lectures were very interesting and he had a lot of fun facts. Get notes and this class is an easy A and that is coming from a management student not a chemistry one.

Easy class and prof. Each concept video has a transcript that is accurate (no mistakes or anything, it is literally everything they say in the lecture). Name of the game is to download these transcripts, put them all on a document and then control F during the test (got 90 on exams and 100 on quizzes with this without even watching videos!)

Great prof! Had so much learning about food in CHEM 181. He uses a lot of humour in the asynchronous lessons! Would definitely take his classes again!

literally a god in human form im obsessed with him and everything he says so funny and smart and wonderful mwah

I lovve prof. schwarcz! His lectures are fun and he showed us his rubber ducky collection. My only complaint about the class is that your entire grade is based on two midterms (30% each) and a final (40%), so if you do badly on any one of them then your grade will suffer. All u have to do is watch the lectures and take good notes and youll be ok :)

I took both chem 181 & 183, such a quirky man and he had entertaining lectures. But I cannot stress this enough: TAKE DETAILED NOTES!! Exam q's sometimes based on the most specific/irrelevant topics, including random graph interpretations. Was time consuming to take notes, but worth it if you want an A. Don't leave them til the last minute!!

Prof. Schwarcz's lectures are engaging, though a bit disorganized at times. The exams are challenging but manageable if you take good notes and use study tools like Unstuck study. Overall, it's a decent elective.

a great class to take as an elective. learned a lot as a non-stem major and it really doesn't require that much effort to do well. the only thing i will say is that he gives 3h to do the exams but it is very crammed considering there's like 90 questions.