I took MUSICLG 13 with Professor Schwartz this winter. I never interacted with her except through the lectures, as she never really tried to communicate with us. I will say that the homeworks and assignments were confusing and just a waste of time. Decently-made lesson videos quickly devolved into a labyrinth of links, PDFs (including her own research paper, which just felt like a random plug), and full-length movies that felt sloppy, like she'd just googled the weekly topic and copied in the first ten results.

The final was fine, but I would say it felt excessive and didn't really cover the course effectively--four parts, most of which felt like they were repeating each other, and all centered around making a children's book. Didn't feel like an appropriate summation of all the complexities of punk we'd learned in the 10 weeks.

Finally, the videos were decently structured, but often felt like fever dreams. A lot of times, she would just sit and play the entire song or random music videos (Jay-Z??) then give no explanation for why we had to sit through it. Sometimes she wouldn't even bother to read the slides and would just sit in silence with them. Felt like she definitely didn't care about engaging with this course.

Definitely an easy A but not a fun class at all. It was over zoom and so many of the assignments were just on the most obscure meaningless topic that do not even really make sense. You can essentially just write whatever you want and you will receive 100% credit as long as its written in English so doing the assignments are an absolute chore. There is 0 interaction with the professor besides pre-recorded "lectures" with weird effects and editing for no reason. Take if you just want an A for a filler class but it is a little annoying.

This is a horrible class. DO NOT TAKE IT.

The most confusing, least accommodating professor I've had at UCLA. She thinks it's punk to make the least understandable/accessible video lectures I've ever seen. While getting a good grade is easy, you'll hate the process. Take a different GE.

Also, I'm not sure why her other reviews for this class are listed under MSC HST 13 instead. Read those for more detailed information on the class structure.

Took this class as a GE and the prof was nice enough to give me a PTE after it was full. Though I have no background in punk, I enjoyed the class and it gave me insight into punk music and its social views. The class was online, which was great, and allowed me to do the work whenever I wanted throughout the week (new work was usually released on monday mornings). I would def recommend this class for fun or as a GE! Final project was making your own punk book, of which I did with another student online, and I just hand drew the book and come up with the words while my classmate made the video for it, so def not hard and very manageable!