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Danielle O'neill CCJS320 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/05/2024	This is a really cool class and Dani O’Neill teaches it well. The textbook that we use isn’t great and the quizzes are really nitpicky and even nonsensical at times, but she acknowledges that and curves the class by half a letter grade, which helped me finish with an A instead of an A- . The weekly labs are fun and engaging, and usually didn’t take up the whole class so we would get to leave early. The one thing I will say is that she is more like a high school teacher the way she runs the class, making us put our phones in a holder before class starts and more than once she reprimanded students for emailing her in front of the rest of the class, which seemed uncalled for. She is a bit unrefined, but she has a wealth of knowledge about the class topics so I learned a lot from this class and I do recommend her.
Danielle O'neill CCJS320 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/05/2024	Class is really relaxed, enjoyable, engaging, and interesting. You work with a group on a crime scene throughout the semester and give a presentation on your work at the end. The crime scenes are immersive and really cool!! As long as you have a good group you'll be good with that. Required quizzes are frustrating, they're administered through this online textbook that is a required purchase and are due most weeks before class. I don't think I ever got a 20/20 on these quizzes but I still got an A. I don't really see why anyone would do poorly in this class because at the end of the semester she gave a generous curve. Dani is AWESOME! A really knowledgeable, understanding, and engaging teacher (it also helps that she's an easy grader). I would 100% recommend her class!!
Danielle O'neill CCJS320 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/02/2024	Super easy, chill class. Only thing is quizzes are different but they are online. Overall good class, good professor.
Danielle O'neill CCJS320 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/24/2023	Amazing professor! She's an understanding grader, super knowledgable, and good at explaining things. The class is comprehensive, but well formatted so it's easy to understand. I only didn't get an A in the class because I went into some quizzes without reviewing the chapter. I absolutely recommend taking her class, 100% do it.
Thomas Mauriello CCJS320 Anonymous 05/03/2023	Professor Mauriello is cool professor. He goes in depth of the most common forensic techniques that are used to solve crimes. You won't have any midterms or final exams, but you will have a presentation at the end of the semester which is based on a mock crime scene. The class is split into 3 groups and go to 3 separate mock crime scenes to practice collecting and processing evidence. Each student has a different role (i.e. photographer, fingerprint examiner, firearms expert). The class isn't too hard and as long as you stay on top of the work, you'll be fine. Be extra sure to take the weekly quizzes because they make up a good chunk of the grade. If you're into shows like Forensic Files, take this class.
Thomas Mauriello CCJS320 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/21/2022	One of the best professors I’ve had at UMD, super funny and smart and wants students to do well. Strict enough to encourage you to work hard but also very understanding. I loved this class and plan to take his public speaking class as well.
Thomas Mauriello CCJS320 Expecting an A- Anonymous 11/08/2021	Mauriello is an amazing. If you want to learn in depth about forensic science you need to take this class. You are assigned to 1/3 crime scenes for the entire semester, and each person in the group gets assigned to a certain role for your crime. The crime scenes are super cool because you physically get to go to an area that he set up on campus that mimics a crime he designed. It is a very hands on course where you learn so much but everything is fun and interesting. There are module quizzes and activities due every week but the work takes one hour max and it definitely worth it to take the course. You can tell he LOVES teaching his class and really cares about his students understanding the material. If I could take this class again just for fun I would!
Thomas Mauriello CCJS320 Expecting an A Anonymous 07/06/2012	Mauriello is awesome, he's like a Bostonian version of Hamill. The class itself is very fun. You learn a lot about the different parts of forensics. There's even a firearms demo where you get to shoot blanks! He crams a lot of info into the few short weeks you have in summer school, and while you might gloss over some of the hairy details you still get the good stuff. Homework is very easy, he grades it based on completion not accuracy. We had one exam which made up 60% of our grade but it was very easy. Honestly, just go to class, do the homework and read the OJ Simpson Issues and you'll be fine. If you get less than an A, you didn't try hard. If you get less than a B, you tried really hard to do badly.
Thomas Mauriello CCJS320 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/06/2011	His class is awesome! A must take at UMD. He is funny and very responsive to the students concerns. Guest lectures on polygraphs and firearms are awesome. The homework can be tedious and the exams are different than 60 MC, but it's all worth it.
Thomas Mauriello CCJS320 Expecting an A cassano05 08/18/2011	The exam was a little different from my expectations but overall, he's a great and fun professor. One of the best. I would've rather taken it during the regular semester than the summer.
Thomas Mauriello CCJS320 Expecting an A kadams 08/11/2008	I expected an A but earned a B. It was summer session so they did not give out anything to let me know where my grade stood. But, I guess the final exam wasn't too well. Good thing about the class was there was only one final, the lab exercises were fun, and Dr. M is just hilarious.

Danielle O'neill
CCJS320

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/05/2024

This is a really cool class and Dani O’Neill teaches it well. The textbook that we use isn’t great and the quizzes are really nitpicky and even nonsensical at times, but she acknowledges that and curves the class by half a letter grade, which helped me finish with an A instead of an A- . The weekly labs are fun and engaging, and usually didn’t take up the whole class so we would get to leave early. The one thing I will say is that she is more like a high school teacher the way she runs the class, making us put our phones in a holder before class starts and more than once she reprimanded students for emailing her in front of the rest of the class, which seemed uncalled for. She is a bit unrefined, but she has a wealth of knowledge about the class topics so I learned a lot from this class and I do recommend her.

Danielle O'neill
CCJS320

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/05/2024

Class is really relaxed, enjoyable, engaging, and interesting. You work with a group on a crime scene throughout the semester and give a presentation on your work at the end. The crime scenes are immersive and really cool!! As long as you have a good group you'll be good with that. Required quizzes are frustrating, they're administered through this online textbook that is a required purchase and are due most weeks before class. I don't think I ever got a 20/20 on these quizzes but I still got an A. I don't really see why anyone would do poorly in this class because at the end of the semester she gave a generous curve. Dani is AWESOME! A really knowledgeable, understanding, and engaging teacher (it also helps that she's an easy grader). I would 100% recommend her class!!

Danielle O'neill
CCJS320

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/02/2024

Super easy, chill class. Only thing is quizzes are different but they are online. Overall good class, good professor.

Danielle O'neill
CCJS320

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/24/2023

Amazing professor! She's an understanding grader, super knowledgable, and good at explaining things. The class is comprehensive, but well formatted so it's easy to understand. I only didn't get an A in the class because I went into some quizzes without reviewing the chapter. I absolutely recommend taking her class, 100% do it.

Thomas Mauriello
CCJS320

Anonymous
05/03/2023

Professor Mauriello is cool professor. He goes in depth of the most common forensic techniques that are used to solve crimes. You won't have any midterms or final exams, but you will have a presentation at the end of the semester which is based on a mock crime scene. The class is split into 3 groups and go to 3 separate mock crime scenes to practice collecting and processing evidence. Each student has a different role (i.e. photographer, fingerprint examiner, firearms expert). The class isn't too hard and as long as you stay on top of the work, you'll be fine. Be extra sure to take the weekly quizzes because they make up a good chunk of the grade. If you're into shows like Forensic Files, take this class.

Thomas Mauriello
CCJS320

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/21/2022

One of the best professors I’ve had at UMD, super funny and smart and wants students to do well. Strict enough to encourage you to work hard but also very understanding. I loved this class and plan to take his public speaking class as well.

Thomas Mauriello
CCJS320

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
11/08/2021

Mauriello is an amazing. If you want to learn in depth about forensic science you need to take this class. You are assigned to 1/3 crime scenes for the entire semester, and each person in the group gets assigned to a certain role for your crime. The crime scenes are super cool because you physically get to go to an area that he set up on campus that mimics a crime he designed. It is a very hands on course where you learn so much but everything is fun and interesting. There are module quizzes and activities due every week but the work takes one hour max and it definitely worth it to take the course. You can tell he LOVES teaching his class and really cares about his students understanding the material. If I could take this class again just for fun I would!

Thomas Mauriello
CCJS320

Expecting an A
Anonymous
07/06/2012

Mauriello is awesome, he's like a Bostonian version of Hamill. The class itself is very fun. You learn a lot about the different parts of forensics. There's even a firearms demo where you get to shoot blanks! He crams a lot of info into the few short weeks you have in summer school, and while you might gloss over some of the hairy details you still get the good stuff. Homework is very easy, he grades it based on completion not accuracy. We had one exam which made up 60% of our grade but it was very easy. Honestly, just go to class, do the homework and read the OJ Simpson Issues and you'll be fine. If you get less than an A, you didn't try hard. If you get less than a B, you tried really hard to do badly.

Thomas Mauriello
CCJS320

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/06/2011

His class is awesome! A must take at UMD. He is funny and very responsive to the students concerns. Guest lectures on polygraphs and firearms are awesome. The homework can be tedious and the exams are different than 60 MC, but it's all worth it.

Thomas Mauriello
CCJS320

Expecting an A
cassano05
08/18/2011

The exam was a little different from my expectations but overall, he's a great and fun professor. One of the best. I would've rather taken it during the regular semester than the summer.

Thomas Mauriello
CCJS320

Expecting an A
kadams
08/11/2008

I expected an A but earned a B. It was summer session so they did not give out anything to let me know where my grade stood. But, I guess the final exam wasn't too well. Good thing about the class was there was only one final, the lab exercises were fun, and Dr. M is just hilarious.

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