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Justin Bernstein
CCJS105 Expecting a B- Anonymous 12/16/2022 |
While Professor Bernstein is probably a good guy, as a teacher, he does not make learning this material easy in any way. The only grades students have in his course are 3 writing assignments (worth only 5-10 points each) and 3 exams, which are solely based off of the material discussed in class. The majority of the exam questions begin with, "As discussed in class,...", but the lectures are extremely hard to follow and comprehend what Bernstein is talking about. For the majority, if not all students, this is the first criminology course they have taken, but Bernstein expects all students to understand everything he is talking about in terms of criminology content. Bernstein does not answer students' questions and often says he doesn't understand what they are asking him about. Additionally, students do not have access to view their current grades in this course, as the overall grade is currently locked on ELMS, making this class environment very difficult. If possible, I would recommend a different professor for this course who can make this material interesting. |
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Justin Bernstein
CCJS105 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/10/2022 |
He seems like a really nice guy, but he's not the best when it comes to teaching. He reads off a powerpoint the whole time (which includes very minimal information). The syllabus says that attendance doesn't effect your grade, but that's a lie. Everything that is discussed in class, is what will be the contents of the exams. So, if you miss class there's a high chance you will be confused on multiple questions on the exams. He does upload the slides afterward tho. Someone had also said he's not good at answering questions and that is very true! It feels like he expects us to understand these concepts because he works with these concepts all the time, basically your question won't get answered. I advise you to find another professor for this course, I'm sure it would be way more interesting. |
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Justin Bernstein
CCJS105 Expecting a B- Anonymous 12/06/2022 |
As a person, this professor seemed very nice and had a good sense of humor. Unfortunately, the class was very hard to grasp even when he included study guides for the exams. It was always difficult to take notes, since it seemed the exams were not based on the PowerPoints and it was often hard to understand what he was saying in lectures. However, he did offer other assignments such as writing assignments which definitely helped my grade after doing poorly on the exams. He also gave us multiple opportunities to give feedback, which I greatly appreciated and which he used throughout the remainder of the semester. Overall, very difficult class and a tough learning environment… but I guess everyone learns differently! |
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Justin Bernstein
CCJS105 Expecting a C- Anonymous 12/05/2022 |
DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. Class is extremely boring althought the concept could be made interesting. Professor does not know how to teach and only has 6 different grades which 3 are exams and 3 are longish written assignments that are only worth 5 points. Slides have no information on them and the class is really just him talking. If you ask him a question he will answer it making you feel like your stupid and not even answering the question. |
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Justin Bernstein
CCJS100 Expecting a C Anonymous 11/08/2022 |
DO NOT take this professor, maybe the class though just different professor. 3 exams total and 3 paper due. These are the only grades he has. Papers were worth 5 points so they did not help your grade. Class is extremely boring as he just reads off a PowerPoint entire time and you take notes. Test were very hard. First test there was a 15 point curve, this tells you people failed it. 40 multiple choice questions on the test and he gives no study guide, he just says to review all the notes that we have taken the entire month which makes it so hard. Oh and by the way, a 3 page paper was only worth 5 points lol. |