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Peter Leone
EDSP289I Expecting an A Anonymous 02/12/2020 |
The course is pretty easy. Weekly readings, films, and podcasts to listen to. Course material was interesting, and the small quizzes are fair as long as you read and do the work. Only downside is if you have TAs that grade more harshly than Dr. Leone himself. The papers and presentation assignments are not easy, but nothing to stress about. |
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Peter Leone
EDSP289I Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/21/2019 |
The course is easy in the sense that there isn't a lot of brainwork involved in the class. However, this class is not an easy A because TA's take off points for the pettiest things such as "confusing" grammar and not specifying something that they never talked about in class. You basically have to suck up to the Professor and TA's in order to do well. The class is poorly organized and the weight of assignments are ridiculous because they never match the true value of the assignments (a kahoot quiz that takes 3 minutes will be a higher value than a two page assignment). I despise this class and would not recommend it to anyone. |
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Peter Leone
EDSP289I Expecting an A Anonymous 12/24/2018 |
Easy course, interesting lectures, but had poor organization, which meant that often times we sometimes did nothing in class, or had 2-3 assignments due within a week. It was not a joke class like I was expecting, and did have to work a bit for some assignments. Often times, the grading scales felt odd, or unfair. For example, many ~2-3 page assignments were a measly 2 points, while simultaneously, I've lost 2 points for not including a specific statistic on my term paper (not mentioned on the rubric at all). Lots of busy work given as well. Not my favorite class to take in the slightest. |
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Peter Leone
HONR248H Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/09/2009 |
He is a great professor who is extremely knowledgeable about the course material. The discussions are engaging. Some of the things we discussed about were: crime, the justice system, adults and juveniles in prisons and jails, inmates with disabilities, involuntary distribution of medicine, and much more. We read 5 interesting books - 1 every 2 weeks. There were only 2 reaction papers (about 1-2 pages each), and a 10-12 page position paper about a topic of your choice that is relevant to the class. The midterm was very easy - just some terms to define and several short answer opinion questions. Also, we took a trip to a correctional facility. Overall, I highly recommend this class if you are interested in criminal justice. It is an easy and interesting SB/D CORE and honors seminar course. |
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Peter Leone
HONR248H Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/04/2007 |
This is by far the easiest honors seminar you can take. There were maybe 4 1-2 page reaction papers and the midterm was all opinion questions. No need to study... and the books are really good (except mismeasure of man...but i didn't read that one). One thing...the final is a 15 page paper. But, he is an incredibly easy grader. |