Exams were all multiple choice, asking about the most specific things about articles that you would not normally catch. Lots of typologies to study.

This class is very interesting, but overall not worth it. A great TA made it tolerable, but Eric gives the impression he isn't very interested in his students and phones it in so he can do his research. He is very knowledgeable and impressive, but not someone you want to rely on to learn anything or succeed in criminology. Shame.

Looked forward to the topic but he doesn't do it justice. He's a pretty poor lecturer in the school of criminology so I'll avoid him for other courses

Multiple long readings required every week but no guidance given as to what exactly students should be focusing on. There was a midterm, but the final is still cumulative. How are we expected to memorize content from dozens of readings and lecture material without at least some assistance on what to focus on? Would not recommend.

Worst prof and class I've ever taken at SFU. Our TA left and there was no support provided by him. He must have changed the format for this distance ED class because prior to everyone raves about his class. Every week has 3 readings, content heavy and you are expected to know differences between authors multiple works. Dreading the final

Unfair exams and no assistance provided by TA or prof, students are left to rely entirely on what little information is given in modules. There are multiple readings (sometimes by the same authors) weekly and exams have very unfair questions such as "what were the main findings of _____ et al (20__)".

TA and prof are MIA w/ no feedback. Lectures are vague & don't correspond to readings. Lecture audio cuts off early & prof literally reads verbatim off slides so no explanation on material. Exams are based on cherry picked statistics from 30+ readings. Prof was 30 mins late for midterm. Terrified for final. Course and prof set you up for failure!

Almost 40 articles + lectures will be testable for the cumulative final - expect lots of very specific questions such as "what were the limitations in the article by ___" or just save yourself and take a different class

This course was difficult. Three readings every week and you need to remember the authors for the exams. Exams are cumulative. The lectures is just the prof reading the slides. However, the profile paper is quite easy and straightforward. At times it is difficult to find correct answers and some readings contradict each other.

never gets through the lectures and doesn't line them up with the required readings. You will be doing lectures that were from 2 weeks ago because he didn't get through them. Then the tests use both the reading and the parts of the lecture he manages to get through. So you're still forced to read and learn material that he isn't even teaching

Class was turned to an online class less than a week before class started. Never gets through the correct amount of course material each week. The lecture and readings each week don't even match up with similar material forcing you to learn two different things ever week. The paper is a research methods critique doesn't really fit the class at all.

His lectures have no relation to the readings, he doesn't finish the lectures and just picks up on them the next week. This forces you to learn twice the material for the tests - which are all FIB and ask the most specific questions you won't get unless you have photographic memory of each page of the textbook. he also changed the course to online

Worst crim class ever. The lectures are so disorganized and readings don't overlap with lecture content and we are never sure what will be on the tests because there is zero guidance on how to prepare and class average for the tests are extremely low. There is literally no reason why this class should be this difficult.

yeah this guy blows

By far the hardest CRIM class I have ever taken at SFU because of him. He made the class online last minute and did not show up to any of the in-person exams. He is not approachable. I emailed him a question about the material, and he provided no guidance at all. The class is extremely disorganized. Do not take any classes with him.

The class average for the first exam was a fail - for a crim class. That's all I need to say.

This is an entirely reading heavy course. Get ready to read 60+ pages every week, of material that does not correlate to the lecture content.The textbook reads like a literary journal making it difficult to understand the core concepts, that will be tested. He was absent the entire time and was unapproachable.The exams were on very obscure topics.

RUN IF YOU CAN!! AVOID AT ALL COSTS

Class was made online at the last second but the tests were still in person but he never showed up. He wrote the textbook we cover but somehow the textbook readings never once lined up with the lecture material every week. Not sure if that was because he would always fall behind in lecture or it was because of poor planning.

Not good. at all.

ignore the 5 stars he is not worth the bad mark.

Just run as far as u can from this guy cuz i took him in the spring and he wasn't that bad so i took him again cuz i genuinely liked his teaching style but i fully regretted that decision. he's brutal. RUN PLEASE RUN FOR UR GPAs SAKE

if you wanna trash ur gpa then take this class. he's so passionate in his lectures but the exams were terrible…

LISTEN TO EVERYONE ELSE DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS IF U WANNA DROP UR GPA!!!

i seriously don't know why i took a class w this prof again i regret it sm.

Listen to everyone THIS GUY IS NOT WORTH TRASHING UR GPA

I'm not sure if it's the prof or the TAs but whoever it is, i hope ur pillows are burning hot on both sides tonight. Ik now not to take a class with him ever again. Sorry Eric

Eric what's going on man. I loved his teaching style and his passion for this class but seriously this guy set us all up for failure

Idek why i took his courses again. Eric please stop ruining our GPA

I didnt do bad in his class but obviously i didnt do my best either cuz i typically get good grades and this is the lowest ive seen my grade as a fourth year student.

First of all the class went online legit last minute and the textbook chapters and lectures didn't align at all. Some weeks he finished early and other weeks he would skip a lot, makes me wonder if that reflected how bad most ppl did on the exams

Not the worst but definitely not the best prof either cuz he seriously made me think i was gna do good by the end of the course. I should've just dropped the class when i had the chance

I'm truly disappointed in this professor. I took 326 with him in the spring semester and I did about the same as rn but it got better by the end. however, this time it was legit about the same. I know i understood the materials, but his tests would always show something else. I'm so upset

Words cannot describe how disappointed i am in this class rn

Never judge a book by its cover i guess. He was cute but he is quite brutal ngl

Got no words honestly. He seems like such a good prof but idk why his tests were so weird

Changed the class to online at the last minute, kept tests in person but never showed up. Would end class early so he could do office hours during our lecture time. Leading to him never finishing the lecture and falling behind. Readings didnt line up with the lectures and the tests were all over the place for what he was looking for.