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Would Retake102
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What Students Say
“Very helpful, cares about students”
CRM2305 - 5.0 rating“Really knows the material”
SOC3106 - 5.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
100%
Textbook Required
100%
Grade Predictor
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A-
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2300
5.0
(1)23053305
5.0
(1)CRM
5.0
(3)SOC3312
5.0
(1)CRM2311
5.0
(2)Difficulty by Course
2300
5.0
23053305
4.0
SOC
4.0
HISTOFCRIM
4.0
CRIM2301
4.0
Reviews (101)
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Very helpful, cares about students.
Really knows the material.
Cut the big words Wade!!! And get organized!!! Otherwise, he was good, very ca
excited about his subject and tries to get his students excited too. he's great
Best yet.
Fantastic Class
GET ORGANIZED!!!
Get organized, too many big words, large caseload
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open and fair - i liked the words!
all notes on powerpoint, makes the material interesting by implicating us
he should dumb it down for students. notes are incomprehensible.
Wouldn't recommend him to anyone. Arrogant . Way too high expectations
Doesn't suffer idiots/fools gladly.
Big words are not a substitute for good organizational skills!
Pretty good course.
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Good prof, but the text sucks
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Better than most at the U of O.
Exams are so easy since he gives us the questions ahead of time.
My favorite prof.
gets the whole class involved, hard but interesting
Check out the websit
Funny, Open to discussion and opposing points of view. Uses terrible textbooks.
Amazing prof...knows his stuff. Great asset to Ottawa U, a school lacking in prof's with real world knowledge!
A great prof, puts others to shame!
Great Prof. Loves what he does and it shows. Full of life.
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Not an easy course, but you learn **a lot**
Cracks you up, but the guy knows his ****.
Definitely an asset to U of O (who should reconsider before deciding upon letting him go, come September 2003)... Offers great insight, helpful hints, and is easy to approach.
Most helpful prof ever, look for the free marks you will get if you just do a little work...love having this guy, down to earth
very nice guy, his class is not easy, very demanding class, but also very intellectual person. u will enjoy it, and get what ur money is worst................one of the best prof, i have ever had
Wade Wallace is maniacal and diabolical. The man is a genius but rarely can one understand him. His teaching style is non-existent--he is all over the plaace, switching from subject to subject. I have only 10 pages of notes from the entire semester.
Great prof. Lots of class discussion. Weekly summaries are very helpful and are a way to get easy marks. Made crim theories as painless as possible.
very arrogant professor, and definitly not very helpful.... our final exam was on the last 4 chapters, the ones he didnt teach us...... not a fan
I had him for good prof, easy to approach and will give you what you deserve on a test (if the TA's suck that is)
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Super!
This guy is a fool
(Also had him for CRM 2311) Entertaining, fun, enjoyable instructor. Not for the most rigid of note-takers, as he is very much a proponent of discussion and debate, rather than flat lectures.
You either love him or hate him. Don't expect to go into his class getting away with doing nothing. He demands a lot from you, but I have never learned so much from any other teacher in 4 years of Criminology!
I thought I would hate this course. but it turned out to be pretty good.
Good prof - sometimes going off track but intererestng.
Worst professor I have ever had. Never ready for class, his lectures are all over the map, his multiple choice are impossible...the only redeeming quality he has is that he seems to know his stuff - just not how to organize it. Or teach!
I am taking his courdse right now - it is the best I have. Wade really cares about his students.
really good teacher. hard with the evaluations, but he had a good rapport with students.
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his class is good and easy-going. he gets the students involved and he seems to really care about them. he likes to swear a lot, too. which isn't always inappropriate! he's a good prof.
He goes out of his way to get to know you, and tries hard not only to keep the class interesting, but also to treat you as equals and go out of his way for you. How many other prof will buy all of his students a drink at the Royal Oak?
not very interesting, not always well prepared, and not always very knowledgable. poor rapport with students. not open to debate. dicusses simple concepts to excrutiating lengths. the subject has so much potential, i keep thinking how i could teach it better.
Take this class - I knjow so many people nopw because of it. The TA is totally HOT!
Awesome prof! Awesome class! Very approachable, and enthusiastic. I recommend this course prior to any other. You really will get more out of university, if you prepare yourself for it.
Awesome prof in both classes. Constatly trying to keep the students excited about the course. A little hot tempered but that doesn't really effect his every day teaching.
awesome class. good prof. good workload. lotsa new friends. recommend.
He USES WEBCT PROPERLY!! what a relief to get feedback online. Big workload, sometimes hard to understant but he cares. Doesnt put up with crap. Very good rapport with class. He is a very smart man and he can be funny as hell.
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Dissman is my best prof so far - makes you look at the bumps on your head & draw faces of psycho's - just show up and you get a good marks.
I think he's hot...
AWESOME PROF! HE REALLY CARES HOW WELL HIS STUDENTS DO.
Although we had no final and no midterm it was a hard class. anyone talking his classes must remember to do all assigned work on time, he does not accept work late. mad all classes interesing to go to
Take this course!!$!$!
I had CRM 1301 with him. He was a very good prof and knows different concepts of CRM very well. One more thing that his Midterm and final are so hard and is challenging but totally it's a very easy and enjoybale course.
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Had him last yr. had so come back and post cause I'm still using what the taught, like everyday. Amazing prof. really knows his stuff. very funny man. gives great lectures, and really knows how to use Web Ct. HIGHLY recommend him!
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He is a horrible Prof! He laughed at ppl in class and made students feel like****.HE made one girl look stupid in front of the whole class. No opinion is right but his own. The TA's are great but I give him a big fat 0! Do no take this class...he is mean!
Get ready for boring lectures and tons of work. Although I really enjoyed the classed because the work was interesting to do, the discussions groups were great and so were the TA's. If you like research, its a great class. But if your other classes seem like they will keep you busy, dont take it.
SOO much WORK!!!!! its a good thing the t.a.'s were there to help! And the lectures were really boring to!!
Great course and a great prof! The cases studied were interesting and he made it fun! Re-did CRM1301 with him to up my mark (do your work and you get the marks, easy as that!) PLUS 10% participation!! freebie!
Wow. What an amazing experience and a great prof. Pick this guy if you have chance.,
First off, note that the TAs MADE this class! They rocked! As for Deisman, well, he kinda acts like some what of a know-it all... but, all in all I'd say he was alright. He is very demanding however, and gets extremely whiny if his demands are not met 150%. (WEB CT, guys: USE IT). His class was solid though, and most would agree they learnt a lot..
The hardest part of his class was putting up with other people who sucked- who didn't even bother to try to make sense of what we were trying to think about. This proves that the group orientation is flawed, unfair and just dumb. I know that is harsh but that is what happened. Maybe the course could filter between those people who care and others?
A great course - makes you think about why we have police in the first place - and then what they get to do.
Great class - totally relevant and interesting - only problem was the T.A. - but otherwise very good.
This class was one of my best. I thought it was going to be very hard when we started, but he made the material clear and the deadlines were flexible.
This prof ROCKS! He always tries to keep the attention of the class by making it interesting! I enjoy the conferences and online discussion that he sets up! A definite change in approach to teaching! AND VERY WELL DONE! Would recommend this prof to anyone!!
The Conference was what made everything come together! Diesman is a very smart prof - you can tell he cares ALOT and wants to get things going for us. Too bad the TA was marking our work without even being in class.. plus he was always behind. It is a great course anyway. I learned soo much! Mayve less time on the bridge-in exercise..
I love him!
I thought he was pretty weird and kind of dumb in the first class - not the usual - 'here is the course and here is how to get good grades'. But now I love this class because it really isnt! We are alwys talking and arguing about everything. Like Vampirefreaks.com. and Montreal - and way more. Think about it.
I was laughing and laughing, and laughing! right from the beginning. Totally great relationship with the class, what a great guiy...
This is my favorite course so far - way smart and in your face a lot - seems like he actually gives s**** about us and wants us to fight - or fight us ... Plus he is pretty given to being hip .. Could do better on slides and notes though. Hope he gets that!
-scattered lectures-excellent discussions of current events
Love the way he makes it relevant to what is happening in the world right now! Who else is talking about torture - and makes us think about it?
the best prof ever~~~!!!
Decent prof, but simply the most lazy, irresponsible and disorganized I have had yet.
I hated it and so did the ppl around us, it was boring, his slides are like 4 in 1, he uses words ppl don't understand, gives way too many examples that confuse ppl who don't read before class (which is hard to do with his requirements). it's a huge work load(3 readers and readings we had from the web)plus weekly summary submissions and the essays.
I feared him and the course the first day but afterwards he just made it so fun. He says he cares...and he really does he doesn't treat anyone as a number. Really fun guy, open to suggestions, AMAZING discussions. You will not regret taking this class one bit! Best prof I've had so far!
note: on a few occassions he has actually stormed out of class and been gone for the day because the class hadn't done the readings. he has wayy too many readings he wants people to do. hes super passionate about the course though, keeps up a whole webCT and expects people to participate in discussions on it and you hand all your stuff in online.
Amazing prof, seriously...take a course with him!
He is pretty passionate in his lectures and you can tell he loves what he does. But,for a history (Of Criminology) class, there is waayyyy too much emphasis on the PRESENT and not enough on the PAST. I was hoping when I entered this course it would be based more on a historical aspect but it was compared too frequently with today's issues.
Prof. Deisman is a very smart man with a great attitude towards teaching. He puts his students first. Lectures are interesting, assignments were proportional and NO EXAM! It was a great course that really introduced me to policing.
Very nice man. His lectures were terrible though. He spoke with amazing diction, yet it was almost impossible to follow clearly to enable me to write clear and understanding notes. I hope he realizes this after the surveys that went around during the end of the semester.
INCREDIBLE PROF. His lectures were the only ones that actually interested me throughout the year. He has a socratic method of lecturing, so it seems all over the place but he is good at directing it to points he wants to make, and he allows the students to come to these conclusions themselves. Books not used that often, but an interesting class.
Mr. Deisman is a really cool teacher and will keep you laughing. Not the most clear professor and I wouldn't recommend him because of his teaching style. However as a person, you cannot beat Mr. Deisman in any department. Will make things fair for everyone.
fair teacher, but a little unclear in his lectures. Still a nice guy.
This is one of the best professor . Must take this class
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
100%
Textbook Required
100%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Stable
-0.04 avg changeRatings by Course
2300
5.0
(1)23053305
5.0
(1)CRM
5.0
(3)SOC3312
5.0
(1)CRM2311
5.0
(2)Difficulty by Course
2300
5.0
23053305
4.0
SOC
4.0
HISTOFCRIM
4.0
CRIM2301
4.0