Reviews of professor Michael Bayer

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
prof. bayer is a really nice guy but a TERRIBLE professor. his lectures are boring and way too overpacked with information (+80 slides a week with at least 3 paragraphs per slide). he is NOT accessible outside of class. he never responded to any of my emails and failed to update his syllabus. fortunately, he seems to be an easy enough grader.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
super chill professor. there was no need to show up to class because he never taught anything, but you should still go since attendance is a part of your grade. there was one paper, a midterm, and a final exam.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Awesome teacher! Lots of personal stories to add to the lectures, very interesting. I would recommend him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Had him Fall 2021 for CRIM 475. It was online synchronous, which worked because he had interesting lectures  retired federal agent. Participation will help you.

His syllabus and grading guidelines are pretty straight-forward and clear. He's open to work with you regarding assignments. 

There were 2 exams and a final paper.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He's a great guy. However, in my opinion, not a great professor. He is a terrible public speaker, saying the word "uhhh" in-between every word making it really difficult to pay attention. That being said, we never used the book and I came to class about half the time and still got an A.