Reviews of professor Shawn Backer

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I don't understand how this professor has such a high rating! Currently, I'm taking crime analysis, and he literally deducts points for everything. The course is supposed to be an elective, but I have never been stressed, anxious, or worried about an elective course before! Vague lectures, tough grader, does not teach!! RUN!!!!!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He is very nice and gives you everything you need to succeed his class. There are no exams in this class, just weekly assignments. You have lots of opportunity to get an A in this class. Crime analysis is personally not very interesting to me, however this professor is amazing. You can also find his book online for free.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Very easy professor, he'll tell you the expectations. No exams, just homework every week. Pay attention to the lectures and you'll do fine!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He's an excellent professor. I would take this professor again. He cares about his students. If you need help, ask. He'll answer you very quickly. His class consists of short quizzes, discussion posts, and a couple of papers (500 words). You need the textbook. If you read the book and do your work it's an easy A.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor is very clear and straight forward, no exams or tests. Just assignments, discussions or short quizzes every week. Very easy class if you just pay attention to the lecture, everything you need for the assignments and discussions is in the book.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
i took this prof for ccj3024, hw is easy not hard just read the chapter. he has a ta and they are a hard greater spelling and proper grammar matters a lot in assignments other than that super easy take him.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The grading criteria is inconsistent throughout the assignments. A lot of writing. Quiz and assignment due every single week. Professor was not empathetic regarding weather issues and only extended one quiz due date during hurricanes . Generally just tedious and annoying at times.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
From the few weeks I had Mr. Backer, I thought he was OK. The classwork was easy enough and quizzes were simple. Overall, I would rate this course as a 4 out of 10 stars due to various factors that are too long to list in this short 350 character review.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Backer is a great professor, his lectures are engaging and he uses stories from his time on the police force. He's very helpful and straight forward. No exams, but he does assign quizzes and homework every week, but if you listen in lecture and take notes, both will be very easy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Overall, loved this class and learned a lot. Major respect for professor Backer and appreciate his lack of hesitation to reach out and make him self available if you need something. Life happens, and he gets it so reach out if you need to and he will help. The work was tricky sometimes but always pertained to the material, just HW & Quizzes no exam