Reviews of professor Jeffrey Coots

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The joy that I experienced seeing Professor Coots name on here so that I could leave feedback is the direct opposite of the feelings that I had while taking his course. Unless you like stress, confusion, misdirection, group projects and are only taking his class and do not have any other responsibilities I would NOT advise on taking his class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The worst class I've ever had in John Jay. Don't expect too much from him. He only gives you assignments but has no feedback or teaching. Don't expect a quick e-mail reply. As soon as possible, apply for another professor's CRJ730. This is the way to end last semester pleasantly at John Jay avoiding Coots.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Coots is fair and patient. He gives feedback and is understanding. You must participate on discussion board and follow his instructions. Make sure you read.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He really isnt bad. I took him as my last course in the MA program, I almost avoided him.. but glad I didnt. Lots of reading, weekly quizzes, two papers. Follow his directions and youll be fine. No textbook or group projects.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really enjoyed this class. Prof. Coots was super organized, gave clear feedback, and returned grades promptly. Requirements: Discussion board, quizzes, and a couple papers. I learned so much from the diverse set of readings. Don't be dissuaded by older reviews, his current class structure is really good.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He does not grade, so everyone is in limbo of their scores. He assigns 5-6 (lengthy) articles to read each week and his requirements for DB are not intended for those who work or take other classes. His DB requirement for responses are to 3 students, but on different days. So you cant respond to classmates on the same day. The WORST!!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
the amount of work given I think is reasonable. 1 discussion post a week/ 2 comments. not bad.. the group project is also extremely easy to do if you are working with the right people. the group project is essentially something you'd do if you were doing policy analysis in real life and it's interesting. Overall you really learn some helpful things

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Prof. Coots for the Capstone course for the MA program. The entire course was based around a group project. However, he offered little feedback and did not grade assignments that we were supposed to build on for final submission. Difficult to rate how well you're doing in the course because of this.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
AVOID! Coots does not respond to emails nor does he grade. As it is the end of the semester, ALL but 1 grades have not been posted. His group project is lengthy, and unrealistic of Grad students who take full course loads as well as work. Is not clear in his prompts as to what he wants and he does not provide explanation when asked.