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Crim 101?

CyerahCyerah
edited December 2014 in General
I am planning to take Crim 101 this Spring Term...But I have some worries and questions.
I'm wondering what specific topics or things do we learn in Crim 101...?
The course outline doesn't tell me enough...
Is the course itself hard? Sarah Yercich is my professor and I only see reviews with her as a TA and for other courses.
I heard Crim 101 with Barry Cartwright is easy, but sadly I don't have him...
But I don't want my GPA to suffer...So I'm really worried about the course. I can't find another course to replace it either.
I picked it at first because I felt I was interested in Crim, but after seeing my final grades...
I don't know if Crim 101 is going to make my GPA suffer some more.
Can anyone who took Crim 101 before tell me what do we learn in more details?

Comments

  • Flash
    Heard Barry is really easy and straight forward, thats why I took it with him, especially since it fit nicely with my schedule.

    All I can suggest is try ratemyprof, and if there is nothing about her on Crim 101, then just look at other Crim courses. The average should tell you how exigent she could be.
  • CyerahCyerah
    Was the course itself easy? What things did you learn???
  • crimematic
    The course mainly gives you an overview of the prominent theories/explanations of crime. It also touches on victimology, measuring crime statistics, offender characteristics, specific offences, etc.

    I had Sarah as my CRIM 135 TA and CRIM 300 Prof. She is very tough, but an extremely good teacher. 
  • CyerahCyerah
    Ah, I'm scared now knowing she's tough, I need to boost my GPA, but I have not much of another choice than to take Crim.

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