Curt Griffiths - Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Professor: Curt Griffiths

Department: Criminal Justice

College: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CRIM455
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

THE BEST PROF AT SFU HANDS DOWN! I have never met a professor so caring for his students in my entire life. This class is fun, interactive and interesting. The guest speakers were amazing and the briefing notes were a good overview for what you are learning. Overall he is amazing and I cannot stress that enough! Every prof needs to be like him!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CRIM455
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Curt is hands down the best professor at SFU. I'm sad I didn't take his classes earlier on in my degree. He is a fair marker for briefing notes (which are worth 60% of your grade). He genuinely cares for his students.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CRIM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I have just began taking the class with Dr. Griffith and I must say that I am really impressed. His style of teaching is definitely different from all the other professors; lots of involvement, guest speakers, fieldtrips. This is not an average crim class and Dr. Griffith is super intelligent and very very interesting to listen to. Recommend :)

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CRIM410
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Curt is the best prof I've ever had. Participation in class was worth 40 percent and 4 short writing assignments were worth 15 percent each. As long as you put in effort to participate in class and read what he tells you to for the writing components, you're golden.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CRIM241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Griffiths is passionate about his work. Even whilst taking an online course, you can see how much effort he puts in to educate students. If you take this course online, just make sure you answer the study questions per unit and you will do fine.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CRIM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Amazing professor who has in-depth knowledge of the criminal justice system. Knows his stuff, focuses on the application and implementation within the criminal justice system instead of theories. Hands down best crim prof at SFU, would recommend 10/10, you will not be disappointed.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CRIM410
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Absolutely great proff and great class! I would recommend anybody to take this course. offers a different learning opportunity with great guest speakers and shares his own working knowledge. 10/10

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CRIM410
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

CRIM 410 was an awesome class, but only if you are willing to participate in class discussions on a weekly basis. His class is structured very differently than most, but I found it was an enjoyable learning experience. I would def take this course again!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CRIM 410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

such a great professor! class was structured brilliantly. discussions are so interesting. has a great sense of humour. communicates material in a relatable manner. amount of work for class is super reasonable! a must take for criminology students!!!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CRIM241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Pretty good course. Three papers (2,000 - 2,500 words each) with very clear criteria. Final exam was 40 MC and 10 SA questions based on the study questions. You were given 20 SA questions and only had to answer 10. The audio lectures were quite interesting as well.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CRIM455
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Such a funny guy. Super friendly. Brought in a ton of guest speakers from different sectors of the CJS. You will be lucky if you get in this class. His briefing notes were marked a bit tough IMO, but still easy to do. Take this course you won't regret it.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CRIM251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great lecturer, very interesting and an expert in the field. Exams also fairly easy.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CRIM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Funny, intelligent, passionate. Makes going to class worth while.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CRIM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Hands down, best prof at SFU. No exams. No textbooks - a few novels. A few opinion-based journal papers. Best learning experience. Just do it.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CRIM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Curt is the greatest. He is laid back and easy going but still a great teacher. You will learn a lot from him and have a good time in any of his classes. One of the best crim professors at SFU

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CRIM251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The guy knows what he's talking about, he wrote the book after all...however, seemed like his lectures involved more ranting with brief reviews of the material, his TA did more actual teaching. I learned alot more during tutorial's, highly recommend attending those besides the fact that they're mandatory

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CRIM455
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Curt is awesome, definitely an expert when it comes to policing and one of the best in the CRIM department. CRIM 455 consists of a number of briefing papers (summary of readings) almost each week, participation, and a final journal. Not a difficult class and I looked forward to attending each week. 4 classes were at VPD and weekly guest speakers.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CRIM455
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Can't say enough nice things about him. He is easily the best professor in SFU's criminology department. I would take this same class every year with him if I could.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CRIM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Attendance is mandatory because participation is a large portion of the course. No exams and there are just 4 journals with no limitation of what you can write. The field trip at the end of the semester is great. Interesting course that really opens your mind and gives you different perspective of the CJS.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CRIM241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Make sure you attend class and pay attention to videos and tutorial readings. Lectures are quite repetitive and boring.