Professor Brantingham is a gem. Please take him. I trust you his class is not difficult. I toke him online for spring 2021, and his class structure is lectures (which are 3 lectures a week, they're very fun and engaging he adds movie clips or other videos), followed by weekly readings and bi-weekly quizzes. (Quizzes are based on lecture and readings but its open note).There is an optional final and research paper but if you do good in all your 4 quizzes you don't have to take the optional final exam or research paper. He also does weekly raffles to win gift cards if you submit him an analysis of the weeks lecture and how it realtes to songs he uploads. Please take him this class is an easy elective or major class and you will sincerely enjoy your time with him. 10/10

I took the Anthropology of Crime. It was extremely interesting. The lectures were great. He combined slides, lecture, movie clips, graphs and backed up the information with a lot of data, much of it surprising. The lectures were recorded. There were several options for grading, and you could choose the one that gave you the highest grade. There were either 4 quizzes worth 25% each, or you could substitute a research paper for 2 of the quizzes, or the final exam for 2 of the quizzes. Because the material is so interesting, and he is a great lecturer, learning the material isn't hard - as he holds your interest the entire time and his methods cause you to remember the facts. He is a great professor - I would highly recommend this class with this professor.