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Sam Simon

Title: Lecturer

Department: Criminal Justice

College: College of Health and Public Service

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • MA, Naval War College, 2012
    Major: National Security and Strategic Studies

Current Scheduled Teaching

CJUS 5600.400Advanced Criminological TheorySpring 2025
CJUS 5600.461Advanced Criminological TheorySpring 2025
CJUS 2100.002Crime and Justice in the United StatesSpring 2025 Syllabus
CJUS 5370.400Crime PreventionSpring 2025
CJUS 4200.001Criminal ProcedureSpring 2025 Syllabus
CJUS 4850.400Internship in Criminal JusticeSpring 2025 Syllabus
CJUS 5900.401Special ProblemsSpring 2025
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

CJUS 2100.001Crime and Justice in the United StatesFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4330.001Domestic and International TerrorismFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3630.401Drugs, Crime and SocietyFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4850.400Internship in Criminal JusticeFall 2024 Syllabus
CJUS 5900.400Special ProblemsFall 2024
CJUS 4480.001White Collar CrimeFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 2100.002Crime and Justice in the United StatesSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4200.001Criminal ProcedureSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3400.001Correctional SystemsFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4360.900Criminal InvestigationFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4360.900Criminal InvestigationSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3300.001Police SystemsSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3600.001Criminology. 3600. CriminologyFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4360.900Criminal InvestigationSummer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Simon, S.A. (2023). Criminalistics: How to Properly Process a Crime Scene. (1st Edition) 249. Dubuque, IA, Kendall Hunt Publishing. https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/criminalistics-how-properly-process-crime-scene
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

out of 5
out of 7		 %
of
students responded
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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