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CW 310 - Creative Nonfiction
Prerequisites: CW 210 , CW 220 , and a 200 or 300 Level Writing course
Fulfills a course requirement in the Creative Writing Core Concentration
Students write a craft analysis paper on memoirs and personal essays by such authors as Jo Ann Beard, Lucy Grealy, James Baldwin, and Harry Crews. Later, they produce and workshop their own personal writing.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CW 330 - Literary Publishing
Prerequisites: At least second semester sophomore status
This course offers students opportunities to develop and apply real-world skills in publishing towards the production of a high-quality national art & literary magazine. This class seeks dedicated students from across disciplines to be responsible for all levels of magazine production from maintaining up-to-date records, and designing ad copy, print magazine layout, and a Web site, to slushing submissions, proofreading, copy editing, corresponding with authors, and distributing the final product. Through demonstrated achievement and commitment, students may rise through the following ranks over time: Editorial Assistant, Assistant Poetry Editor, Assistant Fiction Editor, Assistant Production Editor, Managing Editor. This course may be taken more than once for credit.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CW 345 - Advocacy Seminar
Prerequisites: WTNG 102
Fulfills a course requirement in the Creative Writing Core Concentration
This is a faculty-supervised experiential project-based advocacy course on behalf of detained, imprisoned or missing scholars and/or writers. Projects and skills include research on human rights, academic freedom and global culture, writing (e.g. case dossiers and letters), public presentations, governmental relations. Cases for the class typically extend beyond a single semester. This course can be repeated for elective credit.
1 - 3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CW 350 - Writers Reading Poetry Seminar
Prerequisites: CW 210 , CW 220 , and a 200 or 300 level Writing Course
Fulfills a course requirement in the Creative Writing Core Concentration
The course focuses on the slender volume and what constitutes a book of poetry (not collected or selected) written by a single author. Several books of poetry are examined through lenses such as subject matter, language, and form as launching points for discussing the relationships between poems across a manuscript. Critical reading includes essays written by practicing poets probing issues related to tone, syntax, tension, voice, lineation, etc. Such reading forms the pivot for discussion of published books and student poems. The combined classroom/workshop environment applies concepts and discussions of critical essays, published books, and poems to a group of poems written by each student. Both academic and creative writing are required.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CW 360 - Writers Reading Fiction Seminar
Prerequisites: CW 210 , CW 220 , and a 200 or 300 level Writing Course
Fulfills a course requirement in the Creative Writing Core Concentration
It is a tried and true maxim that the best way to learn to write is to read. In this course, students will learn to “read as writers.” Through studying writers that compose the contemporary canon, students will learn to read a work by its various technical craft elements. This class helps students bridge the critical analysis of the writing process with the development of their own writing skills. Students will be exposed to essential works of writers such as, Toni Morrison, Junot Diaz, Sherman Alexie, Chang-Rae Lee, and Sandra Cisneros.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CW 430 - Special Topics
Prerequisites: A 200 or 300 level Writing course; CW 210 , and CW 220
Fulfills a course requirement in the Creative Writing Core Concentration.
To enhance the variety of upper level offerings, this breadth course studies specific subjects that are outside the standard creative writing curriculum. Topics offered on a rotating basis include, but are not limited to the following: Adaptation: From Words to Pictures; Linguistics for the Writer; Nonfiction Sports Writing; Humorous Nonfiction; A Life’s Work: Studying a Major Writer; Region and Craft: How Place Shapes Writing. The course but not the topic may be repeated for credit
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CW 440 - Writing Contemporary Poetry
Prerequisites: CW 350 or CW 360 and a 200 or 300 level Writing Course
Fulfills a course requirement in the Creative Writing Core Concentration
The course organizes the American tradition in poetry historically, focusing on the gifts of criticism, influence, imitation, and revolution. This study is organized around various schools and styles of American poetry, primarily from the mid-twentieth century to the present, including poetry in translation. In addition to reading poetry, students will read and study texts that address issues related to the writing of poetry in the present day. The course assists students in identifying a poetic lineage for themselves and articulating that chain of influence by way of academic writing/discussion, their own poems, and in conversations about student-generated work. Both academic and creative writing are required.
3 credits
Spring
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CW 450 - The Use of Style in Writing Fiction
Prerequisites: CW 350 or CW 360 and a 200 or 300 level Writing Course
Fulfills a course requirement in the Creative Writing Core Concentration
The use of style can be as essential to conveying a story’s meaning as the individual narrative components. In this course, students will read works by authors such as, Michael Cunningham, Philip Roth, Colson Whitehead, Paul Auster, Milan Kundera, and E. Annie Proulx to see how stylized writing becomes part of the meaning of the work. Students will also present their own works in a workshop format, applying the analytical discussion of the assigned readings to their own writing and revision process. Creative expectations are no more than three short stories that fully reflect the focused study of the course.
3 credits
Fall
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CW 480 - Creative Writing Senior Seminar I
Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor
The first semester of the Creative Writing Seminar brings graduating seniors together to study focused themes, questions, and issues in the disciplines of creative writing through the context of revising the creative work that will complete the thesis. Out of these explorations will grow the focus for the senior thesis, including a “Thesis Plan” that includes a critical topic, an abstract, potential resources, and a detailed revision plan for creative work
3 credits
Fall
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CW 481 - Senior Seminar II - The Thesis
Prerequisites: CW 480 or consent of instructor
The second semester of the creative writing major’s senior capstone course continues the revision of the creative portion of the senior thesis. A substantial amount of study is also devoted to developing themes for the critical thesis and its bridge to the creative work, as well as writing and revising it throughout the semester. The annotated bibliography is also completed during this course to complete the portfolio. The culmination of the class is a defense of the critical thesis before a panel of faculty and peers. The class also prepares students for a public reading of creative works that meets their graduation requirements.
3 credits
Spring
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CJS 105 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: None
An overview of the American criminal justice system. Discusses in detail the individual components of the criminal justice system, including the police, the courts, and corrections. Designed not only to provide basic understanding of our legal system, but also to provoke thinking on key legal and criminal justice issues such as the death penalty and mandatory sentencing laws.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CJS 106 - Applied Concepts in Justice Studies
Prerequisites: None
This course seeks to provide students with a better understanding of the relationship between criminal justice and legal studies, the place of justice studies within the university curriculum, and the role of these fields in American society. Within this context, the course has the general goal of improving students’ ability to think, write, and speak about justice studies. Specific topics for the focus of these activities include the literature of criminal justice and the law, becoming facile with the language and terminology in the field, ethics and academic integrity, and the meaning of justice in America and the world.
3 credits
Spring
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CJS 150 - Policing in America
Prerequisites: None
Review of the history of policing and police functioning, with regard to contemporary social issues. Special focus on related research into police functioning.
3 credits
Spring
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CJS 200 - Introduction to Criminalistics
Prerequisites: None
Offered only through the School of Continuing Studies. Instruction in the collection and preservation of physical evidence found at a crime scene.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CJS 201 - Substantive Criminal Law
Prerequisites: CJS 105
An introductory analysis of substantive criminal law, emphasizing common law and modern statutory applications of criminal law. Course topics include the nature of substantive law, the distinction between the criminal and civil justice systems, the elements of crimes, and the essential components of crimes including wrongful criminal acts (actus reus), criminal intent (mens rea), causation and harm. This course also considers the insanity defense, entrapment and several other defenses to crimes that are used in the U.S. legal system.
3 credits
Fall
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CJS 203 - Criminal Procedure
Prerequisites: CJS 105 or permission of instructor
Considers the development of procedural due process in the United States. Analyzes in detail United States Supreme Court decisions in Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment cases. Course topics include search and seizure, the right to be free from self-incrimination, double jeopardy, the right to counsel, the right to a speedy and public trial, and other aspects of procedural due process.
3 credits
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CJS 204 - Constitutional Law
Prerequisites: CJS 105 or LS 101
An analysis of civil liberties and civil rights in the United States. Course topics include religious liberty, free speech, equal protection of law, the right to privacy, and due process of law.
3 credits
Spring
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CJS 207 - Law and Family
Prerequisites: CJS 105
The course examines the nature of the relationship between the law and families in the United States. The course focuses on an analysis of how the law structures marital and familial relationships and how, in turn, society’s changing definitions and conceptions of marriage and family impacts both criminal and civil law. The course examines the proper boundaries of state intervention in people’s most private relationships and highlights how family law and changes in family law both shape and reflect some of society’s most strongly held social values. Topics include marital privacy, child-parent relationships, divorce, child support and custody, domestic violence, and intra-family crime.
3 credits
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CJS 210 - Law of Evidence
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 201
An analysis of common law and the rules of evidence applicable in criminal cases including presumptions and inferences, direct and circumstantial evidence, relevance, the hearsay rule and its exceptions, character evidence, and the rape shield statutes.
3 credits
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CJS 212 - Police Community Relations
Prerequisites: CJS 150 ; SOC 100 recommended
An analysis of the theory, procedures and practices associated with the police functions of service, maintenance of order, and crime reduction within the community. Topics include the role of the police in a changing society, police discretion, and community relations in the context of our changing culture.
3 credits
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CJS 216 - Organized Crime
Prerequisites: CJS 105
An in-depth study of organized crime in the United States. Examines sociological theories and trends in an attempt to understand the reasons for the existence of organized crime. Attention also given to policies and practices of law enforcement in response to organized crime.
3 credits
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CJS 218 - Comparative Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: CJS 105 ; or consent of instructor
Fulfills an Elective requirement for the major in Criminal Justice.
This course adopts a comparative perspective in the examination of criminal justice systems in several countries. By comparing criminal justice systems outside the U.S. with our own criminal justice system, students become aware of the wide range of legal traditions that exist across the world, and come to understand the impact that history, culture and tradition have on the development of substantive and procedure criminal law. The course also examines the impact of international and transnational crime on society, and the increasing need for international cooperation in addressing crimes such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, and terrorism. The course also introduces students to the International Criminal Court, and its role in prosecuting states and individuals accused of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
3 credits
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CJS 254 - Survey of Methods in Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: CJS 105
This course is an introduction to the methodology, design, and research techniques used in the fields of criminal justice and criminology. Course topics include sampling, research designs, ethical considerations in research, survey construction, interviewing and proposal writing.
Spring
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CJS 305 - Drugs, Society, and Behavior
Prerequisites: CJS 105
Issues related to the use and abuse of drugs in American society. Topics include effects of drugs on the human nervous system; addictions and their treatments; legalization; the social and political meanings of abuse, addiction, rehabilitation; and education/prevention methodologies.
3 credits
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CJS 307 - Violence and the Family
Prerequisites: CJS 105
This course examines the historical roots of domestic violence, society’s evolving responses and costs of domestic violence as well as the role of the criminal justice field.
3 credits
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CJS 308 - Criminology
Prerequisites: CJS 105
Examines classical and contemporary criminological theories, their historical development and empirical basis, as well as their significance to the criminal justice process and the rehabilitation, deterrence, processing, and punishment of offenders.
3 credits
Fall
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CJS 320 - Civil and Criminal Procedure in the US Courts
Prerequisites: None
This course examines the history, traditions, philosophy and ethical dilemmas underlying the courts in the United States justice system. Students will be introduced to: the origins and developments of the United States courts; the issues of subject matter and geographic jurisdiction of the state and federal courts, the dynamics of the courthouse workgroups consisting of attorneys, judges, and litigants; and the processes related to the prosecution of criminal and civil cases in federal and state courts.
3 credits
Spring
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CJS 322 - Police Administration
Prerequisites: None
Offered only through the School of Continuing Studies. Principles of administration, management, organization structure, and the responsibilities and interrelationships of administrative and line-and-staff services. Analyzes the functional divisions of a modern police operation in its application to the public safety needs of the community, consideration of alternative and comparative models of law enforcement organization.
3 credits
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CJS 330 - Corrections in the United States
Prerequisites: CJS 105 ; or consent of instructor
Current correctional thought and practices in the United States, the evolution of modern correctional practices in the United States, and an overview of correctional treatment in different types of institutions and in the community.
3 credits
Fall
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CJS 331 - Special Problems in Corrections Administration
Prerequisites: CJS 330
Problems in developing correctional programs within the institution and in the community. Topics include prisons and prisoners; old and new prison designs; the emerging rights of prisoners; the development of community corrections as a new expression of the community’s concern for the incarcerated; and specialized kinds of programs for persons who are in need of supportive services while their freedom of movement is denied.
3 credits
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CJS 332 - Community Based Corrections
Prerequisites: CJS 330
Addresses the origins, features, and problems associated with probation and parole as background to the presentation of model programs. Topics include investigation and classification of participants; community protection rehabilitation; rules of supervision; and the benefits and drawbacks of these systems; intermediate interdiction programs, including intensive supervision, electronic monitoring, community service systems, and shock incarceration projects.
3 credits
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CJS 342 - Legal Psychology
Prerequisites: PSYCH 100 and CJS 105
The application of social science research methods and psychological knowledge to contemporary issues in the criminal justice system. Topics include: eyewitness memory, scientific jury selection, police identification procedures, jury decision making, credibility of witness testimony, the social scientist as an expert witness, and research methods used by legal psychologists.
3 credits
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CJS 402 - Women and the Criminal Justice System
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 308
A detailed study of crime and justice as it pertains to the female offender. Examines the variations and patterns in female criminality, women’s victimization, and women’s experiences in the criminal justice system as victims, offenders and employees, and theoretical interpretations of female criminality.
3 credits
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CJS 403 - Juvenile Justice
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 308 ; CJS 320 recommended
Addresses problems and issues pertaining to youth offenders and how they are processed by the police, courts, and corrections. Features the interrelatedness of theory, policies and practices, as well as assessment of their long-range impact on procedures. Focuses on the intake and court process; nominal and conditional sanctions to include community-based intervention; diversion; probation; and custodial sanctions through juvenile correctional systems.
3 credits
Fall
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CJS 405 - Introduction to Criminal Investigation
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 201
An overview of criminal investigative techniques. This course will explore the lawful reconstruction and successful investigation of a crime using three primary sources of information: physical evidence, records, and people. Areas of study include: investigating crimes against persons and property, crime scene evidence, witness interviews and interrogations, case preparation, and the role of the investigator in the judicial process.
3 credits
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CJS 406 - Crime and Punishment
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 308
A historical overview of the ways in which people have been punished for their crimes. Special focus will be given to the theoretical foundations of punishment, methods of punishment, famous criminals, and the death penalty.
3 credits
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CJS 407 - Terrorism
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 308
This course will cover all aspects of terrorism. It will explore anti- and counter-terrorism methods in depth. Topics will include the organization and operation of terrorists, their goals, financing, exploration and the role of the media. An in-depth examination of the most violent terrorist acts will allow students to gain insight and knowledge of how the acts occurred as well as the errors made that could have prevented them. It will include acts of domestic terrorism including the Bombing of the World Trade Center, Murrah Federal Building, and the violence that is occurring in schools. The class will follow events as they occur and examine the predictions of experts.
3 credits
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CJS 408 - Social Justice
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 106
Social Justice investigates the relationships among and between social policy, the concept of justice and the practice of the criminal justice system. This course examines how social policy pursues different potential visions of social justice and how those visions are defined. Race, ethnicity, gender, power and marginalization issues will be addressed, particularly with regard to how those realities are affected by and how they affect the criminal justice system. Inequality and the relatively new concept of restorative justice will be examined as a means of addressing both real and perceived inequities within the criminal justice system.
3 credits
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CJS 410 - Independent Study
Prerequisites: None
Students may choose to work independently with a Criminal Justice faculty member on a topic chosen by the student and the faculty member. This work may involve directed reading and weekly meetings and/or an intensive directed research project.
3 credits
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CJS 420 - Justice Studies Capstone
Cross-Listed with: LS 420
Prerequisites: Senior standing or permission of the instructor
This is a Capstone course for the justice studies major. Students integrate knowledge of theoretical concepts and practical application of research methods, writing for the legal and criminal justice professions, and selected specialty areas in the law and criminal justice through assigned readings, seminar discussion, and the completion of assigned projects.
3 credits
Spring
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CJS 424 - Securing the Homeland
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 106 , CJS 308 or consent of instructor
Critical analysis of homeland security perspectives, practices, and strategies through a broad review of systemic social (dis)organization including the criminal justice role, education/training, media, and community processes.
3 credits
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CJS 426 - Disaster Management and Relief
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 106 , CJS 308 , CJS 424 , or consent of the instructor
Review of the best international practices employed in managing disaster and providing relief from terrorist or other criminal attacks. Scientifically informed approaches toward individual and community response, and government/law enforcement challenges and successes will be examined.
3 credits
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CJS 427 - Youth Gangs
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 308 or permission of instructor
This course is intended to give students a foundation in core issues related to the topic of youth gangs in the United States. The course will provide students with a historical perspective of gangs; identify the challenges associated with defining gangs, and the related challenges with measuring the prevalence of gangs and gang crime in the United States. The course will also cover theoretical explanations for the causes of gangs and the effectiveness of different system responses intended to prevent gangs.
3 credits
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CJS 428 - Crime Prevention
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , or URBN 100
This course will examine the theoretical basis and application of crime prevention techniques, with an emphasis on routine activity theory, rational choice, crime patterns, defensible space, crime prevention through environmental design and situational crime prevention. A wide range of problems and potential solutions will be explored. The strengths, weaknesses, and ethics of crime prevention approaches will also be assessed.
3 credits
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CJS 429 - Criminal Law Cases and Controversies
Prerequisites: CJS 201
This course is a seminar on current topics in the criminal law. By focusing on criminal cases that are before the courts and criminal laws that are the subject of legislative activity, the course gives students an opportunity to apply their knowledge of crime to factual situations that are in the news. It also examines the extent to which criminal laws impact individual behavior and public policy. Students are expected to have a basic understanding of substantive criminal law.
3 credits
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CJS 430 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: None
Study of special topics in criminal justice.
3 credits
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CJS 450 - Research in Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: None
This course is open to students pursuing research on a specific topic in criminal justice. Students may work on an existing/ongoing faculty-led project or may work on an original, student-led project. Permission of criminal justice faculty research advisor is required to register for this course. This course may be repeated for credit
1-3 credits
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CJS 469 - Justice Studies Practicum
Prerequisites: Completion of 60 credits and consent of internship coordinator
The Justice Studies Practicum is a combined field experience and academic seminar course, in which the field component is oriented toward the student’s career and professional development while the academic component requires students to relate their conceptual classroom learning to practical application in the field. This course may be taken for a maximum of six credit hours and is open to Criminal Justice and Legal Studies majors.
3 credits
Fall, Spring, Summer
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CJS 501 - Criminal Justice System Overview
Prerequisites: None
An analysis of the criminal justice system in the United States, focusing on the police, the courts and the corrections system. Controversial issues facing the justice system are considered in detail.
3 credits
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CJS 503 - Survey of Research Methods
Prerequisites: None
An introduction to methodology, design and research techniques in the behavioral sciences. Course topics include sampling theory, hypothesis development and theory construction.
3 credits
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CJS 505 - Legal Issues in the United States Justice System
Prerequisites: None
An overview and analysis of the most important legal issues in the U.S. Justice System. Topics include constitutional law, criminal law, corrections law, and administrative law.
3 credits
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CJS 509 - Crime and Public Policy
Prerequisites: None
A critical analysis of crime control policies in the United States. Course topics include a discussion of the policy-making process in the criminal justice system and recent crime control trends.
3 credits
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CJS 510 - Constitutional Issues in Criminal Law
Prerequisites: None
This course focuses on the rights of suspects in criminal procedures. A detailed analysis of individual rights under the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution is developed.
3 credits
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CJS 511 - Criminological Theory
Prerequisites: None
An intensive overview and analysis of the major criminology theories. Beginning with 18th and 19th century theorists this course focuses primarily on the evolution of sociological constructions of criminality.
3 credits
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CJS 513 - Analysis of Criminal Justice Data
Prerequisites: CJS 503
An introduction to statistical analysis in the behavioral sciences. The practical application of various analytical techniques to the social science research process is emphasized.
3 credits
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CJS 515 - Psychological Factors in Crime Causation
Prerequisites: None
A discussion of the psychological, psychoanalytic and social factors that produce deviant behavior. Techniques of social control, treatment and the prevention of social deviance are also considered.
3 credits
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CJS 516 - Legal Issues in Personnel Administration
Prerequisites: None
An analysis of legal issues facing the contemporary justice system agency administrator, including labor-management relations. Additional course topics include employment discrimination, sexual harassment.
3 credits
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CJS 517 - Correctional Systems and Practices
Prerequisites: None
An examination of contemporary issues in correctional administration. This course presents an analysis of various theories of penology, as well as corrections policy formulation and the administration of corrections agencies., employee drug testing and vicarious liability.
3 credits
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CJS 518 - Special Problems in Criminal Justice Management
Prerequisites: None
This course focuses on special problems facing the modem justice system agency administrator. A case study format is often used to emphasize the practical nature of this course. Students are encouraged to develop novel solutions to the dilemmas facing justice system administrators.
3 credits
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CJS 519 - The Juvenile Justice System
Prerequisites: None
An examination and analysis of the juvenile justice system. Particular attention is directed to the development of juvenile justice system policy and the treatment of juvenile offenders in the contemporary justice system.
3 credits
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CJS 521 - Drugs in Society
Prerequisites: None
An analysis of this important social issue. Physical and psychological aspects of addiction are discussed. Historical and contemporary policies to regulate and control the use of drugs are analyzed. Students are asked to evaluate modem drug policy and propose alternative policies.
3 credits
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CJS 523 - Organized Criminal Enterprises
Prerequisites: None
This course presents a detailed analysis of organized crime in the U.S. Course topics include the history of organized crime, transitions in the structure of organized crime, justice system responses to organized crime, relevant statutory, law, and modern techniques used to investigate criminal enterprises.
3 credits
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CJS 524 - Homeland Security
Prerequisites: None
Review of the historic and current law enforcement functions, role, education/training, and community-oriented approaches to scientific risk assessment and preparedness in the context of homeland security.
3 credits
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CJS 526 - Managing Crisis and Disaster
Prerequisites: None
Coverage of international crisis and disaster; criminal justice agencies’ post-crisis/disaster response is investigated as are efforts to address the management of practitioner and community recovery.
3 credits
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CJS 527 - Violence and the Family
Prerequisites: None
This course focuses on the problem of domestic violence in the United States. The causes of domestic violence and the various treatment modalities developed for offenders are analyzed. The recent movement to require the arrest and incarceration of those suspected of domestic violence is considered.
3 credits
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CJS 528 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: None
Faculty and students select specific, contemporary justice system issues for detailed analysis. This course may be retaken to a maximum of six credits hours, provided the topic is different each time.
3 credits
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CJS 529 - Directed Research in Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: Faculty member and Dean’s approval
This course is designed for graduate students who have demonstrated the ability to conduct individual research involving specific justice system issues. Students must have the approval of a faculty member and the Dean of the School of Justice Studies prior to enrolling in this course. It may be retaken to a maximum of six credit hours.
3 credits
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CJS 530 - Women and Crime
Prerequisites: None
The purpose of this course is to extend our knowledge about crime and the justice process as it pertains to the female offender. More specifically, this course examines variations and patterns in female criminality, women’s victimization, and women’s experiences in the Criminal Justice system as victims and offenders, theoretical interpretations of crime and victimization, and women in policing, the legal profession, and corrections.
3 credits
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CJS 531 - Witnesses, Suspects and Investigative Interviewing
Prerequisites: None
This course involves the study of human behavior within the American legal and criminal justice systems, focusing on the study of social, cognitive, developmental and clinical psychology as applied to these systems. This course will primarily address memory issues and investigative interviewing of witnesses and criminal suspects.
3 credits
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CJS 532 - Psychology and the Legal System
Prerequisites: None
This course involves the study of human behavior within the American legal and criminal justice systems, focusing primarily on the study of social, cognitive, developmental and clinical psychology as applied to these systems. This course will address a variety of legal psychology topics, including forensic issues (e.g., insanity, competency, child custody, criminal profiling), jury issues (e.g., pretrial publicity, nullification, selection), and punishment issues (e.g., prisons, death penalty, sex offenders).
3 credits
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CJS 533 - Crime Prevention
Prerequisites: None
This course will examine the theoretical basis and application of crime prevention techniques, with an emphasis on routine activity theory, rational choice, crime patterns, defensible space, crime prevention through experimental design and situational crime prevention. A wide range of problems and potential solutions will be explored. The strengths, weaknesses, practicality, policy challenges, and ethics of crime prevention approaches will also be assessed. Further, this course will include a close examination of the methodological issues surrounding the evaluation of crime prevention research studies.
3 credits
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CJS 534 - Youth Gangs
Prerequisites: None
This course is intended to give students a foundation in core issues related to the topic of youth gangs in the United States. This course will place the problems of gangs and youth violence in a broader historical context that allows the students to fully understand macro-level causes of problems, but also responses to problems. The course will also cover the key theoretical perspectives traditionally used to explain the development and continuation of gangs in communities across the United States. Finally, the will provide in-depth coverage of the policy responses traditionally used to combat gangs and why such strategies are generally found to have limited effectiveness. The course will encourage students to consider all of these issues when crafting public policy responses to ‘gang problems.’
3 credits
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CJS 539 - Advanced Issues in Criminal Justice Policy
Prerequisites: CJS 501 , CJS 503 , CJS 505 , CJS 510 & CJS 511
The purpose of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the policy making process. Students will be expected to understand how to identify pressing criminal justice policy issues, understand how to conduct a thorough problem analysis, and devise a research-based initiative intended to create planned change.
3 credits
Summer
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CJS 540 - Digital Forensics Hardware and Acquisition
Prerequisites: None
This course provides an introduction to types of computer hardware and the techniques involved in digital forensic acquisition of evidence for use in court, civil matters, and other forms of investigation. The course focuses on behavior, chain of custody, documentation, and preparation of evidence as well as the use of common tools to acquire forensic images of media in both laboratory and crime scene type environments.
3 credits
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CJS 542 - Digital Forensics I
Prerequisites: CJS 540 or permission of instructor
This course introduces students to techniques in common practice for the examination of digital media, the presentation of evidence, and the preservation of evidence for use in trials or private practice. This course focuses on exposure of the various common tools and simple case work to provide an overview of digital forensics. The course is suitable for most students as an elective and is required as a component of the DFC certificate.
3 credits
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CJS 543 - Computer Forensics II
Prerequisites: CJS 542
This course is hands on in the laboratory and focuses on complete understanding of the operating systems approach to file storage and management for forensics recovery (NTFS and FATS). The course solves casework using low level recovery and manual recovery of deleted files and continues to concentrate on the presentation of cases in both written and verbal formats. Students will complete casework and provide at least one oral examination.
3 credits
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CJS 544 - Computer Forensics III
Prerequisites: CJS 543
This course is hands on in the laboratory and focuses on complete understanding of the cell phones, cameras, and other hand held devices which are commonly found in forensics casework but require special handling due to their proprietary nature. The course includes work on actual cell phones and PDA as well as special handling techniques necessary to preserve evidence in these cases. Specific topics may vary as technology changes.
3 credits
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CJS 545 - Law for Forensics Professionals
Prerequisites: None
This course specifically focuses on the rights, ethics, and policy in accordance with both US and International law in terms of the practice of digital forensics. Discussion include areas of law which may specifically apply to forensic professionals (e.g. 4th Amendment), ethics, and other areas which typically emerge having an impact on a digital case.
3 credits
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CJS 605 - Master’s Thesis
Prerequisites: CJS 503 and CJS 513 Faculty member and Director of Graduate Studies approval.
The completion and defense of the thesis. A student electing to complete a thesis must enroll in CJS 605 in the semester during which he or she will graduate. This can only be repeated one time, and the student must be registered in a section of this the semester in which they plan to graduate.
3 credits
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CIS 100 - Introduction to Personal Computer Hardware
Cross-Listed with: Cross-listed as SEC 100
This course introduces the fundamentals of personal computer (PC) hardware. This hands-on course is taught in a laboratory and exposes the student to technology from a practical perspective. In the course, students will build a personal computer, install networking and operating systems components, learn basic networking, and testing methodologies. In addition, students will install two different operating systems in their computer and learn to use various testing and applications software.
3 credits
Fall
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SEC 100 - Introduction to Personal Computer Hardware
Cross-Listed with: CIS 100
Prerequisites: None
This course introduces the fundamentals of personal computer (PC) hardware. This hands-on course is taught in a laboratory and exposes the student to technology from a practical perspective. In the course, students will build a personal computer, install networking and operating systems components, learn basic networking, and testing methodologies. In addition, students will install two different operating systems in their computer and learn to use various testing and applications software.
3 credits
Fall
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SEC 101 - Introduction to Computer Software
Prerequisites: None
This course covers installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of software/operating system components. The material is presented to prepare the student for the A Technologies examination. SEC 101 is the second of two courses designed to prepare students to embark upon a career in IT helpdesk, desktop support, or systems implementation. Emphasis in this second course is placed on the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of software/operating systems. In addition to these topics, emphasis is also placed on using knowledge of PCs, hardware, and the Windows 10 and Windows Server 2012 Operating Systems to support and troubleshoot technical issues of networked computers.
3 credits
Spring
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SEC 200 - Introduction to Computer Security Techniques
Prerequisites: SEC 100 or permission of instructor
This course is an introduction to techniques used in business for managing the security component of information technology. Focus is on the development and maintenance of cyber-security, information assurance, and the security organization. Students will study both strategic and tactical approaches to security development and analysis. The course includes laboratory exercises in penetration testing, network analysis, and other hands-on security techniques.
3 credits
Fall
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SEC 201 - Introduction to Networking
Prerequisites: SEC 100
This course will allow students to develop basic networking skills in TCP/IP related to the N certification examination. This course covers fundamental concepts in tcp/ip networking and basic network design using packet tracer.
3 credits
Spring
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SEC 205 - C++ Programming
Prerequisites: SEC 101 and SEC 201
This is a basic programming course to introduce technology professionals to the C and C++ language particularly as they relate to GCC/G++. Basic algorithms and structures are covered but with a focus on the use of C++ in networking scripts, linux based platforms, and application troubleshooting in systems.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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SEC 210 - Linux Shell Scripting
Prerequisites: COMSC 110 SEC 101
This course introduces students to scripting as a programming tool. Scripting is commonly used as a mechanism for network administration in many different environments and basic skills in this area will strengthen the student’s knowledge of both operating systems and command line interfaces. Scripting in bash, ksh, csh are components as well as an introduction to basic database tools in mysql.
3 credits
Spring
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SEC 220 - Database Design and Implementation
Prerequisites: None
The course focuses on the design and implementation of relational database systems. It introduces fundamental principles of databases; the relational model (entities and attributes, tables and relationships), conceptual design (primary and foreign keys), data organization strategies (normalization and integrity constraints) and query. Activities focus on building databases, the design process, tools for presenting and critiquing design models and integration with the web.
3 credits
Spring
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SEC 230 - Networking and Telecommunications
Cross-Listed with: CIS 375
Prerequisites: SEC 100 , COMSC 110 or permission of instructor
Introduction to basic data communications concepts and their application to local area networks through lectures, discussions of case studies, and hands-on projects. The class focuses on the TCP/IP model of networking and the various details involved in packet based networks and the exchange of electronic information over a variety of media.
3 credits
Fall
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SEC 231 - Advanced Networking
Cross-Listed with: CIS 380
Prerequisites: SEC 230 or permission of instructor
This is a course in applied networking which focuses on the development of networking solutions in organizations. This course uses hands-on routing, switching and cabling to develop skills in connectivity, firewalling, and server administration in the DMZ. Additional material focuses on the development of various routing technologies and protocols as well as inter and intra network communications.
3 credits
Spring
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SEC 300 - Security Techniques II
Prerequisites: SEC 200 or permission of the instructor
This course focuses on the ISACA COBIT methodology used in the exams like CISA and develops the idea of audit and assurance for technology professionals who may be required to oversee, develop, or conduct such audits in compliance with Federal or other legislation which may impact their organization.
3 credits
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SEC 310 - Linux Server Administration
Prerequisites: SEC 205 and SEC 210
This is an intermediate course in Linux Server and Security Administrations which focuses on the development of system administrator skills necessary for server maintenance and support in practice. The course should also focus on sound security skills in the linux environment with particular focus on server administration.
3 credits
Spring
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SEC 320 - Digital Forensics I
Prerequisites: SEC 200 or permission of instructor
This course introduces students to techniques used in law enforcement and corporate litigation to recover and examine electronic media in a forensically sound fashion. The course includes the use of commercial forensics packages and the development of full analysis of media for presentation to corporate security officers, law enforcement, or the legal system. Students will learn to examine hardware, maintain chain of custody, create forensic images, analysis forensic images, and develop analytical reports for presentation. The course is typically offered online but has hands on lab components.
3 credits
Fall
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SEC 330 - Penetration Testing I
Prerequisites: SEC 200 SEC 205 SEC 205 SEC 231 or permission of instructor
A technical, hands-on course focused on hacking and counter-hacking methods. The course revolves around tools using in exploiting weaknesses in a typical network environment (pen tests) and the defense and correction of these weaknesses. Topics include physical security, social engineering, reconnaissance, scanning, exploits, web server hacking, server hardening, securing networks, and vulnerability testing.
3 credits
Spring
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SEC 340 - Codes, Codemakers and Codebreakers - A Beginning Class for Cryptography
Prerequisites: SEC 200 SEC 205 and COMSC 110 or permission of instructor
This course is a historical introduction to the evolution of cryptography intended for a general audience. Introduction to technical terms and foundations of cryptography is accompanied by story-telling from the cipher of Mary Queen of Scots, to Vigenere cipher, then to cracking the enigma of WWI, then to Lorenz cipher and Colossus during WWII, till the potential Quantum cryptography. We follow the development of codes and code-breaking from military espionage in ancient Greece to deciphering hieroglyphics via the Rosetta stone to modern computer ciphers. Frequency analysis, one-time-pad security, and public key cryptography will be introduced in this course.
3 credits
Spring
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SEC 400 - Forensic Hardware and Acquisition
Prerequisites: SEC 100 or permission of instructor
This course focuses on both configuration and management of networked platforms from a troubleshooting perspective. Students are expected to install and manage a variety of operating systems to simulate a working network in a production environment. The course was designed with security and forensics professionals in mind. This course is typically offered online.
3 credits
Fall
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SEC 405 - Firewalling and Defense
Prerequisites: SEC 330 and SEC 210 or permission of instructor
This course is hands on in the laboratory and focuses on the development of successful firewall strategies for both border and internal usage. The course uses Cisco IOS, Linux Based IP Tables and Shorewall, as platforms for development of firewall rule sets. Students will utilize skills from SEC 330 , SEC 210 , etc. to model, develop, and test these strategies in the lab.
3 credits
All
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SEC 415 - Intrusion Detection
Prerequisites: SEC 231 , SEC 330 and SEC 405
This course is focused on the development of tools which enable the detection and identification of attacks on networks as well as the development of defensive capabilities which will allow resistance to and prevention of successful attacks. The focus is on the hands on use of various types of devices from IDS, IPS, to firewall logs, and wireshark traces to develop the ability to inspect packets, analyze logs using tools, signature scanning, honeypots and honey nets, and other tools.
3 credits
Annually
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SEC 420 - Digital Forensics II
Prerequisites: SEC 320 or permission of instructor; SEC 400 (may be taken simultaneously)
This course focuses on complete understanding of the operating systems approach to file storage and management for digital forensics recovery. The course solves casework using low level recovery and manual recovery of deleted files and continues to concentrate on the presentation of cases in both written and verbal formats. Students will complete typical forensics casework. The course is typically offered online.
Spring
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SEC 421 - Mobile Device Forensics
Prerequisites: SEC 320 or permission of instructor
This focuses on the understanding of the cell phones, cameras, and other hand held devices which are commonly found in forensics casework but require special handling due to their proprietary nature. The course includes work on actual cell phones and PDA as well as special handling techniques necessary to preserve evidence in these cases. Specific topics may vary as technology changes. The course is typically offered online.
3 credits
Summer
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SEC 430 - Special Topics: Networking and Security
Prerequisites: None
Study of special topics in networking and security. Topics determined by student needs and availability of appropriate instruction.
3 credits
Special Offering
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