CJ430 Critical Incident Management
College of Business and Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Department
Course Description: This course will examine the role of crisis response from the perspective of both the private sector and that of public safety. Students will learn about the phenomenon of crisis, various intervention methodologies, as well as differing legal and ethical issues relating to the varying stages of crisis. Additionally, using artificial Intelligence, students will work their way through the phases of a critical incident from the perspective of public safety.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: CJ110
Corequisites: None
CJ235 Criminology
College of Business and Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Department
Course Description: This course examples the nature, extent and causes of crime. Students will learn basic assumptions of current criminological theories, patterns of criminal behavior and typologies of criminal activity.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: CJ100
Corequisites: None
CJ125 Criminal Procedure
College of Business and Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Department
Course Description: The course will address the procedural rules and laws governing police interaction with a suspect or a citizen. Students will learn the rights and limitations on government action contained in the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: CJ106
Corequisites: None
CJ106 Criminal Law
College of Business and Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Department
Course Description: This course provides a foundation for understanding substantive criminal law. Topics explored include the general elements of criminal offenses, the parties to crimes, affirmative defenses, and the legal elements of inchoate offenses. Students will learn the legal elements of the following offenses: homicide; crimes against persons; crimes against property and habitation; crimes against public order, safety, and morality; and finally, crimes against the administration of justice.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
CJ350 Criminal Justice Documentation
Business and Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Department
Course Description: This course provides an overview of criminal justice documentation for various professions within the field. Students will learn field oriented methods of drafting written correspondence and required industry reports.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
CJ225 Crime Scene Management
College of Business and Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Department
Course Description: This course provides an overview of crime scene management techniques used by local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. Students will explore the various roles performed within a crime scene investigative team, examine forensic documentation techniques, analyze direct and circumstantial evidence collection methods, as well as assess procedures for packaging and preserving collected evidence.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: CJ200
Corequisites: None
CJ390 Crime Mapping
College of Business and Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Department
Course Description: This course will explore the practical and theoretical aspects of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) in the analysis of crime. Students will learn theories related to environment criminology and spatial criminology as well as GIS applications to crime analysis from offense clustering to offender and victim geographic analysis.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: CJ235
Corequisites: None
CJ301 Crime Intelligence Analysis
College of Business and Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Department
Course Description: This course will provide students with skills related to the examination of crime data and the impact of technical tools such as geo-technology on the greater law enforcement and intelligence communities and prosecution. This field aids in the facilitation of informed decision making for both crime prevention and crime response.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: CJ200
Corequisites: None
ACC330 Cost Accounting
College of Business and Criminal Justice Business Department
Course Description: This class introduces students to topics related to cost determination such as cost analysis, estimation and management. Students will learn management control systems, planning and budgeting, variance analysis, Net Present Value analysis and nonfinancial measures of performance.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: ACC309
Corequisites: None
CJ135 Corrections
College of Business and Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Department
Course Description: This course will address the history and practices of the American corrections system. Students will learn the historical background of the American corrections system, the policies and laws that guide this system as well as processes and reforms implemented to address issues within the system. The course specifically identifies and discusses current problems faced by modern institutional corrections and the methodologies utilized to solve these problems.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: CJ100
Corequisites: None