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2006-2008 CATALOGCET 114DIGITAL FUNDAMENTALSPrerequisite: None4 lectures per week: 4 hrs creditThis is an introductory course in digital systems. Numberingsystems and codes are introduced along with logic representationand combination digital logic circuits. Logic gates, logicfamilies and interfacing of components are studied. Related circuitrywill be wired and analyzed.CET 203INSTRUMENTATION FUNDAMENTALSPrerequisite: CET 1014 lectures per week: 4 hrs creditThis course is a study of electronic instrumentation with applicationsto the control of industrial processes.Topics includemeasuring instruments, an introduction to process control,transducers, controller principles and control elements.CET 211COMMUNICATION ELECTRONICSPrerequisite: CET 1034 lectures per week: 4 hrs creditThis course is a continuation of electronic studies extendinginto communications applications.Topics include feedback, oscillators,modulation, demodulation, R.F. amplification, wave propagation,wave transmission and wave radiation.Analysis techniqueswill be extended from the time domain to frequency domain.CET 220PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERSPrerequisite: None4 lectures per week: 4 hrs creditStudents will program, download and wire input and outputdevices using Allen-Bradley software for the SLC-500 andMicro-Logic 1000 programmable logic controllers.COMPUTER AND INFORMATIONSYSTEMS(see Information Technology)CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICESCJ 101 (IAI: CRJ 901)INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICEPrerequisite: None3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThis is a survey and analysis of the criminal justice system,including a historical, developmental and philosophical overviewof development of law as a means of social control. Specialemphasis is placed on the system’s primary components andthe relationship of these components in the administration ofcriminal justice in America.CJ 102 (IAI: CRJ 912)INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGYPrerequisite: None3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThis course is an introduction to the multidisciplinary study andanalysis of the nature, causes and control of crime in America.The measurement of crime and the interactive roles of the system,victim, offender and society are also covered.DEGREES, CERTIFICATES, COURSESCOURSE DESCRIPTIONSCJ 103LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION ANDADMINISTRATIONPrerequisite: None3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThis course focuses on the principles of organization and managementas applied to law enforcement agencies.Topics coveredinclude concepts of organization behavior, formulation of policyand procedure and coordination of operational units.CJ 106 (IAI: CRJ 911)INTRODUCTION TO CORRECTIONSPrerequisite: None3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditAn overview and analysis of the American correction system ispresented, including the history, evolution and philosophy of punishmentand treatment.The operation and administration ofcriminal justice in both institutional and non-institutional settingsis covered. Current issues in correctional law are also presented.CJ 108PROBATION, PAROLE AND COMMUNITY-BASEDCORRECTIONPrerequisite: CJ 1063 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThe organization and operation of probation and parolesystems, including history, laws, ideologies and problems arestudied. Issues of supervision and evaluation of communitybasedcorrectional institutions such as halfway houses andwork-release programs are investigated.CJ 110COMMUNITY-BASED POLICINGPrerequisite: CJ 1013 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThe philosophical and practical applications of communitybasedpolicing are presented.CJ 120INTRODUCTION TO HOMELAND SECURITYPrerequisite: None3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThis course examines the programs and activities that havebeen implemented to improve the safety of our country.Special emphasis is placed on the threat of terrorism andstrategies to address that threat.CJ 201 (IAI: CRJ 913)INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL LAWPrerequisite: None3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThis course examines and analyzes the structure and functionsof substantive criminal law.The principles of criminal law arepresented, including the acts, mental state and attendant circumstancesthat are necessary elements of the crime.CJ 202CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAWS/PROCEDURESPrerequisite: None3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThis course examines legal concepts and criminal procedures inthe areas of arrest, force, search and seizure, interrogation, andobtainment of physical evidence.Also included are studies ontrials, indictments, bail, grand and petit juries, and the rules ofevidence in the State of Illinois.DEGREES,CERTIFICATES,COURSES121