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construction and hands-on application of crime scene techniques available to
law enforcement personnel and forensic scientists for evaluation of physical evidence.
Some travel will be required. Class: 3 hours per week. (O) 3 credits
CJS* 227: Forensic Photography
(formerly CJ 123)
Forensic Photography is designed in two parts. The first section of the course
is designed to increase the student’s artistic and technical capacity in the
area of photography. The second section of the course is designed to apply
the students technical photographic abilities to law enforcement applications.
Students will study and practice approaches and techniques in photographing
traffic accidents, crime scenes, and physical evidence. (O) 3 credits
CJS* 229: Introduction to Computer Crimes
This course provides a complete overview of computer forensics from its definition
to crime scene investigation. Included in the discussions are the topics of
seizure of data, determining the “fingerprints “ of the crime, and tracking down
the criminal. Crimes such as Web Hacking and Virus transmittal will also be
examined. The course will focus on solving the crime rather than information
security. Class: 1 hour per week. (O) 1 credit
CJS* 230: Security Management
(formerly CJ 133: Security Administration)
The principles of organization, management, budgeting, personnel, records
and public relations of a security agency will be covered. Class: 3 hours per
week. (O) 3 credits
CJS* 240: Correctional Administration
(formerly CJ 203: Corrections Administration)
This course introduces students to the specifics of corrections organization,
systems, administration, personnel, public relations between inmates and
correctional officers, programs, planning and budgeting, and governmental
and executive control. Class: 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: CJS* 101. (O)
3 credits
CJS* 243: Institutional Treatment of the Offender
(formerly CJ 201)
Introduction to the principles and practices of placing and treating adult and
juvenile offenders in different institutions. Class: 3 hours per week. Prerequisite:
CJS* 101. (O) 3 credits
CJS* 244: Community Based Corrections
(formerly CJ 202: Community Correction)
This course introduces students to historical, theoretical and judicial processes
in the development of community correctional programs, with emphasis on
juvenile delinquency programs at the police and judicial level (probation, parole,
drug, alcohol and self-help programs). Class: 3 hours per week. Prerequisites:
CJS* 101 and 201. (O) 3 credits
CJS* 250: Police Organization & Administration
(formerly CJ 122: Police Administration)
This course is an introduction to police organization, administration, personnel,
public relations, crime prevention and theory. Class: 3 hours per week.
(Sp) 3 credits
CJS* 272/PSY* 217: Social Psychology of Criminal Behavior
(formerly CJ 232/PSY* 217)
This course will provide an overview on the psychological understanding of
crime and the criminal. It will provide an analysis of individual differences in
various criminal activities with a focus on a conceptual and practical understanding
of the predictors of individual behavior. Class: 3 hours per week. (O)
3 credits
CJS* 293: CJ Co-op Work Experience
(formerly CJ 102: Criminal Justice Field Experience)
This course is one hundred twenty hours of supervised field experience in a
cooperating social service agency. Class: 1 hour, weekly pro-seminar. Prerequisites:
CJS* 101 and the consent of the program coordinator. (O) 3 credits
CJS* 294: Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice
(formerly CJ 297: Policing for the 21st Century)
Policing for the 21 st Century is a dynamic course meant to help students think
about alternative policing methods. There will be an emphasis on non-traditional
practices, organizational methods and policies. Students will examine how to
make police systems more effective and how to improve service to communities
in a rapidly changing society. Class 3 hours per week. (O) 3 credits
Deaf Studies
DFS* 111: Introduction to the Deaf Community
(formerly DS 111: Deaf Studies I: Introduction to the Deaf Community)
This introductory course examines various aspects of the deaf community. It
addresses culture, controversies, activities and events in the deaf community.
In addition, the course explores the hearing mechanism, hearing disorders
and the role of audiological assessment in the deaf community. Class: 3 hours
per week. (Fa,Sp) 3 credits
Digital Arts
DGA* 111: Introduction to Computer Graphics
(formerly FA 210: Computer Graphics I)
An introduction to creating images using the Macintosh computer. Students
will learn basic imaging skills through the use of several software programs.
Previous drawing or design experience is helpful and no prior computer skills
are required. (Fa,Sp) 3 credits
DGA* 212, DGA* 214, DGA* 216: Advanced Computer Graphics
(formerly FA 211, FA 212, FA 213)
This course is a continuation of computer imaging skills developed in DGA*
111 but with an emphasis on creating and executing design projects on the
computer. The course includes instruction in advanced software such as
Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop as well as such topics as image
scanning, memory management and color outputting. Studio: 6 hours per
week. (Advanced Computer Graphics may be taken up to three times for credit.)
Prerequisite: DGA* 111 or permission of instructor. (Fa,Sp) 3 credits
DGA*240/CST* 254: Web Page Design
(formerly MM 245/CST 245)
Students will learn the fundamentals of designing, planning and producing web
sites and pages for posting on the Internet. Image management and creation,
information design, and animation creation and use are major topics. Emphasis
will be on site design and management. Students will work with HTML code
and a web page editor. Class: 6 hours per week. Prerequisites: DGA* 111,
COM* 213 or permission of the instructor. (Fa,Sp) 3 credits
DGA* 261/COM* 186, DGA* 263/COM* 286: Computer Animation, Digital
Animation II, Advanced Computer Animation
(formerly FA251/COMM 251, FA 252/COMM 252: Computer Animation,
Advanced Computer Animation)
(Fa,Sp) 3 credits. See Communications.
DGA* 271: 3-D Computer Modeling I
(formerly MM 201: Introduction to Three-Dimensional Modelling)
Students will learn to design and create in digital 3D space, changing flat art
and images into shapes with solid volume. The course will cover basic 3D
Next Semester Offered Designations: Fa = Fall, O = Occasional, Sp = Spring, Su = Summer 123
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