COMM 100 Communication Skills
For career program students only. COMM 100 and ENG 132 fulfill requirements for an associate’s degree in several career programs. Concentration on developing skills in writing, speaking and reading.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week.
CRJU 151 Criminal Justice System
A comprehensive view of the criminal justice system in America today.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: CRJ 901
ENG 132 Technical Writing I
Prerequisites: COMM 100 and appropriate COMPASS score or COMM 100 and COMM 105 or ENG 101 “C” or better or BE 180 or instructor consent.
ENG 132 includes correspondence, memo reports, formal reports, abstracts, fact sheets, instructions and proposals. Includes use of a word processor.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week.
HEAL 102 Living in a Changing World
Focuses on wise health practices and consumer health service information.
2 credit hours: 2 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: ECE 901
LAWN 101 Police Organization and Administration I
To provide an analysis of accepted administrative methods as applied to police staff functions such as: Personnel Management, Budget Control, Internal Controls, Planning and Research, Records and Communications, Housing and Materials, Federal Assistance and Law Enforcement Planning, and Government Setting for Police Work.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week.
LAWN 109 Police Community Relations
A study of the development of police community relations as both a tool for the street officer and on administrative philosophy of management. Included is an in-depth study of community oriented policing.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week.
LAWN 152 Criminology and Delinquent Behavior
This course attempts to deal with the complexity of the Juvenile Delinquency problem in the United States in a way that will give meaning and direction to the law enforcement practitioner that must deal with the problem every day.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: CRJ 914
LAWN 251 Criminal Investigation
Introduction to various law enforcement investigation techniques emphasizing crime scene investigation. May be repeated three (3) times.
3 credit hours: 2 lecture hours; 2 lab hours per week.
LAWN 255 Criminal Law I
Study of development of the federal Constitution and the history of the Bill of Rights; includes in-depth study of first eight Amendments to the Constitution.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week.
LAWN 257 Police Ethics
A study of ethics as it relates specifically to Law Enforcement, Police Science and the Criminal Justice process.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week.
MATH 110 Mathematics for General Education
Prerequisites: Appropriate placement score or MATH 086 or 090 or 091 “C” or better and MATH 085.
A course designed to contribute to the general education of any college student. Contemporary problems will be investigated and solved using the mathematical concepts of sets, logic, counting techniques, probability, statistics, and financial formulas involving exponential and logarithmic expressions.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: M1 904
POLS 122 American National Government
Examines the development and operation of the U.S. national system of government; evolution of the Constitution; the organization, powers, and functions of the three branches of government; the practice and limitations of American politics; and the interrelationships with state and local governments.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: S5 900
POLS 252 State and Local Government
Examines the organization and functions of state and local governments with an evaluation of their roles in the U.S. federal system of government.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: S5 902
PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
Prerequisites: College level reading scores on COMPASS or REA 093 and SBS 100 “C” or better, or REA 098 and SBS 100 “C” or better.
A survey of the field of general psychology without specific emphasis on any particular theory or model of human or animal behavior. Fundamental principles, methods, theories and issues in the field are discussed. Content areas may include learning, thinking, neuroscience, methodology, memory, perception, personality, intelligence, emotion, adjustment, and abnormality among others.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: S6 900
PSYC 250 Abnormal Psychology
Prerequisite: PSYC 101
An introduction to abnormal behavior, psychodiagnostic methods, theories of causation, specific pathologies, and modes of treatment.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: PSY 905
SOC 101 Principles of Sociology
Prerequisites: College level reading scores on COMPASS required, or REA 093 and SBS 100 “C” or better, or REA 098 and SBS 100 “C” or better.
Scientific examination of human society and social behavior. Concentrates on human behavior and assumes that it is largely shaped by the groups to which people belong and by the social interaction taking place in these groups. Acquire a basic sociological understanding and sensitivity to the issues of race, class, gender, and ethnicity.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: S7 900
SPEC 111 Business and Professional Communication
Examines factors which influence communication in the organization, including management styles, nonverbal communication, personalities, leadership, formal/informal channels and interviewing.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week.
