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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
4 credits This course is an examination of the Penal Law of New York State. We will discuss all major crimes and defenses and over the course of our discussion arrive at some understanding of the law as it now exists and the law as it perhaps ought to be.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits This course is an introduction to forensic techniques in the crime laboratory and the impact of scientific evidence on the justice system. Case analysis, briefs, and simulations will focus on the issues of admissibility, relevance, and materiality of evidence. Traditional as well as emerging forensic sciences will be discussed, to include forensic psychiatry, forensic pathology, ballistics, social science, and questioned documents.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits This course examines how organized crime affects labor, politics, consumer services, contemporary society, business, finances, and local state and federal governments.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits Special topics courses provide maximum flexibility to the curriculum so that faculty may take advantage of new developments in the field to offer courses on up-to-date and cutting-edge topics. This flexibility is perhaps especially appropriate in the area of policing and police studies where rapidly developing local and national social, political, racial, and economic issues may have profound influences on policing philosophy and practice.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits Current issues and controversies facing the criminal justice system and various system responses designed to address them. Recent developments in research and technology regarding international terrorism, hate crime, computer crime and white-collar offenses will be explored as well as issues surrounding race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status as they impact the criminal justice system, particular with regard to drug-related crime. “Get tough” laws and mandatory sentencing policies will also be looked at.
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1.00 Credits
1 credit This course examines skills related to good study habits, informal logic, and written communication skills. The course focuses on the ability to understand, analyze, and evaluate ideas, arguments, and opinions. Emphasis is also placed on “skills development” in areas such as test-taking preparation, reading for speed and comprehension, note-taking, outlining, composition, and library research techniques.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits Required of all students. This is the first required course in the writing sequence. Through in-class examination of sentence, paragraph, and essay structure, students will sharpen their writing skills. Students will be introduced to all types of college writing, including the formal research paper.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits Required of all students. Prerequisite: Expository Writing or transfer equivalent. This course is a sequel to Expository Writing. Through reading, writing, discussion, and research, students will build upon skills learned in the first course. Effective writing is founded upon analyzing, structuring, and developing ideas, and these techniques can be transferred from the classroom to any writing task. Particular emphasis will be placed on the techniques of argumentation and persuasion.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits This course treats the development of both Western and Eastern religions, to include the rise of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Chinese and Japanese religions. Students will examine the common roots of religion in folklore and nature worship, as well as significant differences in perceptions of God and the Devil. Cult and occult worship are included. Students will gain a greater appreciation not only of their own religious roots but also of ones foreign to them.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits This course examines the ideas of major philosophers from antiquity to the present. Several significant thinkers will be covered each semester, among them Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, Spinoza, Jung, Hegel, Sartre, and Camus.
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