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3.00 Credits
Elective Course 3 credits An exploration of the investigative methodologies of handling serial crimes, and the aids and barriers to case closure. Study of the importance of linking serial homicides through behavior, evidence, data banks, and communications. Examination of the use of outside experts in serial crime investigations, as well as law enforcement and media/community relations.
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3.00 Credits
Elective Course 3 credits An examination of the philosophical, moral, and ethical bases of human behavior from a criminal justice perspective. Exploration of topics such as justice, law and punishment, moral decision-making, and ethical and legal dilemmas in criminal justice. Four areas of ethical decision making opportunities will be presented law enforcement ethics (including criminal profiling and investigative analysis), legal professional ethics, correctional ethics, and policymaking ethics.
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3.00 - 8.00 Credits
Corresponds to one or more courses in fundamentals of nursing at the associate degree level. Includes concepts basic to nursing practice; communication and interpersonal relations; protection and promotion of safety; comfort, rest, and activity; nutrition; elimination; oxygenation; and fluid and electrolyte balance. (This exam does not apply toward the Excelsior College nursing degrees.)
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3.00 Credits
Corresponds to a one-semester course in gerontology. Includes biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging and an understanding of issues, needs, and realities involved in the aging process. The exam is multidisciplinary in nature and covers theories, concepts, empirical patterns, and their implications for policy and practice.
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3.00 Credits
The examination measures knowledge and understanding of material typically taught in a one-semester course in juvenile delinquency. The content of the examination is drawn from that commonly included in courses with such titles as Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Delinquency and Justice. The examination assumes a familiarity with sociology, psychology, and research methodology. The examination tests for a knowledge of facts and terminology, an understanding of concepts and theories, and the student's ability to apply this knowledge and understanding in an analysis of contemporary issues.
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3.00 Credits
Corresponds to a one-semester course in social psychology. The examination measures knowledge and understanding of the theories and principles of social psychology and the ability to apply this information to everyday life examples. Knowledge and understanding of research methods in psychology is assumed. Students will be expected to demonstrate basic knowledge of research methods (types of design, validity, and ethical concerns); comprehension of major theories and phe- nomena within social psychology; and the ability to apply this knowledge to examples of social psychology events in everyday life.
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3.00 Credits
Corresponds to a one-semester course in bioethics. Measures knowledge and understanding of ethical theories related to bioethics, topics in clinical biomedical ethics, social topics in ethics, and environmental ethics. The examination assumes a familiarity with introductory ethics and philosophy. The examination tests for a knowledge of facts and terminology, an understanding of concepts and theories, and the student's ability to apply this knowledge and understanding in an analysis of the philosophical issues concerning biomedical and environmental ethics.
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3.00 Credits
Measures knowledge and understanding of the material and skills typically taught in a one-semester course in music appreciation. The content of the examination is drawn from that commonly included in courses with titles like Introduction to Music Literature, Music Appreciation, Survey of Music, and Music in the Western World. Topics include elements of music theory (for example: pitch, dynamics, rhythm, melody); types of voices, instruments, and ensembles; characteristics, forms, and representative composers from the Middle Ages to the present; and elements of contemporary and non-Western music. No prior knowledge of music is assumed. The examination tests for a knowledge of facts and terminology, an understanding of concepts and forms, and the student's ability to apply this knowledge and understanding in listening to musical compositions. Headphones are provided for use on the listening questions.
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3.00 Credits
Measures knowledge and understanding of material typically taught in a one-semester course in the physical sciences, natural sciences, and environmental sciences. The content of the examination corresponds with introductory course offerings with titles like Earth Science, Physical Geology, Geoscience, Environmental Geoscience, or Earth-System Science. Topics include the internal structures of the earth, plate tectonics, the rock cycle, the hydrologic cycle, geological hazards, earth history, and energy resources. Tests for a knowledge of facts and terminology, an understanding of concepts and theories, and the student's ability to apply this knowledge and understanding in an analysis of earth's processes.
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6.00 Credits
Corresponds to an introductory, two-semester course in English Composition with a literature component. Measures the ability to persuade a reader; to understand and compose an extended argument; to analyze and respond appropriately to written texts including literary texts; to use and document sources; and to recognize and write about revision and editing processes. In general, the exam measures the ability to organize knowledge, ideas, and information; to use rhetorical strategies such as narration, illustration, explanation, description, comparison and contrast, division, classification, and cause and effect in appropriate ways; to choose a tone and point of view appropriate for a specified rhetorical situation; to develop and maintain a controlling idea and a coherent organization; and to write within the rhetorical, syntactic, and mechanical conventions of Standard Written American English. The guided learning package for English Composition includes a course guide three textbooks a writer's reference book
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