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3.00 Credits
The study of the complex and sensitive issues involved in the relationship between the police and the community they serve. Various attitudes and beliefs which affect police-community relations are examined. Methods and programs designed to improve that relationship are explored and evaluated. Class hrs. 3. Offered fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
A survey course examining organized crime and its role in contemporary American society. Attention is focused on the origins, organization, membership, and functions of the criminal cartel. The control of organized crime within the criminal justice system is also investigated. Class hrs. 3. Offered spring semester.
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5.00 Credits
This course examines a number of issues relating to the supervision and management of police within the context of a multicultural/multi-ethnic society. The issues studied include the basic supervisory responsibilities of a supervisor in law enforcement, the concepts and interrelationships of basic organizational structures, leadership styles, terms and concepts associated with police supervision, supervisor influence on employee performance, barriers to effective communication, employee counseling, and interview in a police setting. Class hrs. 5. Offered twice a year at the Police Academy to full-time police officers only.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the fundamentals of supervision as applied to police operations, including techniques to provide effective leadership, discipline, training, and communications within the supervisor's area of responsibility. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisite: PSPOL 120 Police Organization and Management. Offered fall and spring semesters.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an intensive program to prepare an active police/peace officer for instructional duties. This course includes development of the necessary skills and instructional methods for the successful police trainer. The student is required to prepare and present instructional material to the class. Class hrs. 3. Offered at the Police Academy (to full-time police officers).
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3.00 Credits
The historic, philosophical, practical, and legal basis of security are investigated. The role of security individual security in our modern society, the concept of professionalism and the relationship to public law are presented for analysis. Personnel, physical and administrative aspects of security are also examined. Class hrs. 3. Offered fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to psychology as a behavioral science. Topics include the theoretical perspectives of psychology, research methodology, the biological basis of behavior, sensation and perception, motivation and emotion, learning an memory. While primarily a lecture and a discussion course, other pedagogical methods such as case studies, student projects, films, and on-line exercises may be used to develop a more comprehensive understanding of human behavior. Designed for students who meet the college's requirements for enrollment in first-year undergraduate courses who want an introduction to psychology. Class hrs. 3.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides the student with an understanding of how psychologists view the world and apply scientific method to the study of behavior. The discipline of psychology is characterized by controversy and change, but has always been committed to objective inquiry to extend our knowledge of the complexity of behavior. Each student designs and carries out a personal research project in order to learn and experience the problems and pitfalls of doing behavioral research. Research methodology, biological foundations of behavior, learning, memory, perception, motivation and personality are topics of study. Class hrs. 3. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: ENG 101 Composition and Literature.
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3.00 Credits
The scientific study of the numerous ways that other people influence our thoughts, emotions and behaviors. One of the main themes in the course is the constant tension between being an individual and yet being subject to pressures from others. Students learn to analyze these situational forces that impinge on their everyday lives and in the process become able to choose how to respond. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisite: PSYCH 101 General Psychology.
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3.00 Credits
Theoretical and empirical findings in child and developmental psychology from infancy to preadolescence are studied. Emphasis is placed on theories of development and factors facilitating and inhibiting human development. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisite: PSYCH 101 General Psychology.
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