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3.00 Credits
This course examines the role of computers in facilitating an organization's business activities and the role of the end-user in the development and operation of information systems. Subject areas include: end-user computing, data communications, systems theory and management of computer resources. Additionally, students will get hands-on experience working with microcomputer hardware and software using Microsoft Windows spreadsheet software (3 Credits). Prerequisite: CIS 105
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3.00 Credits
This course provides the student with an in-depth treatment of electronic spreadsheet software using Microsoft Excel. The course proceeds from the basics of spreadsheet design to such advanced topics as graphing, linking worksheets and macro creation (3 Credits). Prerequisite: CIS 105
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the Java programming language. Topics covered include: concepts and techniques of object-oriented programming, the organization of a Java program, the structure and syntax of the language, concepts of data types, assignments, logical flow, arithmetic statements, applets, and conditionals. Each student will independently write, test, document and debug Java programs and applets in the Windows programming environment (3 Credits). Prerequisite: CIS 105 may be taken during the same semester as CIS 228. This course is only offered in Fall semesters and may not be taken for reader course credit.
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3.00 Credits
Database concepts are presented and developed in a computer lab environment with hands-on projects using the Microsoft Access for Windows Database Management System. Topics included are: creating a table, constructing queries, relating tables, database integrity, designing and using forms for database access, designing reports for data retrieval, maintaining a database, and using macros to automate tasks (3 Credits). Prerequisite: CIS 105. This course may not be taken for reader course credit.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to web page construction. Features of web pages to be covered include: with links, images, formatted text, tables, forms, and style sheets. Students will complete projects in web page construction using XHTML standards in a computer lab setting (3 Credits). Prerequisite: CIS 105 or CIS 110.
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3.00 Credits
This is a survey of the formal institutions of social control, including the body of the criminal law, the police, the courts and various forms of correction and rehabilitation (3 Credits).
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3.00 Credits
This course will offer the student an overview of the correctional system, past and present, to include the history of corrections in Pennsylvania, theories of punishment, inmate control and treatment, correctional classification, pre-release programs and community-based correctional programs. Also included will be alternatives to incarceration, including probation and parole, drug and alcohol treatment programs, and mental health care (3 Credits).
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3.00 Credits
This course includes a study of the laws, both criminal and civil, that law enforcement officials deal with on a daily basis. This includes study and understanding of defined requirements constituting the commission of a criminal act (3 Credits).
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce the student to basic individual rights under the United States and Pennsylvania constitutions and to show how certain of these rights come into conflict with other views on the maintenance of public order and the enforcement of the criminal laws of the United States and of Pennsylvania, along with those of other states. The course gives an overview of the criminal court system, the arena in which this conflict is resolved and in which much of the law of criminal procedure is formulated. Then, after presenting the underlying concepts of the exclusionary rule, privacy, probable cause and reasonableness, the body of the course deals with the rights guaranteed by the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth amendments to the United States Constitution, along with the corresponding Amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution, and how those rights affect the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of crime. The main focus is on the law of arrest, search and seizure, confessions and pretrial identifications (3 Credits).
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the major theories concerning juvenile delinquency and relates the material covered to the treatment of delinquency. The course also studies juveniles with multiple problems and explores what types of preventative programs can be implemented in the future (3 Credits).
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