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  • FIN 8830: Advanced Seminar in International Finance

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    Examination of theoretical and applied models for financial decision making. Topics may include mathematical programming approaches to international capital investment planning, modern portfolio theory applied to international real and financial assets, stochastic models for valuation of options and other contingent assets, heuristic decision making and the role of expert systems and other emerging computer technologies in investment management.
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  • FOR 3100: Introduction to Forensic Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    (3 units) This introductory course details the multiple topics that compose the field of forensic psychology, forensic psychiatry or criminal psychology. The course covers the following sub-areas within forensic psychology: the relationships among mental health, social science and law, police psychology, criminology, investigative psychology, crime psychology, theories of crime, lie detection, eyewitness errors, hypnosis, psychotherapy, false confession, psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, expert testimony, Daubert, psychology of violence and hate, school and violence, sexual predation & pedophilia, custody, violence and abuse, repressed and recovered memories, assessment of competency and sanity, and correctional psychology.
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  • FOR 3120: Basics in Law

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    This course surveys material in legal psychology, forensic psychology, and psychological jurisprudence while emphasizing mainstream psycho-legal empirical research. The course examines the legal system's basic assumptions and procedures in light of empirical social scientific evidence in order to reach understanding of how the system actually works--not just how the law assumes that it works. The greatly increased interaction between the fields of psychology and law, names legal psychology, forensic psychology, and psychological jurisprudence, will be explored.
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  • FOR 3130: Forensic Social Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    This course will provide an introduction to and overview of the field of forensic social psychology. Students will be exposed to the significant theories and models in the major areas of forensic social psychology. The emphasis is placed on understanding the logic of these theories and models, and on developing an appreciation for their application to diverse situations. Demonstration of an understanding of these processes and how to apply these processes to new situations will be emphasized. In addition, the themes that are common to the theories and models will be highlighted to identify the consistent elements that form the foundation of forensic social psychological processes across many areas of application.
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  • FOR 3140: Juvenile Delinquency

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    This course explores the historical precedents and philosophical reasons of juvenile delinquency. Our justice systems treat juveniles differently from adults; thus, this course will also review empirical evidence about child development that can illuminate the reasons for their special status within the system, and our societal efforts to prevent delinquency. Students will learn about the distribution of juvenile delinquency according to both official statistics and self-report data and also explore the impact of significant social and institutional influences on delinquency: family, school, peers and drugs. The far-reaching implications of this course will provide students with the robust knowledge to better understand and manage delinquency in a more humane, efficient, and productive manner.
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  • FOR 3150: Introduction to Victimology

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    (3 units) The purpose of this course is to examine the emerging field of victimology and to study victims of crimes and violence. Characteristics of victim/offender interactions also will be addressed. In addition, the effect of crimical acts upon victims, their families, and society's reaction to the plight of the victim will be discussed. Post-traumatic stress disorder and its implications for victims and the criminal justice system will be studied. Specific analyses of victims based on sex, race, socioeconomic level, age, and other factors will be made. Preventative measures and efforts to assist victims of crime will be presented. Victim assistance programs, including programs for rape victims, victim compensation programs, and victims' restitution will be discussed.
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  • FOR 3160: Introduction to the Criminal Personality

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    This course will examine the multiple factors and antecedent events that are involved in crime and the criminal mind executing the crime. These factors and events include the intent, the plan, the type of criminal, the type of victim, and the crime scene. The manner in which a crime is performed expresses the psychological pattern, makeup, and expression of the individual performing it. Criminal investigative analysis, or criminal personality profiling, examines and identifies the subtle habits, psychological traits, and personality variables associated with criminal activity. These variables and traits will be explored in the context of understanding the personality and behavioral descriptors of an offender who often commits heinous crimes such as serial homicide, sex crimes leading to criminal homicide, arson, bombings, ritualistic crimes that include torture, child abduction, kidnapping, child molestation, and bank robbery.
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  • FOR 3170: Cognitive Principles in Forensic Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    This course will cover topics in cognitive psychology as seen in the forensics field including perception, attention, memory, knowledge, problem solving, reasoning, and language comprehension and production. Classical theories and experiments in these areas will be reviewed in addition to applications of this work to practical problems in the forensic setting. This course provides an introduction to basic processes, perception and preference, attention and clarity as compared to attention and chaos. The different approaches used in the analysis of competence and compatibility will be examined. The course will conclude by examining the connection to people and problems and providing examples of systems solutions.
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  • FOR 3180: Crime in Literary and Media Contexts

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    This course examines the criminology literature, the language of justice and contexts to which crime is portrayed in the media. The intent of this course is to make the student a more informed critic and analyst of the literary and media contexts in which crime is depicted. In particular, crime movies, television crime dramas, plus television news and newspaper crime coverage will be the major sources of data for uncovering how the media portrays society's struggle with the crime problem. The fundamental role played by the media in defining what constitutes deviance and criminality in American society will be discussed. This course examines how the media portrays the police, the courts and the administration of criminal law, and the American correctional system. In each case media images will be compared to empirical studies of policing, the adjudication process, and punishments actually delivered. In addition, exploration of the use of new media technologies within the criminal justice system itself will be explored. How have technological innovations such as video cameras and multimedia computers changed the criminal justice system?
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  • FOR 6320: Treatment I:Introduction to Psychotherapy

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    Introduction to the ethical and legal issues involved in the practice of psychotherapy, major approaches to psychotherapy and comparative analysis of theories of change in the psychotherapeutic process. Emphasis on application of therapeutic approaches to various forensic clients.
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