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Course Criteria
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3.00 - 15.00 Credits
This course will provide students with real-world experience in the field of communication where they will become acquainted with daily operations, while enhancing their professional skills and interacting with other communication professionals. This course will include a portfolio component.
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3.00 - 15.00 Credits
This course will provide students with real-world experience in the field of communication where they will become acquainted with daily operations, while enhancing their professional skills and interacting with other communication professionals. This course will include a portfolio component.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the mass media and its influence on society. Students will compare how the press and the television and entertainment industries create images and perceptions for or against established social and political structures at home and overseas. The course will make students conversant with the economic, social, political, and cultural pressures that structure the way the media is produced and provide them with an understanding of the same theories against which it is measured.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents the capstone to academic studies in communication, which allows the student to practice and display the skills developed throughout the program. The student will work as a professional -- developing a news report topic (either print/digital hard news or feature format) in consultation with the instructor, report on it by conducting research and interviews, adding electronic or digital enhancements, and then pulling that together into a usable print/digital news package. Additional course study can include analysis of ethical situations in communication, and review of communication law and theory, among other topics. The student will develop a professional portfolio online, into which work projects can be posted.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents an overview of ethics as it applies to media communication and its practical applications in the communication field. Topics include ethical origins and theories, ethical principles and standards, free speech, responsibility, accountability, social media, accuracy, transparency, cultural sensitivity, minimizing harm, ethical advertising, news judgment, and more. This course may serve to assist students in analyzing and resolving myriad ethical dilemmas they could encounter on the job.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of agencies and processes involved in the administration of criminal justice. The survey reviews the functions of the legislature, police, prosecutor, courts, and the correctional system. Problems of law enforcement in a democratic society are discussed. This course ties together all components of criminal justice and includes issues of both the juvenile and adult offender.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introductory course in the study of crime and criminal behavior that examines various theories of crime causation, profiles of criminal behavior systems, societal reaction to crime, and structures of criminological methods of inquiry.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the various phases of the corrections system. Areas that are covered include a brief history of the corrections system, jails and prisons, prisoner profiles, activities and rehabilitation, and parole and probation.
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3.00 Credits
This course reviews the fundamental principles of the structure and function of law enforcement agencies in the United States. The course emphasizes the institutional and occupational aspects of law enforcement across municipal, state, and federal levels, including methods, issues, and problems.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a general orientation to the field of juvenile delinquency, including causation, development of delinquent and criminal behavior, initial apprehension, referral, and preventive techniques. Specific issues examined include chemical dependency, mental illness, and compulsive and habitual offenders. Special attention is given to the problems inherent in the police handling of juveniles and the functions of juvenile courts.
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