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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A course designed to provide students with a foundation in mass media research. The course will introduce students to a variety of methods including, but not limited to, content analysis, survey (with emphasis on demographic and ratings research), in-depth interview, and focus groups. Prerequisites: COMM 202, COMM 203.
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3.00 Credits
A capstone course in experiential learning. The student engages in writing a résumé, interviewing, and participating in an intensive internship, externship, or cooperative with an appropriate agency. Students may elect to intern in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with the Washington Gateway program. Prerequisites: COMM 202, COMM 203, and written approval from the Department of Communications. May be repeated once.
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3.00 Credits
A required course for all communication seniors that brings together communication theory and practical experience into a final project and presentation. Original projects may include, but are not limited to, videos, audio tapes, papers, Web pages, and multimedia, and will be presented before the communications faculty and students. Two faculty members, selected by the student, will serve as advisors for the project. The course will serve as a final assessment of communications skills. This course is to be offered in the spring semester; students are expected to register in their last year of study.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide an overview of the criminal justice system, its history, its philosophical development, and its contemporary configurations. Issues of law enforcement, adjudication, and corrections will be covered. Students will examine career opportunities and requirements in the criminal justice field and will become familiar with local, state, and national criminal justice systems.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the nature, origins, and general principles of criminal law. It examines pertinent aspects of federal and state criminal law, and concentrates on specific issues of interest to law enforcement including an examination of procedural law. Recent court decisions will de discussed and selected criminal offenses will be analyzed.
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3.00 Credits
Constitutional analysis of criminal procedure that focuses primarily on the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments; the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure, the privilege against self-incrimination, and the right to counsel. The course examines the need to protect the public and enhance law enforcement efficiency and the need to protect individual defendants from abuse at the hands of the state.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the fundamental principles of criminal investigation with concentration on the following areas-report writing; sources of information including witnesses, complainants, victims, observation, physical description, identification, interviews, interrogation, modus operandi, informants, surveillance, and undercover techniques; crime scene search, collection, preservation, and processing of physical evidence; and raids, arrests, search, seizure, and case preparation.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on the jurisdiction policies and procedures of criminal courts in the administration of justice. The role of the courts is pursued in determining social policy as it relates to criminology. Also, a complete survey of the criminal court system from local to state to federal jurisdiction will be taken.
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3.00 Credits
This survey will cover the American correctional institution's historical background and the social requirements. An in-depth survey will be conducted into how the different types of institutions evolved and how each is applied to given situations in the criminal justice system, i.e., jails, detention centers, prisons.
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3.00 Credits
Historical, philosophical, and legal examination of the separate system and procedures created in our society. This course will survey the development of the juvenile justice system in the country and examines the various stages of the juvenile justice processes and critical issues currently facing the system.
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