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  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits Open to students with senior standing, this course exposes students to higher-level Criminal Justice positions that require a Bachelor's degree for entry-level employment, and should prepare students for entry into the work force. Students spend a minimum of 100 hours over the course of the semester in a criminal justice field placement suitable to their career interests, under the supervision of the Program Coordinator and an agency representative. Placement sponsors like the Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, U.S. Probation Department, the New York City and New York State Department of Investigations, prosecutors' offices at the county and federal levels, United Nation's Security Services, counseling and case management functions in correctional facilities, courts, probation services, and similar organizations are most appropriate. Students employed in Criminal Justice develop a specialized internship. Classes meet periodically to assess student progress, share individual experiences, and to develop skills necessary for finding and obtaining suitable employment. PREREQUISITE: CJ-290
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits This course integrates research, writing and presentation skills with the student's pervious criminal justice courses. Students will undertake a large-scale research project that focuses on a contemporary issue in Criminal Justice and present their findings in an in-depth research paper. Topics include; identifying and refining the research topic; designing hypotheses; the literature review; organization of the paper and presentation; presentation of findings; APA referencing; and writing for the Criminal Justice professions. Students will be required to make 5 formal in class presentations at specific stages of the research process. PREREQUISITES: EN 110 and senior standing
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits An introduction to the fundamentals of computers and information processing. The course allows the students to effectively use and understand the basic terminology of the data processing field, and gain an understanding of the operational components of computers. Students are provided hands-on experience and an introduction to the computer operating system in a PC environment. Windows and popular software packages for word processing, spreadsheet development, presentations and Internet concepts are also introduced.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits Students will gain detailed knowledge of various electronic spreadsheet technologies that will allow them to perform analysis and organization of a variety of business, personal and organizational tasks. This course focuses on the practical use of electronic spreadsheets for business management functions. PREREQUISITE: CP-101 or CT-101
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits Students will use Microsoft Access, an industry standard Windows-based database management software, to create databases, forms, sub-forms, queries, and reports as well as customize database applications for business management. Through database concepts and "hands-on" experience,students will obtain technical skills such as the design and creation of tables, data entry forms, various types of reports, sorting and indexing of files, and working with multiple tables. PREREQUISITE: CP-101 or CT-101
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of writing Windows applications, which include eventdriven programming and the Graphical User Interface (GUI). Topics include: dialogs, menus, controls, scope and the lifetime of variables, data types, objects and instances, MDI, fonts and graphics, file I/O, creating a setup utility calling WINAPI functions and other DLL procedures. Students write and debug several complete applications. Students are urged to complete CP- 125 or CP-130 prior to enrolling in this course. PREREQUISITE: CP-117
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits A course designed for experienced C++ programmers. C++ is a leading edge, dominant language and an industry choice as a system implementation. The Procedural programming features as well as OOP (Object Oriented Programming) features are discussed. Procedural aspect control structures, functions, arrays, pointers and strings are covered. Object orientation concept and terminology are introduced. Identification of an object in a problem, specification of objects attributed and their behavior, and intersection among them are also included. PREREQUISITE: CP-117
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits This course will introduce the student to Web page design. The importance of careful planning as the key to a successful Web site will be discussed. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) will be introduced and students will create Web pages to include text, images, hyperlink, lists, tables, frames, and forms using an HTML editor. Topics on formatting a Web page and refining a Web site will be covered. Students will also be introduced to Dynamic HTML (DHTML), a scripting language used to control the behavior of objects on a Web page. PREREQUISITE: CP-101 or CT-101
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits This course provides the student with a functional understanding of general Networking theory and essential concepts. The student will gain hands-on implementation experience in different Networking situations and the course of action to be taken to remedy the problems. The student will gain practical hands-on experience setting up a typical Network (LAN) using various Network architectures and popular Network operating systems (NOS). Conceptual topics will include: Network concepts, Network Design essentials, Network media, Network communications and protocols, Network Administration and Support, Enterprise and distributed Networks, Wide area and Large scale Networks, solving Network problems, understanding and using Internet resources. The course also provides the knowledge needed to prepare for Networking Certification Exam. PREREQUISITE: CP-101 or CT-101
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits This course is intended for students interested in pursuing a career in the field of Information Technology. This course will teach the student to become proficient in the inner workings of a microcomputer. It is a hands-on class that will cover the replacement of all parts inside the PC, including the motherboard; memory chips; expansion cards; modems; floppy drives; hard drives and CDROM drives; CPU chips and power supply units. The student will also learn about electricity, formatting hard drives, device drivers, as well as how software works with hardware. The class will feature lectures as well as hands-on exercises that will allow the student to disassemble and reassemble microcomputers. This course prepares the students for the A+ Examination. PREREQUISITE: CP-101 or CT-101
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