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1.00 Credits
Corequisites: HOTL 240 and HOTL 242. This course is designed to help students understand the importance of the interaction between hospitality employees and guests. Quality service standards, service audit systems, and customer/ employee feedback systems will be discussed. 1 lecture hour.
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1.00 Credits
Corequisites: HOTL 240 and HOTL 241. This course is designed to provide food service management students a thorough knowledge of table service, dining room set-up, server stations, and wait-staff equipment. The qualities of a professional server and the creation of successful mise en place will be discussed. 1 lecture hour.
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2.00 Credits
An introduction to assist students in selecting a career in health sciences. The course meets one evening per week for the semester. It consists of information on each of the health science careers offered at VU (Funeral Service Education, Health Information Management, both Associate Degree and Practical Nursing, Physical Therapist Assistant, Radiography, and Surgical Technology), as well as an overview of other health related careers. Content includes information regarding programs, laboratory experience, background and requirements for the curriculum, and employment opportunities in each career. Other aspects of the coursework include Universal Precautions, bioethical aspects of health care, professional responsibilities, and confidentiality issues. 2 lecture hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior level standing or consent of the instructor. This course is an intensive study of how public policy is developed in a modern pluralistic democracy. Topics such as the role of interest groups, social problems, entitlement programs and the process of resource allocation will be discussed. With more demands being made on government at all levels, how an issue becomes the focus of public policy will also be covered. The case study method will be used to examine programs ranging from the New deal to Homeland Security. Significant time will also be spent looking at the history of grant-in-aid programs and evolution of current public policy initiative. Successful grant writing approaches and techniques will also be studied. 3 lecture hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior level standing or consent of the instructor. The purpose of this course in homeland security is to explore the boundaries of this 21st century national security mission by examining the threats, the actors, and the organizational structures and resources required to defend the American homeland. It will also focus on U.S. policies and programs to address the hazard posed by international and domestic terrorism. It will challenge the students to engage in a comprehensive analysis of what some have called the most important national security mission in the 21st century. 3 lecture hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior level standing or consent of the instructor. This is an introduction to Constitutional Law. The course will consider the United States Constitution and will deal with the American concept of federalism. The course will examine judicial review, the commerce clause, taxation and spending powers of the federal government, and the guarantees of property rights and substantive and procedural due process. The course will examine civil liberties under the United States Constitution with an emphasis on the rights that are guaranteed under it. 3 lecture hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior level standing or consent of the instructor. This course will provide extensive and consolidated coverage in a discipline other than a student's associate degree area of concentration. Baccalaureate students will be required to select a discipline in which they wish to expand their knowledge and employability. The course will be a concentration of materials and knowledge at an accelerated level. Course content will contain both general and specific areas of content that would benefit graduates choosing an alternate career field. Capstone courses of study will include Conservation Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement, Emergency Medical Services, Fire Science and Safety Technology, Loss Prevention and Safety, and Paralegal. 3 lecture hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior level standing or consent of the instructor. Nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons offer both terrorists and rogue states a powerful selection of tools to swing the correlation of forces in their direction. Understanding range and characteristics of these weapons, how they are most effectively employed, and potential impacts are critical to defending communities against them. Provides a detailed look at history, capabilities, and tactics and explores options available to both attacker and defender. 3 lecture hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MATH 110 Statistics; and junior level standing or consent of the instructor. The objective of this course is to provide a foundation for the student to conduct successful applied research within the framework of the Homeland Security and Public Safety environment. The primary areas covered will be scientific methods of research design, principles of data collection, interpretation of research data and ethical concerns (avoidance of bias and prejudice) in survey battery instruments or procedures. Students will be required to develop a research project and present it to the class. 3 lecture hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior level standing or consent of the instructor. The course identifies the fundamental and underlying reasons why America is a target for terrorists as it compares and contrasts various domestic and international terrorist groups and their respective ideologies. In exploring these ideologies, the course will examine the historical basis for terrorist acts, the psychological, cultural, and sociological underpinnings of the goals and apparent motivations of the modern terrorist, the usability and validity of “profiles” ofthe typical terrorist, and the differences between the modern “active” terrorist organizations. In addition, the course willdefine the various government agencies that are involved in the War on Terrorism. 3 class hours.
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