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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course emphasizes the practical application of the law. It examines the dynamic balance of power between the government to enforce the criminal law against the rights of the individual to come and go as they please without government interference. Specific emphasis will be placed on the difference between laws that deal with persons and that of property as well as criminal liability and defenses to criminal liability. In addition, the course will look at what elements are needed to classify crimes as well as the differences in grading.
Prerequisite:
CRJ 110
Corequisite:
CRJ 110
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3.00 Credits
This course guides students through comprehensive, historical, and current evidence-based practices for probation, release from prison, and community-based alternatives. Students will analyze different release theories, bail and petition hearings, revocation penalties, and legal constitutional issues that emerge through the probation and parole system.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the juvenile justice system focusing on the origins of the juvenile system as well as current and projected trends in the United States. Students will analyze the procedural differences between the adult and juvenile systems, as well as the theory of rehabilitative punishment goals. Students will evaluate theories of delinquency, interdisciplinary communication, and diversion of selected juvenile offenders from the formal justice system.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
This course enables students to explore additional topics that expand upon fundamental knowledge and skills in criminal justice based on student needs or requirements beyond courses currently offered at NPRC.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an opportunity for students to engage in participant observation, task performance, or other related activities in an agency of the criminal justice system. A 60-hour field placement is required in addition to attendance at scheduled seminars and/or class meetings. This course is aligned with NPRC Career Services Outcomes.
Prerequisite:
Field Experience Clearances AND 9 Credits of CRJ coursework
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the structure of early childhood education as a dynamic field encompassing child care and elementary school in both public and private settings. Social and cultural foundations are examined within their influences on children, families, and early childhood professionals. This course is aligned with NPRC Career Services Outcomes as students explore job opportunities within Early Childhood fields. Assignments and outcomes within this course are aligned to portfolio components for the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the symbiotic relationship between family and care environments while emphasizing a team approach utilizing family, educational and childcare providers, and community resources to promote early development and learning. Focus is placed on practical components of family involvement that teachers encounter, effective home and educational provider communications, parent and teacher conferences, facilitation of connections with community resources, administrative issues, and challenges with family involvement in the educational system. Assignments and outcomes within this course are aligned to portfolio components for the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces pre-service teachers to best practices in creating and managing instruction in the early childhood learning environment. The course fosters quality teaching and learning through lesson development designed to connect learning theories, academic standards, subject content, the learning process, student achievement, assessment of student learning, and arrangement of the classroom environment for improved instruction. Effective strategies for classroom behavior management that promote a safe, respectful learning environment are emphasized. A 30-hour field experience provided through site-based observation or alternate video review is required. This course is aligned with NPRC Career Services Outcomes.
Prerequisite:
Field Experience Clearances
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3.00 Credits
This course emphasizes the importance of the arts as a foundation for expression in childhood. Students examine how to use art, music, dance, and drama to help children express and communicate their developing ideas, experiences, and feelings about themselves and the world. The development of the arts as process-driven over product-driven disciplines is evaluated and discussed.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
This course enables students to explore additional topics that build fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for additional studies in early childhood education based on student needs or requirements beyond courses currently offered at NPRC.
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