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2021-2022 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Communication Studies
  

  • CMM 335 - Writing for Radio and Television (3 cr.)

    Examination of the techniques, styles, formats, and theories involved in writing for radio and television. Students will practice writing news stories, commercials, radio dramas, television episodes and short form films. Approved AWR.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 288  and ENG 101 .
    Meets Advanced Writing Requirement
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CMM 338 - Understanding Film (3 cr.)

    A technical, aesthetic, and theoretical approach to film study as a unique art form with its own grammar and language. Individual topics such as directing styles, genres, characterization, mise-en-scene, editing, and sound techniques will be examined in the context of individual films and film segments viewed in class.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 348 - Media and Communication Ethics (3 cr.)

    Examine a range of ethical theories relevant to the field of media and communication; explore major ethical dilemmas and issues that media and communication professionals face in their day-to-day decision-making.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 118 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 350 - Media Convergence (3 cr.)

    This course is designed to introduce students to the history, trends, and impact of media convergence. Students will explore the integration of new technology with traditional media, the evolution of participatory media culture, impacts of social media, and contemporary media regulation. Students will maintain a blog or website and incorporate a discussion of related convergent media topics within it.
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 118 .
  

  • CMM 351 - Social Media Communication (3 cr.)

    In today’s rapidly-evolving media landscape, social media has not only become a fundamental tool for communication, but a must-have skill in a multitiude of industries.  The course will help students understand that the ubiquity of social media comes with its own set of influences on politics, economics, culture, and social practices.
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 118  
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 360 - Multimedia Storytelling (3 cr.)

    This course combines technical training in digital photopgraphy, design and web based tools for interactive content creation with instruction in digital storytelling.  Students will learn: to plan online multimedia projects; to think as professional communicators in gathering information; to capture still images, audio, and video; and to publish materials they collect in interactive packages designed for the Web.
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 229  or CMM 312  or JOU 240  or POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 361 - Video Motion Graphics (3 cr.)

    A hands-on production course introducing video motion graphics that utilize digital video and various forms of graphic file formats. Industry standard visual effects software including After Effects and Flash will be used to cover diverse practices in visual effects in broadcast, animations in live action, title and logos in different programs.
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 288  and CMM 229 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 365 - Media and Popular Culture (3 cr.)

    An overview of popular culture as presented by the media; address such questions as how do the media frame and shape culture, what is the relationship between media and popular forms of entertainment such as music and sports, and how do issues of gender, race, class, sexual orientation, national origin, and ethnicity affect media portrayal and reception.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 226  or CMM 288 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 375 - Television Studio Production (4 cr.)

    A hands-on television production experience which focuses on the use of multi- camera studio technique and equipment for the production of a variety of television programming.
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 229  and CMM 232  and junior standing.
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 385 - Digital Video Editing (3 cr.)

    Advanced hands-on applications in video editing for students who have completed the department’s basic television production course (or the equivalent). Includes in-depth examination of the technical and aesthetic factors involved in post-production editing.
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 229 .
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 390 - Special Topics Seminar in Broadcast Media (3 to 4 cr.)

    This course will explore the interconnections between the basic structures of human social interaction, theories about technology, and the communication design perspective. Students will develop their ability to understand, critique, and design interventions that will improve communication among multiple parties.
    Liberal arts
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CMM 399 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
  

  • CMM 400 - Producing the Documentary (4 cr.)

    An advanced hands-on video production course that includes pre-production design, on-location shooting, and post-production of a short documentary. Students work together in groups of 2-3 to fill the principal roles of the documentary crew. Each group will research, write, direct, and edit their own documentary. Lecture/Lab
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 375  and junior standing.
    Fees: Tape Fee $30.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 401 - Political Communication (3 cr.)

    This course will examine the role of communication in American politics, the interchange of news, politics, and advocacy and application of public communication principles to political and advocacy campaigns. Students will develop an appreciation of how political communication practices and actions are influenced by rhetoric via old and new media. Topics covered are the role of media relations in politics, the historical and social importance of rhetoric in civic life, and ethical implications of mediated persuasion tactics in the 21st century.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 226  or CMM 288 , and junior standing.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 407 - Concepts of Persuasion (3 cr.)

    Emphasis on theories of persuasion. Examination of persuasive strategies used in mass media, advertising, political campaigns, social movements, public presentations and interpersonal relationships, along with their ethical implications.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 118  and CMM 226 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 408 - Audio Field Recording Practicum (2 cr.)

    Learn advanced audio engineering techniques by recording music in the field. Develop familiarity with engineering and processing of audio CDs by working with various on-campus clients to record music-based performances. Explore client relations, equipment configuration, post-production processing, and audio CD mastering requirements. May be repeated for a total of six credits. Lecture/Lab
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 428  or CMM 464 .
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 409 - Radio Management Practicum (2 cr.)

    Acquire and practice radio management skills by contributing to WARP radio broadcasting operations through various radio management positions. In addition, students complete on-air shifts, develop shows, produce audition CDs, and assist in training DJs. May be taken twice for a total of four credits.
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 209  and CMM 232 .
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 410 - Leadership Communication (3 cr.)

    Focus on theories of communication and leadership in group, public, and organizational contexts. Theories of leadership are compared and evaluated. Relationships between cultural diversity, leadership, and communication are explored.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 118  and CMM 226 
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 412 - Digital Media Practicum (3 cr.)

    Learn advanced digital media production techniques by crafting communication messages using advanced digital media tools. Create digital marketing material, animations, broadcast graphics, video marketing material, or interactive websites to deliver focused communication messages on web and social media platforms. May be taken up to two times.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 242   or CMM 312  , CMM 229  , CMM 232  , and junior standing or POI.
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 415 - Digital Film Production (4 cr.)

    Digital Film Production guides students through the creative and technical process of contemporary independent film production. It is predominantly a hands-on course providing an experiential learning opportunity for students. Students will be required to work in teams, develop their own creative content, capture media in the field, and manage production schedules. Lecture/Lab
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 229  , CMM 232  .
    Corequisite(s): CMM415L.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 416 - Rhetorical Analysis (3 cr.)

    Study of basic theories and methods of rhetorical criticism. Various texts, such as speeches, editorials, political campaigns, songs, and films, are discussed, analyzed and evaluated.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 101  and CMM 226  and ENG 101 .
    Meets Advanced Writing Requirement
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 422 - Research Methods in Communication (3 cr.)

    Covers essential methods in research design, measurement, data analysis, and data interpretation that are frequently adopted in social research - both qualitative and quantitative. Students gain practical experience in instrument construction, use of computerized statistical packages, and research report writing. Highlights ethical issues involving human subjects and the responsibilities of communication professionals when producing/interpreting scientific data.
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 118  and CMM 226 , or POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 424 - Digital Animation Production (4 cr.)

    Learn how to create, digitize, and manipulate images and sound as a means to construct animations using current animation software. Learn how to plan, create and compile different types of animations to be distributed on the Web. Learn how animations are used in filmmaking and digital marketing realms. Lecture/Lab
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 242  or CMM 312  or CMM 385  or POI.
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 428 - Advanced Radio Production (4 cr.)

    Hands-on study of advanced audio production methods used in radio broadcasting. Explore advanced digital production techniques while crafting messages for targeted audience impact. Learn how to produce a wide variety of productions including PSA’s, imagers, promos, drops, podcasts, and more. Lecture/Lab
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 232  or JOU 240 .
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 429 - Television Field Acting and Production (4 cr.)

    Theory and practice in the live performance and production of dramatic material in non-studio environments with special emphasis on shot continuity and video editing procedures. Lecture/Lab
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 375  and junior standing.
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 433 - Television Station Management (3 cr.)

    An advanced practical experience in the day-to-day operations and management of a college television station; including producing, directing, engineering, programming and promotion. May be taken twice for a total of six credits.
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 233   and CMM 288  and ENG 101  and junior standing.
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 434 - Advanced Web Design (4 cr.)

    This course teaches students to assess the needs and expectations of specific Web audiences and to design sites that address those needs and expectations. Students will learn professional standards for designing Web pages using current HTML, JavaScript, and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) standards. They will learn to design projects that are based on sound principles of graphic design and that are easy to use and accessible to a broad potential audience. They will learn to write in a style that addresses the demands of a dynamic and responsive medium while adhering to principles of sound rhetoric and effective communication. Lecture/Lab
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 242  or JOU 317 , or POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 435 - Electronic Media Management (3 cr.)

    Examines the business and managerial aspects of electronic media. While the concentration is primarily on programming, sales and promotion, students will also examine the various managerial theories and strategies applied in the managing of an electronic media facility.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 226  or CMM 288 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 446 - Sound Production for Film & Video (4 cr.)

    Students explore the process of recording, editing, and mixing sound for visual media. Moving through pre-production, production, and post, students will capture sound in the field, edit and process in the studio, and learn to mix a final product. The course combines lectures, hands-on instruction, and field work. Students will also develop critical listening and analysis skills necessary to evaluate audio-visual media and to improve their own work. Lecture/Lab
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 232 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 455 - Media Law (3 cr.)

    Legal foundations for future practitioners of mass communication. Pertinent cases, precedents, and guidelines within the parameters of the First Amendment rights. Recurring legal issues including freedom of the press, libel, invasion of privacy, copyright, obscenity, commercial speech and broadcasting regulations.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 226  or CMM 288 ; and junior standing.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 458 - Producing & Reporting TV News (4 cr.)

    Students are introduced to the essential tools associated with being a broadcast journalist. Students will develop their on-air, story-telling abilities by producing a series of television broadcast news stories. They will also learn basic studio operations. Emphasis is placed on writing style, news gathering, and performance. Lecture/Lab
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 229  and CMM 333 .
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 459 - Advanced TV News Production (4 cr.)

    A hands-on study of gathering, writing, editing and presenting news for the broadcast media. Emphasis is placed on writing style, news gathering, presentation and performance. Lecture/Lab
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 458  and ENG 101 .
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 460 - Sports Broadcasting (4 cr.)

    Students explore the essential tools associated with being a sports broadcaster. Students will develop their on-air, storytelling abilities by delivering short television sports broadcasts and broadcasting local sporting events for radio and television. Emphasis is placed on clarity, diction, presentation and performance. Lecture/Lab
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 229  and CMM 232  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 464 - Digital Audio Recording Applications (4 cr.)

    Advanced audio production course covering the theory and practice of digital audio recording in various professional environments. Hands-on experience provides exposure through production and remixing projects. Students develop their recording, editing, and processing techniques as they create productions for a wide variety of media-based environments including radio, TV, film, music recording, and the internet. Lecture/Lab
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 232 .
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 470 - Organizational Communication (3 cr.)

    Perspectives and theories on communication within a variety of organizational contexts provide an intensive and dynamic area of study. Types of organizations include: for profit corporations, non-profits, NGOs, governments and healthcare establishments. The focus is on how organizational culture is built and sustained through communication, as well as how obstacles to communication flow and effectiveness and diagnosed and addressed.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 226 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 489 - Washington Internship Institute (3 to 15 cr.)
  

  • CMM 490 - Mass Communication Theory (3 cr.)

    Traces various theoretical frameworks frequently adopted in theorizing about mass media’s roles, functions, and effects for individuals as well as for the society as a whole. Reviews prevalent analytical paradigms underlying mass communication research and their historical transformations.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 226  or CMM 288 ; and junior standing.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 491 - Senior Seminar (1 cr.)

    Students prepare for their future and the transition from undergraduate life to careers and/or graduate school in Communication. Students complete personal assessment and conduct industry-related research to prepare for their upcoming roles in the field. Topics covered include developing employment portfolio content, graduate school preparation, researching salary/compensation packages, corporate culture, and industry trends. Should be taken in final semester.  
    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 495 - Communication Undergraduate Research Capstone (3 cr.)

    Undergraduate research project under the direction of a faculty mentor, resulting in a written thesis. A thesis is a primary research project in which a student formulates a research question, crafts a literature review, collects data, analyzes the data, and discusses the conclusions and implications presented by the project.
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 226   or CMM 288  ; CMM 325  ,CMM 328   , CMM 401  , CMM 422  , or CMM 490  ; and senior standing and POI.
  

  • CMM 496 - Tutorial (2 to 3 cr.)

    Assist instructor in planning, preparation, class demonstrations, and teaching in undergraduate lectures and/or laboratory sections of CMM courses. Course may not be used for satisfying any of the Major Requirements.
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, permission of instructor and department chair. Course may be taken up to 3 times, but credit may not be received for service as a Lab Assistant for the same course more than once.
  

  • CMM 498 - Internship (1 to 12 cr.)

    The Department of Communication Studies provides a variety of field experiences in professional settings to qualified majors in the areas of Audio Production, Broadcast Journalism, Communications, Radio Broadcasting, and Television Broadcasting. Internship credits are not applied to satisfy major program requirements. May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
    Prerequisite(s): vary for each type of internship , but intern must be a recognized major, having passed CMM 101  , CMM 118  , and CMM 226  with a “C” or better.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CMM 499 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 599 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.

Criminal Justice
  

  • CRI 150 - Introduction to Criminal Justice (3 cr.)

    This course introduces the foundations of the American criminal justice system, and provides in-depth information about the components of the system, including police, courts, and corrections. The course focuses on the structure and function of each criminal justice agency, and emphasizes the criminal justice process, and how the criminal justice agencies interact with each other. Definition of crime, types of crime, criminal justice policy, and the trends and the issues in criminal justice agencies are also discussed.
    Liberal Arts
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CRI 250 - Criminology (3 cr.)

    This course provides an introduction to the social scientific study of crime and criminal behavior. Topics include definitions and measurement of crime, patterns and trends in crime, and the major theories of crime causation. The course also covers the connections between theories and criminal justice policies.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150   or SOC 101  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
  

  • CRI 251 - Criminal Law (3 cr.)

    An Introductory course in U.S. Criminal Law. Topics covered include the common law roots of the criminal sanction, criminal culpability, the elements of crimes, various defenses, and legal argument in the criminal courtroom.
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150   or SOC 101  and criminal justice major or criminal justice or legal studies minor.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CRI 260 - Environmental Criminology (3 cr.)

    This course focuses on the settings in which crime occurs, and understand the various aspects of a criminal event to identify patterns of behavior and environmental factors that create opportunities for crime and disorder. It focuses on the elements within location, looks at data such as the time and place of crimes to better understand where crimes are occurring. It provides important means for reducing crime by modifying the elements within location or planning the built environment.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Summer
  

  • CRI 270 - Criminal Investigation (3 cr.)

    The course will cover issues ranging from drugs, crime scene procedures, and death investigation, to computer and environmental crimes. The legal issues of interrogation, search and seizure, and arrest will be examined. At the completion of the course, student will have cultivated a working vocabulary and basic knowledge of criminal investigation.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 250 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CRI 304 - Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System (3 cr.)

    This course provides knowledge into an understudied yet important aspect of criminal justice, which is how mental health affects crime and how criminal justice professionals are affected by those suffering from mental health disorders and co-occurring disorders. This course focuses on how specific mental health disorders are related to criminal behavior; common interactions between mentally ill offenders and emergency responders, probation and parole officers, correctional officers and other social workers; the stigmatization that exists for those suffering from mental health disorders; and policy solutions to address the needs of mentally ill offenders.
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150  or CRI 250  
  

  • CRI 311 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice (3 cr.)

    This course examines criminal justice research methods. Topics include research language, research process, types of research, external validity and sampling, internal validity and research design, measurement validity and reliability and measurement, policy analysis and evaluation research, and ethics in research. The course also offers information on qualitative research methods.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150  , CRI 250  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CRI 340 - Transnational Crime (3 cr.)

    This course deals with one of the most critical and encompassing types of crime in this century: Transnational Crime (TC). This course explores the diverse dimensions of transnational crime to understand historical and current patterns of crimes that occur beyond national borders. Crimes such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, firearms trafficking, wild-life trafficking, counterfeiting, maritime piracy, and money laundering are covered in detail. Further, some ways of combating transnational crime are also discussed.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150   or SOC 101  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Most Summers
  

  • CRI 344 - Homeland Security (3 cr.)

    This course will introduce students to the phenomenon of modern homeland security. Students will acquire a solid foundation for understanding the nature of issues related to homeland security. The course will review the policies, procedures, and organizational reforms to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from man-made and natural disasters. In this course, students will have an opportunity to analyze federal, state, and local levels of the homeland security enterprise. Current risks, threats, and vulnerabilities will be evaluated. Further, preparedness, response and recovery mechanisms will also be discussed.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150   and CRI 250  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Every Third Fall and some Summer/Winters Online
  

  • CRI 352 - White Collar Crime (3 cr.)

    Examines white-collar crime in American society, with particular emphasis on the crimes of large organizations. Various case studies will be examined to illustrate different aspects of the white-collar crime problem. These include the explanation of corporate and governmental crime, its social control, recent trends in white-collar crime enforcement, and research strategies for studying white-collar crime.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150   or SOC 101  , CRI 250  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CRI 353 - Punishment and Society (3 cr.)

    This course offers a social scientific view of punishment and corrections in the U.S., and seeks to place the study of jails, prisons, capital punishment, probation, parole, and community corrections in a macrosociological and historical perspective.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CRI 354 - Policing and Society (3 cr.)

    As a “survey” type of course CRI 354 will necessarily touch upon many theories, authors, issues, and problems related to the policing of a free society. It is meant to be a broad introduction to several fields at once; we will study the individual police officer’s experience (and that of the police subculture) as well as police organizations and operations. Discussion will avail the student of theoretical as well as practical information relating to the functions of the police. On a regular basis, the endeavor will involve comparing “real life” police work to theories and images, presented throughout our society, of how the police operate.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CRI 356 - Organized Crime (3 cr.)

    A realistic concept and historical understanding of the problem of organized criminal activity in the United States within a global context. Focuses on theories and the evolution of organized criminal syndicates from many regions of the world - including Asia, Russia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa - as well as homegrown organized crime, including political and law enforcement corruption and street and prison gangs. Also studies the rapidly evolving relationship between terrorism and organized crime, the emergence of cybercrime, and the latest strategies for investigation and prosecution. Special emphasis on the politics and mythology of organized crime.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 , CRI 250 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CRI 357 - Courts and Criminal Procedures (3 cr.)

    This course provides an overview of the structure and process of U.S. criminal courts. Included are concepts of jurisdiction, venue, role of court participants, due process of law, and post arrest procedures employed in the adjudication of trial process and appellate review. Constitutional issues such as prosecutorial discretion, indigent rights, right to counsel, provident pleas, excessive bail, preventive detention, competency, suppression of evidence, compulsory process of witnesses, double jeopardy, and speedy trial will also be addressed.
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 250  , and criminal justice major or minor.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CRI 359 - Human Rights and Justice (3 cr.)

    This course covers the theoretical, legal and political aspects of human rights. It addresses the evolution of international human rights and of legal instruments designed for their protection. It will study the theoretical foundations of the idea of human rights in various civilizations and cultures and examine its relevance in dealing with major issues in the contemporary world.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150   or SOC 101  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CRI 360 - Race, Crime, and Justice (3 cr.)

    This course is a critical examination of the intersection of race, ethnicity, and crime, and the economic, political, and sociological reasons why racial and ethnic minorities are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. This course also analyzes the historical relationship between race and criminal justice, and the role that racism plays in policing and punishing racial and ethnic minorities. The media’s influence on race, crime and justice, particularly the stereotypical images of offenders and victims, will also be explored.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 101  , CRI 150  and/or CRI 250  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Every other Spring
  

  • CRI 362 - Women in the Criminal Justice System (3 cr.)

    This course explores the intersection between women and the criminal justice system and examines the nature and extent of women as offenders, victims and professionals in the criminal justice system. Feminist criminology theories and perspectives will be used to examine how women are particularly affected by victimization, crime and punishment, and investigate the relationship between victimization and offending. The course also includes a critical analysis of the intersections between race, gender, crime and punishment.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CRI 364 - Victimology (3 cr.)

    Victimology is an introduction to the social-scientific study of individuals harmed by criminal acts. Topics include the nature of victimization, the sources of victimization data, the role of the victim in victimization and the impact of the criminal justice system.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 101  or CRI 250 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CRI 365 - The International Criminal Justice System and Women (3 cr.)

    This course examines the relationship between the international criminal justice system and women and will cover the following topics  1) a cross-cultural perspective of women as offenders; 2) the intersection between women’s victimization, human rights abuses, and the international criminal justice system; 3) an international comparative perspective of women in the criminal justice system professions.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150  or SOC 101  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CRI 370 - Juvenile Delinquency (3 cr.)

    Theory and concepts of juvenile delinquency and the juvenile justice system; factors underlying delinquency; treatment and prevention.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
  

  • CRI 371 - Substance Abuse and the Criminal Justice System (3 cr.)

    This course will examine the historical problem of substance abuse/dependency and will focus on what effective policies/programs are in place to address it. This course will also provide an in-depth examination of substance abuse and treatment, drug violence, and the enforcement of drug policy in the criminal justice system.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 101   and CRI 150  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CRI 372 - Sex Offenders and Sex Crimes (3 cr.)

    This course is intended to provide an overview of sex offending, and the nature of sex crimes. The material will be presented from a multidisciplinary standpoint and will focus on the nature of offending, as well as motivational factors for such behaviors. The course concludes with a comprehensive overview of the social and legislative response to these crimes.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150   and CRI 250  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Every Other Year; Winter/Summer online
  

  • CRI 374 - Media, Crime, and Criminal Justice (3 cr.)

    This course critically critiques and analyzes the historical and contemporary relationship between media, crime, and criminal justice. It examines how crime victims, offenders and the criminal justice system are depicted in popular culture - television, movies, music, literature - and social and news media. The course also critiques how these portrayals impact victims and offenders, crime and justice, and influence politics. In addition, the course includes an analysis of how race, class and gender influences the ways in which the media portrays different types of victims and offenders, and the media’s culpability in how these individuals are punished. The theoretical foundations for exploring media, crime, and justice are also explored in this course.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 101   and CRI 150  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CRI 375 - Cybercrime (3 cr.)

    This course focuses on explaining cybercrime, types of cybercrimes, methods/techniques used by cybercriminals to commit cybercrime, and prevention of cybercrime. More specifically, the course introduces definition of cybercrime, the types of cyber-attacks, typologies of cybercrime, preventive measures for cybercrimes, and methods and techniques used by cybercriminals to commit different forms of cybercrime such as identity theft, online financial fraud, child pornography, and intellectual property theft.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150  or CRI 251  or POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Every Third Spring; Summer, Winter
  

  • CRI 376 - Family Violence (3 cr.)

    A critical examination of family violence. Topics include the nature, dynamics, types, and consequences of family violence, theories on family violence, and prevention measures and strategies for dealing with family violence.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150   and CRI 250  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CRI 377 - Crime and Intelligence Analysis (3 cr.)

    The course covers both the theoretical and practical guidelines about how to conduct crime and intelligence analysis in a systematic way, and how crimes can be prevented. Specifically, the course focuses on theories associated with crime analysis, and practical guidelines on identifying trends, patterns, and causes of crime; characteristics of victim/target, offender, and space, the links among them; and developing interventions to overcome crime.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 250  or CRI 251  or POI
    Semester(s) Offered: Every Third Fall
  

  • CRI 380 - The War on Drugs (3 cr.)

    This analytical course will touch upon many theories, authors, issues, and problems related to the so-called “Drug War” that is being waged on the streets of America and elsewhere in the world. The course develops an understanding of drug usage, the “problem” of drugs, and the regulation of same from philosophical, psychological, sociological, and political perspectives. It ends with a consideration of the geo-political implications of drug baron driven clandestine political operations around the world.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150   or SOC 101  , CRI 250  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CRI 382 - Comparative Criminology and Criminal Justice (3 cr.)

    This course is a cross-cultural analysis of crime, responses to criminal and deviant behaviors, and systems of justice. The course places crimes and responses within the appropriate social, historical, legal, economic, and/or political context.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 250  and one of the following: CRI 353 , CRI 354 , or CRI 357 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring, Summer
  

  • CRI 383 - Cyberterrorism (3 cr.)

    This course deals with one of the most critical and less-known crimes in this century: Cyberterrorism. This course takes cyberterrorism from a broader and more theoretical perspective rather than practical and technical. In other words, this course is not about the technical use of computers and Internet in terms of cyberterrorism. Rather, it focuses more on current terrorist organizations’ use of IT technologies in cyber space for terrorist goals and purposes (such as propaganda, recruitment, and radicalization). Some major cases of cyberterrorism (i.e., Stuxnet) are covered. Finally, counter-cyberterrorism strategies are also discussed in this course.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150   or SOC 101  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Most Summers
  

  • CRI 384 - Terrorism (3 cr.)

    This course will focus on terrorism from a criminological standpoint and pay particular attention to the strategies to reduce terrorism and associated harms. Both domestic and international issues will be addressed in the course. The course will cover the actors, organizations, and crimes that are associated with terrorism as well as some of the theories, sources, history, causes, social conditions, and responses related to the broad topic of terrorism.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 101  and CRI 250 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Every other Spring
  

  • CRI 385 - Contemporary Policing Strategies (3 cr.)

    This course focuses on various police strategies, their evolutions over time, their implementations in the field, and their effectiveness to prevent and control crime. More specifically, the course provides information about the following police strategies including: preventive patrol; follow-up investigations; rapid response to calls for service; community policing; problem oriented policing; situational crime prevention; police crackdowns; hot spots policing; pulling lever policing; SQF (stop-question-frisk); order-maintenance policing; broken windows policing; zero-tolerance policing; COMPSTAT policing; third party policing; intelligence led policing; procedurally just policing etc. The course also provides practical guidelines about how to implement these police strategies in the field and provides empirical studies that indicate whether these policing strategies are effective.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CRI 393 - Topics in Criminal Justice (3 cr.)

    Significant topics relating to the analysis of crime and its correction in modern societies will be offered so as to utilize the research specializations of faculty and provide students with an opportunity to study topics not covered in depth in other courses. Examples: corporate crime, private policing. My be repeated for a total of six credits.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 , CRI 250 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
  

  • CRI 398 - Applied Criminal Justice Internship (3 to 12 cr.)
  

  • CRI 399 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CRI 405 - Selected Issues in Criminal Justice (3 cr.)

    A seminar which focuses on key issues in criminal justice. It draws on previous course work in criminal justice, but provides a more in-depth analysis of specific issues. Examines major schools of thought and how they approach these various issues.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 101  , SOC 101  , CRI 250  , and either CRI 353  or CRI 354  and junior standing and criminal justice major.
    Meets Advanced Writing Requirement
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CRI 450 - Ethics in Criminal Justice (3 cr.)

    This course covers both the theoretical and practical aspects of criminal justice ethics. Classical, modern, and postmodern ethical perspectives are analyzed from the perspective of the criminal justice practitioner. Approaches to solving ethical dilemmas are applied to the reality of careers in a variety of criminal justice fields - from law enforcement and punishment and corrections, to the role of the prosecutor, defense counsel, and judiciary in the administration of justice. Ethical codes of conduct are critically examined.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 150   and CRI 250  ; criminal justice major or minor or legal studies minor; and senior standing.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CRI 489 - Washington Internship Institute (3 to 15 cr.)

    Liberal Arts
  

  • CRI 490 - Study Abroad in Comparative Criminology (3 to 9 cr.)

    This course examines crime and deviance in an international context, with a focus on one country. The course begins with a broad introduction to comparative criminology and criminal justice; measuring cross-national crime, criminality, and victimization; and historical, cultural, and political topics related to the study abroad. The study abroad experience typically consist of lectures by criminologists, lawyers, and other experts; visits to appropriate criminal justice, victim, and drug treatment facilities; and visits to related historical and cultural sites. Destinations will vary. (Winter/Spring/Summer).
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 250  and one of the following: CRI 353 , CRI 354 , or CRI 357 .
  

  • CRI 495 - Study Abroad: Criminal Justice (1 to 4 cr.)

    A course in one or more criminal justice topics completed through a study-away experience.
    Prerequisite(s): CRI 250   and one of the following: CRI 353  ;CRI 354  ; CRI 357  .
  

  • CRI 498 - Applied Criminal Justice Internship (1 to 12 cr.)

    The student placed as an intern in a private or public organization will apply social science methods and theories to a topic of current concern to the host organization. 45 total hours of work required per credit hour.
    Prerequisite(s): junior standing or higher, 2.5 g.p.a.; POI and POC.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CRI 499 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Economics
  

  • ECO 101 - Principles of Economics (3 cr.)

    Principles of macro and micro economics; analysis of policies concerned with employment and national income, including fiscal and monetary policies, international trade and finance, and economic growth and development. Micro topics include consumer behavior, the theory of the firm and resource allocation. Also covered: economic issues including pollution, poverty, productivity and minority and gender issues.
    Liberal arts
    General Education Category: Social Sciences
    Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Human Communities
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
  

  • ECO 110 - Introduction to Microeconomics (3 cr.)

    Exposes the beginning student to introductory economic concepts directly related to the individual, the firm, and the resource owners. In an institutional context, students will study economic organization, supply and demand, utility, general price determination, cost analysis, types of competition, and the theory of production. Specific applications of factor pricing and other topics may also be covered.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): High school mathematics 11 or one semester of a college mathematics course.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • ECO 111 - Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 cr.)

    Overview of the market economy, national income measurement and determination, the banking system and the role of money, monetary and fiscal policy, unemployment and inflation, economic growth, international trade and comparative advantage.
    Liberal arts
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • ECO 199 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
  

  • ECO 260 - Business Statistics I (3 cr.)

    Introduction to descriptive statistics, probability, correlation, sampling, sampling distributions, and confidence intervals applied to social, business, and economic data. Also, discrete and continuous probability distributions - uniform, poisson, binomial, normal, and exponential. Extensive use of Excel for data analysis, graphical and tabular presentation.
    Liberal arts
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • ECO 299 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • ECO 303 - Environmental and Ecological Economics (3 cr.)

    This course is concerned with integrating the study and management of environmental services and economics. The course is primarily concerned with the removal of the conceptual and professional isolation that have led to long-term mutually destructive rather than reinforcing economic and environmental policies. The course considers the efficient and equitable use of society’s scarce environmental resources including air, water, land, biodiversity and ecosystem services. Topics can include environmental regulation, social welfare analysis, Pigovian taxes, tradable pollution permits, modeling of common property resources, use and non-use valuation techniques, economic effects of climate change, the debate of growth versus no-growth, and others.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): ECO 101  or ECO 110 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • ECO 308 - Intermediate Microeconomics (3 cr.)

    This course covers the major tools of microeconomics, primarily consisting of the optimizing behavior of individual economic units (consumers and business firms), and their resulting interactions in markets. The material is quantitative and mathematical. It is presented using graphical analysis, algebra, and basic calculus.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): ECO 101  or ECO 110 ; MAT 221  or MAT 224  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • ECO 309 - Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 cr.)

    The course presents the modern approach to macroeconomics, building up from the optimizing behavior of households and firms and their interactions on markets, using graphical and mathematical analysis. The course covers long-run economic growth, and short-run economic fluctuations, including the neoclassical and post-Keynesian approaches. It also looks in more detail at inflation, financial system and the labor market.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): ECO 101  ,ECO 111 , MAT 221 , or MAT 224  
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • ECO 362 - Business Statistics II (3 cr.)

    Review of continuous and discrete probability distributions, and descriptive statistics. In-depth discussion of hypothesis testing applied to univariate and multivariate analyses, including simple and multiple regression, and chi-square tests. Also, model diagnostics, quality control, and nonparametric hypothesis testing. Extensive use of Excel and/or other statistical software for statistical analysis, graphical and tabular presentation.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): ECO 260  or MAT 161 ; and MIS 275  
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • ECO 380 - Public Finance (3 cr.)

    Fiscal theory and policy; effects of taxation, governmental expenditure programs and public debt operations. Public revenue and expenditure structure on resource organization, income distribution, employment, prices and economic growth.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): ECO 101  or ECO 111 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • ECO 391 - International Trade (3 cr.)

    Economic foundations of the international movement of goods and services, labor, investment funds, business enterprises and technology. Emphasis on global economic interdependence. Production specialization, gains from international trade, inter and intra industry trade and international economic institutions and cooperation emphasizing the role of NAFTA in the US and Canadian economies.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): ECO 101  or ECO 111 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Occasional
  

  • ECO 392 - History of Economic and Financial Thought (3 cr.)

    The evolution of economic and finance theory, knowledge and vision with emphasis on the 18th century and after, especially the great economists from Adam Smith to present.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): ECO 111 , ENG 101 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • ECO 399 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • ECO 435 - Economic Issues (3 cr.)

    Analysis and debate of current economic issues. Recent examples include the cost of health care and the Affordable Care Act, college education and student debt, male/female wage disparities, capitalism vs. socialism, minimum wage laws, the federal budget, the Federal Reserve system, energy independence, transportation infrastructure.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 , ECO 110 , ECO 111 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • ECO 440 - National Income and Business Forecasting (3 cr.)

    The use of national income accounts in forecasting aggregate demand variables. Construction and analysis of economic indicators, and development and understanding of macro and micro forecasting models for better planning and decision making at the industry and corporate levels.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): ECO 101  or ECO 111 ; ECO 260  or ECO 362 .
 

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