Fall 2007 - 16 Credits:

Constitution, Ethics, Policing - Students are introduced to the constitutional limitations and ethical considerations that affect police behavior. These include use of force, coercion, entrapment, right to counsel, wiretapping, confessions and exclusionary rule.

Criminal Justice System - This course examines the criminal justice system, including law enforcement, the courts and the correctional system. Each aspect of the system is analyzed in terms of crime statistics, typologies and theoretical application.

Evaluation Research - In this course, students gain an understanding of the theory and methods involved in criminal justice research and how these are implemented in program evaluation. Emphasis is placed on understanding general research principles and methods, and how these apply to program evaluation. For criminal justice majors in their junior or senior year.

Introduction to Philosophy - This course explores the ideas of selected great philosophers, Western and non-Western, on such themes as self-knowledge, humankind and nature, humankind and society, and humankind and the ultimate. Attention is given to historical context of persons and ideas studied and to their impact on human development.

Programming & Problem Solving - This course serves as an introduction to computer science and computer programming. Topics include: fundamental programming constructs; problem-solving techniques; basic data and control structures; testing; debugging; arrays; and an introduction to object-oriented programming. The Java programming language is covered in detail. A lab is included

Spring Semester - 13 credits

Sexual Violence - This course will take an historical perspective on the societal and psychological aspects of sexual violence as it applies to the criminal justice system. It will include an examination of the etiology of sexual abuse as a law enforcement issue and will explore the societal impact of sexual violence upon both those who commit sexual violence and those who are the victims of it. The course encourages students to deepen their understanding of the social structural and individual treatment modalities that are employed within the system to decrease sexual violence.

Linear Algebra - This course covers vector spaces, systems of linear equations, linear transformations, determinants and matrix algebra.

Intro. to Discrete Mathmatics - This course introduces students to basic concepts and structures of discrete mathematics. Topics can include propositional and predicate logic, sets and set operations, functions, proof techniques, counting problems, probability and basic number theory. Applications include computer science, biology, social sciences, law and the physical sciences.

Data Structure & Abstraction - This course is a continuation of CSC 110. Topics include advanced data structures (linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, hash tables), recursion, abstract data types, introductory algorithms, and intermediate object-oriented programming. A lab is included.