Department: Criminology & Criminal Justice

Code Name Description
CCJ280 Techniques of Interview, Interrogation This course will examine interview and interrogation procedures and techniques as performed in the United States. It will also serve as an introductory criminal justice professional writing course and focus on covering the techniques to effectively c...
CCJ399 Career Development in C & CJ This course is designed to help students explore careers in criminal justice. There is a focus on career planning strategies along with pursuing future employment in the field of criminal justice.
CCJ412 Crisis Intervention This course is designed to prepare students to understand the nature of crisis intervention, including the appropriateness of individual and team responses. It will utilize crisis intervention strategies for responding to calls pertaining to mental...
CCJ453 Organized Crime An examination of the impact upon and problems posed to the criminal justice system by organized crime in the United States and other countries. Prerequisites: CJ 151 or CJ 201.
CCJ499 Directed Study Individualized study on a topic arranged through the program advisor. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: CJ major, junior or senior standing and consent of program advisor prior to enrolment.
CJ-151 Criminal Justice Systems Overview of criminal justice systems, processes, and personnel. Roles and relationships of various law enforcement agencies, court systems, and corrections agencies. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to d...
CJ-201 Foundations in Criminology The study of crime; nature, types, causation theories, crime statistics, criminal law, the victim, punishment and crime prevention. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstrate an understanding of iss...
CJ-215 Criminal Justice Research No Description Set
CJ-220 Criminal Investigation Crime scene investigation. Collection and preservation of evidence. Admissibility of evidence, interrogations, and confessions. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstrate an understanding of integra...
CJ-223 Introduction to Law The study of the American legal system and various subject areas of law. Areas include: criminal law, criminal procedure, contracts, property, torts, business and family law. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow stud...
CJ-270 Supervision and Management Study of the major theories of management, organizing, motivation and leadership, and decision-making as applied to criminal justice personnel. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstrate an understa...
CJ-291 Juvenile Justice System Components of the juvenile justice system and the processing of the juvenile through the system; rights of the juvenile; criminological theories relevant to juvenile delinquency and criminal behaviors. This course provides competencies to meet the pr...
CJ-315 Behavioral Sciences Statistics Introduction to the methods and rules for organizing and interpreting observations; descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, hypothesis testing, simple analysis of variance, estimation, and Chi-Square. Prerequisites:...
CJ-321 Research Methods This course will introduce students to the research methodology used to assess practices and policies within the criminal justice system and in criminology overall. Students will be equipped with the range of quantitative and qualitative tools availa...
CJ-327 Career Development in the Behav Sciences This course examines vocational values, interests, and aptitudes in the identification and development of a career in the Behavior Sciences, specifically Behavioral Sciences programs, Criminal Justice, Anthropology, and Psychology. The vital role of...
CJ-330 Forensic Science No Description Set
CJ-332 Ethics and Criminal Justice No Description Set
CJ-351 Criminal Justice System No Description Set
CJ-370 Criminial Justice Management No Description Set
CJ-375 Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice An examination of issues currently faced by the criminal justice system focusing upon contemporary issues which are projected to have a major impact upon the quality of life for the community and the ability of the criminal justice system to provide...
CJ-391 Juv Dev/Juv Justice No Description Set
CJ-403 Dynamics of Family Violence No Description Set
CJ-408 Crisis Intervention & Counsel No Description Set
CJ-414 Victimology No Description Set
CJ-420 Courts and Legal Institutions No Description Set
CJ-423 Criminal Law Concepts of criminal law including elements, parties, liabilities and defenses. Constitutional limitations on police power and the administrative process of law enforcement. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow stude...
CJ-424 Criminal Procedures and Civil Liberties The pre-trial and trial rights of the criminal defendant and society, including discussions of the law of arrest, search and seizure, confessions, identification procedures, self-incrimination, and right to counsel. Important civil liberty issues suc...
CJ-425 The Judicial Process No Description Set
CJ-426 Courtroom Advocacy in Criminal Justice Theory and practice of criminal case advocacy. Students will participate in various stages of criminal pre-trial and trial litigation in criminal case exercises. Corse topics include discovery, case preparation, motions, and trial advocacy. This cour...
CJ-427 Organized & White Collar Crime No Description Set
CJ-428 American Violence No Description Set
CJ-429 The Media, Crime & Criminality No Description Set
CJ-430 Legal Research and Writing Theories, strategies and techniques involved in legal research. Fundamentals of legal research and writing through classroom instruction and field exercises. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstra...
CJ-432 Law Enforcement An examination of significant and controversial criminal justice topics involving law enforcement agencies, primarily the police; clarifying, interpreting, and identifying the role of discretion in the system. This course provides competencies to mee...
CJ-435 Ethics and Criminal Justice Examines Christian perspectives on ethical issues in the field of criminal justice. The goals are to assist students to develop an understanding of the personal and social dimensions of these ethical perspectives, methods for dealing with relevant et...
CJ-440 Underwater Forensic Investigation This course is an introduction to the underwater world of forensic evidence. Conventional wisdom has prevailed in determining that items of evidentiary significance lose their forensic value when submerged in water. This course is based on the dispel...
CJ-451 Corrections: Pri& Community Alternatives Analysis of trends in the functions and administration of institutions and community-based corrections programs; and processing of the convicted offender. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstrate...
CJ-452 Probation and Parole No Description Set
CJ-461 Women and Crime Subjects covered include mythical assumptions commonly held about women, minorities and crime. Examines the relationship of these factors to the context of policies in policing, corrections, and preventive programs. This course provides competencies...
CJ-463 Sex Crimes Psychopathology of sexual deviation; developmental theories of sexual abnormality; and legal, social, psychological, and moral problems associated with sexual and character disorders. Examines the role and interaction of police, victim, offender, and...
CJ-465 Narcotics and Drug Crimes An examination of the history of drugs, current trends of drug abuse and enforcement techniques. Examines both source and demand reduction strategies. Role of law enforcement agencies in detection and prosecution of drug offenses. This course provid...
CJ-470 Management & Public Admin No Description Set
CJ-480 Special Topics Selected topics in criminal justice and criminology. May be repeated for credit. Open to non-majors.
CJ-481 Narcotic & Drug Abuse No Description Set
CJ-482 Workshop No Description Set
CJ-487 Internship Field work experience in an approved criminal justice agency. A minimum of 40 clock hours per credit hour of work experience related to criminal justice is required. In addition to the field work, the student will be required to write a paper, be eva...
CJ-490 Seminar in Criminal Justice Agencies This is a criminal justice capstone course. Students will complete an array of assignments that integrate contemporary knowledge and understanding of criminal justice agencies with course work completed in the major. As an integral part of the capsto...
CJ-491 Juvenile Deviancy & Juvenile Justice Patterns of deviancy in youths, with particular emphasis on roles and relationships of the family, school, and peer groups; theories of causation and influence of middle-class culture on deviance. This course provides competencies to meet the program...
CJ-495 Capstone in Gender Studies No Description Set
CJ-499 Directed Study Individualized study on a topic arranged through the program advisor. Prerequisites: EN 102, COM 101, CJ major, JR or SR standing and consent of program advisor prior to enrollment
CJ151 Criminal Justice Systems Overview of criminal justice systems, processes, and personnel. Roles and relationships of various law enforcement agencies, court systems, and corrections agencies. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to d...
CJ201 Foundations in Criminology The study of crime; nature, types, causation theories, crime statistics, criminal law, the victim, punishment and crime prevention. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstrate an understanding of iss...
CJ220 Criminal Investigation Crime scene investigation. Collection and preservation of evidence. Admissibility of evidence, interrogations, and confessions. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstrate an understanding of integra...
CJ223 Introduction to Law The study of the American legal system and various subject areas of law. Areas include: criminal law, criminal procedure, contracts, property, torts, business and family law. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow stud...
CJ270 Supervision and Management Study of the major theories of management, organizing, motivation and leadership, and decision-making as applied to criminal justice personnel. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstrate an understa...
CJ280 Techniques of Interviewing, Interrogatio Techniques of Interviewing, Interrogation, and Report Writing This course will examine interview and interrogation procedures and techniques as performed in the United States. It will also serve as an introductory criminal justice professional writi...
CJ287 Introductory Field Experience No Description Set
CJ291 Juvenile Justice System Components of the juvenile justice system and the processing of the juvenile through the system; rights of the juvenile; criminological theories relevant to juvenile delinquency and criminal behaviors. This course provides competencies to meet the pr...
CJ315 Behavioral Sciences Statistics Introduction to the methods and rules for organizing and interpreting observations; descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, hypothesis testing, simple analysis of variance, estimation, and Chi-Square. Cross-listed w...
CJ318 Methods of Criminological Research No Description Set
CJ321 Research Methods This course will introduce students to the research methodology used to assess practices and policies within the criminal justice system and in criminology overall. Students will be equipped with the range of quantitative and qualitative tools availa...
CJ327 Career Dev in the Behavioral Sciences This course examines vocational values, interests, and aptitudes in the identification and development of a career in the Behavior Sciences, specifically Behavioral Sciences programs, Criminal Justice, Anthropology, and Psychology. The vital role of...
CJ375 Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice An examination of issues currently faced by the criminal justice system focusing upon contemporary issues which are projected to have a major impact upon the quality of life for the community and the ability of the criminal justice system to provide...
CJ399 Career Development in C & Cj This course is designed to help students explore careers in criminal justice. There is a focus on career planning strategies along with pursuing future employment in the field of criminal justice.
CJ401 Crime Prevention and the Community No Description Set
CJ412 Crisis Intervention This course is designed to prepare students to understand the nature of crisis intervention, including the appropriateness of individual and team responses. It will utilize crisis intervention strategies for responding to calls pertaining to mental...
CJ423 Criminal Law Concepts of criminal law including elements, parties, liabilities and defenses. Constitutional limitations on police power and the administrative process of law enforcement. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow stud...
CJ424 Criminal Procedures and Civil Liberties The pre-trial and trial rights of the criminal defendant and society, including discussions of the law of arrest, search and seizure, confessions, identification procedures, self-incrimination, and right to counsel. Important civil liberty issues suc...
CJ426 Courtroom Advocacy in Criminal Justice Theory and practice of criminal case advocacy. Students will participate in various stages of criminal pre-trial and trial litigation in criminal case exercises. Corse topics include discovery, case preparation, motions, and trial advocacy. This cour...
CJ430 Legal Research and Writing Theories, strategies and techniques involved in legal research. Fundamentals of legal research and writing through classroom instruction and field exercises. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstra...
CJ432 Law Enforcement An examination of significant and controversial criminal justice topics involving law enforcement agencies, primarily the police; clarifying, interpreting, and identifying the role of discretion in the system. This course provides competencies to mee...
CJ435 Ethics and Criminal Justice Examines Christian perspectives on ethical issues in the field of criminal justice. The goals are to assist students to develop an understanding of the personal and social dimensions of these ethical perspectives, methods for dealing with relevant et...
CJ440 Underwater Forensic Investigation This course is an introduction to the underwater world of forensic evidence. Conventional wisdom has prevailed in determining that items of evidentiary significance lose their forensic value when submerged in water. This course is based on the dispel...
CJ451 Corrections: Prisons & Community Alternatives Analysis of trends in the functions and administration of institutions and community-based corrections programs; and processing of the convicted offender. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstrate...
CJ453 Organized Crime An examination of the impact upon and problems posed to the criminal justice system by organized crime in the United States and other countries. Prerequisites: CJ 151 or CJ 201.
CJ461 Women and Crime Subjects covered include mythical assumptions commonly held about women, minorities and crime. Examines the relationship of these factors to the context of policies in policing, corrections, and preventive programs. This course provides competencies...
CJ463 Sex Crimes Psychopathology of sexual deviation; developmental theories of sexual abnormality; and legal, social, psychological, and moral problems associated with sexual and character disorders. Examines the role and interaction of police, victim, offender, and...
CJ465 Narcotics and Drug Crimes An examination of the history of drugs, current trends of drug abuse and enforcement techniques. Examines both source and demand reduction strategies. Role of law enforcement agencies in detection and prosecution of drug offenses. This course provide...
CJ468 Race, Crime and Social Policy No Description Set
CJ480 Special Topic: Selected topics in criminal justice and criminology. May be repeated for credit. Open to non-majors.
CJ487 Internship Field work experience in an approved criminal justice agency. A minimum of 40 clock hours per credit hour of work experience related to criminal justice is required. In addition to the field work, the student will be required to write a paper, be eva...
CJ490 Seminar in Criminal Justice Agencies This is a criminal justice capstone course. Students will complete an array of assignments that integrate contemporary knowledge and understanding of criminal justice agencies with course work completed in the major. As an integral part of the capsto...
CJ491 Juvenile Deviancy & Juvenile Justice Patterns of deviancy in youths, with particular emphasis on roles and relationships of the family, school, and peer groups; theories of causation and influence of middle-class culture on deviance. This course provides competencies to meet the program...
CJ499 Directed Study Individualized study on a topic arranged through the program advisor. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: CJ major, junior or senior standing and consent of program advisor prior to enrolment.
FS-523 Criminal Law No Description Set
FS-524 Criminal Procedures No Description Set
PA-510 Found Criminal Justice System No Description Set
PA-520 Found of Administration No Description Set
PA-530 Found of Research Methods No Description Set
PA-602 Agency Administration No Description Set
PA-604 Constutional Law No Description Set
PA-605 Criminology No Description Set
PA-606 Research Methods No Description Set
PA-608 Organizational Change & Innova No Description Set
PA-609 Productivity in Public Admin No Description Set
PA-610 Law Enforcement No Description Set
PA-612 Correctional Administration No Description Set
PA-614 Victimology No Description Set
PA-616 The Pol Env of Publ Serv Ag No Description Set
PA-620 Prog Planning and Evaluation No Description Set
PA-650 Organized Crime No Description Set
PA-680 Special Topics in Cj/Crim/Pub No Description Set
PA-682 Workshop No Description Set
PA-698 Special Study-Indiv Research No Description Set
PA-700 Infamous Crimes & Criminals No Description Set
PA-702 Corp. Crime and Govmt Reg No Description Set
PA-704 Forensic Science No Description Set
PA-706 Managing Crim Investigations No Description Set
PA-708 Terrorism and Justice No Description Set
PA-711 Managerial Econ for Govt Org No Description Set
PA-720 Drug Policy and the Cj Syst No Description Set
PA-722 Deviant Crim Behaviors No Description Set
PA-724 Organized Crime No Description Set
PA-730 Juvenile Justice System No Description Set
PA-732 Juvenile Probation No Description Set
PA-740 Comm Corr, Prob and Parole No Description Set
PA-742 Institutional Corrections No Description Set
PA-750 Intn' Criminal Justice Systems No Description Set
PA-752 CJ Sys of So. Pacific Nations No Description Set
PA-754 Cj Sys of Japan/Asian Countrie No Description Set
PA-760 Contemporary Issues No Description Set
PA-762 Women & the CJ System No Description Set
PA-764 Racial Minority & Crim Just Sy No Description Set
PA-766 Ethics in CJ & Public Admin No Description Set
PA-768 Crime, Color & Economics No Description Set
PA-770 Crisis (Hostage) Negotiations No Description Set
PA-772 Interpersonal Communication Sk No Description Set
PA-780 Criminal Evidence No Description Set
PA-782 Prin of Criminal Case Law No Description Set
PA-790 Survey Research Methods/Stats No Description Set
PA-792 Adv PC Statistical Methods No Description Set
PA-795 Graduate Research Project No Description Set
PA-797 Internship No Description Set
PA-798 Directed Study No Description Set
PA-799 Thesis No Description Set
RE-334 Business Ethics No Description Set
RE-435 Ethics and Criminal Justice Examines Christian perspectives on ethical issues in the field of criminal justice. The goals are to assist students to develop an understanding of the personal and social dimensions of these ethical perspectives, methods for dealing with relevant et...
RE435 Ethics and Criminal Justice Examines Christian perspectives on ethical issues in the field of criminal justice. The goals are to assist students to develop an understanding of the personal and social dimensions of these ethical perspectives, methods for dealing with relevant et...