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CPCE 5280 - Addictions Counseling
Includes treatment strategies for clinicians in addressing varieties of addictive behaviors including substance, abuse, eating disorders, gambling and sexual addiction. Cultural dimensions of addictions are also considered. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 5330 - Counseling Issues and Ethics
An in-depth examination of ethical and legal issues in the field. Topics include working with individuals and family systems, licensure, professional associations, record keeping and statutory requirements. Prereq: CPCE 5010 and 5810. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 5400 - Career Development
Development of competencies in career development counseling. Theories of work systems, psychological dynamics, information systems, and decision making models are covered. Interacting with work or family systems and other subsystems is emphasized. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 5425 - Developing & Implementing a School Counseling Program: ASCA
The course is specifically designed to provide training for school counselors and related professionals to develop and implement a comprehensive counseling and guidance program, which incorporates the ASCA National Model. Prereq: CPCE 5010 and 5815, EPSY 6200, RSEM 5110 and 5120. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 5500 - Diversity, Inclusion, Social Justice in Higher Education
An examination of society, media, and public and educational policy and their impact on higher education access and persistence for marginalized groups. Students are called to consider how student affairs professionals might promote social justice for marginalized student groups. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 5810 - Multicultural Counseling Issues for Individuals and Families
Students engage in an in-depth racism, White privilege and other “isms,” and assumptions as applied to ethnic-racial populations. Students learn alternative approaches to counseling African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino(a)s, American Indians, women, gays and lesbians. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 5815 - Introduction to School Counseling
This course emphasizes the unique and varied role of the school counselor and school counseling programs in diverse public schools. The course focus will be on learning the various skills necessary to meet the needs of school age students and others in the school community. In addition, the course will cover The ASCA model of comprehensive developmental school counseling activities, and focus on practical resources for counseling students in diverse school settings. Prereq: CPCE 5010. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 5820 - Strategies of Agency Counseling
Students learn the role and function of the counselor in community agency settings. Intervention strategies, consultation, administration of community mental health agencies. Prereq: CPCE 5010 and 5810. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 6
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CPCE 5825 - The Business Of Private Practice
This course is designed to teach students how to start and manage a successful private practice in counseling. Emphasis is placed on understanding and navigating the business side of professional counseling. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 5830 - Special Topics
Specific topics vary from semester to semester. Intervention strategies with children, issues in abuse, violence, incest, legal issues, adult counseling, grief, death and dying, private practice. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
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CPCE 5835 - Gender And Sexual Orientation
Investigates constructions of gender and sexuality in the systemic context of individuals, relationships, families, and culture. Emphasis will be placed on developing critical thinking and clinical skills that engage diverse clients in a respectful, ethical, and effective manner in therapy. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 5840 - Independent Study: CPCE
Individually directed research activity on special topics not covered by course offerings. Degree students only, with advance approval by major, professor and department chair. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 4
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CPCE 5910 - Practicum in CPCE
Supervised counseling practice in the counseling lab and appropriate settings (150 clock hours). Emphasis on individual and group counseling techniques and therapeutic intervention strategies. Prereq: all counseling course work must be completed. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
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CPCE 5915 - Practicum in School Counseling
This class will provide school track students with 3 credits of fieldwork at a developmental level of their choice. The course will require students to work with a school counselor activities that the counselor is assigned under supervision. Students will develop skills in needs assessment, developing classroom guidance activities and running the activities; they will sit in on IEP conferences, help conduct college fairs, administer career assessment inventories and standardized assessments, learn to place students in appropriate classes, and provide responsive counseling services on an as needed basis. Prereq: CPCE 5010, CPCE 5110, CPCE 5400, CPCE 5420, CPCE 5810, CPCE 5815, CPCE 6220. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 5917 - School Counseling Practicum
This class will provide school counseling track students with 6 credits of practicum experience. Prereq: CPCE 6230. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
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CPCE 5930 - Internship in Counseling
Psychology and Counselor Education. Supervised internship of 600 clock hours. Intern performs activities of a regularly employed professional in an approved community site. Prereq: CPCE 5910. Restriction: Restricted to CPCE-MA majors. Students must register for 3 or 6 credit hours. Max hours: 12 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 6
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CPCE 6000 - Introduction to Sex Therapy
Provides an overview of human sexuality over the life cycle, addressing social, psychological, and physiological aspects of human sexuality. Etiology of human sexuality diagnoses and treatment of problems related to human sexuality are addressed. Note: This course is a component in the couple and family program and required for MFT licensure. Prereq: CPCE 5010, CPCE 5100 and CPCE 5150. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 6100 - Spiritual Dimensions of Counseling
A didactic and experiential course involving the following content areas: theories of spiritual development, a survey of religious traditions, assessment, ethical issues, self-of-the-therapist issues, and treatment interventions and strategies in working with clients’ values. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 6140 - Counseling Children, Adolescents and Their Parents
A didactic and experiential course addressing child, adolescent, and parental/family issues. Counseling techniques, including play therapy, and parent education are taught and practiced. Assessment tools and specific strategies are used to increase positive family relationships. Prereq: CPCE 5010, CPCE 5100, CPCE 5150 and EPSY 6200. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 6160 - Advanced Assessment: Theory and Treatment in Family Systems
Emphasis is on family diagnosis or assessment and treatment and psychological processes. Major family therapy assessment methods and instruments are covered, as well as experiential application of advanced intervention strategies. Prereq: CPCE 5010, 5100, 5150, 5160, and RSEM 5110. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 6220 - Youth Challenges and Resiliency
Provides the student with theory and practical exposure to contemporary youth at risk. Focuses on prevention and intervention with youth at risk from a counseling perspective. Prereq: CPCE 5010 and 5100. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 6230 - Developmental Counseling in Schools: Prevention & Intervention
This course offers the tools to provide developmental counseling services in the schools, including prevention through classroom counseling activities linked with the curriculum, and responsive services. Prereq: CPCE 5100, 5110, 5400, 5810, EPSY 6200, RSEM 5110 and 5120. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 6240 - Consultation Strategies
Focuses on the development of consultation skills and implementation of strategies. Students are exposed to major theories of the consultation process. In addition, this course provides the opportunity to practice consultation and implementation strategies within a system: an agency, business setting, or educational setting. Prereq: CPCE 5010 or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 6250 - Mental Health Diagnosis
Students develop a professional level of understanding of the major disorders commonly subsumed under the term “psychopathology.” Classification of disorders in the DSM IV is utilized. Treatment alternatives are discussed. Prereq: CPCE 5010 and 5810. Cross-listed with EPSY 6250. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 6310 - Facilitating Sociopolitical Development Theory & Actn
Participants will learn to use dialogic instructional strategies to create student-teacher partnerships that respect student voice and affirm the lived experiences of students. Participants will learn strategies to engage students and themselves in critical inquiry about identity, privilege, and social justice. Cross listed with CPCE 7310. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 6320 - Participatory Research Methods in Context
This course will introduce students to participatory research methods, including Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), PAR, youth participatory evaluation, and design based research. Graduate students will study current examples of this work, design, and conduct a study in their professional context. Cross listed CPCE 7320. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 6330 - Advanced Seminar in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Professional analysis of major trends in counseling and psychotherapy. Specific emphasis topics identified. Prereq: CPCE 5010, 5100 and 5330. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 6350 - Theories of Personality Development and Change
An advanced course in personality theory with a focus on assumptions of each theory and each as a mechanism for change. Implications of each theory for personal growth and therapy’s addressed. Cross-listed with EPSY 6350. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 6810 - Advanced Multicultural Counseling
Offers essential preparation for competent multicultural counseling practice with racially diverse clients in an urban setting. Students learn, build and practice effective multicultural counseling skills. Explores the impact of race and ethnicity on individual behavior, interpersonal relationships and learn techniques for addressing these issues in counseling. Prereq: CPCE 5010, 5100 and 5810. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 6840 - Independent Study
Max hours: 4 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 4
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CPCE 6910 - Advanced Practicum in Counseling
Max hours: 12 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 6
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CPCE 6950 - Master’s Thesis
Max hours: 4 Credits. Semester Hours: 4 to 4
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CPCE 7100 - Advanced Theories and Techniques in Psychotherapy
Learn and practice advanced techniques for addressing adult and adolescent clinical problems. Examine efficacy research on specific counseling techniques as associated with particular approaches in counseling. Prereq: CPCE 5010, 5100 and 5820. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 7310 - Facilitating Sociopolitical Development Theory & Actn
Participants will learn to use dialogic instructional strategies to create student-teacher partnerships that respect student voice and affirm the lived experiences of students. Participants will learn strategies to engage students and themselves in critical inquiry about identity, privilege, and social justice. Cross listed with CPCE 6310. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 7320 - Participatory Research Methods in Context
This course will introduce students to participatory research methods, including Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), PAR, youth participatory evaluation, and design based research. Graduate students will study current examples of this work, design, and conduct a study in their professional context. Cross listed CPCE 6320. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CPCE 7800 - Supervision in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Examines training principles, processes, and practices in clinical supervision. Emphasis on individual and family therapy supervision. Prereq: CPCE 5010, 5100, 5910 and 5930. Max hours: 12 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 1000 - Criminology and Criminal Justice: An Overview
This course is designed to provide an overview of the criminal justice process and the criminal justice system in general. Concepts of crime, deviance and justice are discussed and general theories of crime causality are examined. Special emphasis is placed on the components of the criminal justice system: the police, the prosecutorial and defense functions, the judiciary and the field of corrections. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 1111 - Freshman Seminar
This course explores contemporary issues and cases in the criminal justice system. Topical issues cover various forms of crime; including environmental hazards, mass murder, and sexual assault. The course also focuses on current controversies in policing, courts, corrections, and the juvenile justice system. Restriction: Restricted to Freshman level students. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 2041 - Crime Theory and Causes
This course provides a general survey of the nature and causes of crime and efforts of the criminal justice system to predict, prevent, modify and correct this behavior. This course involves a critical appraisal of various theories of crime causation, including an examination of biological, psychological, economic and sociological perspectives that explain crime and deviance. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 3100 - Criminal Justice Research Methods
This course introduces students to the formulation of research questions covering crime and justice, research designs, data collection and the interpretation and reporting of these data in criminological and justice-system settings. Course content also includes experimental and non-experimental research designs, probability and non-probability sampling techniques and construction of scales and indexes for research purposes. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 3150 - Statistics for Criminal Justice
This course serves as an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics and the computer analysis of criminal justice data. Course content includes hypothesis testing and the basic analysis of continuous and discrete dependent variables. Emphasis is placed on the examination of issues in the field of criminal justice. Prereq: CRJU 3100 or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 3160 - White-Collar Crime
This course introduces students to a variety of topics and issues in white-collar crime including types, causes and the measurement of white-collar crime. The class examines the debate surrounding the definition of white-collar crime, provides an overview of the costs of white-collar crime and corporate crime to society, considers competing theories that explain white-collar criminality and explores the use of criminal sanctions to deter misconduct involving corporations and elite offenders. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 3220 - Community-Based Corrections
This course focuses on innovative community-based strategies for dealing with criminal offenders. Correctional alternatives to imprisonment discussed in this course include probation and parole and various community programs such as day reporting centers, electronic monitoring, half-way houses and boot camp programs. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 3250 - Violence in Society
This course examines various aspects of violence including distribution over time and space, situations and circumstances associated with violent victimization and offending and how social institutions, community structure and cultural factors shape violent events. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 3251 - Crime and Media
This course surveys the relationships between mass media, crime, offenders, victims and criminal justice. It explores how the criminal justice system is portrayed in the media and the influence of these portrayals on society, public policy, and the criminal justice system. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 3252 - Violent Offenders
This course consists of a historical overview of violence in American society. Course content includes an examination of violent crime rates over time, societal explanations for changes in rates and an examination of the theoretical causes and preventative strategies for acts of violence. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 3310 - Police in Contemporary Society
This course examines law enforcement’s role in contemporary society and the impact of police interaction on other segments of the criminal justice system. Special attention is paid to controversies related to police training and education, career development and community relations. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 3320 - Police-Community Relations
This course focuses on the police and community response to crime. Course content includes an overview of the major concepts and issues involved in what many consider to be a major fundamental shift in the approach and operations of modern policing. The origins, meaning, development and experiences of community policing and various assessments of the advantages and disadvantages of community policing are emphasized. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 3410 - Probation and Parole
This course is appropriate for students who have a specific interest in the role of probation and parole as correctional sanctions in community settings. Particular attention is paid to evaluations research evidence on the success of probation and parole, factors that contribute to the successful completions of probation and parole and the role that the community and citizens play in the community corrections process. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 3420 - Pleas, Trials and Sentences
This course focuses on analysis of case materials involving pleas, trials and sentences. Course content includes an examination of the basic dimensions of criminality, the specific elements of major crimes, the use of confessions, fair trial procedures and the nature of criminal sanctions including cruel and unusual punishments. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 3510 - Drugs, Alcohol and Crime
This course looks at the socially constructed nature of drugs and drug policy. The course explores the connection between drugs and crime within the socio-historical context of contemporary U.S. drug policy. Special emphasis is placed on the relationships between drugs and alcohol abuse and criminal offending, including the historical and contemporary criminal justice system responses to illegal substances. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 3520 - Juvenile Justice Administration
This course examines the development, change and operation of the American juvenile justice system and the social factors that shape the identification and treatment of juvenile offenders. Special emphasis is placed on the nature of juvenile law and methods of dealing with youthful offenders. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 3540 - Crime and Delinquency Prevention
This course provides students with an overview of issues related to crime and delinquency prevention, both from criminological and criminal justice points of view. Crime prevention programs that encompass both the individual and community levels are examined. Responses to juvenile offenders-ranging from prevention and diversion to institutional corrections and after care are explored in context of youth policy generally. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4042 - Corrections
This course consists of an overview of the field of penology and corrections. Attention is paid to conflicting philosophies of punishment, criminological theory as it applies to the field of corrections, the selectivity of the process through which offenders move prior to their involvement in correctional programs, alternative correctional placements and empirical assessments of the short and long-term consequences of one’s involvement in correctional programs. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4043 - Law Enforcement
This course presents an overview of the role of police in the United States. Attention is placed on the origins of policing, the nature of police organizations and police work, patterns of relations between the police and the public, discretion and police role in a sociolegal context. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4044 - Courts and Judicial Process
This course examines the basic functions, structure and organization of the federal and state court system, with special attention on the criminal court system. This course also focuses on the influence of judicial behavior on the court process by examining judges’ policy preferences, legal considerations, group processes within courts and courts’ political and social environments. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4120 - Race, Class and Crime
This course examines the relationships between race, social class and crime. Attention is given to theoretical explanations, empirical research and patterns of criminal behavior and focuses on historical frameworks that are relevant to current perspectives on the impact and interactions of race, class and crime in the field. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4121 - Ethics in Criminal Justice
This course is designed to begin preparing students in identifying and critically examining ethical issues in the criminal justice system by applying ethical decision models. This course also provides students with the unique opportunity to analyze how they would resolve these issues according to their own values and beliefs while staying within the boundaries of the law and professional codes ethics. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4130 - Poverty and Crime
This course involves an economic analysis of crime and the criminal justice system. Topics include empirical and theoretical analysis of the economic causes of criminal behavior, the social costs of crime and its prevention and the design of crime enforcement policies. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4140 - Domestic Violence and Crime
This course examines the criminal justice systems response to intimate partner violence by focusing on the interactions between victims, offenders and the individual components of the criminal justice system. By exploring the dynamics of intimate partner violence this course addresses the theory, history, research, legislation and policy implications related to the criminal justice system’s response to violence against women. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4150 - Sex Offenders and Offenses
This course will explore historical and current practices of the criminal justice system to address sex offenders and offenses. Topics include the history of sexual abuse, etiology of offenders, victims issues, juvenile sex offenders, risk assessments, and treatment/supervision approaches. Prereq: CRJU 1001. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4170 - Victim Studies
This course involves the scientific study of crime victims and focuses on the physical, emotional and financial harm people suffer at the hands of criminals. Focus is placed on the victim-offender relationships, interactions between victims and the criminal justice system and connections between victims and other social groups and institutions. The theory, history, research, legislation and policy implications related to the social construction of “the victim” are explored. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4171 - Murder In America
This course examines the types, extent, nature and repercussions of homicide in the United States. Specific types of homicide including justifiable homicide, infanticide, femicide, as well as serial, mass and spree murder are examined. Focus will be given to pertinent theories about murder as well as an in-depth look at some of the most notorious murderers in the United States. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4180 - Comparative Study of Criminal Justice Systems
This course analyzes the dynamics of criminality and the social response to criminality across countries. Special emphasis is placed on the methods of comparative legal analysis utilized to examine international differences in crime and justice, international cooperation in criminal justice and crime and development. Prereq: CRJU 1001. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4190 - Women and Crime
This course explores issues surrounding women as offenders and victims, and investigates explanations for the involvement of women in illegal activities.The course also examines the participations of women in criminal justice professions, including law enforcement, corrections, judicial processes, and law. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4230 - Corrections and Treatment
This course examines the origins and historical development of prisons and jails in America. Particular attention is given to the impact of reform movements, the rise of centralized correctional systems and regional variations in the practice of punishment. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4252 - Criminal Offenders
This course will introduce the core principles of evidence based programming and tools of motivational interviewing as it is used currently with the offender population. In addition, students will learn how to utilize these skills working with specific offender populations. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4310 - Leadership Roles in Criminal Justice
The course is designed to enhance interest, experience and knowledge in leadership that promotes professionalism and ethical behavior. Individual and organizational dynamics are explored through a critical perspective, focusing on criminal justice roles and responsibilities. The class teaches effective leadership skills in areas such as team building, strategic planning, and decision making. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4410 - Criminal Law and Constitutional Procedures
This course focuses on substantive criminal law and constitutional rights of the accused in criminal proceedings. Course content includes legal aspects of the investigation and arrest processes as well as the rules governing the admissibility of evidence in court. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4430 - Law and Society
This course introduces students to the scholarly study of law. Students will become familiar with social science perspectives of the law, legal institutions, the legal process and the impact of law on behavior, with particular emphasis on the study of criminal behavior and the criminal justice process in American society. Additional topics include theories of law and legality, comparative legal systems, lawyers, judges and juries and the use of social science in the courts. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4440 - Courts and Social Policy
This course involves the study of emerging trends and issues in the administration of the courts, the emerging role of the judiciary in the administration of programs in the public and private sectors and the implications of court administration on social policy. Course content includes the history of the judicial approaches to the criminal justice administrative process and substantive social policy. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4450 - Homeland Security
This course is an in-depth analysis of homeland security in the U.S. Topics include the initial concepts and strategies of securing land borders, seaports, and airports, the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security, and the functions and operations of the DHS today and in the future. Prereq: CRJU 1001. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4520 - Gangs and Criminal Organizations
This course traces the origins and historical development of the activities known as “organized crime.” These crimes are some of the most dangerous to American society and range from the commonly known offenses of gambling and narcotics to the more subtle and sophisticated, less understood but equally serious, crimes of extortion, commercial bribery and political corruption. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4530 - Families and Intergenerational Crime
This course focuses on the family as the primary institutional mechanism of social control. The course is structured around social learning theory and explores the relationships between exposure to childhood violence and violence in dating relationships during adolescence and later violent marital relationships. The “cycle of violence” is also discussed in terms of the impact on early childhood violence on juvenile delinquency, adult criminality and violent behavior in general. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4540 - Analysis in Law Enforcement
Serves as an introduction to the uses and applications of analysis within law enforcement including the role of analysis in law enforcement, theories which guide analysis and police practices, commonly used data and technology, and a practical introduction to the techniques for various types of analysis utilized in law enforcement. Prereq: “C-” or better in CRJU 1000, 2041, 3100, 3150, 4042, 4043, and 4044. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4600 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice
This highly specialized seminar addresses cutting-edge and emerging developments in the field of criminal justice and provides students and faculty with the opportunity to explore significant themes, issues and problems from a broad interdisciplinary perspective. Topics vary from semester to semester. Prereq: CRJU 1001 and CRJU 2041 or permission of instructor. Max hours: 18 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 4840 - Independent Study: CRJU
This course consists of faculty-guided research in an area of mutual interest to the student and instructor. Students are responsible for selecting their area of inquiry prior to contacting the instructor. Permission of instructor is required. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
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CRJU 4939 - Internship
Internships involve a career-related supervised experiential course in a criminal justice agency. Permission to enroll must be preceded by an application for an internship. Permission of instructor and advisor is required for undergraduate students. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
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CRJU 5001 - CJ Systems, Policies/Practice
This course examines the salient, current critical issues in the justice system affecting law enforcement, courts, corrections, and recent social developments related to personnel. The class includes in-depth explorations of the development, implementation, and analysis of public policy in the field of criminology. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5002 - Criminological Theory
Explores the origins of criminal behavior and the impact of crime on society. The course examines theories of deviant, delinquent, and criminal behavior. Additionally, practical implications and application of theoretical constructs are analyzed through current research paradigms and empirical research. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5003 - Research Methods
Provides an assessment of research through an examination of applied designs and analytical models. The logic and rationale of these strategies are contrasted and their relative merits are critiqued. Research problems in the system are utilized to illustrate the applications and interpretation of alternative strategies. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5004 - Statistics
This course covers principles of descriptive and inferential statistics and provides tools for understanding research findings. Topics include: hypothesis testing and point estimation; bivariate and multivariate measures of association; inferential statistics; ordinary least square regressions, logistic regression analyses. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5005 - Law & Society
Introduces a variety of topics related to law’s varying functions and societal implications. The course focuses on social/ legal theory and analyzes law and legal institutions from a critical perspective. Materials provide content on how to evaluate law and legal institutions, especially in relation to equality, justice, and fairness. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5200 - Wrongful Convictions
This seminar examines the dark figure of the criminal justice system; wrongful convictions of innocent people. This course explores the continuum of justice-system errors ranging from persons who are falsely accused (arrested, prosecuted, and tried) to those who are wrongly convicted and imprisoned, to death row inmates who are erroneously executed. Cross-listed with CRJU 7200. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5210 - Prisoner Reentry
This seminar examines the harsh realities of prisoner reentry and offers solutions to prepare inmates for release, reduce recidivism, and restore them to adjustment once back in the community, while simultaneously meeting the demands of public safety. Cross-listed with CRJU 7210. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5220 - The American Jury System
This seminar examines historical and current issues in jury decision making and dynamics. The course explores issues such as jury size, eyewitness testimony, and jury reform. Court decisions are examined as a comprehensive understanding of jurors and their role. Cross-listed with CRJU 7220. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5250 - Criminal Offenders
Crime can have a devastating effect on the lives of victims, families and communities with extraordinary costs to society as a whole. Documented evidence suggests that community safety is best achieved though promoting rehabilitation of offenders rather than relying solely on prisons and containment. This course introduces the core principles and tools of motivational interviewing as it is used currently with the offender population. Students learn how to utilize these skills working with specific offender populations and how to motivate these often resistive clients to change their thinking patterns and behaviors. Cross-listed with CRJU 7250. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5260 - Crime and Literature
This seminar focuses on non-fiction literature as it relates to criminality and the Criminal Justice System. A substantial number of people in the United States form impressions and evaluate the effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System based on accounts presented within various types of nonfiction literature, either as social commentary or in biographical/autobiographical form. This course explores samples of these types of commentary, in order to more fully understand and appreciate their impact on shaping public opinion of the Criminal Justice System. Cross-listed with CRJU 7260. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5270 - Case Studies in Crim Justice
This seminar attempts to examine the lives of people who live on the margins of a society that perceives them as outsiders. Ethnographic studies which utilized observation, participant observations and interviews as their primary research methodology are assigned in order to develop a critical understanding of the social marginalization and cultural aspects of the lives of real human beings living on the constant edge of the law. Cross-listed with CRJU 7270. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5280 - Computer Crime
The course is designed to enhance interest, experience and knowledge in leadership that promotes professionalism and ethical behavior. Individual and organizational dynamics are explored through a critical perspective, focusing on criminal justice roles and responsibilities. The class teaches effective leadership skills in areas such as team building, strategic planning, and decision making. Cross-listed with CRJU 7280. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5301 - Crime and Media
This course surveys the relationship between mass media and the U.S. criminal justice system. Special attention is given to the role of media in the social construction of reality. Emphasis is placed on the application of social constructionism to criminal justice related social problems. Cross-listed with CRJU 7301. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5320 - Police Administration
Considers the major issues confronting police executives, such as professionalism, recruitment, selection, training, deployment, innovation, evaluation, and charges of brutality, inefficiency, and corruption. Cross-listed with CRJU 7320. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5325 - Qualitative Methods for Criminal Justice
Focuses on qualitative methods applicable to research in the field of criminal justice. The primary focus is on ethnographic approaches employing such fieldwork techniques as observation, participant observation, interviews, content analysis, life histories and case studies. Cross-listed with CRJU 7325. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5330 - Gangs and Criminal Organizations
This course examines extent, nature and trends of gangs and criminal organizations. We focus on contemporary studies and theories of gang behavior and organized crime. The course examines types of crime, gender and race issues, transnational violence, and public policies regarding criminal organizations. Cross-listed with CRJU 7330. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5331 - Analysis in Law Enforcement
Serves as an introduction to the uses and applications of analysis within law enforcement including the role of analysis in law enforcement, theories which guide analysis and police practices, commonly used data and technology, and a practical introduction to the techniques for various types of analysis utilized in law enforcement. Prereq: “B” or better in CRJU 5003 and 5004 OR permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5361 - Capstone Seminar
Synthesizes competencies gained throughout the course of study into a client-based research project. Students conduct independent research, complete a final written project demonstrating their qualifications and expertise, and orally present findings to a committee of faculty and criminal justice professionals. Prereq: CRJU 5000, CRJU 5100, CRJU 5120, CRJU 5321. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5391 - Sex Offenders and Offenses
This course will focus on challenges practitioners face in the management of sex offenders. It covers development of programs and partnerships that can effectively assess inform, manage and treat sex offenders through all phases of the system and reduce recidivism. Cross-listed with CRJU 7391. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5410 - Victimology
This course examines victim-offender relationships, the interactions between victims and the criminal justice system and the connections between victims and other social groups and institutions among various populations. This course addresses the theory, history, research, legislation and policy implications related to the social construction of “the victim.” Cross-listed with CRJU 7410. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5420 - Violence in Society
This course examines various aspects of violence including distribution over time and space, situations and circumstances associated with violent victimization and offending, and how social institutions, community structure and cultural factors shape violent events. Cross-listed with CRJU 7420. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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CRJU 5430 - Drugs, Alcohol and Crime
This course provides an interdisciplinary overview of theory, research and policy issues surrounding the relationship between drugs, alcohol and crime; and the criminal justice system response. The course explores the socially constructed nature of illegal substances and connections to U.S. drug policy. Cross-listed with CRJU 7430. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
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