| Course | Title | Credits |
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| BA150 | Principles of Business Mgmt This introductory course provides students with a practical and concrete explanation of the concepts and techniques they will need as managers in today\'s new organizations. The sequence of topics follows the familiar pattern of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Throughout the course, the manager\'s role in leading and accommodating change is emphasized. The course also introduces the student to the issues of managing global businesses, especially the ways in which managers need to develop a global perspective in order to be successful. Issues in strategy, diversity, and entrepreneurship are covered extensively. | 3 |
| CJ101 | Intro to Criminal Justice Introduction to Criminal Justice presents a broad view of the criminal justice system. The course focuses on decision points and administrative practices in police and other criminal justice agencies, as well as basic criminal procedures. A realistic description of the American criminal justice system is presented and how it works - police, courts, and corrections. Topics include: what is criminal justice, the crime picture and the search for its causes, criminal law, policing history and structure, police management and legal aspects, adjudication including the courts and sentencing, corrections involving probation, parole, community corrections, prisons and jails, prison life, juvenile justice, drugs and crime, multinational criminal justice, and the future of criminal justice. | 3 |
| CJ102 | Introduction to Criminology The student is introduced to the study of criminology by examining the biological, psychological, sociological, and economic theories of crime. The “traditional theories†of criminology are examined along with contemporary theories. The student in this course will be allowed to draw his or her own conclusions about the American crime problem and make informed decisions about public policy in the crime control area. Topics covered are: what is criminology; patterns of crime; research methods and theory development; biological, psychological, and sociological roots of crime; crimes against persons and property; white-collar and organized crime; drug abuse and crime; technology and crime; criminology and social policy; and the future of criminology. | 3 |
| CJ201 | Police Systems & Practices The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of police issues, integrating the history, social context, and theoretical understanding of policing in America. This course encourages the student to see the relationships between communities, police organizations, and individuals. The “big picture†approach is used to illustrate an integrated understanding of policing. | 3 |
| CJ202 | Correction Syst & Practices Contemporary correctional systems and practices are analyzed and evaluated through a historical perspective with emphasis on community and institutional corrections. This course balances current and past research, theories and applications, and practical examples and issues. Topics included are: historical perspectives, the court process, alternatives to imprisonment, correctional systems, corrections functions, institutional clients, rights of correctional clients, reintegration systems, and finally a link to the future. | 3 |
| CJ203 | Juvenile Justice I The juvenile justice system is examined with an emphasis on its difference from the judicial system for adults. This course tracks the historical development of the system and examines the different approaches followed by the court and correctional authorities of various jurisdictions. | 3 |
| CJ302 | Criminal Procedure This course presents and explains the core knowledge that is constitutional criminal procedure. The topics have been selected to reflect those that are of greatest interest to criminal justice students. Topics include essential Fourth Amendment doctrines such as: the exclusionary rule, the search warrant, plain view, arrest and Terry-stops, and warrant less searches. This focus also reflects the areas in which the Supreme Court has been most active in recent years. The conflicting approaches to the application of law evident between justices adhering to the Due Process Model and those following the Crime Control Model will be addressed. Additional topics in the course include the meaning, context, and constitutional foundation of criminal procedure; the right to counsel; rules of interrogation and confession; identification of suspects and entrapment; and the pretrial and trial process. | 3 |
| CJ305 | Intro to Crim Justice Ethics This course identifies and examines the diverse ethical issues frequently encountered in the criminal justice system. Students will become familiar with the major theorists who have studied and written in the field of ethics. The writings of Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle will be examined, for their intrinsic value and content, as well as their applicability to modern activities in criminal justice. Classic ethical theories will be studied, reviewed, and applied to such varied topics as the application of professional and personal discretion, the appropriate use of force, dimensions of professional responsibility, and proper application of authority. | 3 |
| CJ309 | Criminal Law Criminal Law examines the basic concepts in criminal law. The course introduces the student to the foundational aspects of criminal law, including its historical background and fundamental elements. The author provides a comparative analysis of a multiplicity of jurisdictions throughout the U.S. and the impact of criminal law on each. The author accomplishes this task by focusing on the major themes of both common law and, according to the Model Penal Code, including the elements of statutory crimes, criminal responsibility, and defenses. Topics include: the historical background of criminal law, fundamentals of criminal law, jurisdiction, the criminal act, the mental element, matters affecting criminal responsibility, assault and related crimes, homicide, sex offenses and offenses to the family relationship, theft, robbery, burglary and related offenses, arson, kidnapping, narcotics, and offenses by and against juveniles. | 3 |
| CJ401 | Community Policing This course is designed to provide an overview of the current paradigm in policing: community-oriented policing. The course will consist of an analysis of both the community-oriented policing philosophy and its practical application through strategic oriented policing, neighborhood oriented policing and problem oriented policing methods. Additional aspects to be reviewed include the various roles in the systemic approach, organization and management styles of the police department, implementation methods, evaluation methods, and a look at past and future practices under this new paradigm in policing. | 3 |
| CJ402 | Criminal Investigations This course provides the student a logical framework for understanding the investigative process. Major sections of the textbook cover current issues such as environmental crime, the looting of archaeological sites, videotaping of crime scenes, street gangs, and drugs. Case studies throughout this course emphasize the applied technique of criminal investigation. Topics include: the evolution of criminal investigation and criminalistics, investigators, the investigative process and the crime scene, physical evidence, interviewing and interrogation, field notes and investigative reporting, the follow-up investigation, the crime laboratory, investigative resources, injury and death investigations, sex-related offenses, crimes against children, robbery, burglary, larceny and fraud, vehicle thefts, computer crime, arson, recognition, control and investigation of drug abuse, and terrorism. | 3 |
| CJ403 | White Collar Crime This course surveys financial and corporate crime, including the influences of local economic conditions and the cost factors associated with crime. It covers such topics as describing white-collar crime and its effects against consumers, explaining conspiracies about white-collar crime, defending against white-collar crime, and detailing governmental and religious fraud. | 3 |
| CJ408 | Criminal Justice Res Methods Criminal Justice Research Methods presents a broad view of the methods and techniques for conducting criminological and criminal justice research. The course focuses on why and when research is performed, the methodologies involved, and a description of the applied statistical tests most often used. Techniques and procedures are compared and contrasted so each student gains a firm understanding of what method or test to use and why. Topics include: the research enterprise, theory and research, ethics in research, research design, sampling techniques, questionnaires, interviews, observational techniques, secondary data, reliability and validity issues, data coding, hypothesis testing, and sampling distributions. | 3 |
| CJ409 | Police Administration This course provides a review, analysis, and synthesis of the various approaches to police management, including traditional scientific management, the behavioral/systems approach, and the human relations approach. It will provide information on basic organization and management skills that police managers and students of police management will find useful. At the same time, major conceptual contributions from the behavioral sciences and human relations are explored in the context of police management. Most important is the constant theme of being proactive: planning ahead, anticipating the future, and, hopefully, establishing some control for police managers over those future events. | 3 |
| CS101 | CompConcepts and Office Apps Students explore the fundamentals of Microsoft Office 2010 including a broad understanding of the theories behind the applications. Students gain skills in Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Excel 2010, Microsoft Access 2010 and Microsoft
PowerPoint 2010. Students achieve an appreciation for the application of these tools and develop a skill set in using the applications. | 4 |
| EN101 | English Composition I This course develops written communication skills with emphasis on understanding the writing process, analyzing readings and practicing writing for personal and professional applications. | 3 |
| EN102 | English Composition II This is a freshman college-level writing course designed to build on skills learned in EN101. The student is expected to complete writing assignments that spring from assigned reading material, which clearly evince an awareness of social issues. Upon successful completion of EN102, students should be competent in reading, reflecting on, and responding to literature using scholarly analysis, organizing clear and effective writing with a thesis statement, anticipating bias by viewing all sides of an issue, performing effective research using library resources, monitoring tone and using appropriate argumentative skills when pursuing a thesis, using MLA formatting guidelines for research papers, and avoiding plagiarism with careful documentation. | 3 |
| GP210 | American Government I This undergraduate course provides an introduction to American government and politics. Topics include the concept of a constitutional democracy, federalism, first amendment rights, equal rights under the law, political culture, political ideology, interest groups, lobbying, and political campaigns and elections. | 3 |
| GP215 | American Government II This undergraduate course is a continuation of American Government I. Topics include the effect of the media on politics, the branches of government, the federal bureaucracy, and policymaking. | 3 |
| GU100 | Student Success This required one-credit hour course introduces Grantham students to various strategies for learning and helps develop skills essential for succeeding in an online education program. Students complete selfassessments to become familiar with their learning styles and how to use their learning styles in online studies. Students successfully completing this course are more proficient in time management, reading skills, writing techniques, memory abilities, and test-taking strategies. Students learn how to navigate within Grantham University's online course learning environment, submit assignments, and where to go for academic assistance. GU100 is normally taken with level 100 or 200 courses that offer the most common challenges in working in an online learning environment. Students complete assignments in both courses simultaneously as a learning strategy for general education and entry-level knowledge acquisition while developing successful online study skills. Successful completion of G | 1 |
| HS101 | World Hist:Ancient to Renaissa This introductory undergraduate course in world civilization covers the history of mankind from antiquity to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It provides a thorough coverage of the unique heritage of Asian, African, Islamic, Western, and American civilizations, while highlighting the role of the world's great religious and philosophical traditions. | 3 |
| MA105 | College Algebra An introductory level course on the fundamental concepts of algebra. Topics include equations, polynomial and rational functions and graphing, and exponential and logarithmic functions. | 3 |
| MA170 | Finite Mathematics This introductory finite mathematics is intended for first- and second-year college students, especially those majoring in business. The course covers a range of topics in linear mathematics including linear equations, matrices, and linear programming. The course also introduces probability and statistics. Next, the course combines the ideas of linear mathematics and probability and statistics, and applies them to real-world problems of finance. | 3 |
| PA301 | Intro to Public Administration Public administration is a broad-ranging and amorphous combination of theory and practice; its purpose is to promote a superior understanding of government and its relationship with the society it governs, as well as to encourage public policies more responsive to social needs and to institute managerial practices attuned to effectiveness, efficiency, and human requirements of the citizenry. | 3 |
| PS240 | Fundamentals of Psychology Fundamentals of Psychology presents an introductory overview of the basics of psychology. The focus of this course is to guide your thinking critically and imaginatively about psychological issues, and to help you apply what you learn to your own daily life and the world around you. | 3 |
| PS280 | Psychology & the Law This course will provide a broad overview of the interplay between the two fields of psychology and the law. Even though the two disciplines may appear to be very different, the legal system has an immense influence on our everyday activities. The purpose of this course is to examine the legal system through the use of psychological concepts, methods and research results. | 3 |
| SO101 | Introduction to Sociology I This course offers a global perspective to help students understand their own lives as well as presenting the most current research in the field of sociology. Students will explore social diversity while critically examining the issues and challenges facing society. Topics covered include the theoretical and empirical foundations of sociology, the major themes of sociological research, and the techniques employed. | 3 |
| Program and core: | 80 |
| Electives (14): | 42 |
| Total: | 122 |
