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Course Descriptions 144 COUN 1100 Career 3 Credits This course assists students in examining the components of career choice. It focuses on career awareness, personal awareness, and educational awareness as they relate to the process of career choice. Career planning skills and self-assessment inventories will help students identify tentative career options. The course will also review decision-making strategies and techniques. This course is recommended for students who are undecided about their career choice and those who have not declared a program of study. (3 contact hours) COUN 1200 Employment 2 Credits This course introduces students to effective strategies for job search and preparation. Students will identify and develop skills in preparing resumes, job applications, and cover letters; locating hidden job markets; negotiating salary; networking; and interviewing. (2 contact hours) COUN 1300 Skills for College 2 Credits This course helps students to utilize more of their potential and to succeed in college. It introduces strategies for personal growth coupled with skills such as time management, critical thinking, note-taking and test-taking. Students will develop an individual plan for college success. This course is especially recommended for first-time students, adults returning to college, and students experiencing academic difficulties. (2 contact hours) CRIMINAL JUSTICE (Corrections, Law Enforcement) CRMJ 1110 Introduction to Criminal 4 Credits This course surveys the U.S. criminal justice system, providing an overview of contemporary legal issues, legislative policy, law enforcement, court and correctional practices. (4 contact hours) CRMJ 1117 Community 3 Credits Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110 This course introduces students to the relationship between individuals, communities and the U.S. criminal justice system, including prejudice, perception, discrimination, deviance, labeling, conflict, communication, culture, the homeless, physically- mentally-challenged individuals, and alternative lifestyles. (3 contact hours) CRMJ 1130 Crisis 3 Credits Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110 or HMSV 1115 or permission of instructor This course introduces students to the relationship between precipitating events, crises and effective intervention and coping methods. Students will examine models of crisis intervention and address practical and ethical strategies for coping with suicides, family, ethnicity, vulnerable subgroups, grief/loss, AIDS and HIV, substance abuse, PTSD, domestic violence, and sexual assault. (3 contact hours) CRMJ 1211 Community 3 Credits Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110 This course examines correctional alternatives to incarceration for both juvenile and adult offenders. It introduces students to various topics including motel systems and programs; community-based interventions, for example, community correction centers, community treatment centers, and house arrest; required community resources; legal issues; and problems associated with the supervision of inmates with special needs. (3 contact hours) CRMJ 1230 Introduction to Forensic Science 3 Credits Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110 or permission of instructor This course introduces students to the forensic sciences and competencies relative to the field. The course provides an overview of the foundation, history, disciplines, specialties of the forensic science field and their interaction and impact on the United States Criminal Justice System. It also introduces career opportunities and practical applications. (3 contact hours) CRMJ 1240 Criminal Justice 3 Credits Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110 This course introduces basic research methods used in social science. Working with actual crime data, students will learn to formulate and test hypotheses about crime and to analyze data through the use of scatterplots, cross-tabulation, and multiple regression. Students will also discover sources of criminal justice data and perform research on the Internet. (4 contact hours: 2 lecture, 2 lab) CRMJ 2210 Ethics in Criminal 3 Credits Prerequisite: CRMJ 1117 or CRMJ 1211 This course introduces students to the fundamentals of ethical decision-making within the U.S. criminal justice system, including ethical theory, doctrines, dilemmas, and principles common to the police courts and correctional subsystems. (3 contact hours) CRMJ 2212 Criminal 3 Credits Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110 This course provides an introductory overview of criminal law, including sources of law, capacity to commit crimes, defenses, and elements of select statutes. (3 contact hours) CRMJ 2213 Criminal 3 Credits Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110 This course introduces basic methodologies used to investigate a wide variety of crimes. Students will learn techniques for gathering information; processing crime scenes; and collecting, recording, and preserving physical evidence. Students will learn how to use deductive reasoning in solving crimes through the use of practical problems. (3 contact hours) CRMJ 2214 Patrol 3 Credits Prerequisite: CRMJ 1117 This specialized course provides an in-depth examination of the line functions of police agencies. Management and supervision methods and issues, as well as essays critical of present practices, and reviews of innovative programs, provide students with a background in the way police deliver services to communities. Practical exercises and group discussions present opportunities for students to apply the concepts studied. (3 contact hours) CRMJ 2216 Criminal 3 Credits Prerequisite: CRMJ 2212 or permission of instructor This course uses applicable Supreme Court decisions, Ohio Rules of Procedure, Ohio Rules of Evidence, and Ohio case law to introduce students to the procedures used by police to prosecute criminals, from initial investigation through trial. Students also learn what criminal and civil penalties may be incurred for failure to follow established guidelines. (3 contact hours) CRMJ 2219 Correctional Practices and 3 Credits Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110, CRMJ 1211 This course examines contemporary theories, practices, and challenges facing U.S. correctional staff and administrators. It provides students with the opportunity to research and discuss such current challenges as correctional theory, privatization, inmate medical needs, services and programming, special population needs, staff health-wellness, civil liability, and correctional technology. (3 contact hours) CRMJ 2231 Juvenile 3 Credits Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110 This course surveys the historical and contemporary structure and operation of the juvenile justice system. The course examines major theories of delinquency causation, and students will explore problems of law, politics, philosophy, and sociology as they relate to delinquency prevention, control, and reform. Case studies provide students with an opportunity to apply theories to practical situations. (3 contact hours) CRMJ 2239 Criminal Justice 3 Credits Prerequisite: 48 semester credits towards a Criminal Justice degree, CRMJ 2210; or permission of instructor This course helps students explore criminal justice careers and prepare for the hiring process in the criminal justice field. Students will identify personal skills and values relative to criminal justice careers. Students will learn the steps in the hiring process, and have the opportunity to work with experienced professionals in an agency setting. Students volunteer to work seven hours per week in an agency which is representative of their program of study and attend weekly two-hour, class sessions. Students must obtain approval from the host agency and may be required to undergo a background investigation. Students should obtain agency approval prior to the start of the semester in which they take the practicum. (9 contact hours: 2 lecture, 7 lab) CRMJ 2244 Criminology 3 Credits Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110, SOCY 1150 This course surveys the historical and theoretical development of the disciplines of criminology, the sociology of criminal law, and patterns of criminal behavior. The course introduces students to the complexities and difficulties associated with the enforcement and administration of criminal law, the social reactions to crime, and the issues and challenges to future crime control in U.S. society. (3 contact hours) CRMJ 2250 Current Issues in Criminal 3 Credits Prerequisite: 48 credits towards a Criminal Justice degree, CRMJ 2210; or permission of instructor This course provides students with the opportunity to research, present, and discuss current problems and issues which face the criminal justice system. It provides information on topics that are subject to current debate in criminal justice. (3 contact hours) CRMJ 2260 Interview and 3 Credits Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110 This course helps students develop skills necessary to elicit information from witnesses and confessions from offenders. Students will learn to interpret body gestures and establish environments conducive to effective communications. Lab exercises provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate these skills in a realistic setting. (3 contact hours) CRMJ 2900 Special Topics in Criminal 1-3 Credits Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110 These specialized courses provide in-depth examinations of criminal justice topics and contemporary issues not covered in detail elsewhere in the curriculum. DENTAL HYGIENE DNHY 1110 Introduction to Preventive Oral 4 Credits Prerequisite: admission to Dental Hygiene program This course introduces students to the scope, role and responsibilities of dental hygiene; the philosophy of oral health and its relevance to dental hygiene, focusing on the causes, development, treatment, and prevention of all deposits on the teeth; and oral inspection; history taking; asepsis; medical and dental emergencies; and principles of oral debriding technique. Laboratory experience includes practice on both manikins and dental partners. (8 contact hours: 2 lecture, 6 lab)

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