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Creative WritingCredits
On-site field experience in creative writing, the nature of which is determined by the specific needs of the student's program option.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
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Independent capstone experience, guidelines of which are determined by the requirements of a particular program option.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
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Criminal JusticeCredits
Examines the making of criminal law, the evolution of policing, the adjudication of persons accused of criminal law violations, and the punishment of adult offenders.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 5 - History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences | Goal Area 9 - Ethical and Civic Responsibility | Diverse Cultures - Purple
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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Learn about state and federal court systems, judge selection, and how the law is derived from court decisions to understand contemporary and historical issues as an informed citizen.
This course requires students to complete 50 hours of volunteering at a community agency to gain experience and learn how the agency and its staff perform their objectives. The course also requires students to practice their writing skills in assignments designed for reflection on personal strengths and interests, career pursuits, and résumé writing. Class discussions emphasize professional development, ethics, and various issues relevant to criminal justice and corrections. Corrections majors should take this course as early as possible.
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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This course will introduce students to the numerous agencies and organizations that make up the criminal justice system and its components. A primary goal for this course is to help students prepare for, as well as succeed in, a criminal justice system career.
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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The foundational tenets of peacekeeping are based on building relations between peace officers and the communities they serve. The student will be introduced to the value of positive interactions between peace officers and the populations they serve, as well as how negative interactions can impact public perception, funding, and trust. Students will also learn ways to incorporate problem-solving strategies and critical analysis on both micro and macro levels to address community and peacekeeping concerns.
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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Addresses the justifications and the historical development of punishment, the legal and policy issues concerning capital punishment, and the use of incarceration as a response to crime.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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The history, development, and application of criminal laws and criminal procedures in the criminal justice system.
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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An extensive study of the rules, statutes, criminal laws, and traffic laws that directly relate to the role of a peace officer in the State of Minnesota.
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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The history, legal aspects of investigation, the evolution of investigations and forensics, procedures of crime investigations, procurement and preservation of evidence and interviewing.
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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This course will introduce students to theoretical concepts in sociology, social psychology, psychology, and criminology pertaining to human behavior. Students will gain an understanding of how individual and societal factors influence the behaviors of the people they serve, as well as how those same factors influence the peace officer personality. Students will also be introduced to many of the mental disorders they will encounter in the field so that they may more easily identify those in crisis when in the field and determine the most appropriate course of action to assist them.
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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A critical consideration of definitions of juvenile delinquency, emphasis on micro and macro level of struggle in which delinquent behavior takes place, critique of current theories on delinquency, and the juvenile justice response to delinquency from a criminal justice lens.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 5 - History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences | Goal Area 9 - Ethical and Civic Responsibility | Diverse Cultures - Purple
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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Policing patrol practicals covers the types and methods of patrol and factors involved in one's perception and observation of others. This course includes knowledge and skills to preserve the peace of the community they are going to serve. This course is part of the Policing Skills Certificate and requires approval for registration.
Firearms covers the use of deadly force, firearms safety, care and cleaning of service weapons, and firearms shooting principles. The course focuses on students' decision making ability and firearms shooting ability. This course is part of the Policing Skills Certificate and permission is required to register for this course.
Crime scene processing and investigation covers a study of responsibilities and duties of officers conducting a preliminary investigation of a crime scene including recognition, preservation, recovery of physical evidence, crime scene photography, sketching and recovery of latent fingerprints. This course also covers proper procedure for interviewing and interrogation of victims, witnesses, and suspects. Permission is required to register; this course is part of the Policing Skills Certificate.
Traffic enforcement covers instruction and practical experience in radar operation, DUI detection, accident investigation, evasive driving, and current trends of violations and offenses. This course requires permission to register and is part of the Policing Skills Certificate.
Defensive tactics includes basic techniques on how to best defend against certain common types of attack and the reasonable force necessary to overcome the resistance being offered. This course aids in reducing the likelihood of injury to all parties, minimizing the use of excessive force, and creating a positive self-image with physical and mental conditioning. Permission is required to register for this course and this course is part of the Policing Skills Certificate.
May be used to explore areas of interest not covered in regular courses. A maximum of three hours applicable toward a major or minor in the department with consent of an advisor.
A sociological perspective to examine the history of drug use and abuse in the United States. Multicultural issues in drug abuse, international drug distribution networks, prevention efforts, and legal issues will be discussed.
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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Students will learn core techniques in criminological and criminal justice research including research design and data analysis. Students will also write academic and/or professional reports summarizing literature searches, critiquing existing research, and demonstrating understanding of measurement, design, and observation.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Writing Intensive
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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Overview of the characteristics of victims, victim-offender relationships, societal victimization, victim's rights and services, and restorative justice. The focus will be on developing effective criminal justice responses to the victims/survivors and the perpetrators.
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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This course is designed to provide peace officer students with the foundational information, tools, and skills needed to improve interpersonal communications with coworkers and the public from all ethnic and cultural groups. This course also provides some historical information so students can contextualize and better understand why particular groups may distrust and resist peace officers and the criminal justice system as a whole.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Diverse Cultures - Purple
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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Students will develop resources, skills, and strategies needed to address racism and inequity on their journey in building a more inclusive, connected, and effective criminal justice system. Students will discover a framework to help discuss issues related to cultural competency: learn about methods, practices, and values that define cultural competency and culturally based work in various fields and organizations.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Diverse Cultures - Purple
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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This course focuses on the experiences of women in the criminal justice system--as victims, offenders, and professionals. Women's involvement in this system (whether they were a defendant, an attorney, an inmate, a correctional officer or a crime victim) has often been overlooked or devalued. The goal of this course is to bring the special needs and contributions of women in the criminal justice system into sharper focus.
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
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