CRJ-463
CRJ-464
CRJ-465
CRJ-490
Motor Vehicle Collision Investigation
Motor Vehicle Law Enforcement
Patrol Procedures and Operations
Honors Thesis in Criminal Justice
As part of the ACT 120 curriculum this course is designed to introduce the basic investigative practices related to traffic collisions as well as to explain the initial actions to be taken at an accident scene including traffic direction and control. This course addresses the basic elements of the first responding police officer ' s role and the safe practices related to being the first responder to a hazardous materials incident. The importance of written communication skills in the information- gathering process, preliminary investigation, field note taking, documentation of the crime scene or arrests, and articulation regarding the use of force and official police report writing are emphasized.
As part of the ACT 120 curriculum this course introduces the basic laws that constitute the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code and their relationship to the work of the police officer. Topics include the legal issues related to occupant safety, in general, and Pennsylvania statutes, in particular. As part of the ACT 120 curriculum the course introduces the student to the tasks and duties that police officers must accomplish on a day-to-day basis. The emphasis of this course is on techniques and procedures of patrolling and policing in the community. This course also addresses terrorism and homeland security issues.
A criminal justice major may choose to prepare an honors thesis in criminal justice under the supervision of a criminal justice faculty member upon the approval of the program coordinator. The thesis may examine any theoretical, empirical or policy issue of the student ' s choice within criminal justice and would represent an integration and culmination of studies completed during the student ' s studies. May be repeated for additional credit up to a total of six semester hours.
ECN-101 |
Economic Problems |
This course, which may be used to fulfill a humanities elective, presents a study of contemporary economic issues from humanistic and historical perspectives and includes a discussion of inflation, unemployment, corporate vs. union power, among other issues. |
ECN-102 |
Microeconomics |
This course surveys four major topics: an introduction to economics; the economics of the firm and resource allocation; current microeconomic problems; and international economics and the world economy. This course may not be used to fulfill a humanities economics elective. |
ECN-103 |
Macroeconomics |
An examination of national income accounting, inflation, unemployment, |
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and interest rates and the use of monetary and fiscal policy are studied. This |
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course may not be used to fulfill a humanities economics elective. |
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