2012-2013 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Page 215 2012–13 Undergraduate Catalog Introduction Admissions Academic Information Academic Departments Course Descriptions Financial Information Appendix Index COM-4610 Communication Ethics –Sp 2 hours Seminar focuses on how to reason biblically about ethical issues. Surveys contemporary Christian ethicists; examines issues of concern to the Christian community; suggests communication dynamics that build Christian social ethics. COM-4640 Special Topics –Fa, Sp 2–3 hours Topics of important interest are examined on an as-needed basis. COM-4710–4760 Independent Study 1–3 hours COM-4710–General Communication –Fa, Sp 1–3 hours COM-4720–Organizational Communication –Fa, Sp 1–3 hours COM-4730–Oral Interpretation –Fa, Sp 1–3 hours COM-4740–Drama –Fa, Sp 1–3 hours COM-4750–Media –Fa, Sp 1–3 hours COM-4760–Forensics –Fa, Sp 1–3 hours Taken to secure an in-depth background in one of the areas of communication. Repeatable to a total of eight credit hours in the field. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. COM-4810 Research Pre-Seminar –Sp 2 hours Senior students present research findings to beginning researchers. Senior students mentor beginning students. Beginning researchers employ library search techniques to prepare a research prospectus. Prerequisite: COM-2220 Quantitative Research. (Fee: $25) COM-4820 Senior Research Project –Fa 3 hours Students select a topic of interest, research, and write a paper under the direction of a research mentor. Students present findings before faculty and peers. Research is published by the department and retained in the department of media and applied communications archives. Prerequisites: COM-2050 Communication Theory; COM-2220 Communication Research; COM-4810 Research Pre-Seminar. (Fee: $45) COM-4825 3 hours Senior Research Capstone Internship –Fa, Sp, Su Students with an emphasis in political communication may elect to complete a capstone internship for their senior project. Internship experiences must be approved by faculty within the political communication specialization and must demonstrate strong academic preparation and a capacity for professional development during the internship experience. For more information on the capstone internship, contact the media and applied communications department office. Prerequisites: COM-2050 Communication Theory; COM-2220 Communication Research; COM-2820 Political Communication; COM-3120 Argumentation; COM-3150 Gender, Politics, and Communication; COM-3810 Speechwriting for the Professional; COM-4810 Research Pre-Seminar. COM-4830 Research–Post Seminar –Sp 0 hours Senior students present research findings to beginning researchers. Senior students mentor beginning students. Beginning researchers employ library search techniques to prepare a research prospectus. COM-4850 Senior Seminar –Sp 1 hour A transitional seminar to provide students with the opportunity to culminate their academic program and begin the orientation to the professions of communication. The course will prepare students for employment demands, revise resumes, develop interview skills, and establish networking techniques for success in their communication profession. COM-4900 Internship in Communications –Fa, Sp 3–12 hours Students are placed with professional organizations to gain experience in actual career situations. Internships depend upon availability. COM-4950 Applied Capstone –Fa, Sp 3 hours This course is the culmination of the major in applied communication. It provides an opportunity for students to bring together the academic training and professional skills in a focused application. Students work with an advisor to develop a project culminating their program of study in one of four options selected with approval of the capstone coordinator and the faculty advisor. All capstone projects will be presented in written form and presented in a public forum. Prerequisites: COM-2050 Communication Theory or COM-2320 Theories of Mass Media and COM-2220 Quantitative Research or COM-2225 Qualitative Research. (Fee: $15) Criminal Justice (CRJU) CRJU-1310 Introduction to Criminal Justice –Fa 3 hours Introduction to the discipline and institutions of criminal justice in the United States. Law enforcement, the courts, and corrections will be recognized as a system with interacting and interdependent institutions. An understanding and comprehensive view of the formal criminal justice system is essential. (Fee: $60) CRJU-1350 1 hour Career Planning for the Criminal Justice Professional –Sp The course is designed to provide an understanding of how to select the right major as a student and how to identify your professional career aspiration. Understanding one’s unique skill set, interest, and God’s will is paramount to identifying the correct vocation to select. This course will utilize two personal assessment instruments to help students better understand their personal profile in relationship to professional opportunities. Students will learn the fundamentals of how to develop and implement a career plan. Prerequisite: CRJU-1310 Introduction to Criminal Justice. (Fee: $60) CRJU-2200 Criminology –Fa 3 hours Introduction to the major criminological perspectives regarding crime causation. Selected notorious crimes are considered as case studies to enhance understanding of each perspective. Crosslisted as CRJU or SOC. CRJU-2310 Juvenile Delinquency –Sp 3 hours Study and assessment of causal theory and problems of correction and prevention of delinquency. Crosslisted as CRJU or SOC (Fee: $30) CRJU-2840 Concepts of Chemical Dependency –Fa,Sp 3 hours Designed to investigate the concept of chemical dependency. Course emphasis is on the various drugs of abuse and methods of assessment, intervention, and treatment. Crosslisted as CRJU, PYCH, SOC, or SWK. Prerequisite: PYCH-1600 General Psychology, SOC-1300 Introduction to Sociology, or permission of instructor. CRJU-3300 Corrections –Sp 3 hours In-depth consideration of probation, penology, and community supervision sectors of the field of criminal justice. (Fee: $30) CRJU-3310 Corrections Administration –Fa 3 hours Contemporary issues related to management of correctional organizations from the administrator’s perspective within the context of legal and political parameters. Prerequisite: CRJU-1310 Introduction to Criminal Justice. CRJU-3350 Criminal Law –Sp 3 hours Focuses on the general classification of criminal offenses, rules of construction, burden and degree of proof, jurisdiction and venue, limitations to criminal prosecution, requirements for criminal liability, culpable mental states, defenses to criminal liability, and elements of criminal offenses. Prerequisite: CRJU- 1310 Introduction to Criminal Justice. Course Descriptions | COM-4610– CRJU-3350