Course Description: Explore the dynamic world of web development with PHP and MySQL. An introduction to server-side scripting using PHP and the powerful database management capabilities of MySQL. Through hands-on exercises and projects, create dynamic, interactive web applications that can handle user input, manipulate data, and respond dynamically to user interactions. Learn skills to build robust web applications that leverage the synergy between PHP and MySQL, setting you on the path to becoming a proficient web developer.
Course Notes: IS228 Data Base Structures, or Departmental Consent.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Extensive coverage of common LAN, WAN schema with emphasis on development of Technology Plan for small business networks with procedures for installation, maintenance and support with in-depth, hands-on application.
Course Notes: IS182 Cisco CCNA I/Networking I.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Students who do not have the required prerequisites must receive consent from Department before enrolling.
Course Description: Comprehensive study of server operating systems and virtualization, with a primary focus on Windows Server, Linux Server, and virtual hypervisors. Students will define the installation, configuration, management, and troubleshooting of server environments within virtualized contexts. Emphasis will be on industry best practices, server deployment, resource allocation, and the use of virtualization technology to optimize performance and scalability across server platforms.
Course Notes: IS235 Elements of Linux, or Departmental Consent, and IS182 Cisco CCNA I/Networking I.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Secure creation and identification of algorithms and their application to procedural programming. Analyze problems and mitigate vulnerabilities in existing applications using a high-level language, such as Java or C++.
Course Notes: CS200 Problem Solving and Programming, and Departmental Consent.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Students who have not met the prerequisites must receive departmental permission before enrolling.
Course Description: Explore fundamental techniques and use of basic tools in Adobe Photoshop. Acquire, enhance, and manipulate images for use in print or digital media.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: On the job experiences under the supervision of the program coordinator. A laboratory class held at selected training locations with the approval of the program coordinator.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Obtaining an internship is the responsibility of the student and consists of supervised work experience at an approved training site. The student must complete 225 hours of work.
Course Description: Emphasis on role of paralegals in the practice of law, including types of paralegals, education and licensure employment requirements, professional ethics standards, practice of law authorization, and work tasks such as preparation and use of legal briefs, memorandums, and documents used in a law office.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Course is 8 weeks in length, with assignments required from multiple chapters each week.
Course Description: Preparation and use of pleadings and other documents involved in the trial of a civil or criminal case with emphasis on the practice aspects associated with the trial.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Course is 8 weeks in length, with assignments required from multiple chapters each week.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Course is 8 weeks in length, with assignments required from multiple chapters each week.
Course Description: Overview of rules and laws governing ethical legal obligations oriented to paralegals and professional paralegal practices. Topics include confidentiality, conflicts of interests, attorney-client and work product privilege, authorized practice of law, interviewing, investigations, records collection and communication skills.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Course is 8 weeks in length, with assignments required from multiple chapters each week.
Course Description: Introduction to legal research and writing, overview of the law and how to research, simple legal research problems in case law and statutory exercises, citation form, appropriate research instruments including Westlaw and Shepard''s Citations.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Course is 8 weeks in length, with assignments required from multiple chapters each week.
Course Description: Fundamental principles and applications of debtor/creditor law, including debt collection, creditor rights and collective creditor actions drawn from Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Course is 8 weeks in length, with assignments required from multiple chapters each week.
Course Description: The historical development and the internal and external issues of the various components of the criminal justice system including police, corrections and the courts and how these interrelated components result in the administration of justice today.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Focuses on the unique types of writing required in a criminal justice career. Students are required to gather pertinent information and then record that information by writing a variety of report narratives representative of those prepared by individuals working in a profession within the criminal justice system.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Explores the major components involved in the study of ethics, particularly as it applies to the field of criminal justice. Focus is placed on the code of conduct and ethics of the criminal justice profession and the standards held to in their professional role. The aim of the course is to produce professionals who are not only critical thinkers, but who have the skills necessary to pursue sound ethics in their day-to-day decisions and activities.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Examines the historical precedents and philosophical reasons for treating juveniles differently from adults. Reviews empirical evidence about child development that can illuminate the reasons for their special status within the system. It will study the major theories that have been proposed as explanations of delinquent behavior. The course will also provide a detailed overview of the juvenile justice system, from its beginnings to the current state of the institution.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Introductory study of the field of corrections; correctional process of probation, institutions, and parole; survey of correction careers and correction theories.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: History, scope and nature of law; parties to a crime; classification of offenses; criminal acts and intent; the capacity to commit crime; and criminal defenses; elements of misdemeanor and felony crimes.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Theory of equations, functions, inverse functions, complex numbers, determinants and matrices with focus primarily on the review of course content covered concurrently in MA106.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Notes: For students w/HS GPA less than 3.25, ACT Math 21 or below or Accup 262 or below. Mandatory concurrent enrollment in MA106 w/same instructor at same time. Class does not count toward graduation.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Notes: For students w/HS GPA less than 3.25, ACT Math 21 or below or Accup 262 or below. Mandatory concurrent enrollment in MA106 w/same instructor at same time. Class does not count toward graduation.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Notes: For students w/HS GPA less than 3.25, ACT Math 21 or below or Accup 262 or below. Mandatory concurrent enrollment in MA106 w/same instructor at same time. Class does not count toward graduation.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Notes: For students w/HS GPA less than 3.25, ACT Math 21 or below or Accup 262 or below. Mandatory concurrent enrollment in MA106 w/same instructor at same time. Class does not count toward graduation.
Course Description: Analysis of single variable and bivariable data; probability distribution; normal probability distributions; sampling distributions; statistical inference involving one and two populations; chi-square applications. Course is appropriate for Social Science, Allied Health, Public and Protective Services, and Library and Information Science majors.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Notes: For students w/HS GPA less than 3.0, ACT Math 18 or below or Accup 254 or below. Mandatory concurrent enrollment in MA108 w/same instructor at same time. Class does not count toward graduation.
Course Description: Emphasis on developing critical thinking and quantitative reasoning skills that are useful in our contemporary world. Topics will include financial applications, statistics, probability, estimation and the application of mathematics to understand major issues in society. “Just in time” mathematic topics will be covered as necessary to contribute to the success of the student in the course. Appropriate for students majoring in Arts & Humanities, Applied Arts/Sciences, Hospitality & Culinary, English, Ag & Natural Resources, Journalism, and Communications.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Notes: For students w/HS GPA less than 3.0, ACT Math 18 or below or Accup 254 or below. Mandatory concurrent enrollment in MA117 w/same instructor at same time. Class does not count toward graduation.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Notes: For students w/HS GPA less than 3.0, ACT Math 18 or below or Accup 254 or below. Mandatory concurrent enrollment in MA117 w/same instructor at same time. Class does not count toward graduation.