Course Description: Writing stories or selling and designing ads for The Collegian newspaper and the Dragon's Tale magazine.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Writing stories or selling and designing ads for The Collegian newspaper and the Dragon's Tale magazine.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Production of the college newspaper. Writing, copy preparation, editing, advertising, page design, and distribution through digital reporting and story enhancements including placing copy, photos, podcasts, and videos on the newspaper web site and social media.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: An introduction to the principles of magazine production, including layout design, copy writing, ad design and computer typesetting and graphics in the production of Issue 1 and planning of Issue 2 of the Dragon's Tale magazine. Training for students interested in producing in-house magazines for businesses. Four hours laboratory and lecture.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Course Description: Serve as a student editor or ad manager with advanced techniques for successful publication of college newspaper or magazine.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Directed study in publication management.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Directed study in publication management.
Course Description: Beginning work experience through a partnership with industry from journalism and/or graphic arts technology fields.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Notes: Prior journalism or graphic arts technology experience is recommended. At least 45 clock hours required for each credit hour enrolled.
Course Description: Introduction to photographic principles through the use of digital cameras and equipment. Practice assignments in exposure, composition and post processing of photographic files.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
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
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.
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 College Learning Methods course emphasizes active learning practices in which students learn personal management skills, learning process, and classroom activities and behaviors designed to enhance learning and academic success.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
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
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: 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