Senior Seminar.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: CRJS 181 , CRJS 253 , CRJS 254 , CRJS 355 and CRJS 380 . Enrollment is restricted to seniors in criminal justice with at least 85 credit hours taken toward the degree. A capstone course designed to assist students to apply and to think critically about current knowledge regarding crime, crime trends, law, law enforcement, the adjudication process, corrections and crime prevention. Scenarios, research, projections and evaluation of different viewpoints will be employed to develop the student's ability to assess methods of argumentation, use information and apply existing knowledge to new fact situations.