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CJ 1000	Law Enforcement Academy
CJ 1301	Intro To Criminal Justice	CJ 1301 (CRIJ 1301) Introduction to Criminal Justice (3-0). History and philosophy of criminal justice and ethical considerations; crime defined; its nature and impact; overview of criminal justice system; police prosecution and defense; trial process; corrections. (Required for CJ)
CJ 1302	Intro Homeland Security
CJ 1306	Court Systems & Practices	CJ 1306 Court Systems and Practices (3-0). The student will be introduced to topics related to the functioning of the courts and judiciary system including pre-trial services right to counsel grand juries adjudication processes rules of evidence and post-trial appeals. Prerequisite: CJ 1310
CJ 1307	Crime in America
CJ 1310	Fund Crim Law	CJ 1310 Fundamentals of Criminal Law (3-0). The student will be introduced to concepts of criminal law including the nature of law, historical development, major definitions, classification and elements of crime and criminal responsibility. Prerequisite: CJ 1301
CJ 1313	Juvenile Justice System
CJ 2302	Basic Skills For CJ
CJ 2313	Correctional Sys and Prac
CJ 2323	Aspects of Law Enforce.
CJ 2328	Police Sys. and Practices
CJ 2351	Hate Crimes
CJ 2353	Crimes Against Children
CJ 2360	Intro to Cybercrime
CJ 2362	Cybercrime Investigation
CJ 3300	History Of Crim Jus	CJ 3300 History of Criminal Justice (3-0). A survey of criminal justice history; a study relating to the developments in American law, police practice and penology in Western civilization. Major American and European theories of criminal justice are studied. Equivalent courses: CRIM 3300
CJ 3302	Victimology	CJ 3302 Victimology (3-0). Provides an in-depth study of factors that affect victims of crime. Specific crimes are studied and remedies explored; victim precipitation self-help and prevention of victimization victimization surveys and other data sources; history of victims rights and the victims rights movement and victim services.
CJ 3303	Crime & Justice in the Movies
CJ 3305	Substantive Law	CJ 3305 Substantive Law (3-0). A study of the philosophical foundations of American law; a survey of applied criminal law with an emphasis on the most common criminal offenses; an examination of the Texas Penal Code. Equivalent courses: CRIM 3305
CJ 3306	Community Corrections	CJ 3306 Community Corrections (3-0). This course will focus on community corrections in the criminal justice system as an alternative to institutionalization. Students will examine the treatment and rehabilitation concepts; probation and parole techniques; statutory and case law; case management; agency organization and administration. Equivalent courses: CRIM 3306
CJ 3307	Organized Crime
CJ 3308	Law Of Evidence	CJ 3308 Law of Evidence (3-0). An examination of the rules of evidence and the procedures for obtaining it with special emphasis on application in criminal court. Equivalent courses: CRIM 3308
CJ 3312	Criminal Investigation
CJ 3316	Domestic Violence
CJ 3317	White Collar Crime
CJ 3320	Emergency Management	CJ 3320 Emergency Management (3-0). This course covers risk management and disaster management theory, risk assessment, protection of critical infrastructure, Incident Command Systems, FEMA strategies, and other efforts to prevent and mitigate terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and other large scale events. The role of all levels of government, military, and citizenry will be examined. Equivalent courses: CRIM 3320
CJ 3321	Human Trafficking
CJ 3340	Criminal Justice Ethics	CJ 3340 Criminal Justice Ethics (3-0). An Analysis of ethical dilemmas in the criminal justice system. An exploration into situational ethics relating to practices in Criminal Justice system. This course will address many ethical scenarios encountered by law enforcement, prosecutors, court officers, and corrections staff in the performance of their duties. Students will develop an understanding of the moral and ethical issues as well as how these dilemmas are resolved. Equivalent courses: CRIM 3340
CJ 3341	Research Methods for CJ
CJ 3362	Adv Cyber Investigations	CJ 3362 Advanced Cybercrime Investigations (3-0). This course examines advanced investigation techniques in cybercrime cases, including internet frauds and schemes, issues in ecommerce, and threats to the national infrastructure. Cyber security policies, legal issues, and advanced investigative strategies, as well as the implications of investigations on a national and global scale will also be evaluated. Prerequisites: CJ 1301 or CJ 1302 and CJ 2362. Equivalent courses: CRIM 3362
CJ 3363	Police Academy I	CJ 3363 Police Academy I (3-0). First of 4-part credit for Police Academy. Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in the SRSU Police Academy and enrollment in 336433653366
CJ 3364	Police Academy II	CJ 3364 Police Academy II (3-0). Second of 4-part credit for Police Academy. Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in the SRSU Police Academy and enrollment in 3363, 3365, 3366
CJ 3365	Police Academy III	CJ 3365 Police Academy III (3-0). Third of 4-part credit for Police Academy. Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in the SRSU Police Academy and enrollment in 3363 3364 3366
CJ 3366	Police Academy IV	CJ 3366 Police Academy IV (3-0). Fourth of 4-part credit for Police Academy. Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in the SRSU Police Academy and enrollment in 3363 3364 3365
CJ 3367	Wildlife Law Enforcment	CJ 3367 Wildlife Law Enforcement (3-0). Application of investigative and evidentiary procedures to wildlife law enforcement; legal basis for wildlife laws; federal and state wildlife laws; role of wildlife law enforcement in wildlife management. Equivalent courses: CJ 3304 (through Summer 2022), CRIM 3367
CJ 3368	Police Academy V	CJ 3368 Police Academy V (3-0). Fifth of 5-part credit for Police Academy. Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in the SRSU Police Academy and enrollment in CJ 3363, 3364, 3365, and 3366.
CJ 3369	Digital Forensics	CJ 3369 Digital Forensics (3-0). The digital forensic course is designed to give students the tools and techniques for investigating crime involving digital evidence. It is designed as an introductory course in computer forensics. Students will learn different techniques and procedures that enable them to perform a digital investigation. This course focuses mainly on the analysis of physical storage media and volume analysis. It covers the major phases of digital investigation such as preservation, analysis, and acquisition of artifacts that reside in hard disks and random access memory.
CJ 3370	Law And Society	CJ 3370 Law & Society (3-0). An analysis of the American criminal justice system; an overview of the history, philosophy, and contemporary functions of the separate institutions which contribute to the process; the police, courts, corrections, and juvenile justice systems will be examined for their contributions, assumptions, and interrelations. Equivalent courses CRIM 3370; CRIM 3304 (through summer 2023).
CJ 3371	Women and Crime	CJ 3371 Women and Crime (3-0). This course is designed to give the student a basic knowledge of the issues surrounding women and their interaction with the criminal justice system. Topics covered will include women as victims of crime, as perpetrators of crime, and as workers within the system. Equivalent courses: CRIM 3311, CJ 3311 (through Summer 2023).
CJ 4300	American Corrections	CJ 4300 American Corrections (3-0). An overview of state and federal correctional systems; methods of treatment of offenders and humanistic approach to corrections, institutional and community sanctions, and correctional administration is studied. Equivalent courses: CRIM 4300
CJ 4302	Constitutional Law	CJ 4302 Constitutional Law (3-0). An analysis of the role of the U.S. Supreme Court and the appellant courts in protecting individual rights and civil liberties with a focus on litigation involving provisions of the Bill of Rights. Equivalent courses: CRIM 4302
CJ 4303	Death Penalty
CJ 4304	Criminology
CJ 4307	Internship in Criminal Justice
CJ 4309	Seminar in CJ	CJ 4309 Seminar in Criminal Justice (3-0). A seminar course addressing various aspects of the criminal justice system; topics are subject to change with each semester.
CJ 4312	Punishment
CJ 4313	Juvenile Delinquency and Law	CJ 4313 Juvenile Delinquency and Law (3-0). This course will focus on the nature and extent of juvenile deviant behavior; deviancy theories; juvenile statutory and case law; judicial processes; policies and police practices related to juvenile justice.
CJ 4314	American Courts	CJ 4314 American Courts (3-0). A survey of the Dynamics of the state and federal judicial system; the interrelated relationship of the judge, jury, prosecutor, and defense; judicial theory, and an in-depth study of the criminal case within the court. Equivalent courses: CRIM 4314
CJ 4315	Serial Killers
CJ 4318	Advanced Homeland Security
CJ 4319	School Violence
CJ 4323	Transnational Crime
CJ 4324	Immigration Law & Policy	CJ 4324 Immigration Law and Policy (3-0). This course will focus on the history and development of immigration patterns and policies in the United States. Emphasis will be placed on policy issues as related to the work of Criminal Justice practitioners particularly in the post-9/11 world. Students will also be expected to analyze policy impact on various groups of immigrants.
CJ 4330	Law Enforcement Admin
CJ 4331	Legal Issues in CJ	CJ 4331 Legal Issues in Criminal Justice (3-0). This course will be an advanced study of the various constitutional and other legal issues within all areas of criminal justice. Specific focus will be given to Texas laws, and US Supreme Court decisions affecting law enforcement or corrections. Prerequisite: CJ 1301 or CJ 1302. (Required for HS). Equivalent courses: CRIM 4331
CJ 4332	Const Issues in Corr	CJ 4332 Constitutional Issues in Corrections (3-0). In the course students will explore the origins of correctional systems and how these systems and correctional philosophies have evolved over time. Students will also study the First Fourth Fifth Sixth Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights and the theories behind those rights as they relate to convicted prisoners and pretrial detainees. The impact of court decisions on prisons and jails. Liability and immunity of correctional personnel.
CJ 4333	Community Policing
CJ 4334	Police Corruption	CJ 4334 Police Corruption (3-0). The class is designed to familiarize students with the sociological and legal issues concerning police corruption. Discussion will include specific ?critical issues? such as, police militarization, the Police subculture, use of force, and the volatile political aspects of this issue. Equivalent courses: CRIM 4334
CJ 4335	Drug Ident & Enforcement	CJ 4335 Drug Identification and Enforcement (3-0). Lectures demonstrations and discussions that address all aspects of drug law identification and analysis with an emphasis on those related to law enforcement. Illicit drugs are examined for their societal impact.
CJ 4336	Prison Gangs
CJ 4337	Forensic Science	CJ 4337 Forensic Science (3-0). The science of fingerprints and DNA is examined; a study of criminalistics and the techniques employed in the recovery classification and identification of crime scene evidence; the analysis and interpretation of physical evidence.
CJ 4350	Independent Study	The student will pursue an independent research or experiential learning project chosen by the student in consultation and approval of the instructor. Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor
CJ 4363	Intro Criminal Profiling
CJ 4365	Cyber Warfare	CJ 4365 Cyber Warfare (3-0). This course is an overview of cyber warfare including discussions on its strategy and impacts. Students will evaluate the use of cyber warfare by the military, terrorist, and criminal organizations. Students will examine computer network benefits and vulnerabilities, potential weaponry, and risk mitigation. Prerequisite: CJ 1301 or CJ 1302 and CJ 2360. Equivalent courses: CRIM 4365
CJ 4368	Multiculturalism in CJ	CJ 4368 Multiculturalism in the Criminal Justice System (3-0). Understanding, communicating and working with persons from different cultures; basic human relations skills needed by those working in the criminal justice system; women in the criminal justice system; equal protection of the law and anti-discrimination, civil rights, sexual harassment and related laws; criminal justice ethics. (Required)
CJ 4369	Crime Mapping	CJ 4369 Seminar in Special Problems in Criminal Justice (3-0). Exploration and analysis of contemporary problems related to police, courts or corrections. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Equivalent courses: CJ 4302 (through Summer 2022), CRIM 4369
CJ 4369	Seminar: Crime Analysis	CJ 4369 Seminar in Special Problems in Criminal Justice (3-0). Exploration and analysis of contemporary problems related to police, courts or corrections. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Equivalent courses: CJ 4302 (through Summer 2022), CRIM 4369
CJ 4369	Seminar: Crime Mapping	CJ 4369 Seminar in Special Problems in Criminal Justice (3-0). Exploration and analysis of contemporary problems related to police, courts or corrections. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Equivalent courses: CJ 4302 (through Summer 2022), CRIM 4369
CJ 4370	Death Penalty	CJ 4370 Death Penalty (3-0). This class is designed to examine the moral, legal, social and political aspects surrounding the death penalty issues. We will focus on the history of capital punishment both domestic and abroad. Issues of deterrence as well as how problems of discrimination are actively addressed. This course will utilize past legal and criminological research to argue both for and against the death penalty in America. This course is not designed to reinforce a student's current belief-rather to challenge and broaden their understanding of a complicated and divisive criminal/political issue. Equivalent courses: CRIM 4303 or CJ 4303 (through Summer 2023), CRIM 4370.
CJ 4371	Procedural Law	CJ 4371 Procedural Law (3-0). A study of criminal procedure and the procedural rules for the judicial enforcement of criminal law; a survey of due process; and an examination of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Equivalent courses: CJ 4371; CRIM 4305 (through summer 2023).
CJ 4375	Sexual Predators	CJ 4375 Sexual Predators (3-0). This course examines the roots, structures, habits and sociological implications of sexual predators. The most obvious example of sexual predators is the violent sexual serial killer. Equivalent courses: CRIM 4311, CJ 4311 (through Summer 2023).
CJ 4376	Punishment	CJ 4376 Punishment (3-0). In this course, we will review the public policy concerning the death penalty and punishment. We will further look into issues that may or may not affect the use of the death penalty within the various states. Equivalent courses: CRIM 4312 or CJ 4312 (through Summer 2023), CRIM 4376.
CJ 5301	Over & Admn of CJ System
CJ 5305	White Collar Crime
CJ 5306	Drug Abuse
CJ 5309	Forensic Psychology	CJ 5309 Forensic Psychology (3-0). This course provides an overview of criminal and civil forensic psychology. Topics include, but are not limited to: police and investigative psychology, legal psychology, criminal psychology, victimology and victim services, and correctional psychology.
CJ 5310	Capital Punishment
CJ 5311	Adv Law Enforcement Admin
CJ 5315	Seminar in Courts & Judiciary
CJ 5317	Juvenile Delinquency
CJ 5318	Seminar in CJ Theory
CJ 5321	Domestic Violence
CJ 5322	Immigration Issues
CJ 5323	Homeland Security
CJ 5325	Graduate Seminar in CJ
CJ 5326	Victimology
CJ 5327	Grad Seminar in HS
CJ 5328	Transnational Crimes
CJ 5329	Emergency Mgmt/Disasters
CJ 5330	Emerging Issues in HS
CJ 5331	Border Security
CJ 5331	ST: Border Security
CJ 5334	Methods of Social Research
CJ 5335	Human Trafficking
CJ 5336	Domestic Terrorism
CJ 5337	International Terrorism
CJ 5338	Cybersecurity
CJ 5339	Ethical Issues in CJ Sys	CJ 5339 Ethical Issues in the Criminal Justice System (3-0). Students will examine ethical issues related to criminal justice administration. The origin and effect of ethical standards as well as ethical leadership will be addressed. Emphasis on the role of ethical decision making in policy making and the establishment of agency values, as well as the value paradigm of community policing will be explored.
CJ 5340	Policy Making in CJ
CJ 5341	Criminal Sexual Behaviors
CJ 5343	Crimes Against Children
CJ 5360	Seminar in Cyber Crime
CJ 5361	Sem in Criminal Profiling
CJ 5362	Criminology of Cybercrime
CJ 5363	Cybercrime Law & Policy	CJ 5363 Seminar in Cybercrime Law and Policy (3-0). This course addresses issues related to how emerging technologies challenge existing legal paradigms; how countries regulate criminality across political boundaries; what the new paradigm means for individual rights and privacy; and how law enforcement is evolving to meet the demands of the modern world. This course includes an in-depth analysis of case law and various statues related to cyber intrusions, data theft, and crimes against persons.
CJ 5365	Sem in Cybercrime Invest
CJ 5366	Courtrm Presentation/Rule Evid	CJ 5366 Courtroom Presentation & Rule of Evidence (3-0). In this course, students are provided an overview of the criminal law-forensic science interface. This includes legal concepts of admissibility of evidence and proof, rules of evidence, structure and hierarchy of criminal courts, ethics, and expert testimony.
CJ 5368	Seminar in Forensic Sciences	CJ 5368 Seminar in Forensic Sciences (3-0). This is a writing-intensive graduate seminar. Students are expected to write regularly, and their grades in this seminar are linked to the quality and content of their written work. The students will focus on various forensic science disciplines and related fields, including discussions of research and developments, and current topics in those areas.
CJ 5370	Crime Scene Processing	CJ 5370 Crime Scene Processing (3-0). This graduate-level course provides an in-depth exploration of advanced techniques and methodologies in crime scene processing, designed for students pursuing careers in forensic science, criminal justice, and law enforcement. Participants will develop a comprehensive understanding of the complex processes involved in securing, documenting, and analyzing crime scenes. The curriculum covers a range of topics, including forensic photography, evidence collection, bloodstain pattern analysis, trace evidence recovery, and crime scene reconstruction. Emphasis is placed on the integration of cutting-edge technologies, such as 3D scanning and virtual crime scene reconstruction software, to enhance investigative practices.
CJ 5373	Forensic Document Examination	CJ 5373 Forensic Document Examination (3-0). This course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and techniques involved in the forensic examination of documents. Students will develop skills in analyzing various types of documents to determine their authenticityh, detect forgery, and provide expert testimoney in court.
CJ 5374	Digital Forensics	CJ 5374 Digital Forensics (3-0).The digital forensic course is designed to give students the tools and techniques for investigating crime involving digital evidence. Students will learn different techniques and procedures that enable them to perform a digital investigation. This course focuses mainly on the analysis of physical storage media and volume analysis. It covers the major phases of digital investigation such as preservation, analysis, and acquisition of artifacts that reside in hard disks and random access memory.
CJ 5379	Operating Sys. & File Sys. For	CJ 5379 Operating System and File System Forenics (3-0). The course provides a comprehensive exploration of forensic techniques, tools, and methodologies essential for investigating and analyzing digital evidence within operating systems and file structures. The curriculum covers a range of topics, including file system architecture, data recovery, artifact analysis, and the examination of operating systems.