1 Credits
Provides one college credit for working on the college radio station or participating in an internship program at a commercial radio station in Batavia, Rochester or Buffalo. Students may enroll four times for a maximum of four semesters hours of credit. Activity hours to be arranged. Prerequisite: COM102, COM102 or concurrent enrollment in COM102. Credit in this course will not satisfy the Fine Arts requirement in any degree program.
1 Credits
Provides one college credit for working on the college radio station or participating in an internship program at a commercial radio station in Batavia, Rochester or Buffalo. Students may enroll four times for a maximum of four semesters hours of credit. Activity hours to be arranged. Prerequisite: COM102, COM102 or concurrent enrollment in COM102. Credit in this course will not satisfy the Fine Arts requirement in any degree program.
3 Credits
Develops video production techniques using the college's media facility and equipment, operating video production and post-production equipment to create effective visual communication. Two class hours, two lab hours. Spring only.
1 Credits
Internship at media facility or college cable television station in student's field of interest. Facility must be approved by program faculty. Prerequisite: COM211 or ART210.
2 Credits
Internship at media facility or college cable television station in student's field of interest. Facility must be approved by program faculty. Prerequisite: COM211 or ART210.
3 Credits
Develops individual creative potential. Focuses on the interactive elements in deliberate creativity and innovation: the creative person, the creative process, the creative product, and the creative environment. Emphasizes application in personal and professional settings.
3 Credits
Presents overview of the administration of criminal justice in the United States and the problems of crime prevention and control in American society. Prepares students for further study in criminal justice, for careers in criminal justice agencies, and for knowledgeable citizenship.
3 Credits
Introduces students to the criminal law and the New York Penal Code. Examines the historical development of laws in the United States. Discusses the parties of crime, the elements of crime, inchoate crimes and the various categories of crime, including crimes against persons, property offenses and crimes that harm society. Analyzes the criminal defenses used in the Criminal Justice system. Prerequisite: CRJ 101 or PLG114.
3 Credits
Familiarizes students with the basic principles of criminal procedure law. Examines the total criminal process from accusation through final appeal. Identifies the court structure and its participants. Studies constitutional and New York procedural law, including warrants, searches, stops, interrogations, arrests, and suspect identifications. Prerequisite: CRJ 101 or PLG114.
3 Credits
Studies factors which influence and shape the delivery of police services in American communities. Analyzes contemporary issues including styles of policing, police role, expectations and conflict, career concepts and professionalism, community participation and accountability. Teaches students how to evaluate their impact on police services in a given community. Prerequisite: CRJ101.
3 Credits
Examines current American correctional institutions and community-based corrections in terms of development, objectives, standards, and philosophy. Includes jails, prisons, detention facilities, and correctional camps. Examines community approaches to corrections, including probation, parole, halfway houses, work release, prerelease centers, pretrial intervention programs and other alternatives to incarceration programs.
3 Credits
Examines human skeletal remains in the context of medicolegal issues. Analyzes the scientific evidence of skeletal or badly decomposed remains in order to establish circumstances of death and identification of the decedent by estimating age, gender, racial affinity, stature, pathologic conditions, and traumatic injury. Introduces human osteology, and presents methods and techniques used in forensic anthropology. Discusses case reports, contexts in which remains are found, and methods of recovery. Spring only.
3 Credits
Presents a comprehensive overview of homeland security from an all-hazards perspective. Examines threats to homeland security stemming from natural and technological disasters, domestic and international terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction. Reviews the roles and responsibilities of governmental agencies, not-for-profit and private agencies, and individual citizens concerning homeland security operations. Fall only.
3 Credits
Presents a broad foundation for the range of protective services. Studies the historical aspects of security, and techniques of prevention, protection, enforcement, detection, safety and emergency services. Explores the role of security and safety and their relationship to the Criminal Justice System. Examines symptoms, causes and possible solutions to security problems and issues. Eligibility for NYS Pre-Assignment Certification as a security guard. Spring only.