Homeland Security

This course provides the knowledge necessary to function as a fluent computer user in today’s technological society. Topics include computer terminology, computer hardware and software 
capabilities, what makes a computer powerful, the societal impact of computers, ergonomics, ethical computing behavior, information privacy, and computer security. Students complete projects encompassing Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), as well as an 0information literacy project focusing on effective use of the Web. Students with no computing experience are encouraged to complete a computing keyboarding course (CIS 103) before taking this course.

The College Success Course (COL103) is a required college-level course that all students should take during the first semester they enroll at the college. The course prepares students for college life by offering crucial information and skills necessary for success in college, including time management, note taking, critical thinking, financial literacy and information literacy. Students also explore academic and career goals. Finally, students become familiar with the full range of academic programs offered at the College as well as the institution’s regulations, policies and procedures.

This course focuses on the stages of the writing process and includes a formal research paper. A variety of writing and reading assignments are designed to develop analytical and critical-thinking skills.

- General Education Course

This course is an introduction to the public and private sectordimensions of the theory and practice of Home Security at thenational, regional, state, and local level. An overview of theadministrative, legislative, and operational elements ofhomeland security programs and processes (including areview of homeland security history, policies, and programs) isprovided. Topics include the threat of terrorism andcountermeasures, including intelligence, investigation, andpolicy that support U.S. homeland security objectives.

This course is a study of the basic concepts in social interaction, analyzing aspects of the immediate culture, defining and evaluating the individual behavior in inter-group relations, social organization and processes, and elements of social control and deviance in a changing society.

- General Education Course

This course provides students with the background necessary to master vendor-independent networking concepts. It introduces the conceptual building blocks that form modern-day networks, such as protocols, topologies, hardware, and network operating systems. It also provides a foundation in current networking technologies for local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), wireless transmission, and security. Successful completion of this course prepares students to take the CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association’s) Network+ certification exam and Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) exam.

This course studies the organization and function of law enforcement agencies of various sizes, communication within the agencies and with other agencies, police morals, public relations,and current trends in law enforcement ethics administration.

Cross listed asHLS 105 Criminal Investigation.

This course studies the techniques and procedures of criminal investigation, the methods of crime prevention, and the use and acceptance of informants and electronic surveillance. Topics include information retrieval, recognition, development, and preservation of material evidence, and interview and interrogation techniques.

This course develops student prose by utilizing the writing process (drafting, revising and editing). Students are required to complete a process portfolio that includes 3-5 typed, revised, and edited MLA papers, reflective and low-stakes writing assignments, and at least one paper that demonstrates proper research techniques. All writing assignments must demonstrate and develop the writing process, critical thinking, and writing skills. Throughout the term, a variety of reading assignments and topics are introduced to develop interpretive and argumentative skills, while developing a critical understanding of well-crafted, professional prose.

- General Education Course

This course covers the development and application of statistical concepts including descriptive statistics, probability, normal distribution, tests of hypothesis testing differences, sampling theory, and correlation.

- General Education Course

This course is a study of the nature of crime, current socialproblems and their relevance to crime, and society’s approachto the rehabilitation of the criminal offender and crimeprevention, along with theories on the causes of crime anddelinquency.

Cross listed as PL 209 Terrorism and Political Violence

This is an introductory course in terrorism. It focuses on studyingterrorist groups and individuals, terrorist origins, goals, dynamics, ideologies, counter-terrorism, and homeland security. Work inthis course involves the examination of the structure anddynamics of terrorism in America, Europe, the Middle East, LatinAmerica, Asia, and Africa. Terrorist weapons, strategies, andtactics, hot spots from which they evolve, ways they operate andreceive funding, use of the media, and theories of counter-terrorismare all covered. The history, present, and future ofterrorism are equally emphasized.

This course prepares students for effective public speaking presentations. Students research, organize, write, and deliver a variety of speeches designed to inform, persuade, motivate, and entertain in diverse public settings.

Supportive lab services are available to support students for the mastery of the art of public speaking.  The lab will provide opportunity for engagement, one-on-one coaching, mentoring and tutoring that will foster innovations in speaking publically, professionally and personally.  Materials used inthe lab will be comprised of the OER textbook and supplemental materials found on the Libguides.  

This course surveys Europe to 1600 with a major emphasis on concepts and movements vital to understanding the modern world. It stresses economic and cultural forces. Major topics include ancient civilizations, Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance, Enlightenment and the beginnings of the Scientific and Industrial revolutions, Reformation, and voyages of discovery.

This course follows an historical approach to the evolution of racism, the identification of racism, and a study of power and control in America’s major institutions.

- General Education Course

This course introduces students to the basics of network security principles, including authentication methods, malicious code, and network and wireless security techniques to safeguard against intrusions on file transfer services, email, and web applications. Students will also learn how this field relates to other areas of information technology. Students will gain network security practice using hands-on lab exercises. This course prepares students for CompTIA’s Security+ certification exam and an entry-level information security position in the IT field.

Cross listed as HLS 214.

This course examines the theories, principles, and practicesof emergency management. The philosophy of comprehensiveEmergency Management is discussed with the fourattendant steps: mitigation, preparedness, response, andrecovery. In addition, legal issues involving state and federallaws affecting emergency operations are studied.

This course surveys the evolution of western civilization from 1600 to the present and how we fit into this complex process. Major topics include the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era, the impact of Liberalism, Nationalism, and Socialism, the Industrial Revolution, Imperialism and colonial conflicts of the 19th century, Russian and Chinese Revolutions, World Wars I and II, the Cold War and its aftermath, and the relationship of the United States to the rest of the world. 

This course provides the opportunity for students to explore significant and controversial topics regarding terrorism and homeland security and to engage in in-depth analyses of current events and important trends in terrorism and Homeland Security. It presents an opportunity for students to focus on special issues such as terrorism and the internet, homeland security, interrogating the CIA, and prosecuting the terrorist. Students will be required to complete a research project on a topic of interest.

This is an introductory course for students to learn how basic principles of biology, chemistry, and physics are applied in criminal investigations. Fundamentals of identification, collection and preservation of physical evidence are discussed. In the laboratory, scientific techniques are applied to analyze and compare physical analysis of materials, chromatography, forensic anthropology, DNA fingerprinting, fingerprint analysis, drug identification and toxicology.

- General Education Course