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metropolitan college academic
courses undergraduate
courses
criminal justice
| Criminal Justice Undergraduate Courses |
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MET CJ 101 Principles of Criminal Justice |
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This course provides a comprehensive overview of the criminal justice system (law enforcement, the courts, and corrections) while developing students' critical thinking skills. In addition to class lectures, the course provides multiple venues for learning, to include web-based study via Blackboard, group activities, guest lectures, a prison tour, and carefully selected films that highlight some of the most contentious issues in criminal justice today. (4 cr.) |
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| MET CJ 251 Policing the Urban Milieu |
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| This course examines
the policies, strategies, procedures, and mechanics of policing
in the environment of the twenty-first-century American urban polity. The
police function, duties, and responsibilities will be surveyed,
explicated, and critically analyzed through the prism of successful
and innovative strategies that have won praise and commendation
as well as through institutional and individual failures that have
resulted in criticism and condemnation. (4 cr.) |
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| MET CJ 271 Corrections: Concepts, Systems, and Issues |
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| This course provides an overview of models of punishment and rehabilitation from the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences, including a review of correctional practices and procedures, institutional treatment, probation, parole, prison conditions, programs for juveniles, and comparative systems. Correction administration topics are covered including personnel, legal, operating practices, overcrowding, and planning (4 cr.) |
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| MET CJ 351 Criminal Law |
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| Theory and practice
of criminal law, including sanctions, individual liability, limitations
on state action, criminal and victim rights, evidence, defense,
deterrence, mandatory sentencing, decriminalization, intent, entrapment,
vagueness, and capital punishment. Case studies of recent court
decisions. (4 cr.) |
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| MET CJ 352 Courts, Society, and Criminal Procedure |
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| Prereq: MET CJ 351 or
consent of instructor. |
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| MET CJ 380 Business Intelligence and Industrial Security |
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| An introduction to the
basic concepts and practices of business intelligence, including
analysis of risk for overseas investment and operations; understanding
competition in the marketplace; protection of proprietary information,
personnel, and facilities; and legal and ethical issues in business
intelligence. In addition to discussing basic intelligence principles,
students perform individual and team exercises to gain an understanding
of business intelligence methods and practices. (4 cr.) |
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| MET CJ 420 Directed Study |
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| Independent study in
criminal justice under faculty guidance. Prior approval by program
director required. (4 cr.) |
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| MET CJ 510 Special Topics in Criminal Justice: The Female Offender |
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| Prereq: previous criminal justice or related course, or consent of instructor. |
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| MET CJ 540 Computer Applications in Criminal Justice |
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| Use of computers in
management and research as applied to police, courts, corrections,
and juvenile organizations. Topics include database management,
information networking, security applications, and selected current
issues. Field case studies and exercises. (4 cr.) |
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| Additional Courses |
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MET CJ 602 Deviant Theory and Behavior |
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