The course presents a discussion on security policies created to protect and maintain a computing network, such as password policy, e-mail policy and Internet policy. Students are presented with a comprehensive view of information security policies, frameworks and issues related to organizational behavior and crisis management. Topics also include governance, regulation, mandates, business drivers and legal considerations when implementing security policies and frameworks.

1. Identify the role of an information systems security (ISS) policy framework in overcoming business challenges.
2. Analyze how security policies help mitigate risks and support business processes in various domains in the information technology (IT) infrastructure.
3. Summarize the ethical components and basic requirements for creating a security policy framework.
4. Compare and contrast the different methods, roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities of personnel, along with the governance and compliance of security policy framework.
5. Describe the different ISS policies associated with the user domain.
6. Analyze the different ISS policies associated with the IT infrastructure.
7. Describe the different ISS policies associated with risk management.
8. Compare and contrast the different ISS policies associated with incident response teams (IRT).
9. Describe different issues related to implementing and enforcing ISS policies.
10. Describe the different issues related to defining, tracking, monitoring, reporting, automating, and configuration of compliance systems and emerging technologies.
11. Design a security policy framework.
12. Use technology and information resources to research issues in security strategy and policy formation.
13. Write clearly and concisely about Information Systems Security Policy topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

This course covers the historical development of social and behavior explanations of adult crime, as well as juvenile crime and new evolutions in crime, including cyber crimes. Crime causation theories are explained in relation to policies developed from these theories, and the real and intended impact of these policies are discussed to demonstrate their impact on society concerning crime prevention and criminal rehabilitation.

1. Describe the nature of crime and criminology.
2. Explore the nature and prosecution of global crime.
3. Analyze the assumptions, limitations, and sample policies for the major theories of criminology.
4. Compare and contrast the major theories of criminology.
5. Identify the major theories of criminology that explain the differences between adult and juvenile crime.
6. Describe major types of crime.
7. Discuss new evolutions in theory to explain current evolutions in crime, such as cybercrime.
8. Use technology and information resources to research issues in crime and criminal behavior.
9. Write clearly and concisely about crime and criminal behavior using proper writing mechanics.

This course examines the criminal activity of juveniles and includes the study of gangs, status offenses, and the problems facing juveniles today. An overview of American juvenile justice is also provided, in terms of both system and practice. The causes of juvenile crime, the juvenile court system, and the institutionalization, rehabilitation, and treatment of juveniles are explored.

1. Describe what it means to be an adolescent in American society today.
2. Explain how delinquents have been handled throughout history.
3. Differentiate between various theoretical explanations for delinquent behavior.
4. Illustrate how social factors such as gender, racial and ethnic background, and social class relate to delinquency.
5. Apply theories of gang formation to the development of youthful offenders.
6. Explore the relationship of illicit drugs, gangs, and forms of delinquency.
7. Explicate the types of prevention programs that are likely to work with high-risk youngsters. 
8. Identify successful evidence-based treatment modalities for juvenile delinquents and be able to describe the ingredients of effective programs.
9. Identify the interaction among the various stages of the juvenile justice process.
10. Contrast the differences between the juvenile and adult justice system in the United States.

The course introduces students to the fundamentals of criminal investigation by examining processes involved in identifying and arresting criminal suspects, identifying types of crimes and offenses, and in preparing for the in-court presentation of evidence through testimony. Techniques and procedures for evidence collection, preservation, and examination are discussed, and developing “high technologies” useful to the criminal investigator are explored.

1. Describe the major components of and responsiblities involved in the investigative process.
2. Recommend improvements to the criminal investigation process in selected areas.
3. Describe the procedures for the preparation of field notes and the documentation of a crime scene.
4. Evaluate the importance of search and seizure, processing the crime scene and collecting evidence, the criminal intelligence function, and the use of information resources in the investigative process.
5. Analyze the process of undercover and surveillance operations.
6. Analyze the procedures involved in making an arrest, conducting interviews and interrogations, and the importance of the accurate identification of suspects.
7. Recommend effective ways to apply the investigative process to violent crimes.
8. Describe effective ways to apply the investigative process to property crimes and financial crimes.
9. Describe effective ways to apply the investigative process to drug offenses, organized crime, and other dangerous groups.
10. Explore the nature and investigative processes of investigating terrorism.
11. Predict changes that will take place in criminal investigation in the next 20 years.
12. Describe effective ways to apply the investigative process to cybercrime.
13. Evaluate the role of the criminal investigator in preparing evidence for presentation and courtroom testimony.
14. Use technology and information resources to conduct research in the criminal investigation process.
15. Write clearly and concisely about the criminal investigation process using proper writing mechanics.

This course offers a comparative perspective on crime and on the practice of criminal justice. The role of increased globalization in transnational crime and justice are explored, to include: trafficking in persons, transnational crime, narcoterrorism, international cybercrime and cyberscams, the relationships between international terrorist organizations, and the functioning and organization of international crime fighting agencies.

1. Describe the nature of globalization and assess the aims and methods of comparative criminal justice and criminology.
2. Illustrate the nature and extent of various types of transnational crime.
3. Compare and contrast American perspectives on criminal law with those of other countries.
4. Understand the principles of the four major legal traditions and types of legal systems around the world.
5. Appraise the role of procedural law in the four major legal traditions.
6. Appraise the nature of comparative policing and global law enforcement cooperation.
7. Differentiate the role of courts in various societies and in international context.
8. Compare international perspectives on corrections and criminal punishment, including comparative sentencing typologies.
9. Compare various international perspectives on juvenile justice.
10. Use technology and information resources to research comparative perspectives of criminal justice.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the field of corrections. It explores agencies, practices, and polices relevant to prisons, jails, and probation and parole. Students examine both historic and contemporary punishment policies in the United States, sentencing structures; socio-political economic conditions that influence disparate sentencing and confinement; facility designs and how they correlate with inmate management philosophies; the legal aspects of the care, custody and control of inmates; the constitutional rights and civil liberties of inmates; security operations, and inmate treatment services.

1. Describe the U.S. Constitutional amendments that apply to correctional management and operations.
2. Recommend improvements to selected areas of corrections.
3. Explain the purposes of corrections.
4. Describe the reform of American criminal justice beginning with 15th century Europe.
5. Analyze various issues in corrections, including effective community corrections programs, probation and parole, and reentry strategies.
6. Analyze the operational components of prisons, jails, and alternative correctional placements.
7. Propose specific components of an institutional facility model based on effective management policies and procedures for a specified group of inmates.
8. Analyze key issues involved with the correctional staff.
9. Classify inmate types, explaining the issues involved and the purposes served within prison society by various types.
10. Analyze gender issues involved in corrections. 
11. Examine the administration of correctional institutions and programs that involve the rights of inmates and those convicted of crimes.
12. Analyze important issues facing the correctional enterprise today, including privatization, special needs populations, and disparities pertaining to race, religion, and economics.
13. Analyze the history of and key issues involving the death penalty.
14. Explain how juvenile corrections differ from adult corrections.
15. Analyze key issues pertinent to victims of crime.
16. Use technology and information resources to research correctional facility policies.
17. Write clearly and concisely about correctional facility policies using proper writing mechanics.

This course provides an in-depth review of the concepts of emergency management work. The operational aspects are discussed in relation to the skills needed to do emergency management work, as well as the analytical and critical thinking skills needed for incident command work. Emphasis is placed on the use of technologies, enhanced leadership skills, and the challenges of communications in disaster work.

1. Describe the historical context and role of emergency management in disaster response.
2. Assess how emergency management personnel respond to the major forms of natural, technological, and man-made disasters.
3. Determine how the major forms of emergency management work: mitigation, response, recovery, preparedness, and communications, are interrelated.
4. Analyze the difficulties of emergency response and propose strategies for overcoming obstacles.
5. Assess international disaster management and preparation for terrorist threats.
6. Predict and explore future trends and challenges in emergency management.
7. Use technology and information resources to research issues in emergency management.

Covers systematic study of the theory of aggregate economics including the level and growth of national income and employment, the degree of utilization of productive capacity, and the general level of prices.

1. Explain the concept, development, and importance of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), including the relationship of expenditures, income, and production.
2. Explain the development and use of economic models, including the concepts of endogenous and exogenous variables.
3. Apply the principles of economic growth, the production function, real GDP, poverty, and income inequality to the historical and current world economic situations.
4. Apply the principles of the Solow Growth Model, including the effects of changes in consumption, technology, labor input, and the population growth rate, convergence, and long-term economic growth.
5. Apply the concepts of markets, prices, supply, and demand to historical and current economic variables.
6. Apply the concepts of consumption, savings, investment, and equilibrium.
7. Evaluate impact of the equilibrium business cycle and the cyclical nature of real GDP on personal financial planning.
8. Relate the concepts of capital utilization and unemployment theory to the historical and contemporary economic environment.
9. Apply concepts of money supply, how the money supply is measured, money supply growth, inflation, interest rates, and cyclical changes in the money supply to economic growth and equilibrium.
10. Explain how government expenditures, including transfer payments and government purchases, affect the economy and economic growth.
11. Apply the principles of taxation, public debt, and social security to the economy and household budgets.
12. Demonstrate how the equilibrium business-cycle model, sticky prices, and nominal wage rates are reflected in current economic events.
13. Explain and apply the principles of international markets, balance of trade, and foreign exchange rates to the current economic environment.
14. Use technology and information resources to research issues in macroeconomics.

Provides a comprehensive account of the theory and practice of international trade and international monetary relations. Emphasizes modern trade theory and applications, trade policies and arrangements, and international factor movements. Covers topics in international financial relations, including the balance of payments, exchange rate determination and regimes, international economic policy, and international banking.

1. Explain the concept of comparative advantage and the principle theories of why trade occurs.
2. Analyze the sources of comparative advantage in national economies and the international movement of productive factors to identify business opportunities/threats.
3. Explain the economic effect of tariffs, nontariff barriers, and various forms of trade policies adopted by national governments.
4. Analyze the impact of the different forms of regional trading arrangements on international trade, and the role of the major international trade and financial institutions in fostering trade.
5. Identify and describe of the major economic issues affecting the strategic management of multinational firms.
6. Outline how exchange rates are determined, the types of exchange-rate mechanisms, and the role of foreign-exchange markets.
7. Explain the balance of payments system and factors causing adjustments in the accounts.
8. Use technology and information resources to research issues in international economics.
9. Write clearly and concisely about international economics using proper writing mechanics.

Applies conventional economic theory to national and international economic issues and events. Utilizes the policy ideas and stances of contemporary economists to provoke discussion of prevailing economic issues. Applies economic tools to the business decision-making process.

1. Analyze the economic impact of major social problems and issues such as poverty, discrimination, crime, income distribution, the role of government, and other major issues.
2. Assess how the economic behavior of individuals, businesses, and governments can affect economic growth, social well-being, and the quality of life.
3. Use economic analysis to describe the social costs and benefits of government and public policy choices.
4. Analyze the relationship between economic activity and the resources available in a society.
5. Appraise the role of large firms in terms of economic performance and social impact.
6. Assess the major economic and related social issues associated with production, resource markets, and international trade.
7. Use technology and information resources to research economic problems and issues.
8. Write clearly and concisely about economic problems and issues using proper writing mechanics.

Analyzes the world's financial markets and institutions and the international monetary system. Examines the considerations for financial global operations including sources of capital, interest rate analysis, tax considerations, trade finance, and working capital. Evaluates the financial risks associated with transaction, operating, and translation exposure in global markets. Reviews exchange rate determination, inflation, and interest rate changes.

1. Assess the elements that make up the global financial environment.
2. Explain foreign exchange theory and markets.
3. Analyze foreign exchange exposure.
4. Analyze financing the global firm.
5. Discuss the key tasks involved in managing multinational operations.
6. Analyze international investment decisions.
7. Use technology and information resources to research issues in the international environment of financial management.
8. Write clearly and concisely about international environment factors in financial management using proper writing mechanics.

This course covers economics of the public sector and analytical framework for government involvement, official budgeting process, cost-benefit analysis, taxes and their economic impact, national debt, fiscal policy, negative income tax, and other current topics.

1. Examine the unique nature, functions, and role of public financial management.
2. Assess the impact of budget deficits / surpluses and national debt on public finance, and strategies for managing these issues.
3. Analyze current problems of social security and welfare systems, and formulate alternatives for changes in managing these systems.
4. Analyze the economic impact of the tax system in the U.S.
5. Apply the major concepts used in public finance to evaluate finance issues, isolate the core factors, and develop alternatives to address the issues. 
6. Develop financing alternatives for various types of government expenditures.
7. Use technology and information resources to research issues in public finance.
8. Write clearly and concisely about public finance using proper writing mechanics.