Catalog 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Listing of Courses and Abridged Descriptions
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Course Descriptions
Note: Classes not found in the program description may not be taught on the campus where the student is attending. Check online course schedules for a list of classes available at each site in a given semester.
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Sociology |
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SOC 2201 - Introduction to Sociology (3 units)
Dynamics of group life, social process, and social organization; social institutions and systems (family, education, economics, politics, religion, health); fundamental theoretical concepts underlying sociology, their use in organizing and elucidating data on social phenomena, and relationship to contemporary social issues and problems.
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SOC 2202 - Power, Privilege and Social Difference (3 units)
Examines the processes and conditions that produce the systems of differences and privilege shaping our lived experiences. Critically analyzes the prevailing cultural ideologies surrounding class, race, gender, sexuality, and ability. Emphasizes awareness, respect, justice and resolution.
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SOC 2205 - The Family in the U.S. (3 units)
Historical roots and development of American kinship. Focuses on the structure, function, and changing dynamics of family life in the U.S.
Prerequisites: ENG 1106
(Alliant Mexico only)
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SOC 2210 - Sociology of Interpersonal Interactions (3 units)
History of the study of human behavior: 1600 – present; examines individualistic and social models of human behavior, the psychological importance of the human group, and perspectives and methodology used in micro-sociological analysis.
(Alliant Mexico only)
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SOC 3301 - Social Problems (3 units)
Problems of deviance, social inequality, violence, crime, and delinquency in the U.S. and other countries; sociological causes and consequences; sociological definition and analysis of problems; special emphasis on exploring possible amelioration of the world’s contemporary social problems.
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SOC 3305 - Deviant Behavior (3 units)
Ways people violate norms and laws in their societies; social norms and value structures; theories of deviance and their relation to various social conditions: social inequality, sexual variation, substance abuse and chemical dependency, physical and mental illness, and disruptive or criminal activity.
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SOC 3310 - Family and Kinship in a Multicultural Context (3 units)
Systems and practices of courtship, mate selection, marriage, parenting, and family life within a culturally diverse setting such as U.S. and other industrialized parts of the world; ethnic diversity and social inequality and kinship functions; bicultural marriages.
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SOC 3315 - Sociology of Intercultural Relations (3 units)
Comparison of sociocultural institutions in various societies; focuses on dominant theoretical orientations– technoeconomic, ideological, psychological, social structural, and environmental; processes of socialization and acculturation.
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SOC 3500 - Social Conflict and Resolution (3 units)
Conflict at intrapsychic, interpersonal, social, organizational, national and international levels, focusing on the destructive as well as the constructive functions of individual and social conflict.
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SOC 4010 - Social Inequality in the U.S. (3 units)
Social stratification, social status and resulting social inequalities; age, gender, health, race, and ethnicity as factors; possibilities for continued cultural pluralism or assimilation and amalgamation.
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SOC 4015 - The City in the U.S.: Problems and Solutions (3 units)
Socio-historical analysis of urban America; field studies; urbanism as a way of life; inquiry into social problems and possible solutions.
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SOC 4021 - Collective Behavior in Diverse Contexts (3 units)
The nature of collective behavior, specifically crowds, masses and mass communication, and social movements; focuses on methodologies in the study of collective behavior, both quantitative and field approaches.
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SOC 4025 - Perspectives on the Future of Human Society (3 units)
Theories of social change and evolutionary, functional, and ecological orientations; the structure and dynamics of human society during the 21st century.
Prerequisites: ENG 1106
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Spanish |
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SPN 1000 - Beginning Spanish I (3 units)
First course in a sequential series; study basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing; course conducted in Spanish. C– or higher competency required to take SPN 1001.
Prerequisites: ENG 1106
(Alliant Mexico only)
(Course not open to native speakers of Spanish or to students with more than one year of high school Spanish unless courses completed more than five years ago.)
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SPN 1001 - Beginning Spanish II (3 units)
Second course in a sequential series; basic language skills continued.
(Alliant Mexico only)
(Course not open to native speakers of Spanish or to students with more than two years of high school Spanish unless courses completed more than five years ago.)
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SPN 2000 - Intermediate Spanish I (3 units)
Study texts of contemporary literary and social interest while focusing on improvement of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills; course conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisites: SPN 1001 or three years of high school Spanish
(Alliant Mexico only)
(Course not open to native speakers of Spanish.)
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SPN 2001 - Intermediate Spanish II (3 units)
Study texts of contemporary literacy and social interest while focusing on improvement of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills; course conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisites: SPN 2000 or three years of high school Spanish
(Alliant Mexico only)
(Course not open to native speakers of Spanish.)
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SPN 2500 - Advanced Grammar and Composition (3 units)
Systematic review of grammar with written compositions on various topics; course conducted in Spanish and English.
Prerequisites: SPN 2001
(Alliant Mexico only)
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SPN 3001 - Literature in Spanish I (3 units)
Analysis and interpretation of outstanding works of literature in Spanish; course conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisites: SPN 2500
(Alliant Mexico only)
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SPN 3002 - Literature in Spanish II (3 units)
Analysis and interpretation of outstanding works of literature in Spanish; course conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisites: SPN 3001
(Alliant Mexico only)
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SPN 3004 - Advanced Spanish I (3 units)
Study of Spanish through an integrated skills approach; emphasis on the development of reading, writing and oral communication skills.
Prerequisites: Second-year Spanish
(Alliant Mexico only)
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SPN 3005 - Advanced Spanish II (3 units)
Study of Spanish through an integrated skills approach; emphasis on the development of reading, writing and oral communication skills.
Prerequisites: Advanced Spanish I
(Alliant Mexico only)
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SPN 4000 - Culture and Civilization of Spain (3 units)
Study of the history, arts, and important personages of Spain; course conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisites: SPN 2500
(Alliant Mexico only)
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SPN 4005 - Culture and Civilization of Latin America (3 units)
Study of the history, arts and important personages of Latin America; course conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisites: SPN 2500
(Alliant Mexico only)
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Sustainable Business |
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SUB 4500 - Introduction to Sustainable Marketing (3 units)
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SUB 4520 - Sustainable Marketing (3 units)
This course offers an introduction to the sustainable marketing orientation as it evolved from the societal, consumer and environmental marketing perspectives. The goal of this course is to help students become aware of effective marketing strategies that consider economic benefits, environmental concerns, and social equality. Students will gain knowledge and background about green market segmentation, integrated marketing communications, positioning, stakeholder involvement, and issues such as “green-washing”, “green branding”, and “corporate social responsibility”.
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SUB 6500 - Sustainable Management (3 units)
This course reviews the foundations and principles of sustainable business management. The goal of this course is to help students develop a better understanding of the approaches that can be used to manage resources and people sustainably, resolve conflicts, and create new business applications and opportunities. This class is designed to help prepare professionals to be effective workers and leaders in Sustainable Management by develop the necessary capacities, skills and knowledge to lead companies and organizations in ways that are more responsible as well as successful.
(San Diego)
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SUB 6510 - Environmental Management Reporting (3 units)
This course reviews the foundations and principles of environmental management reporting. Environmental management reporting is a rapidly evolving area of management, accounting and finance. It enables an organization and its stakeholders to evaluate the organization’s performance with economic, social and environmental measures. This requires careful and thoughtful use of accounting tools, measurements, auditing, analysis and creativity in developing and applying company specific metrics. Emphasis is placed on improved consideration of all costs and compliance with new international standards such as (ISO14000), the EU Eco-management and Audit Scheme, and the Global Reporting Initiative.
(San Diego)
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SUB 6520 - Sustainable Marketing (3 units)
This course provides a background of the sustainable marketing orientation as it evolves from the societal, consumer and environmental marketing perspectives. The goal of this course is to help students develop responsible marketing objectives and create effective marketing strategies that consider economic benefits, environmental concerns and social equity. Students will gain knowledge and background about green market segmentation, integrated marketing management, stakeholder involvement, and issues such as “greenwashing” “sustainable advantage” and “long term sustainability.
(San Diego)
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SUB 6530 - Ecopreneurship (3 units)
Ecopreneurs are individuals or groups who imagine new green business opportunities and then take on the risks required to convert these ideas into reality. Ecopreneurship develops when enterprising individuals and groups identify and solve critical problems and meet unmet needs in ways that improve the profitability and sustainability of operations, institutions, and products. Ideally ecopreneurship will meet triple bottom line of providing profits, while improving people’s health and restoring the environment. Ecopreneurship is the task of meeting human needs in ways that provide satisfaction, comfort, joy, and health without diminishing the options or richness for future generations.
(San Diego)
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SUB 6540 - Environmental Science and Law (3 units)
Managers benefit from having an understanding of the scientific method and the function of both managed and natural ecosystems. The basic problems and strengths of environmental science are reviewed in relation to manufacturing, materials, maintenance, and disposal of waste. The relevant environmental laws will be discussed and used to illustrate the application of environmental science to real problems. Students will be introduced to the U.S. laws [such as the Clean Air and Water Acts, the Endangered Species Act, and CERCLA, SARA Title III (EPCRA), and RCRA] and European and international rules and regulations.
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SUB 6550 - Sustainable Development and Planning Strategy (3 units)
Managers are often called upon to make strategic decisions about placement of facilities and strategic planning for providing services and products. This course provides an introduction into the increasingly complex world of planning and sustainable development, ranging from destination resorts to urban infill on “brownfields” sites. The tools for design with nature and ecosystem analysis are introduced and used in case studies and problem solving exercises.
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SUB 6560 - Sustainable Products and Services (3 units)
This course provides an interactive introduction to design and meeting human needs with ecoeffective goods and services. It explores how we interact with the environment around us, how we can make things fit and feel better (ergonomics), improve productivity and health, and how we can substitute services for ownership. Emphasis is placed on the use of materials and manufacturing methods that are earth and people friendly. This course includes case studies, design projects, labs, and experiments. It is also designed to help students rediscover their creativity and ability to find new solutions to complex problems.
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SUB 6570 - Sustainable Operations and Production (3 units)
This course reviews the foundations and principles of production and operations management from an environmental and sustainability perspective. The goal of the course is to help students develop a better understanding of production and operations impact the environment and resource use, and to identify and evaluate alternatives to mitigate or avoid those impacts. Topics covered include a review of common production technologies and processes, process mapping (flow diagramming), material balances, waste minimization and pollution prevention, design for environment, industrial ecology, and sustainability principles applied to production processes.
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SUB 6580 - Ecotourism (3 units)
This course reviews the foundations and principles of ecotourism, a growing part of the enormous tourism industry. The goal of this course is to develop a better understanding of ecotourism, ecological economics, enterprise accounting, and the approaches that can be used to manage resources sustainably, resolve conflicts, and create new ecotour business applications and opportunities. Ecotourism opportunities in agriculture, adventure, guiding, and destination management are discussed and explored. Skill development in research, analysis, and communication are key elements of this course.
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SUB 6590 - Triple Bottom Line Leadership (3 units)
This course explores the leadership challenge in bringing sustainable practices into use. Having good ideas and excellent solutions is not sufficient without the leadership to change internal company philosophies and thought processes, assumptions and behaviors to embrace the new tools and techniques. Organizational and cultural changes are the missing ingredients in the implementation of triple bottom line management. This course covers the challenge of improving governance and leadership. The first step in becoming this new type of leader is developing a better sense of the total person in relationship to the natural environment and the universal responsibility we bear as crew members of spaceship Earth.
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Sustainable Management |
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SUS 6000 - Managerial Accounting (4 units)
This course integrates the principles of financial and managerial accounting to prepare the manager to use accounting to assess and manage the health of the organization. Topics include financial statements and their interpretation; the bookkeeping process and transaction analysis; accounting for assets, liabilities, and owners’ equity; cost-volume-profit relationships; budgeting; and internal analysis techniques. The class will also explore environmental, social, and ethical accounting issues, which challenge students to apply existing accounting systems to new settings and critically analyze existing and proposed accounting systems. The goal is to equip students to become managers and/or designers of accounting systems that produce relevant information to facilitate corporate and organizational decision-making, and to assure that appropriate information is tracked so managers can make more successful and sustainable decisions.
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SUS 6010 - Principles of Sustainable Management (4 units)
The primary objective of this course is to impart a basic understanding of the social and environmental sustainability challenges facing managers in today’s world. The course seeks to develop students’ critical capacities for self-reflection and action in relation to these concepts. Course graduates will possess the understanding and experience to integrate environmental and social sustainability with commercial and economic success. Lectures and readings provide an overview of the critical literacies in environmental and social issues, the history of the sustainability movement, including the various social and economic movements from which the current practices of sustainability in business and society grew, and the key actors and the basic literature in the field. The course also addresses the global issues surrounding sustainable management and reviews the major frameworks of sustainability that provide the scientific foundations and economic principles of how sustainability can help managers to achieve natural competitive advantage.
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SUS 6020 - Managerial Economics (4 units)
This course is a one-semester introduction to the fundamentals of managerial economics, focusing on microeconomics. It has three primary objectives: provide an understanding of the standard or neoclassical microeconomic model and how this model relates to, and is useful for, business decision-making; provide a critique of this model and present a more heterodox view of economics; and provide a variety of quantitative skills that are useful for economic analysis as well as other aspects of managerial decision-making. The course will cover basic economic relationships, focusing on analysis at the margin, supply and demand theory, production theory, capital theory, profit maximization and cost minimization, firm structure, and types of markets. The critical aspect of the class will both consider how the neoclassical model is unrealistic, and therefore of limited value, and how this model is problematic in terms of sustainability. Quantitative skills developed include linear algebra, statistics, graphing, linear programming, and game theory.
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SUS 6021 - Quantitative Methods for Business and Public Administration (4 units)
This course teaches best practice quantitative methods used in both conventional and sustainable business settings today. The data management and modeling function in which these tools are used exist in most mainstream business functions, e.g., marketing, operations management, finance, accounting, long term strategy, and managerial economics. The course includes examples and exercises in which the quantitative tools are applied in elementary settings to business paradigms taught in subsequent courses. This solid quantitative grounding provides an ideal bridge into these later courses and enables decision making processes to be taught at a more quantitatively rigorous level.
Prerequisites: Intermediate level Algebra, Intermediate level Excel
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SUS 6025 - Micro and Macroeconomics (4 units)
This course is a one-semester introduction to the fundamentals of managerial economics, focusing on microeconomics, and to macroeconomics, with a backdrop of ecological economics. It has three primary objectives: provide an understanding of the standard or neoclassical microeconomic model and how this model relates to, and is useful for, business decision-making; provide a critique of this model and present a more heterodox view of economics; and provide an overview of macroeconomics and how this relates to business practice and policy making. The microeconomics portion of the course will cover basic economic relationships, decision analysis at the margin, supply and demand theory, production theory, capital theory, profit maximization and cost minimization, firm structure, and types of markets. The macroeconomics portion will cover national income and debt, inflation, unemployment, money supply, fiscal and monetary policy and the balance of trade. The critical aspect of the class will both consider how the neoclassical model is unrealistic, and therefore of limited value, and how this model is problematic in terms of sustainability. The course will conclude with an overview of ecological economics.
Prerequisites: SUS 6000, SUS 6021
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SUS 6040 - Managerial Finance (4 units)
This course begins with a survey of the finance area, including financial ratios; management of current assets and liabilities; liquidity; long-term capital; rate of return and net present value. The focus then moves to developing the necessary skills to be an effective financial manager. These skills include analysis of cash flow; financial planning and forecasting; and risk assessment and management. Students will explore decision-making through the capital asset pricing model, as well as construct and utilize pro forma financial statements, and assess the feasibility of projects and capital budgeting. The course will address the skills needed to be a persuasive oral and written communicator of corporate financial information. Socially responsible investment (SRI) models and the relationship between human, natural and financial capital will be examined.
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SUS 6050 - Strategy (4 units)
This course presents cutting-edge ideas on how strategy is evolving and the implications for socially and environmentally engaged management. Through considering classical approaches to strategy (such as resource-based views of the firm that capture capability logic), modern approaches (such as hyper-competition and high-velocity perspectives that embody guerrilla logic), and emerging approaches (such as eco-systemic and chaos theory-based views that incorporate a complexity logic), the course covers traditional, mainstream and progressive perspectives on strategic management. As a whole, it provides conceptual tools and practical methodologies for catalyzing organizational transformation based on a strategic, systemic and sustainable appreciation of change. The knowledge, skills and attitudes developed throughout the course focus on consideration of the emerging trends and new areas of opportunity to be taken into account in developing strategies and designing processes and structures in sustainable organizations of the 21st century.
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SUS 6060 - Managerial Marketing (4 units)
The purpose of this course is to introduce a framework for marketing management. It provides a survey of trends and an overview of concepts and techniques as they relate to marketing opportunities, marketing strategies and communicating effective marketing programs within the context of sustainable management. Students will engage in an exploration of the implications of sustainability and be challenged to critically analyze marketing strategies, plans and decisions. Most importantly, students will gain the mindset of a marketer—the ability to inquire into real needs, of the individual and society, and to serve them.
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SUS 6090 - Sustainable Products and Services (3 units)
The evolving principles of sustainable management will be leveraged to explore the creation and development of sustainable products and services. The course merges theory and practice, investigates the linkages between products and services, examines historic, current, and future examples of sustainable products and services, and guides students toward practical tools of inquiry and application that will serve them in their careers in sustainable management. The final course outcomes are professional-quality group projects to be published (or be deemed publishable by Presidio faculty) in a major trade or academic journal.
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SUS 6105 - Culture, Values and Ethics (4 units)
“Culture, Values and Ethics” builds upon the personal development and experiential work done in the human dimension of sustainable management during the first year of course work. Topics for study include: impact of societal issues on sustainable management; stakeholder identification and analysis; ethical issues between organizations, people, cultures and the natural world; and key issues of social responsibility with particular emphasis on how these topics enhance commercial success.
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SUS 6110 - Operations and Production (4 units)
This course provides an overview of strategic, tactical, and operational issues facing service and manufacturing companies. Major topics include process analysis, quality management, just-in-time production, supply chain management, service systems management, and operations strategy. These issues are explored through lectures, case studies, and videos pertaining to a broad spectrum of industries, with a special focus on companies who are implementing sustainability initiatives in their operations. Includes one-unit survey of production/operations management.
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SUS 6130 - Implementation of Sustainable Practices (3 units)
To integrate the skills and knowledge accumulated over the two years of the Sustainable Management MBA, students examine and use the Natural Capitalism Group taxonomy for guiding organizations to a more sustainable future. Calling on the four strands of coursework—numbers, markets, people and sustainability—‚students explore the step-by-step process for transforming a company, both internally and externally.
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SUS 6145 - Integrative Capstone (4 units)
This course will integrate a range of Presidio MBA learnings to the challenging task of taking a big idea to something sustainable – whether a company, product, or program. Beginning with crisp ideation, students will form and evolve a business model, consider the best implementation team and strategy, assess and weigh a range of risks, markets, opportunities and opportunity costs, make good and bad strategic decisions, and share learnings. Deliverables will be successive, collaborative iterations of business models, strategies and presentations, each demonstrating progressively greater depth of thought, organization and analysis. Borrowing from the “Oxbridge” style, students will select from a variety of recommended readings and faculty mentors for support. Students may choose the track of start-up or social entrepreneur, “intrapreneur”, consultant, non-profit leader, etc., and will provide expertise and constructive feedback to support classmates.
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SUS 6175 - Capital Markets (4 units)
Building upon the fundamentals of finance introduced during the first year, this course explores sustainable finance at national and international levels. Topics include financing enterprises through venture capital and private equity funding, initial public offerings (IPOs), fixed income securities offerings, commercial paper, and angel investing. Financial instruments in a global market will be examined through a review of spot exchange, currency forwards, hedging, options, swaps as well as international bonds and equities. Fundraising in the non-profit sector will likewise be considered. The course also surveys the legal aspects of organizing, financing and operating a business enterprise, with emphasis on torts, contracts, agency, government regulation, intellectual property rights, competition policy, employee rights, business fraud, corporate governance and shareholder rights, environmental law, product liability, as well as the national and international finance and investment systems, including a sustainability critique and reorientation.
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SUS 6180 - The Inner Dimension of Leadership (4 units)
The process of creating and managing socially and environmentally sustainable organizations, economies and societies depends primarily on human beings in their individual and collective diversity and complexity. This course focuses on the cognitive and experiential understanding of the inner dimension of this diversity and complexity, including the conscious and unconscious motivational and inspirational forces and conceptual frameworks that support and hinder the understanding and practical implementation of sustainability. This learning empowers students to function more effectively by supporting their inquiry into meaning and purpose to enable them to act with inspiration and pragmatism.
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SUS 6195 - Effective Management, Communication and Action (3 units)
This course will take a strengths-based approach to fostering the essential individual leadership and communication capabilities needed for managers in business and public administration. These capacities are necessary for collaborating, influencing and acting as an effective change agent for sustainability in any type of business, organization or community. We will explore various aspects of the human dimension of sustainability including social justice, work/life balance, emotionally intelligent team building and the personal aspects of learning, change, commitment, and courage. We will practice communication skills and strengthen our personal effectiveness through self-assessment, feedback, and practice in a reflective, supportive environment. We will work in teams to develop our abilities to observe and respond to team challenges and prepare to work in Service Learning Teams in future Presidio courses.
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SUS 6200 - Ecological Economics and Macroeconomics (4 units)
This course is a continuation of managerial economics, focusing on two additional realms of economics: macroeconomics and ecological economics. Macroeconomics is concerned with the economic aspects associated with national level economic policy and international economic issues, rather than the behavior of households and firms (the realm of microeconomics). Ecological economics is an evolving branch of, or approach to, economics that understands markets in a far more complex, evolving and interrelated manner than traditional economics. It parallels ecology in that it sees elements of the economy as part of an ecosystem rather more than as isolated components. This course has two primary objectives: provide an understanding of the central elements of the macroeconomic model and how these elements relate to managerial decision making, and provide an overview of the field of ecological economics and how this field views and illuminates the issue of sustainability.
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SUS 6210 - Leadership for Sustainable Management (4 units)
This course is a learning journey through which we invite you to explore your relationship to others and to the environment — so that you may serve as leaders and collaborators in creating a sustainable world. We begin by making explicit the emerging worldview that challenges the current status quo and allows for visions of possibility to emerge: the systems perspective. We explore the meaning of leadership as it has changed over time and the new roles required to facilitate organizational and social transformation toward sustainability. Collaborative processes, as the core of the transformational work at the human level required to bring about sustainability, will be seen as a complement to the overemphasis on individual capacity and competition prevailing in the business world.
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SUS 7010 - Introduction to Public Administration & Policy (4 units)
This foundational course presents key themes in public administration and policy. It focuses on developing increased understanding of public administration theories and on applying this information for professional growth. The course will introduce the history of public administration theory, including a discussion of key figures, theorists, and eras. Topics of both technical and practical interest such as budgeting, human resources, ethics, agenda setting, policy development, policy process, and leadership development will be introduced. The course will also introduce students to meta-narratives of public administration and discuss their importance to practice and theory.
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SUS 7020 - Civic Leadership, Decision-Making & Systems Thinking (4 units)
This course considers the rights, roles and interrelationships of citizens, their government, special interest groups and private organizations to drive social, economic and environmental change. To foster coalition-building skills among burgeoning practitioners, the course introduces networks, systems and leadership theories; democratic decision-making tools; and citizen engagement and inclusion models. Students will apply course readings, case studies and leadership theories through a group project realized through the design and implementation of a public policy issue campaign. The group project will be comprised of the following modules: issue identification and definition; need finding and research methods; stakeholder, economic, and policy analysis; prototyping and evaluative research. Through this exercise, students will develop a solid template for embarking on a future policy agenda at their place of work, neighborhood, city or elsewhere. The course provides a foundation for future applied coursework in leadership for sustainable management, sustainable urban development, economics and policy, and the integrative capstone plan.
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SUS 7025 - Market Failures and the Regulatory Environment (4 units)
This course will examine market failure as a framework for defining and articulating sustainability challenges. Students will receive a survey of the American regulatory system and its complementary balancing role in curing or preventing market failure. Specific areas of regulation to be examined will include fiduciary, corporate formation, securities, environmental, antitrust, torts, intellectual property and contract law. Based on this understanding of interdependent market and regulatory environments, students will practice and enhance their ability to innovate new solutions to complex and seemingly intractable problems–i.e., be social entrepreneurs. Students will consider the pros and cons of delivering their solutions through business, governmental, civil societal, or hybrid organizations. After successful completion of this course, students will also have a good sense of when it is time to call a good lawyer.
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SUS 7030 - Research Methods & Policy Evaluation (4 units)
This course focuses on the use of research methods, performance management, informational technology, ethics, and development theories in order to assess public and non-profit organizations and their policy decisions and program outcomes. Through the use of service focused evaluation projects, students use tools of program evaluation as well as quantitative and qualitative research methods to answer important organizational questions related to process, outputs, outcomes, and resources. Students will also learn and apply information on management ethics, citizen rights and protections, and confidentiality in research and policy evaluation. Strategic Planning, SWOT analysis, PEST analysis, and other popular assessment and decision making tools will be introduced. Finally, the course will expose students to assessment tools used in sustainable development and practice modification of existing tools of public administration for use in achieving goals of sustainability.
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SUS 7040 - Human Resources & Management Ethics (3 units)
This course focuses on the management of employees and volunteers in public and non-profit organizations. It explores ethics and decision making in human resources development, law, hiring process, allocation, and training. It considers the relationships, contracts, and structures that support human resources planning and action. The course explores theoretical concepts in the ethics of decision making and applies those concepts to practice in public administration. The course focuses on concepts such as public service, scientific management and sustainability, gender equity, neutrality, professionalism, and communication in public administration.
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SUS 7060 - Public Sector Finance (4 units)
This course focuses on microeconomics, finance, and budgeting theories and their application to policy and management in the public and non-profit sectors. In this course, the concept of efficiency is developed and applied along with the goal of social equity to help determine the roles of the public, private and non-profit sectors in the provision of goods and services. The relationship between finance/applied economics and sustainable development will also be discussed. Students will learn concepts and theories foundational to public finance and learn to apply them in public administration and sustainable management.
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SUS 7070 - Implementation of Sustainable Development Practices (3 units)
This course focuses on the implementation of sustainable development theories to public administration practice at the organizational level. It offers public administrators the opportunity to improve their sustainable management skills through an intensively praxis and service oriented design. The course explores economic and policy applications of sustainable development, human and social welfare goals for sustainability, measures of sustainable development outcomes, and citizen participation in decision making.
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SUS 7080 - Information Management, Technology & Policy (4 units)
This course focuses on the information technology and related applications, ethics, and policy. The course discusses the importance of data security, information tools, citizen outreach through the use of technology, and related laws, policy, and rulemaking. The theories of information technology, dissent in government information sharing, the changes in information management policy, the structure of information systems, and the potential for information technology to create more efficient and sustainable systems delivery and communications, are explored. The course also addresses information access, transparency, privacy, and equity issues and implementation, evaluation, and planning processes.
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SUS 7090 - Integrative Capstone Plan (4 units)
This course aims to integrate and synthesize the material learned throughout the program in sustainable public administration. The objective of the course is for the student to demonstrate an understanding and mastery of the practical skills, knowledge and attributes needed to plan, establish and run a sustainable program, project or policy initiative in the public sector. Students will articulate a systemic understanding of issues as well as explore current and emerging trends in their chosen field/area of specialization.
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SUS 7100 - Sustainable Urban Development Economics and Policy (4 units)
This course focuses on the economics and policy of sustainable urban development. The course introduces students to theoretical and practical perspectives useful for community development, coalition building, environmental politics, local government leadership, sustainable development and urban development, with students being exposed to literature from economic development, policy design, sustainable development, and urban planning to deepen their theoretical knowledge. This course also covers master planning, sustainable development, policy process and evaluation, civic education and leadership, and citizen participation in government. It explores global issues in the context of the urban community. In addition to the course lectures, class guest lecturers will be used to build dialogue with community planning leaders and to provide translation from theory to practice. The course is designed for mid-level to advanced-level practitioners of public administration.
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SUS 8501 - International Entrepreneurship (3 units)
This course covers international trade theory, the International Monetary System, the effects of cultural differences in world trade and various forms of international business organizations and alliances, successfully performing as an entrepreneur in the international environment, and leading sustainability efforts across international borders.
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SUS 8502 - Clean Technology: Sustainable Energy Management (3 units)
Beginning with an overview of renewable energy sources, this course explores the fundamentals of different current and future energy systems, with focus on technologies with high developmental potential. We aim to understand energy technologies in a framework of enduring social and environmental stewardship on a global scale. The course offers a systems thinking approach to the subject of energy management, including technological, environmental, economic, strategic, organizational and public policy dimensions.
Prerequisites: SUS 6021, SUS 6010, SUS 6195, SUS 6000
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SUS 8505 - The Business of Sports and Sustainability (3 units)
This course teaches students the skills and knowledge necessary to integrate sustainability into the business operations associated with managing sports venues. In addition, it leverages the singular power of sports to help address today’s most pressing environmental and social challenges.
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SUS 8600 - Individual Research in Sustainable Management (3 units)
In this course, students will conduct research or develop a case study in sustainable management with oversight by a Presidio faculty member. The research or case study will be targeted for publication and will often be done in collaboration with business, nonprofit or government organizations.
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SUS 8700 - Curricular Practical Training (1 unit)
This course will provide students with the opportunity to gain practical experience related to his/her academic area of study. Registration for this course requires faculty and administrative approval.
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AC 201T - Accounting Principles I (3 units)
This survey course in financial accounting emphasizes the use of financial accounting information in decision making by individuals in business, government, and other organizations. The accounting environment is examined along with the basic principles and concepts, which govern the recording and reporting of accounting data. Study of the language of debits and credits, accrual accounting, and the accounting cycle establishes the framework for comprehending how accounting data is transformed into the financial statements and utilized by decision makers. Accounting of current and long-term assets and liabilities is introduced along with the study of contributed capital, retained earnings and the non-operating components of income. The course concludes with comprehensive financial statement analysis for decision-making purposes. Throughout the course, where applicable, students will be exposed to global accounting standards (i.e., International Financial Reporting Standards).
Prerequisites: SC 120T and MS 182T
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AC 202T - Accounting Principles II (3 units)
This course continues the study of the accounting language of debits and credits, accrual accounting, and the accounting cycle. It establishes the framework for comprehending how cost accounting systems are utilized in manufacturing operations. Cost behavior and those activities that cause costs to change are analyzed. An examination of the relationships among selling prices, sales and production volume, costs, expenses, and profits is presented. The budgeting process and its objectives are also discussed. The course concludes with an analysis of capital budgeting decision making techniques. Throughout the course, where applicable, students will be exposed to global accounting standards (i.e., International Financial Reporting Standards).
Prerequisites: AC 201T
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AC 273T - Managerial Accounting (3 units)
Discusses managerial accounting as a tool for management planning. Designed for those who will analyze and interpret accounting reports for managerial decision making purposes. Emphasis is placed on accounting and auditing theory as it affects internal control, costs, financial ratios, and budgeting. Throughout the course, where applicable, students will be exposed to global accounting standards (i.e., International Financial Reporting Standards).
Prerequisites: AC 201T
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AC 301T - Intermediate Accounting I (3 units)
Intermediate accounting continues the study of debits and credits, and begins to utilize the basic knowledge gained from AC 201 and AC 202. This course expands the basic concepts and starts to enter into the preparation of more advanced financial statements and financial accounting concepts, such as the time value of money, the statement of cash flows, and more in-depth study of particular subjects such as property, plant and equipment, and long-term debt. The course concludes with comprehensive financial statement preparation and analysis for decision-making purposes. Throughout the course, where applicable, students will be exposed to global accounting standards (i.e., International Financial Reporting Standards); professional research of the Accounting Standards Codification; and professional accounting simulations.
Prerequisites: AC 202T or AC 273T
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AC 302T - Intermediate Accounting II (3 units)
Intermediate accounting continues the study of debits and credits and begins to utilize the basic knowledge gained from AC 201 and AC 202. This course expands the basic concepts and starts to enter into the preparation of more advanced financial statements and financial accounting concepts, such as the time value of money applied to bond valuation, the shareholders’ equity section of the balance sheet, and more in depth study of particular subjects such as intangible assets, and investments. Throughout the course, where applicable, students will be exposed to global accounting standards (i.e., International Financial Reporting Standards); professional research of the Accounting Standards Codification; and professional accounting simulations.
Prerequisites: AC 301T
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AC 320T - Cost Accounting Principles (3 units)
In this course, the basic principles of cost accounting are developed and applied to industrial situations. Topics include accounting for material, labor, and manufacturing expenses; analysis of cost information for administrative and control purposes; application of costs to operations and to products; preparation of cost statements; and specific order and process cost systems. Throughout the course, where applicable, students will be exposed to global accounting standards (i.e., International Financial Reporting Standards).
Prerequisites: AC 202T or AC273T
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AC 323T - Cooperative Work Experience in Accounting (3 units)
The cooperative work experience requires full- or part-time employment in an approved area under University supervision. Requirements include a satisfactory employer’s evaluation and a term paper.
Prerequisites: AC 201T, sophomore standing, minimum 2.5 overall GPA, and approval of the program director
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AC 325T - Accounting Information Systems (3 units)
Introduces the student to systems analysis and application of information systems concepts to the accounting process and accounting models, both manual and automated. The student will be exposed to how accounting information systems affect the various financial statement cycles. The student will develop an understanding of application level controls and general computer controls. Where applicable, the student will be exposed to the global nature of accounting information systems.
Prerequisites: AC 340T (may also be taken concurrently)
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AC 330T - Tax Accounting Principles (3 units)
This course deals with the study of Federal tax law and its application to individuals, partnerships, and corporations. Requirements for filling tax returns and the tax liability thereof, taxable income, deductible expenses and losses, bases and determination of gains and losses, and related problems in personal and business situations. Where applicable, the student will be exposed to the global nature of taxation
Prerequisites: AC 201T
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AC 333T - Cooperative Work Experience in Accounting (3 units)
The cooperative work experience requires full- or part-time employment in an approved area under University supervision. Requirements include a satisfactory employer’s evaluation and a term paper.
Prerequisites: AC 201T, sophomore standing, minimum 2.5 overall GPA, and approval of the program director
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AC 340T - Auditing Principles (3 units)
The course is an introduction to external auditing. The primary emphasis is on the decision making process in external audits of financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting. The student will be exposed to the different financial statement cycles, and will learn various audit processes such as gathering evidence, assigning responsibilities and audit planning. This course highlights fraud auditing and the ethical decisions that audit professionals may encounter. The student will be exposed to the Auditing section of the Certified Public Accounting (CPA) exam. Where applicable, the student will be exposed to auditing in a global environment.
Prerequisites: AC 201T (may be taken concurrently with AC 325T)
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AC 343T - Cooperative Work Experience in Accounting (3 units)
The cooperative work experience requires full- or part-time employment in an approved area under University supervision. Requirements include a satisfactory employer’s evaluation and a term paper.
Prerequisites: AC 201T, sophomore standing, minimum 2.5 overall GPA, and approval of the program director
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AC 423T - Internship in Accounting (3 units)
Students gain valuable work experience by applying theoretical knowledge to practical situations.
Prerequisites: Junior standing, minimum 2.5 overall GPA, and approval of the program director
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AC 433T - Internship in Accounting (3 units)
Students gain valuable work experience by applying theoretical knowledge to practical situations.
Prerequisites: Junior standing, minimum 2.5 overall GPA, and approval of the program director
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AC 440T - Fraud Examination (3 units)
This course is intended to give students practical guidance and enhance a manager’s and auditor’s abilities to recognize, prevent, and detect financial frauds in organizations. The student will be exposed to various financial statement frauds, asset misappropriation frauds, and corruption/bribery. Students will be exposed to various global frauds, and will learn how they happened and how to prevent/detect this type of fraud in the future.
Prerequisites: AC 340T
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AC 443T - Internship in Accounting (3 units)
Students gain valuable work experience by applying theoretical knowledge to practical situations.
Prerequisites: Junior standing, minimum 2.5 overall GPA, and approval of the program director
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AC 498T - Senior Project (3 units)
Independent work course for seniors. Intensive study of some phases of the student’s major field, to be selected with the approval of the division chair, under the direction of a faculty member. A written report is required.
Prerequisites: Senior standing, minimum 2.5 overall GPA, and approval of program director.
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CJ 200T - Introduction to Criminal Justice (3 units)
An overview of the criminal justice system, specialized criminal research, (legal and factual), and specific writing techniques and requirements particular to the criminal justice area. Prosecution, police, court functions, sentencing, and corrections will be overviewed.
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CJ 351T - Corrections (3 units)
Deals with the corrections continuum and with community- based corrections. Topics in the course will include supervisory and administrative duties in correctional institutions as they relate to an understanding of custody, treatment, training, and release of inmates. Internal policies of penal institutions are reviewed, as well as programs, regulations, policies and procedures and their evaluation.
Prerequisites: CJ 200T or departmental approval
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CJ 352T - Criminology (3 units)
Study of crime from legal and social perspectives. Emphasis is on the theoretical explanations of criminal behavior. Additional emphasis is placed on the biological, psychological, and sociological factors leading to criminal behavior.
Prerequisites: CJ 200T or concurrent enrollment
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CJ 353T - Juvenile Delinquency (3 units)
Examines the juvenile court system and theories of punishment and rehabilitation of juveniles. Trial of juveniles as adults, limits on rights of juveniles, and prevention control of juveniles are reviewed. Juvenile court procedure and case law are studied. Society’s role in, and social consequences of, juvenile crime is discussed.
Prerequisites: CJ 200T or concurrent enrollment
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CJ 354T - Criminal Psychology (3 units)
An overview of the theories and research relating to the causes, symptoms, and treatment of crime. Applied psychological principles will be used in exploring various causes of criminal behavior and strategies in coping with it.
Prerequisites: CJ 200T or concurrent enrollment
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CJ 355T - Law Enforcement Administration (3 units)
Overview of the development, structures, and functions of law enforcement organizations. Also examines the role of police in a democratic society. Controversial issues and current practice concerning the administration of law enforcement are examined
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CJ 356T - Survey of Forensic Science (3 units)
The scientific study of crime, physical evidence and material associated with processing criminal evidence and crime scenes to enable police and prosecutors to use evidence in court, and quantitative and qualitative analysis of physical evidence. Actual laboratory experiments and demonstrations concerning evidence will be discussed.
Prerequisites: CJ 200T
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CJ 357T - Organized/White Collar Crime (3 units)
Deals with the social, psychological, legal, and financial aspects of both the career criminal and the so-called white-collar criminal. Also covered are the influences of organized crime on social and political institutions and deterring white-collar, occupational, and corporate crime. Economic, cultural, and social costs of white-collar crimes are also discussed.
Prerequisites: CJ 200T or concurrent enrollment
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CJ 358T - Criminal Justice Ethics (3 units)
Ethical issues that affect criminal justice professionals in the development of policies, procedures, duties, behavior, and judgment, which form their ethical standards, are studied. The course will focus on addressing and solving ethical dilemmas, which affect the criminal justice system in both the private and public sectors.
Prerequisites: CJ 200T or concurrent enrollment
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CJ 359T - Terrorism (3 units)
Examination of the historical developments regarding terrorism in the world today, covering this subject as it applies to political, nationalistic, ideological, religious, racial, and ethnic motivations. It will also explore the efforts that governments use to combat terrorism, from political solutions to intelligence gathering and tactical armed response.
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CJ 361T - Cybercrimes: Investigation and Prosecution (3 units)
Examination of the increased use of computer technology in the commission of traditional and nontraditional crimes. The focus will be on the various ways in which cybercrimes and related technology have impacted the law enforcement agencies, courts, and society.
Prerequisites: CJ 200T, MS100T, and working knowledge of the Internet
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CJ 366T - Courts and the Law (3 units)
This course is an extensive overview of the entire judicial system and processes; including its functions, history, constitutional requirements, courtroom actors, procedures, and dynamics of the courtroom, trial, appellate process, and sentencing. It focuses mainly on the prosecutors, judges, defense attorneys, witnesses, and jurors who are involved in the overall decision making process.
Prerequisites: CJ 200T
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CJ 370T - Constitutional Law (3 units)
Study of the principles underlying American constitutional government as developed in leading cases, with special reference to interpretation of the Constitution.
Prerequisites: CJ 200T, LA 200T or LA 201T
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CJ 400T - Special Topics (3 units)
Senior-level class limited to criminal justice majors. The primary focus is on specific topics of interest, which may have been discussed in brief fashion in other criminal justice classes. The class typically will be designed to assist students in seeking careers and employment in law enforcement, but will also focus, at times, on special issues such as The Death Penalty, Undercover Matters, or the USA PATRIOT Act.
Prerequisites: CJ 200T, Senior standing and departmental approval
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