2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Course Descriptions
The following is a listing of courses and abridged descriptions of all Alliant International University courses available at the time of publication. Please note that the academic programs are under continuous review and evaluation. Therefore, courses may vary somewhat from those described on the following pages.
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/term.
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ESL22000A - Low Intermediate Reading and Vocabulary(1.5 units)
The skills to be practiced in this course include recognizing word parts, using the dictionary, understanding vocabulary in context, recognizing main ideas, recognizing transitions, and understanding supporting details.
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ESL22000B - Low Intermediate Integrated English Skills(1.5 units)
The skills to be practiced in this course include recognizing word parts, using the dictionary, understanding vocabulary in context, recognizing main ideas, recognizing transitions, and understanding supporting details.
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ESL23000A - Low Intermediate Writing and Grammar(1.5 units)
The skills to be practiced in this course include combining sentences, using controlling ideas to narrow the scope of writing, and writing cohesive paragraphs. Much time is devoted to develop students’ process for writing.
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ESL23000B - Low Intermediate Writing and Grammar(1.5 units)
The skills to be practiced in this course include combining sentences, using controlling ideas to narrow the scope of writing, and writing cohesive paragraphs. Much time is devoted to develop students’ process for writing.
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ESL30000A - Intermediate Integrated English Skills(1.5 units)
This course allows the student to gain cultural understanding as well as general and academic language competence in preparation for entry into any degree program.
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ESL30000B - Intermediate Integrated English Skills(1.5 units)
This course allows the student to gain cultural understanding as well as general and academic language competence in preparation for entry into any degree program.
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ESL31000A - Intermediate Listening and Speaking(1.5 units)
The skills to be practiced in this course include note-taking, summarizing, paraphrasing, increasing speaking fluency, and advancing vocabulary and grammatical knowledge to express more complex ideas.
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ESL31000B - Intermediate Listening and Speaking(1.5 units)
The skills to be practiced in this course include note-taking, summarizing, paraphrasing, increasing speaking fluency, and advancing vocabulary and grammatical knowledge to express more complex ideas.
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ESL32000A - Intermediate Reading and Vocabulary(1.5 units)
The skills to be practiced in this course include vocabulary learning strategies, annotating, highlighting, summarizing, and paraphrasing, as well as an appreciation for reading for personal enjoyment and knowledge.
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ESL32000B - Intermediate Reading and Vocabulary(1.5 units)
The skills to be practiced in this course include vocabulary learning strategies, annotating, highlighting, summarizing, and paraphrasing, as well as an appreciation for reading for personal enjoyment and knowledge.
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ESL33000A - Intermediate Writing and Grammar(1.5 units)
The skills to be practiced in this course include the writing of short essays for various audiences and purposes, introduction to logical supports for arguments, and the incorporation of quotation, citations and references.
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ESL33000B - Intermediate Writing and Grammar(1.5 units)
The skills to be practiced in this course include the writing of short essays for various audiences and purposes, introduction to logical supports for arguments, and the incorporation of quotation, citations and references.
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ESL40000A - High Intermediate Integrated English Skills(1.5 units)
This course allows the student to gain cultural understanding as well as general and academic language competence in preparation for entry into any degree program.
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ESL40000B - High Intermediate Integrated English Skills(1.5 units)
This course allows the student to gain cultural understanding as well as general and academic language competence in preparation for entry into any degree program.
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ESL41000A - High Intermediate Listening and Speaking(1.5 units)
The skills to be practiced in this course include increasing speaking fluency, developing unique and personalized ideas, improving sentence- and discourse-level pronunciation, and recognizing social expectations for both formal and informal discourse.
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ESL41000B - High Intermediate Listening and Speaking(1.5 units)
The skills to be practiced in this course include increasing speaking fluency, developing unique and personalized ideas, improving sentence- and discourse-level pronunciation, and recognizing social expectations for both formal and informal discourse.
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ESL42000A - High Intermediate Reading and Vocabulary(1.5 units)
This course builds upon the skills acquired in previous courses to enhance successful reading. The skills to be practiced in this course include increasing reading rates, self-selecting extensive reading plans, and comprehension of more advanced vocabulary and grammar structures.
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ESL42000B - High Intermediate Reading and Vocabulary(1.5 units)
This course builds upon the skills acquired in previous courses to enhance successful reading. The skills to be practiced in this course include increasing reading rates, self-selecting extensive reading plans, and comprehension of more advanced vocabulary and grammar structures.
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ESL43000A - High Intermediate Writing and Grammar(1.5 units)
The skills to be practiced in this course include increasing writing fluency and accuracy, self-selecting writing and research topics, and developing more critical and creative thinking skills through the writing of longer academic essays and other genres.
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ESL43000B - High Intermediate Writing and Grammar(1.5 units)
The skills to be practiced in this course include increasing writing fluency and accuracy, self-selecting writing and research topics, and developing more critical and creative thinking skills through the writing of longer academic essays and other genres.
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FAR10000 - Introduction to the Arts(3 units)
Investigation into artistic perception, creativity, aesthetics, criticism and meaning; techniques and forms of visual and performing arts of the world; includes critical thinking and individual creative projects.
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FIN30100 - Principles of Finance(3 units)
The application of financial principles to problems involving the acquisition and management of funds by private and public organizations.
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FIN40100 - International Managerial Finance(3 units)
The international financial environment, international capital and money markets and financial operations of the multinational enterprise.
Prerequisites: FIN30100
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FIN40200 - Corporate Finance(3 units)
Use and management of funds in organizations; analysis of capital management and investment; capital budgeting, capital structure, debt policy, financing and securities.
Prerequisites: FIN30100
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FIN40300 - Investments(3 units)
Study of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, treasury and other government bonds, gold and other commodities, real estate and collectibles.
Prerequisites: FIN30100
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FIN40400 - Money and Capital Markets(3 units)
Surveys issues related to financial intermediaries, with an emphasis on commercial banks. Addresses asset/liability management, credit-risk management and maintenance of adequate capital.
Prerequisites: FIN30100
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FIN40600 - Advanced Financial Accounting(3 units)
This course will examine several complex topics and their effect on financial reporting and disclosure. Topics include investments in debt and equity securities; business combinations; consolidation at acquisition; consolidation subsequent to acquisition; consolidation and intercompany profit in inventory, land, and depreciable assets; foreign currency transactions; translation and consolidation of international operations.
Prerequisites: ACT40200
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FIN60000 - Financial and Accounting Management(3 units)
This course focuses on the necessary skills to be an effective corporate financial manager including analysis in cash flow, financial planning and forecasting and risk. Students will explore decision-making through computer modeling, 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. A venture/business plan is developed during the course. In addition to the classroom instruction, students have the option to get real-world experience through a practicum in an approved organizational setting for 100 - 160 hours or an applied project designed with the instructor. (International students need to meet their international student advisor for details).
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FIN60100 - Advanced Finance and Managerial Accounting(3 units)
This course comprises two segments - managerial accounting and advanced finance. Roughly one third of the course time is devoted to topics in the area of managerial finance and about two third to topics in Advanced Finance. In managerial accounting, the course looks at cost concepts, job-order costing, activity-based costing, flexible budgets, standard costs, and variance analysis. Finally, this segment of the course delves into using differential analysis to make important managerial decisions such as adding and dropping product lines, the make or buy decision, special orders, and use of constrained resources. The second segment does a deep dive into some advanced finance topics in the area of options, capital structure, risk and return, and lease financing. The formulation of binomial option pricing and Black Scholes Option Pricing are studied and applied to the valuation of firm and financial products whose valuation is contingent upon future uncertain outcomes. Real options are studied with respect to their application in capital budgeting decisions. Modigliani and Miller Theorems, the Miller Model and their extensions form the core of the capital structure considerations. Portfolio theory, CAPM, the Arbitrage Pricing Theory and the Fama French Three Factor Model provide students with insight into risk and return relationships. Finally, the course winds down with a discussion of lease financing.
Prerequisites: FIN60000
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FIN60150 - Asset and Bank Management(3 units)
This course provides a broad and specific analysis of banking/financial institutions domestically and globally. The student will develop a quantitative and qualitative understanding of bank management and how decisions are made. The course will present the importance of ROE (return on equity), APY (average percentage yield), ICGR (internal capital growth rate) and other equations in determining the success of financial institution.
Prerequisites: FIN60000
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FIN60200 - Financial Markets and Institutions(3 units)
Students will gain an understanding of the system of corporate finance, including an analysis of equity finance, bonds and other debt instruments and how these may be used to finance investment. This course will deepen students’ knowledge of project evaluation, investment appraisal and the use of financial information and analysis in corporate decision-making. The syllabus also covers portfolio theory, dividend policy, mergers and acquisitions, international investment decisions and regulation of the financial system.
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FIN60250 - Investments and Portfolio Theory(3 units)
This course will provide you with an in-depth introduction to investment analysis and portfolio management. The overarching objectives are that students (1) gain a deep intuitive understanding of the concepts used in investment analysis, (2) learn the tools used in investment analysis, including excel modeling and regression analysis, and (3) gain confidence in applying the concepts and tools in managing a portfolio.
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FOR30050 - Situational Analysis of Behavior(3 units)
This course provides a foundation for the interpretation of covert behavioral and environmental stimuli through each of the different aspects of non-verbal behavior, namely biometrics, kinesics, proxemics, geographics, heuristics, and atmospherics. The course covers applications for analyzing non-verbal behavior in contexts such as deception detection, interviewing, crisis intervention, investigations, threat assessment, risk management, conflict resolution, and critical incident response.
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FOR30290 - Peer Counseling(3 units)
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of peer counseling, including buildingrapport, active listening, identifying mental health issues, advocacy, leading groups, teaching lifeskills, and providing referrals. Additional aspects of the peer counselor relationship, such asmaintaining appropriate boundaries and confidentiality, are also explored.
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FOR30370 - Responding to Individuals in Crisis(3 units)
Designed for law enforcement, school resource officers, mental/behavioral health practitioners, educators, and community-based professionals, this course explores basic concepts associated with mental illness, mental health crises, violence risk, and behavioral threat assessment. Criteria associated with specific mental illnesses, including signs and symptoms and behavioral indicators of potential crises, are explored. De-escalation and risk management strategies are reviewed. The course provides students with the option to apply the information learned to community or school-based case studies and scenarios.
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FOR30390 - Emergency and Disaster Preparedness & Planning(3 units)
This course provides students with an understanding of historical and contemporary core principles and practices of emergency preparedness and planning. Topics include vulnerability detection and hazard analysis, planning and preparedness, communication, prevention and mitigation strategies, rapid decision-making, and functioning collaboratively within the rapidly evolving landscape. Current emergency management models, including the National Response Framework (NRF) and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) are reviewed. Laws, regulations, and policies that impact interagency cooperation are also reviewed.
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FOR31000 - Introduction to Forensic Psychology(3 units)
This introductory course explores the various areas of interest pursued in forensic psychology, forensic psychiatry or criminal psychology, including such topics as theories of crime, types of crime, applications of social science and psychology to the law, investigative and police psychology, psychopathology and the psychology of crime, the assessment of mental competency and sanity, and correctional psychology.
(San Diego)
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FOR31170 - Decision-Making in Complex Situations(3 units)
This course explores the factors that contribute to and hinder rapid decision-making, decision-making under stress, and decision-making in rapidly evolving complex situations. The course examines the respective and combined roles of cognition, physiology and behavior on the decision-making process, as well as the impact of feedback, group dynamics, and situational awareness. Applications of decision-making in complex situations, such as those encountered by military, law enforcement, organizational leaders, risk managers, threat assessment personnel, crisis responders, and critical incident commanders will be reviewed.
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FOR31270 - Complex Issues in Peer Counseling(3 units)
This course will review protocols related to working with peers who are experiencing crisis, mental illness and/or substance abuse, or who demonstrate signs of risk to self or others. Fundamentals of providing trauma-informed care, mental health first aid, and crisis management are incorporated.
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FOR31280 - Psychology of Disasters(3 units)
This course explores the factors that influence the immediate and long-term impact of natural and human-induced disasters on individuals, communities, and responders. Common post-disaster physical, psychological, and sociological dynamics are reviewed, as are evidence-based practices associated with mitigating adverse outcomes.
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FOR31400 - Juvenile Delinquency(3 units)
This course explores the historical precedents and philosophical reasons of juvenile delinquency. Our justice systems treat juveniles differently from adults; thus, this course will also review empirical evidence about child development that can illuminate the reasons for their special status within the system, and our societal efforts to prevent delinquency. Students will learn about the distribution of juvenile delinquency according to both official statistics and self-report data and also explore the impact of significant social and institutional influences on delinquency: family, school, peers and drugs. The far-reaching implications of this course will provide students with the robust knowledge to better understand and manage delinquency in a more humane, efficient, and productive manner.
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FOR31430 - Model Law Enforcement-Mental Health Response Initiatives(3 units)
This course, designed for law enforcement, school resource officers, mental/behavioral health practitioners, educators and community-based professionals, reviews the models of specialized mental health-law enforcement response units, and school resource officer approaches, and their efficacy in humanely and safely responding to those in crisis. The course provides students with the option of focusing on community or school-based response models.
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FOR31500 - Introduction to Victimology(3 units)
This course examines the emerging field of victimology and focuses on the victims of crime violence in the United States. The course explores the characteristics of victim/offender interactions, the effects of criminal acts upon victims and their families, reactions in society-at-large to the plight of the victim, and post-traumatic stress disorder and its implications for victims and the criminal justice system. Analyses of victims based on sex, race, socioeconomic status, and other factors will be presented. Preventative measures and efforts to assist victims of crime including programs for rape victims, victim compensations programs, and victims’ restitution will be discussed.
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FOR31600 - Introduction to the Criminal Personality(3 units)
This course will examine the multiple factors and antecedent events that are involved in crime and the criminal mind executing the crime. These factors and events include the intent, the plan, the type of criminal, the type of victim, and the crime scene. The manner in which a crime is performed expresses the psychological pattern, makeup, and expression of the individual performing it. Criminal investigative analysis, or criminal personality profiling, examines and identifies the subtle habits, psychological traits, and personality variables associated with criminal activity. These variables and traits will be explored in the context of understanding the personality and behavioral descriptors of an offender who often commits heinous crimes such as serial homicide, sex crimes leading to criminal homicide, arson, bombings, ritualistic crimes that include torture, child abduction, kidnapping, child molestation, and bank robbery.
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FOR31700 - Cognitive Principles in Forensic Psychology(3 units)
This course will cover topics in cognitive psychology as seen in the forensics field including perception, attention, memory, knowledge, problem solving, reasoning, and language comprehension and production. Classical theories and experiments in these areas will be reviewed in addition to applications of this work to practical problems in the forensic setting. This course provides an introduction to basic processes, perception and preference, attention and clarity as compared to attention and chaos. The different approaches used in the analysis of competence and compatibility will be examined. The course will conclude by examining the connection to people and problems and providing examples of systems solutions.
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FOR31800 - Crime in Literary and Media Contexts(3 units)
This course examines the criminology literature, the language of justice and contexts to which crime is portrayed in the media. The intent of this course is to make the student a more informed critic and analyst of the literary and media contexts in which crime is depicted. In particular, crime movies, television crime dramas, plus television news and newspaper crime coverage will be the major sources of data for uncovering how the media portrays society’s struggle with the crime problem. The fundamental role played by the media in defining what constitutes deviance and criminality in American society will be discussed. This course examines how the media portrays the police, the courts and the administration of criminal law, and the American correctional system. In each case media images will be compared to empirical studies of policing, the adjudication process, and punishments actually delivered. In addition, exploration of the use of new media technologies within the criminal justice system itself will be explored. How have technological innovations such as video cameras and multimedia computers changed the criminal justice system?
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FOR32140 - Communication & Human Factors in Crisis & Conflict(3 units)
This course addresses communication and human factors as they relate to crisis management, effective mediation, and conflict resolution. The course incorporates challenges to effective communication caused by interpersonal, intrapersonal, intergroup or intragroup conflict, and the role of communication in resolving such conflicts. The course focuses on the human, psychological, social, cultural and emotional aspects of conflict and effective communication strategies, including the roles of gender, ethnicity, race, religion, culture and generation, and addresses concepts such as group processes, identity, needs, cooperation/competition, and barriers to effective communication in conflict or crisis contexts.
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FOR32210 - Peer Counseling with Specific Populations(3 units)
This course allows students to explore the nuances of facilitating peer counseling with one or more populations, including veteran’s, firefighters, and those affected by domestic violence, chronic illness, substance abuse, disaster, and trauma. Appropriate similarities and differences in approaches will be reviewed, allowing the student to gain a framework for expanding to different sectors and contexts.
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FOR32230 - Crisis Response & Emergency Management(3 units)
This course provides students with an understanding of historical and contemporary core principles and practices of crisis response and emergency management. The course focuses on operating during and immediately after large-scale crises. The course addresses critical skills and systems, strategies for setting and managing a course of action, mobilizing and coordinating resources, and collaborating with multiple agencies and the community at-large. Topics also include decision-making under stress, crisis and post-crisis communication, post-disaster protocols, and recovery operations.
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FOR32380 - Expanding the Impact of Law Enforcement-Mental Health Response Initiative(3 units)
Designed for law enforcement, school resource officers, mental/behavioral health practitioners, educators and community-based professionals, this course reviews innovative, supplemental strategies – including dispatch protocols, safe school campaigns, and community-based public/private partnerships – that can assist in improving crisis and threat response practices and the wellbeing of the individuals involved. The course provides students with options to focus on the ways in which impact can be enhanced in the community or in school-based settings.
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FOR60000 - Fundamentals of Forensic Leadership(3 units)
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FOR60010 - Fundamentals of Forensic Psychology(3 units)
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of forensic psychology – the study of psychology and the law, criminal justice, and mental health. Emphasis is given to a broad thematic coverage of relevant theory, policy and practice. Specific elements of practice within the forensic arena, such orienting to the Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists, conducting basic legal research, forensic report writing, and expert testimony will be reviewed.
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FOR60050 - Situational Analysis of Behavior(3 units)
This course provides a foundation for the interpretation of covert behavioral and environmental stimuli through each of the different aspects of non-verbal behavior, namely biometrics, kinesics, proxemics, geographics, heuristics, and atmospherics. The course covers applications for analyzing non-verbal behavior in contexts such as deception detection, interviewing, crisis intervention, investigations, threat assessment, risk management, law enforcement, conflict resolution and critical incident response.
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FOR60080 - The History, Structure, and Culture of Fire Departments(3 units)
This course provides mental and allied health professionals with an orientation to the history, traditions, and culture of the fire service, offering foundational information that will assist in understanding the worldview of the more than 1.1 million firefighters in the U.S.
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FOR60100 - Theory and Application of Forensic Behavioral Science(3 units)
This course explores the application of behavioral sciences to the criminal justice field and the study of crime and legal phenomena from psychological, social and cultural perspectives. Addresses numerous current ways in which the legal system and the behavioral sciences intersect, as well as related assumptions and controversies. Specific topics may include legal decision making, victims and victimology, risk prediction, criminogenesis and other behavioral science applications.
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FOR60120 - Fundamentals of Mediation(3 units)
This course examines mediation theory and practice and provides an in-depth exploration of selected aspects of the mediation process is it relates to the larger conflict resolution context. The course addresses topics such as resistant parties, overcoming impasse, mediating with individuals and groups, using a decision-tree analysis, and employing counterintuitive and “mindful” mediation strategies. Ethical issues and public policy concerns, such as the limits of confidentiality and expectations of procedural fairness, are also explored.
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FOR60220 - Mass, Serial and Pattern Criminals(3 units)
Course examines perpetrators of mass, spree and serial violence in terms of psychology, motivation and behavior. Topics include violent crime sprees, school and workplace mass assaults, family annihilation, domestic terrorism, serial murder, serial sex offending, and stalking behavior on its own and in the context of deliberate lethal violence.
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FOR60240 - Fundamentals of Forensic Victimology(3 units)
This course provides students with an overview of the field of forensic victimology, and explores the latest research on victim-offender dynamics in relation to crime and event subtypes.
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FOR60260 - Case Conceptualization and Presentation(3 units)
This course provides an in-depth examination of theory and practice related to theme development and case conceptualization. The course draws upon law, psychology and marketing disciplines as they apply to framing and persuasion in a courtroom setting. Witness communication and presentation are also addressed.
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FOR60280 - Developing a Correctional Professional Identity(3 units)
This course provides an introduction to and overview of the field of correctional psychology, and of the unique relational factors that contribute to and/or hinder realization of professional identify within correctional settings. Students will learn about the unique culture of correctional institutions, and the health professional’s role as a member of an inter-professional team. Students will explore the factors associated with successful and intentional development of a solid professional identity, including addressing difficult situations within corrections, common lapses in judgment and missteps that occur in correctional institutions, conditions that lead to burn out, compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, strategies for self-care, and best practices for conflict resolution in an adversarial environment. Special emphasis will be placed on ethical decision-making in the correctional setting.
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FOR60320 - Forensic Linguistics: Theory and Application(3 units)
This course covers the historical and contemporary principles and practices related to forensic linguistics, as well as the numerous contexts in which they may be applied, such as author identification, discourse analysis, forensic phonetics, linguistic dialectology, plagiarism detection, security and threat assessment.
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FOR60330 - Foundational Concepts in Victimology(3 units)
This course provides an overview of the field of forensic victimology, and explores current research on victim-offender dynamics in relation to crime and event subtypes. The course focuses upon risk and protective factors associated with victimology subtypes, the construction of victim profiles to inform violence prevention, investigation, intervention, and policy efforts, and the compassion-science-balance approach to forensic victimology.
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FOR60340 - The History, Structure, and Culture of the U.S. Military(3 units)
This course provides an overview of the evolution of the U.S. military, its current structure and culture, and the systems of treatment. Emphasis will be placed on the manner in which military culture and training foster both protective and risk factors impacting the psychological health of service members and veterans.
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FOR60360 - Introduction to Police Psychology and the Culture of Law Enforcement(3 units)
This foundational course provides an introduction to the field of police psychology and to the structure and culture of law enforcement organizations. The first half of the course focuses on an overview of law enforcement organizations and police culture. This includes the nature of hierarchical paramilitary organizations and the ways in which individuals working in them are impacted, including differences between sworn and civilian employees. The concepts of legal authority and “police powers” are presented along with the psychological burden this places on police officers. The course covers different police and deputy sheriff roles, including patrol, corrections and court services, investigations, traffic, and special assignments such as school police, SWAT, and gang suppression. Police culture is emphasized through an examination of common strategies used in recruiting, hiring, and training new officers, as well as practices associated with supervision, promotions, and discipline. The second half of the course focuses on the roles of police psychologists in law enforcement organizations. This overview explores the history of police psychology, presents various opportunities for mental health professionals to work in the field of police psychology, examines the different formats of police psychological services, and explains the many challenges faced by police psychologists.
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FOR60370 - Responding to Mental Illness(3 units)
This course is designed for both law enforcement and mental health practitioners, and covers basic concepts of mental illness: signs and symptoms, when behaviors represent crisis, approaches to de-escalation, and resources (including via 5150 and 5250 holds) for those in crisis. Mental illness as experienced from multiple perspectives - law enforcement, mental health professionals, those with mental illness, the family of those with mental illness - will be examined. The course will also discuss the evidence supporting the effectiveness of law enforcement-mental health professional collaboration in responding to calls involving individuals with mental illness, including in relation to improving public safety, officer safety, and community relations.
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FOR60380 - The Fundamentals of Telemental Health(3 units)
This course provides an overview of TeleMental Health, including the current state of the industry, trends, and practice requirements. Considerations for selection and use of appropriate technology are also explored.
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FOR61150 - Violence and Criminal Behavior(3 units)
This course addresses micro- and macro-level factors and constructs related to violence and criminal behavior with an emphasis on psychological and sociocultural factors. Explores violent intent, human aggression, interpersonal violence and violent groups; media influence; mental illness, personality and psychopathy; and motivation.
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FOR61170 - Decision-Making in Complex Situations(3 units)
This course provides a foundational understanding of the factors that contribute to and hinder rapid decision making, decision making under stress and decision making in rapidly evolving complex situations. The course examines the respective and combined roles of cognition, physiology and behavior on the decision-making process, as well as the impact of feedback, group dynamics, stress and situational awareness. The course covers applications of decision making in complex situations such as those encountered by military, law enforcement and other first responders, organizational leaders, risk managers, threat assessment personnel, crisis responders, critical incident commanders and the like.
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FOR61190 - Conflict and Crisis Negotiation: De-escalation & Violence Prevention(3 units)
This course teaches the theories and tactics associated with assessing, understanding and mitigating violence potential in contexts such as hostage or barricade situations, standoffs, and other conflicts. The course focuses reducing the potential for violence; engaging in quick, strategic assessment and problem-solving, and responding to and managing threats to personal or public safety at the interpersonal and intergroup levels. The course explores how psychological processes-cognitive and emotional, individual and collective-combine with external factors to influence violent outcomes and how these psychological insights can help prevent and resolve violent conflicts. The course incorporates research and best practice findings into case examination and interactive, experiential learning.
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FOR61220 - Sex Crimes & Offenders(3 units)
Examines sex crimes, offenders and the complex factors and motivations associated with offending. Topics include paraphilia, psychogenic motivation, rape and sexual violence, sexual predators, juvenile offenders, female offenders, sexual homicide, sex trafficking and tourism, and the roles of society, commerce and law. Also addresses systems responses to sex offending, including sexually violent predator laws, offender registries and treatment modalities.
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FOR61240 - Prevention and Safety Planning(3 units)
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FOR61260 - Legal and Procedural Concepts in Trial Consulting(3 units)
This course provides a foundation for engaging in courtroom consultation. The course covers the pre-trial through post-trial processes in criminal and civil, state and federal courtrooms as they relate to all aspects of trial consulting. Constitutional and statutory provisions, jurisdictional differences, the ethics of courtroom consultation, and the numerous ways in which behavioral science can benefit the trial process are discussed.
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FOR61430 - Understanding the Law Enforcement Environment(3 units)
Designed for mental health professionals, this course explores the unique culture of police and sheriff’s departments, including the differentiation between working custody versus working patrol; common lapses in judgment and common pitfalls that can negatively affect new officers; differences and dynamics specific to sworn versus civilian law enforcement employees; elements of effective interactions with the public and the press. The course will also explore the basics of teaching and consulting in the law enforcement community: common pitfalls for the mental health professional.
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FOR61800 - Ethics, Values and Diversity in Forensic Contexts(3 units)
This course provides an understanding of ethics applicable to the forensic behavioral sciences and to a larger framework of values and worldview. Addresses ethical aspects of the conduct of forensic behavioral scientists in the civil and criminal justice systems. Explores the tension between civil liberties and public safety, as well as topics such as profiling and interment, the monitoring of Americans, and recent Court decisions.
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FOR61900 - Residency Master’s Project: E-Portfolio Development I(0 units)
During the residency weekend, and under the supervision with faculty, students will begin to more thoroughly apply the theoretical knowledge gained during coursework through the inception of an e-portfolio, a Capstone project designed to be completed over the course of the program and to assist students to enter or advance in their chosen career. The residency will also include lectures on best practices in forensic consulting, applicable to both those who work within or external to organizations.
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FOR62000 - Residency Master’s Project: E-Portfolio Development II(0 units)
During this final residency, students will present their e-portfolio Capstone project, articulating its relevance to their chosen professional field. The residence will include additional lectures on best practices in forensic consulting.
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FOR62010 - Help That is Helpful: Assessment and Intervention with Fire Personnel(3 units)
Tragic events, particularly 9-11, resulted in an enhanced understanding of the unique behavioral health needs of firefighters and their families, as well as an expanded body of knowledge regarding the interventions that are most effective when working with this population. This course explores the common challenges facing fire personnel, which range from depression, anxiety, and PTSD to stress-induced hypertension and overexertion. Evidence-based interventions, such as positive psychology, are explored, as are the roles of spirituality, peer counseling, on-scene crisis responding, memorial and funeral support, and the use of social media in family intervention.
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FOR62100 - Personnel Engagement, Motivation and Retention(3 units)
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FOR62110 - Forensic Assessment Instruments I: Criminal Contexts(3 units)
This course will review assessment instruments used to answer common referral questions in the criminal justice system, including competency to stand trial, risk of recidivism, mental state at time of the offense, psychopathy, and malingering.
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FOR62120 - Biopsychosocial Elements of Stress Responses(3 units)
This course examines biological, psychological, social, environmental and situational triggers, mechanisms, presentations and effects of human responses to acute and prolonged stress events and explores ways to manage them effectively.
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FOR62140 - Communication & Human Factors in Crisis & Conflict(3 units)
This course addresses communication and human factors as they relate to crisis management, effective mediation, and conflict resolution. The course incorporates challenges to effective communication caused by interpersonal, intrapersonal, intergroup or intragroup conflict, and the role of communication in resolving such conflicts. The course focuses on the human, psychological, social, cultural and emotional aspects of conflict and effective communication strategies, including the roles of gender, ethnicity, race, religion, culture and generation, and addresses concepts such as group processes, identity, needs, cooperation/competition, and barriers to effective communication in conflict or crisis contexts.
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FOR62160 - Investigative Psychology and Criminal Profiling(3 units)
This course explores the fundamental concepts, theories, methodologies, assumptions and practices associated with using psychology as an investigative tool. The course focuses on the application of behavior analysis to criminal investigation, criminal profiling and behavioral evidence, geographic profiling, psychological autopsy, and equivocal death analysis.
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FOR62180 - Investigation(3 units)
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FOR62200 - Conflict and Discipline in Forensic Settings(3 units)
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FOR62220 - Jury Dynamics & Decision Making(3 units)
This course examines both group (jury) and individual (juror) deliberation and decision-making processes in a courtroom setting. The course explores the separate and interacting roles of cognition, bias, personality, attribution, belief, personal judgement, influence, extra-evidentiary and extralegal information, and group dynamics in the contexts of criminal and civil trials.
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FOR62240 - Developmental Bases of Criminal Behavior(3 units)
This course will explore the biological, ecosystemic, and sociocultural factors that impact engagement in criminal behavior.
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FOR62270 - Discourse as Evidence(3 units)
This course provides an overview of the methodological approaches to language analysis, with an emphasis on the language of police interrogations, emergency calls, victim-witness and witness statements, confessions, and criminal threats. The course also examines the relationship of forensic linguistics to the judicial process, such as admissibility in court and the numerous roles of forensic linguists in informing the judicial system related to a range of domestic and international legal issues.
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FOR62280 - Forensic Victimology: Prevention and Safety Planning(3 units)
This course focuses on the practices that support prevention of victimization and revictimization. Research related to crime prevention will be explored. The course will also focus upon threat assessment in various milieu (public venues, households, the workplace, school campuses), as well as specific safety planning strategies to support the prevention of victimization.
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FOR62290 - Assessment of Complex Trauma in Service Personnel and Veterans(3 units)
This course explores the types of conflict and associated stressors commonly experienced by military personnel, and examines typical psychological and physiological responses to extreme circumstances and environments. Students will engage in evidence-based assessment of not uncommon psychiatric responses, including acute stress, depression, substance use disorder, combat-related PTSD, and traumatic brain injury.
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FOR62320 - Threats to Police Officer Wellness & Psychological Svcs in Law Enforcement(3 units)
This course explores police officer wellness and the psychological services that help to maintain optimal functioning. The first half of the course focuses on the internal and external threats to officer wellness. The internal threats include maladaptive stress responses, the nature of fear, implicit bias and the role of heuristics, and the neurobiology of police wellness. External threats include the moral risks of policing, compassion fatigue and burnout, moral distress, moral injury, and other operational stress injuries. The course examines the rates of PTSD, the epidemic of police suicide, and the relationship between police wellness and ethics. The second half of the course focuses on psychological services in law enforcement organizations and covers models and strategies of intervention as well as initiatives for prevention. Interventions include traditional psychotherapeutic modalities and critical and traumatic incident response as well as specialized mental health services for first responders. Ancillary prevention and intervention services are explored including peer support, chaplaincy, dedicated wellness units, spouse auxiliary groups, and positive psychology workshops.
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FOR62340 - Telemental Health and the Law(3 units)
This course examines relevant legal and ethical considerations for mental health professional seeking to engage in telemental health as part of their practice. Privacy considerations, informed consent, HIPAA-HITECH, and multijurisdictional issues are explored.
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FOR62380 - Effective Collaboration(3 units)
This course provides the mental health professional collaborating with law enforcement with guidelines for supporting a successful partnership through identification of comprehensive community resources and linkages, and engagement in case management follow-up. Program evaluation design and implementation are also discussed to ensure on-going efficacy of the collaboration.
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FOR63000 - Crisis Communication and Leadership(3 units)
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FOR63020 - Criminal Law and the Justice System(3 units)
The course provides an understanding of basic criminal law and the criminal justice process. Addresses criminal law elements and definitions, as well as factual and legal questions and controversies. Examines the criminal judicial process from arrest through appeal and explores guiding legal rulings and principles. Includes criminal defenses, constitutional guarantees, and issues in punishment.
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FOR63050 - Threat Assessment & Risk Management(3 units)
This course provides an overview of approaches to identifying and mitigating potential violent activity in a variety of contexts, with an emphasis on Behavioral Threat Assessment processes and strategies. The course examines identifying, assessing and managing threats to safety through the lenses of Behavioral Threat Assessment, quantitative & qualitative violence risk assessment, behavior analysis, victim roles and dynamics, and industry best-practices in threat management.
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FOR63070 - Ideological & Political Conflict(3 units)
This course examines conflict arising from differences in closely held modern-day ideologies. The course addresses extremism in all forms, and the pathways from ideology to extremism to conflict to violent action. Conflict between ideology and law, the contribution of identity to conflict, the potential for violent conflict between small and large groups and between fringe groups and establishment, and historical and contemporary measures to reduce such conflict are covered.
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FOR63120 - Targeted Violence and Threat Assessment(3 units)
This course examines theories and approaches to identifying and mitigating potential acts of targeted violence across contexts. The course examines risk factors for violence, behavioral indicators of intent, and threatening communications; provides an overview of evaluation and management of human threats to safety in a variety of contexts, stalking, school and workplace threats; and addresses victim factors associated with risk and safety.
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FOR63140 - Victim Advocacy and the Justice System(3 units)
This course addresses victims’ rights, historically and currently, victim interactions with the justice community, and court decisions and legislation impacting victims. Justice system and social service programs, partnerships and initiatives are explored, as are victim advocacy and restorative justice, its theory, application, efficacy, and potential in different contexts and in relation to different types of victimization.
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FOR63160 - Voir Dire & Jury Selection(3 units)
This course provides an in-depth examination of theories, research, controversies and practices associated with empaneling juries and in predicting outcomes. The course explores pre-trial methods of managing the impact of individual factors on deliberation, evidence processing and decision-making in criminal and civil trials.
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FOR63170 - Forensic Linguistics: Global Case Studies(3 units)
This course takes a case-analysis approach to explore the application of forensic linguistics to legal questions, and its use in investigations, intelligence, and criminal and civil court proceedings. Topics include death threats and suicide letters, valid and false confessions, authorship investigations, perjury, plagiarism, criminal apprehension, and exoneration.
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