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Pre-requisites: Student has satisfied all of the following: [Institution has received a(n) FLC_Placement test result with a(n) Composition Placement score equal to 3.]
This course introduces students to the discipline of Writing Studies. Students develop a foundation of academic writing as transformative and transferrable through an anthology of readings and emphasis on threshold concepts such as: writing is linked to prior literacy experiences; writing is a social and rhetorical activity; good writing depends on the situation; and all writers have more to learn. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Institution has received a(n) FLC_Placement test result with a(n) Composition Placement score equal to 2.
Pre-requisites: Student has completed all of the following course(s): ADMN 000 - Instructor Permission
Pre-requisites: Student has satisfied all of the following: [Institution has received a(n) FLC_Placement test result with a(n) Composition Placement score equal to 4.] Or Student has satisfied all of the following: [Student has completed all of the following course(s): COMP 150 - Rhetoric and Research with grade greater than or equal to C- (Undergraduate Grading Scheme).]
COMP 250 builds on introductory rhetorical and genre theories. It focuses on analysis of specific genres and their conventions through critical thinking and writing in academic contexts. Students address specific audiences based on genres; determine appropriate exigencies; evaluate sources of evidence; deepen their understanding of writing as an activity within genre; and create and present an extended research project. (3-0)
Comp 252 builds on introductory rhetorical and genre theories. It focuses on analysis of specific genres and their conventions through critical thinking and writing in technical and professional contexts. Students address specific audiences based on genres; determine appropriate exigencies; evaluate sources of evidence; deepen their understanding of writing as an activity within genre; create and present an extended research project. (3-0)
This course builds on foundational rhetorical and genre theories to focus on writing in disciplinary contexts. Students examine specific genres and their conventions; evaluate methods for sources of evidence; deepen their understanding of writing as an activity within a discipline; and create an extended research project in order to better understand writing in the disciplines. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has satisfied all of the following: [Student has completed any of the following course(s): COMP 250 - Academic Inquiry and Writing, COMP 252 - Professional & Tech. Writing, COMP 253 - Action Research, COMP 254 - Writing in the Disciplines, ENGL 268 - Sophomore Seminar, SOC 210 - Ethnography and Writing] [Student has completed or is in process of completing 30 Credits]
This advanced course develops mastery of writing and research in students' field of study. Students deepen their professional skills, scholarship and/or grant writing skills, as well as an understanding of the methodologies and ideologies of their disciplines. Students progress to a proposal for a senior seminar project or research paper in their field. (3-0)
Criminology is the systematic study of crime. In this course, students learn different approaches to studying criminal acts. Students also explore the many social factors that influence when and where crimes occur as well as who commits them. Students leave the course with a better understanding of how society works, and why crime rates vary across different societies. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has completed or is in process of completing 30 Credits
An examination of the traditional definitions of deviance followed by contemporary critiques which emphasize labeling theory and the more sociological approaches to understanding human conduct. (3-0)
This course examines youth in relation to the U.S. juvenile justice system, with attention to the policies that push specific youth out of school and into the streets to be targets for incarceration. The school to prison pipeline, stigmatization and criminalization of youth, and youth justice and empowerment programs and policies will be central themes of this course. (3-0)
This course will provide a historical overview of punitive justice and the U.S. criminal justice system from a critical criminology perspective. Students will be introduced to perspectives on crime grounded in various theoretical perspectives and using specific case examples. (3-0)
This course examines alternatives to punitive justice from a critical criminology perspective. This course will provide students with practical skills and knowledge about mediation, conflict transformation, transformative justice, restorative justice, peace building/making, community circles, negotiation, and other nonwestern, non-punitive practices to address issues of crime, conflict, and harm. This course will stress the importance of accountability, healing, and transformation. (3-0)
