CHEM4032PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
A study of the physical properties of matter, the structure of matter and the theories of chemical interactions. Topics include ideal and real gases, liquids, solids, thermodynamics, chemical equilibria, phase equilibria, chemical kinetics, quantum mechanics, atomic and molecular structure and spectroscopic methods. Lecture and laboratory course.
PREREQUISITES:
CHEM2016 concurrent: CHEM4032L
CHEM4032LPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I - LAB
Credits (Min/Max): 1/1
Laboratory for CHEM4032 Physical Chemistry I
CHEM4033PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
A study of the physical properties of matter, the structure of matter and the theories of chemical interactions. Topics include ideal and real gases, liquids, solids, thermodynamics, chemical equilibria, phase equilibria, chemical kinetics, quantum mechanics, atomic and molecular structure and spectroscopic methods. Lecture and laboratory course.
PREREQUISITES:
CHEM4032 concurrent: CHEM4033L
CHEM4033LPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II - LAB
Credits (Min/Max): 1/1
Laboratory for CHEM4033 Physical Chemistry
CHEM4055SEMINAR IN CHEMISTRY I
Credits (Min/Max): 1/1
The course consists of meetings for discussion of special topics selected from various areas of scientific investigation of recent or historical origin. Reports are given on results of literature studies. One hour per week.
PREREQUISITES:
Reserved for JR/SR Only
CHEM4059SEMINAR IN CHEMISTRY II
Credits (Min/Max): 1/1
The course consists of meetings for discussion of special topics selected from various areas of scientific investigation of recent or historical origin. Reports are given on results of literature studies. One hour per week.
PREREQUISITES:
Reserved for JR/SR only
CHEM4060FORENSIC CHEMISTRY
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course focuses on the use of analytical instrumentation to examine materials related to criminal and other investigations. Methods of analyzing trace metals, accelerants, explosives, drugs, alcohol, and other toxic materials will be presented. Sample preparation and analysis according to currently accepted methods will be included. The course will include both a lecture and a laboratory component.
CHEM4060LFORENSIC CHEMISTRY - LAB
Credits (Min/Max): 1/1
Laboratory for CHEM4060 Forensic Chemistry
Criminal Justice component: 13 credits
CRIM1001INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This introductory course will introduce criminal justice as a system that is an institutional agent of American society. The components of police, courts, and corrections are discussed with the goal of defining their function and purpose and interdependence on one another. The patterns of crime and the processes of the American Criminal Justice System, law enforcement, judicial process, and corrections will be examined. Students will learn the terminology of the field, examine the methods of inquiry used in the field, and learn the objectives, policies and procedures of probation, parole, and prisons as well as some of the issues and problems.
CRIM3010CRIMINAL LAW
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
The basic principles of substantive criminal law will be illustrated. Concepts and patterns of criminal law and procedure will be discussed. The elements of specific crimes will be analyzed through case study. Public policy and the legal principles for determining criminal and civil liability will be considered.
PREREQUISITES:
Seniors Only
CRIM3041CSI II - CRIMINALISTICS
Credits (Min/Max): 4/4
A comprehensive examination of the application of science to the physical evidence of a crime. Crime scene processing procedures will be linked to the laboratory analysis of physical evidence. The course will also include training in scientific report writing and courtroom testimony, to include a moot court exercise.
PREREQUISITES:
CRIM1001 & BIOL1004 & CHEM1002
CRIM3045CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course covers the fundamentals of criminal investigation. It concentrates on the essentials of securing a crime scene, modus operandi of perpetrators, sources of information, principles of careful observation and recording interview/interrogation and case preparation.
Science and Mathematics Component: 31 credits
BIOL1003GENERAL BIOLOGY I
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
A presentation of a comprehensive survey of the major area within modern biology with emphasis placed on unsolved problems and the nature of scientific evidence. The course explores the properties of living matter on the molecular, cellular and organismic level. Open to all science majors and non-science majors with a strong interest in biology or a professional need.
PREREQUISITES:
Concurrent: BIOL1005
BIOL1004GENERAL BIOLOGY II
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
A presentation of a comprehensive survey of the major area within modern biology with emphasis placed on unsolved problems and the nature of scientific evidence. The course explores the properties of living matter on the molecular, cellular and organismic level. Open to all science majors and non-science majors with a strong interest in biology or a professional need.
PREREQUISITES:
BIOL1003 & BIOL1005, Concurrent: BIOL1006
BIOL1005GENERAL BIOLOGY I - LAB
Credits (Min/Max): 1/1
Selected experiments chosen to emphasize principles presented in the General Biology lecture courses.
PREREQUISITES:
coreg: BIOL1003
BIOL1006GENERAL BIOLOGY II - LAB
Credits (Min/Max): 1/1
Selected experiments chosen to emphasize principles presented in the General Biology lecture courses.
BIOL4030MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
Molecular Biology is an introduction to the study of selected biological processes from a molecular perspective. Both eukaryotes and prokaryotes will be included. The molecular basis of the biosynthesis of macromolecules, intercellular and intracellular communication, genetics, immunology, infectious diseases and cancer will be discussed.
PREREQUISITES:
BIOL1004 & BIOL1006 & CHEM2016 & CHEM2016L
BIOL4031MOLECULAR BIOLOGY - LAB
Credits (Min/Max): 1/1
Molecular Biology Laboratory is an introduction to current molecular biology techniques including DNA and RNA extraction from cells, recombinant DNA cloning, electrophoresis and nucleic acid hybridizations (Southern blots and Northern blots), polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing. A project-based approach will be used. Both eukaryotes and prokaryotes will be studied.
MATH1032ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS I
Credits (Min/Max): 4/4
The first semester of a three-semester integrated course in the elements of analytic geometry and differential and integral calculus. Included are the concept and applications of the derivative of a function of a single variable, differentiation of polynomials and the trigonometric functions, the chain, product and quotient rules, implicit differentiation, and differentials. Concludes with anti-differentiation, integration, area under graphs of functions and applications.
MATH1033ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS II
Credits (Min/Max): 4/4
A continuation of MATH1032 including applications of the definite integral, area, arc length, volumes and surface area, centroids, average value and theorem of the mean for definite integrals. Derivatives and integrals of transcendental functions are followed by techniques of integration, L'Hopital's Rule and indeterminate forms and improper integrals. Also included are conic sections and polar coordinates.
MATH1040PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
The study of the fundamentals of probability theory with applications to natural and social sciences as well as to mathematics. Discrete and continuous distributions, sampling theory, linear correlation, regression, statistical inference, estimation and analysis of variance are included.
PHYS1032GENERAL PHYSICS I
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This is the first of a three-semester introduction to calculus-based physics stressing experimental and problem-solving techniques. Concepts covered are mechanics, kinematics, Newton's laws of motion, conservation laws, rotational motion, gravitation, oscillation, and wave/acoustics.
PREREQUISITES:
MATH1032, Coreq: PHYS1032L
PHYS1032LGENERAL PHYSICS I - LAB
Credits (Min/Max): 1/1
Laboratory for PHYS1032 General Physics I
PHYS1033GENERAL PHYSICS II
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
The second of a three-semester introduction to calculus-based physics. Concepts covered are thermal properties and electromagnetism: thermo dynamics, electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic wave, geometrical optics, and physics optics.
PREREQUISITES:
PHYS1032, Coreq: PHYS1033L
PHYS1033LGENERAL PHYSICS II - LAB
Credits (Min/Max): 1/1
Laboratory for PHYS1033 General Physics II