Canyon College Online Law Enforcement Course

online law enforcement course at Canyon College

COURSE SYLLABUS: Law Enforcement

Course Title:	CJ310 - Law Enforcement
Department:	Criminal Justice
Instructor:	George Guay, J.D. E-Mail - Vita

Required Textbook: - Online Bookstore

Introduction to Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, 8th Edition, by Henry M. Wrobleski and Karen M. Hess. Wadsworth (Thomson), 2005/2006. ISBN: 0534646689

Course Description:

A comprehensive survey of city, state and federal law enforcement agencies with an emphasis on rolls and functions (law enforcement, order maintenance, public service) and responsibilities (constitutional rights and community relations) including organizational and management aspects.

Course Requirements:

The final grade will be based on scores derived from on-line, open-book quizzes.

Academic Dishonesty:

Any form of academic dishonesty is regarded as a very serious violation of college regulations. Any student suspected of engaging in such activity will be subject to the full set of procedures set forth by the college.

Canyon College is committed to non-discrimination of handicapped persons as specified in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Students who qualify as handicapped under this act should notify the instructor at the beginning of the term so that reasonable accommodations can be made when warranted.

Testing:

Students must take a twenty question multiple-choice quiz (timed: 50 minutes) after completing two chapters of the material; there will be seven open-book quizzes. Students will have to take a fifty question, multiple-choice closed-book midterm (timed: two hours) and a fifty question, multiple-choice closed-book, noncumulative final term (timed: two hours).

Canyon College is committed to non-discrimination of handicapped persons as specified in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Students who qualify as handicapped under this act should notify the instructor at the beginning of the term so that reasonable accommodations can be made when warranted.

Course Outline:

Weeks	Topic Readings	Quiz
Week 1	Chapters 1, 2	Chapter 1
Week 2	Chapters 3, 4	Chapters 2, 3
Week 3	Chapter 5	Chapter 4
Week 4	Chapters 6, 7	Chapters 5, 6
Week 5	Chapter 8	Chapters 7, 8
Week 6	Chapters 9, 10	Chapter 9
Week 7	Chapter 11	Chapters 10, 11
Week 8	Chapter 12	Chapter 12