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Nature of course request C01681 :

Title change

Description change

Undergraduate

From:
Course Prefix & Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
CJ-426	Criminal Intelligence Analysis	4 -
To:
Course Prefix & Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
CJ-426	Fundamentals of Crime Analysis	4 -

Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) Fund Crime Analysis

Current Course Description: This course offers an introduction to one of the basic techniques of intelligence-led policing ¿criminal intelligence analysis using open source data. Using an actual problem in criminal justice (e.g. drug trafficking, white-collar crime, sexual exploration of children, etc.), students will learn how to collect, evaluate, correlate, and describe open source data. Then, using logical models that employ either deductive or inductive reasoning in the analysis of their initial data, students will learn how to develop a hypothesis that provides a tentative explanation concerning their assigned problem. Their tentative hypothesis will help to focus further data collection efforts. Finally, students will learn how to develop a conclusion, offer a prediction, or make a quantitative estimation based on their findings.

New Course Description: This course introduces students to the fundamental theories, techniques, and software used in the analysis of crime. Students will be introduced to a wide spectrum of information and techniques used in the analysis of crime. This includes theories of criminal behavior, critical thinking, applied research in crime analysis and problem solving, data integrity, qualitative analysis, interpreting crime data and statistics, descriptive and multivariate statistics, spreadsheets, temporal analysis, demographic analysis, inferential statistics, crime mapping, analytical charting, effective crime analysis writing, and effective presentations. (Prerequisite CJ-213)

Justification for changing the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): The change reflects a more contemporary curriculum.

Students/Program affected: Criminal Justice

Approval Queue C01681

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