| New course | Undergraduate |
| First term offered : Fall 2011 | ||
| Course Prefix&Number | Descriptive Title | Credits/Hours |
| CJ-430 | Capstone in GIS | 4 - 0 |
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Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) CapstoneGIS |
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Catalog Description: This course is the fourth in the Criminal Justice GIS sequence and will focus on student capstone project. This will involve an intensive data driven learning project that focus on applying GIS (ArcGIS and or CrimeStat III) to the field of Criminal Justice, Public Safety, Human Services, or Resource Management. Students will need to submit a project proposal with a clearly defined geospatial question or goal, a time line, data sources and expected deliverable. Students are encouraged to consider service learning projects that partner with community organizations who have a need for GIS data analysis but may not have GIS capabilities or resources. This course is designed as a hybrid lecture and laboratory class. We will meet face to face for 2 hours each week. This capstone class will require students to practice time management and project management skills to: develop and write the project proposal, gather resources, conduct the analysis, and generate the deliverables within the time frame allotted for the term. While the capstone focuses on individual projects, the class with hold weekly progress meeting to share resources and problem-solve individual issues. (Prerequisite CJ-342) |
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Course Goal and Objectives: The objective of this course is to allow students to apply their GIS skills in a "real world" setting under the direction of their instructor. |
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Justification for adding the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): This course is the fourth in a series of four courses that support the new Crime Analysis Certificate. |
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Faculty and facilities needed: Adjunct facility |
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Brief Course outline: While the capstone focuses on individual projects, the class with hold weekly progress meeting to share resources and problem-solve individual issues. Attendances is critically important to success in this hybrid class. Each class period is worth 5 points a total of 11% of your final grade. To earn these points you will need to be in class on time and stay through the entire two-hour class period. Each lab assignment will have a firm due data. You will typically have one week to complete an assignment and it will be due at the beginning of the next class. I will reduce your assignment score by 10% a day The first deduction being after class begins. |
| Step | Approver | Decision | Timestamp |
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| 1 - Department | Stephen Gibbons | Approved | October 15 2010 |
| 2 - Division | John Rector | Approved | October 15 2010 |
| 3 - Division Curriculum | Shaun Huston | Approved | October 19 2010 |
| 5 - Curriculum Committee | Robert Monge | Approved | January 31 2011 |
| 6 - Faculty Senate | Gavin Keulks | Approved | February 22 2011 |
| 7 - Dean | Stephen Scheck | Approved | February 23 2011 |
| 8 - Provost | Kent Neely | Approved | February 24 2011 |
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Comments: See prior notes about adjunct budget authorization resting with Dean.
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