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CHRD (Counseling and Human Resource Development)
  

  • CHRD 301 - Introduction to Rehabilitation

    Credits: 3
    The purpose of this course is to provide introductory level information regarding the counseling profession. Students will be exposed to the history, traditions, methods, and purposes of professional counseling, as well as the legal and ethical requirements that apply to clinical practice. The course will provide overview of the counseling field and provide students with a basis for development of a beginning professional identity.


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  • CHRD 351 - Medical and Vocational Case Management (COM)

    Credits: 3
    The purpose of this course is to provide students with experience in the day to day requirements and skills needed to manage casework and provide services for consumers in actual human services agencies.


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  • CHRD 352 - Counseling Special Populations

    Credits: 3
    This course will familiarize students with the history, needs, and cultural characteristics of consumers of counseling services that have disabilities. Ethnic and religious aspects will be considered as they relate to professional counseling.


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  • CHRD 353 - Ethics and the Helping Professions

    Credits: 3
    The purpose of this course is to provide ethical and legal standards as related to critical professional issues. The relationship and integration of values for the counselor’s role in practice, training, and consultation will be explored.


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  • CHRD 451 - Individual and Group Counseling

    Credits: 3
    This course will introduce students to fundamental perspectives on professional counseling. Change processes and strategies will be examined from differing viewpoints. Students will be familiarized with group dynamics, structure, and power.


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  • CHRD 452 - Addictions Rehabilitation

    Credits: 3
    The purpose of this course is to introduce students to practice and policy aspects of addictions counseling. From a strengths perspective, biological, psychological, social, and spiritual factors will be considered as they relate to substance abuse issues.


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  • CHRD 453 - Family Therapy

    Credits: 3
    Family structure, systems, and communication will be examined. Perspectives on family dynamics and therapeutic change will be explored.


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  • CHRD 471-571 - Gerontology Issues in Counseling

    Credits: 3
    This course is designed to familiarize helping professionals with psychological aspects of the aging process. Students will gain skills in establishing rapport and interacting in a professional, caring manner with older adults and learn about appropriate resources and techniques to assist older clients.


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  • CHRD 475 - Motivational Interviewing and Wellness Counseling

    Credits: 3
    Students will demonstrate methods to facilitate behavior change and enhance wellness for diverse individuals and groups by using Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. In addition, counseling, coaching, and educational interventions will be explored as part of the change process. Signs and symptoms of mental health states along with verbal and nonverbal communication strategies will also be addressed.


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  • CHRD 485-585 - Careers in Counseling and Student Affairs

    Credits: 3
    This course is designed for students who are considering a career in counseling or student affairs. Students will be required to demonstrate an understanding of the various facets of the profession through a variety of individual and small group activities.


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  • CHRD 492 - Topics (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually limited with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.


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CJUS (Criminal Justice)
  

  • CJUS 201 - Introduction to Criminal Justice (COM) [SGR #3]

    Credits: 3
    Overviews the criminal justice institutions involved in the operations of criminal law including the police, the attorney, the bail system, the trial, the guilty plea, sentencing, corrections and an analysis of criminal law in terms of why certain kinds of conduct are criminal in our society. Notes: Course meets SGR #3 .


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  • CJUS 203 - Policing in a Free Society (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Presents the role of law enforcement within the criminal justice system, including law enforcement organizations and functions of separate operational units. Also examines the role of the police in a democratic society, covering concepts such as police services, crime deterrence, discretion and enforcement policies.


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  • CJUS 330 - Civil Rights and Liberties

    Credits: 3
    Individual First Amendment guarantees, constitutional rights of the accused in the criminal process and equal protection of the law as interpreted through U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Cross-Listed: POLS 330 .


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  • CJUS 334 - Criminal Investigation (COM)

    Credits: 3
    A study of the fundamental principles of a criminal investigation subsequent to the initial activities of the first investigator at the scene. The intent of this course is to acquaint the student with those investigative actions which are most applicable to all types of investigations.


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  • CJUS 338 - Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties

    Credits: 3
    Explores the U.S. Supreme Court’s institutional and political role in deciding constitutional issues regarding individual First Amendment guarantees, Second Amendment gun rights, criminal protections, and Fourteenth Amendment due process and equal protection. Cross-Listed: POLS 338 .


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  • CJUS 412 - Criminal Prosecution and Defense (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Presents a behavioral and legal analysis of criminal case concepts, such as initial appearance, bail, preliminary hearing, grand jury, arraignment, suppression hearings, trial and sentencing, emphasizing bail reform, plea bargaining, screening, diversion, speedy trial, insanity defense, discovery, and the role of the defense attorney, prosecutor, and judge. The court system is examined as a social institution of human actors, exercising discretion within the boundaries of the law.


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  • CJUS 416-516 - Drugs and Society

    Credits: 3
    The course will examine explanations of drug use and the social construction of drug policies. Students will discuss the methods used to study patterns of drug use and theories of drug abuse and take an in-depth look at the histories, pharmacologies, and patterns associated with the most popular drugs. Students will study the social control of drugs, the connections between drugs and crime, and the causes and consequences of modern U.S. international drug policies. Cross-Listed: SOC 416-516 .


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  • CJUS 431 - Criminal Law (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Examines the substantive criminal law, exploring the larger issues concerning the relationship of the individual to the state through analyzing such topics as the nature of criminal liability and the functions and justifications for criminal punishment, legal limitations upon criminalization, and the general principles of criminal liability, such as the “Act” and “State of Mind” requirements, specific offenses against persons and property, the law of attempt, the law of complexity, and conspiracy.


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  • CJUS 436 - Juvenile Justice (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Examines the separate system created in our society to handle juvenile justice, tracing the historical and philosophical development of the juvenile justice system and inspecting the various stages of the juvenile justice process as well as critical issues currently facing the system.


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  • CJUS 491-591 - Independent Study (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.


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  • CJUS 492-592 - Topics (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.


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CM (Construction Management)
  

  • CM 101 - Introduction to Construction

    Credits: 1
    Overview the construction industry and its key divisions: residential, commercial, heavy-highway-utilities. Professional conduct, technology, and contemporary issues are covered.


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  • CM 124 - Construction Graphics

    Credits: 3
    Introduction to graphic communications used in construction including civil, architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical drawings, plans, and schematics; creating and editing plans; symbols, terminology, and layout. Basic drawing at the board through overview of building modeling is covered.


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  • CM 130 - Management Tools and Analysis

    Credits: 3
    Introduction to common tools used by managers to convey information in the decision making process. Data organization and analysis using spreadsheets, databases and other relevant tools to produce effective communications.


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  • CM 210-210L - Construction Surveying and Lab

    Credits: 3
    The study of construction surveying and layout including topographic surveys and mapping. Land and construction surveys, principles of curve and quantity calculations and other advanced topics in surveying. Prerequisites: GE 241 . Corequisites: CM 210L-210.


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  • CM 216 - Construction Methods and Materials

    Credits: 3
    An introduction to building materials and construction methods. Common construction methods are introduced and building design details are explored; material applications, innovations, structural and non-structural building components are covered. Prerequisites: MATH 103  or MATH 114 .


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  • CM 230 - Applied Construction Planning

    Credits: 3
    Introduction to construction applications including interpreting drawings, building specifications and other documents to construct, renovate, or remove a structure.


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  • CM 232 - Cost Estimating

    Credits: 3
    The study of the basic concepts of construction plan, specification and blueprint reading by requiring the student to do actual quantity takeoff using both traditional hand methods and computer enhanced procedures. Prerequisites: CM 216  or CEE 216-216L  or consent.


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  • CM 235 - Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing Plans and Specifications

    Credits: 3
    Building systems including HVAC, electrical controls, fire protection, and piping will be covered from pre-construction planning phase.  Building information modeling and traditional blueprint reading will provide an understanding of construction project phases.


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  • CM 250 - Construction Project Management I

    Credits: 2
    Application of project management techniques.  The life cycle of a construction project are covered including preconstruction feasibility, documentation, compliance, permits, and close out.


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  • CM 292 - Topics (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.


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  • CM 320-320L - Construction Soil Mechanics and Lab

    Credits: 3
    Introduces updated information developed in research and practices for application to construction operations. An overview of the nature of soil materials and their engineering properties is coupled with simple, direct examples of analysis to show how common construction methods and operation may be controlled or influenced. Prerequisites: GE 241 . Corequisites: CM 320L-CM 320.


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  • CM 332 - Building Construction Methods and Systems

    Credits: 3
    The study of the structural and finish systems that make up a building and the related methods of implementation. Prerequisites: CM 216  and junior standing or instructor approval.


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  • CM 333 - Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing Systems

    Credits: 3
    The study of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems, design considerations, and system components in a modern building.


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  • CM 352 - Advanced Estimating with BIM

    Credits: 3
    Application of methods and technologies to determine the value of construction projects. Prerequisites: CM 232  or instructor permission.


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  • CM 353 - Construction Structures

    Credits: 3
    The study of the structural design process in the built environment. Prerequisites: GE 241 .


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  • CM 360 - Building Design and Evaluation Concepts

    Credits: 3
    The study of the design of buildings and the use of contemporary concepts to regulate and influence the design process. Prerequisites: CM 124  and CM 216 .


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  • CM 374 - Heavy Construction Methods and Systems

    Credits: 3
    The study of the systems involved in heavy construction and the equipment and methods required to implement them. Prerequisites: CM 320-320L  or CEE 340-340L .


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  • CM 400-500 - Risk Management and Construction Safety

    Credits: 3
    Construction safety and health and effective management of risk.


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  • CM 410 - Construction Project Management and Supervision

    Credits: 3
    The study of the ethical, procedural, and supervisory concepts involved with the execution of a construction project. Prerequisites: CM 443-553 .


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  • CM 420 - Construction Student Competitions

    Credits: 1-3
    Participation and related preparation for student competitions hosted by regional, national, and international industry organizations. Prerequisites: Instructor approval.


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  • CM 421 - Commercial Building Inspection and Plan Checking

    Credits: 3
    Preparation to become a certified building inspector or building plan checker/reviewer by studying the prevailing building code. Prerequisites: CM 216 .


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  • CM 443-553 - Construction Planning and Scheduling

    Credits: 3
    Planning and scheduling construction projects. Both manual methods and computer programs will be used to schedule activities, control cost and manage resources. Prerequisites: CM 232  or instructor permission.


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  • CM 452 - Heavy and Highway Estimating

    Credits: 3
    The study of the procedures and methods required to determine the value of heavy, highway, and site development projects with associated bidding procedures. Prerequisites: CM 374  and senior standing or written consent.


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  • CM 455-555 - Residential Construction

    Credits: 3
    The study of the residential construction process including design, documentation, and construction.


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  • CM 460-560 - Sustainable Building Systems Concepts and Analysis

    Credits: 3
    The analysis of energy efficient and environmentally responsible building design and construction. Material selection, energy and climate analysis, and practical applications of new technology will be covered.


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  • CM 471 - Capstone Experience

    Credits: 2
    This course integrates project management theory and application in a team-based learning environment.  Contemporary industry topics, development and implementation of projects, legal and ethical implications, project management processes, and management issues will be addressed. Prerequisites: CM 352  and senior standing.


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  • CM 473-573 - Construction Law and Contracts

    Credits: 3
    The study of the legal rights and liabilities for the construction manager and design professionals.  Topics include obligations and remedies, bond requirements, dispute resolution, contract administration, and risk mitigation. Prerequisites: Senior standing or instructor approval.


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  • CM 485-485L/585-585L - Site Development and Feasibility Analysis and Lab

    Credits: 3
    Tools and techniques used to evaluate the cost of new site development; risk assessment and market feasibility analysis for properties to be acquired for economic development. Corequisites: CM 485L-485.


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  • CM 490 - Seminar (COM)

    Credits: 1
    A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media, such as internet, and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to 20 or fewer students.


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  • CM 491-591 - Independent Study (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.


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  • CM 492 - Topics (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.


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  • CM 494 - Internship (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than in the case with field experience courses.


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