CJ 102 Introduction to Criminal Law (5 credits)

2. Distinguish between criminal law and tort law.

3. Analyze criminal justice statutes scenarios.

4. Analyze the use of force by criminal justice officers and civilians.

5. Distinguish appropriate use of various criminal legal defenses.

6. Assess the advantages and disadvantages of the federal & state sentencing schema.

7. Distinguish levels of crimes against persons and levels of crimes against property.

Degree Outcomes
Programs Outcome: Graduates will critically evaluate past, present and future discrimination and privilege of individuals, societies, groups and institutions.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

Potential Methods
A. Project B. Objective exam C. Paper D. Essay E. Group activity F. Self evaluation G. Peer evaluation / feedback H. Instructor evaluation / feedback