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Summer 2013 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System (83639)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 09:00AM - 11:30AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 215
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice and agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections).
- Class Description:
- This course broadly examines the American Criminal Justice System through a sociological lens. Topics include policing, courts, corrections, media representations of crime, and inequities in the system. The course will include a variety of guest speakers, documentary films, and field observations of court and police. Requirements include three quizzes and one final paper, which we will develop throughout the summer. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics and of the Social Sciences.Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice, through critical framework of Liberal Education.
- Grading:
- 30% Reports/Papers
30% Quizzes
20% Journal
20% Class Participation
- Exam Format:
- The format will be multiple choice, true/false, and short essay.
- Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
15% Film/Video
25% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
25% Guest Speakers
- Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
5-8 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
3 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: Writing workload: One final paper 5-8 pages, reading journal.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83639/1135
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 May 2013
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