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    • 3.00 Credits

      This course will focus on basic driver education and instruction and the ability to organize, plan, and conduct driver education in the secondary schools. Topics to be covered: general driver education; driver license procedure; traffic laws for local, state and federal highway systems; and the fundamentals of proper driving behavior. Prerequisite: admittance to the education program or physical education emphasis. Summer.
    • 3.00 Credits

      This course will focus on advanced driver education and basic accident prevention with analysis of driving irregularities. Personal and auto safety issues as well as federal state and local issues dealing with transportation and driver safety will be discussed. This course will also look at federal and educational research in the area of transportation safety. Prerequisite: admittance to the education program or physical education emphasis and HPPE 485. Summer.
    • 1.00 Credits

      This course is designed to discuss overall safety and the history of the safety movement with an emphasis on analysis and laboratory experience Prerequisite: admittance to the education program or physical education emphasis. Summer.
    • 6.00 Credits

      In the final semester of their senior year, students will be assigned to an approved recreation/fitness/wellness agency for a period of time, arranged with the student by the instructor and approved by the program coordinator. The student will report to the instructor periodically and will prepare a terminal written report for the instructor and the administrator of the participating recreation/fitness/wellness agency. Internship/Practicum fee applies. Prerequisite: HPPE Senior standing or program coordinator�s approval. Fall, Spring, Summer.
    • 3.00 Credits

      This course provides a culminating experience in which students will develop knowledge and skills in the area of physical education, fitness, and sport management and integrate and apply scientific findings from human performance scientific literature. Class format will involve group discussion, individual presentations, and a portfolio of past work that will serve as the basis for a series of in-depth methodological papers, culminating in a research project. Prerequisite: HPPE 390. Spring.
    • 3.00 Credits

      This course will examine the social, political, legal, and ethical issues that arise in the context of homeland security, including principles and practices associated with the emerging discipline of homeland security; policies, directives, national plans, and legislation that shape and define the ongoing evolution of homeland security; key issues including civil liberties and diversity, and the relationship to public safety, private security, and national security.
    • 3.00 Credits

      This course covers this history, structure, and operations of the US counterintelligence community, including legal foundations of counterintelligence and critiques of recommended changes to the community.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Human Trafficking is an upper level undergraduate course designed to help students gain a better understanding of contemporary human trafficking and modern-day slavery. In this course students will assess the different legal frameworks used to combat human trafficking around the world and analyze the different discourses used to discuss the trafficking phenomena. Students will learn important terminology in this field, the different types of human trafficking that exist and an understanding of the scope of the problem, both domestically and globally. In addition, the course will explore the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual trauma experienced by victims of human trafficking and the methods used to recruit and control them. The roles that entities such as government, the criminal justice system, the media, faith-based organizations, organized crime, and culture play in this complex human rights and social justice issue.
    • 3.00 Credits

      This course will provide an overview of cybersecurity and computer crimes. We will discuss computer crime in nontechnical language while presenting basic modern procedures needed to investigate and prosecute it. This course will also examine theories developed to explain effects of cybercrime on society, how it relates to and impacts the criminal justice system, and what role criminal justice elements have in combating cybercrime.
    • 3.00 Credits

      This course is the study of our existing knowledge and understanding of terrorism, terrorists and the mental processes involved. This course will provide students with an opportunity to understand why the threat of terrorism is real, and its appeal to disenfranchised individuals and groups. This course will examine the range of potential threats to the U.S. homeland, focusing on terrorists acts and considers strategies and means for addressing the threats.