Plan of Study – Grad Cert Animal Cruelty Investigation

Note: A Semester Hour (s.h.) is a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester. Most courses are two, three or four semester hours.

Grad Cert Animal Cruelty Investigation

Certificate Requirements (Minimum of 9 semester hours required.)

CJ 5150 Criminal Investigation (3 s.h.)

A comprehensive analysis of principles and advanced procedures of criminal investigation; conduct at a crime scene; search, collection, and preservation of evidence; interviewing; and methods used in crime laboratories. Emphasis is given to the assessment of those procedures in terms of their efficiency and legal impact. Not available to students who have taken CJ 3110, CJ 4150, or equivalents.

CJ 5450 Interviewing and Investigative Report Writing (3 s.h.)

The in-depth exploration of advanced interviewing and interrogation techniques and the comprehensive skills that are necessary for the integration and documentation of information that is obtained from a wide variety of sources. Emphasis is given to the assessment of those techniques in terms of their procedural efficiency and legal impact. Not available to students who have taken CJ 2400, CJ 4450, or equivalents.

HUM 5210 Do Animals Matter? (HUM*/SSC) (3 s.h.)

Examination of religious, philosophical, cultural, aesthetic, and societal conceptualizations of animals and their impact on human-animal relations as well as on uses, treatment, and legal standing of animals. Emphasis is on proposing solutions regarding human-animal co-existence and interdependence through the lenses of humanities, and social sciences within the framework of the Franciscan tradition. Includes an academic service-learning experience.