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Students will examine current issues and problems facing criminal justice organizations related to the development, implementation, and evaluation of public policy. This includes a study of the development of policies regulating police, courts, and corrections. The course will provide an analysis of contemporary issues confronting criminal justice personnel to include, issues surrounding the use of discretion in the field, the use of force, and changes in the delivery of services.

Students will examine leadership skills in criminal justice organizations. Topics that will be explored include organizational communication, conflict resolution, decision-making, problem solving, and their relationship to organizational culture and effective leadership practices. Students will examine the role of leadership in building relationships with employees and the challenge of power dynamics in those relationships. Practical problem solving and decision-making skills will be practiced.

Correctional interventions are theory-based programs that address the criminogenic needs of a juvenile or adult correctional client. This course will cover the main correctional need evaluation through testing or interviews, and effective interventions for the most common criminogenic needs, as well as substance abuse and mental illness. Strategies for adapting interventions to community corrections, adult prisons, and juvenile detention centers are discussed.

This course will focus on United States' complex role with race/ethnicity and social control by addressing the historical context and the contemporary issues relevant to understanding race, crime, and social control. To this aim, we examine the historical context of race and what it means now and what it has meant to us in the past. By answering this initial race question, we will evaluate the historical, social, and political evolution of this term. We will examine the intersection between race, crime, and social control in the United States.

This course traces women's participation in crime and crime victimization from the 19th century to the present, including theories of women's delinquency and crime, disparities in the criminal justice process, and the history of women's prisons and other correctional institutions. Theories of women's crime and victimization will be evaluated through the intersection of gender with other identity categories, such as race/ethnicity, social class, and sexual identity. Although the American criminal justice system will be emphasized, some attention will be paid to the transnational drug trade, human trafficking, and terrorism.

Police effectiveness implies the degree to which policing accomplishes its formally defined goals Traditionally, police effectiveness has been measured by data related to crime prevention and the detection and punishment of offenders. However, today, police effectiveness has become progressively complex due to the multi-faceted nature of policing services.

This course will focus on communication and leadership during crisis situations in a criminal justice agency. The crisis situations will include internal, as well as external crises, and will address internal and external communications and leadership. This course will focus on interagency cooperation, planning, communication, public policy, and leadership.

Emergency management has been spotlighted in the public after several natural and man-made disasters, however, the principles and responsibilities of emergency management may not be clear. This course will help define the role of criminal justice professionals and leadership in delivering more immediate and detailed coordinated emergency services, while navigating public opinion and politics.

An advanced, in-depth study of a particular topical area or controversial issue designed to examine the history, development, current practices, critical issues, and/or the future of the subject matter for our criminal justice system. Both practical and theoretical approaches to the current research of the topical area or contentious issue may be investigated. Topics will vary.

Critically review and evaluate secondary research sources for the development of a thorough, extensive, and academic orientation to a criminal justice related problem. The evaluation and analysis of the research must provide sufficient background for the student to draw and summarize sound conclusions, highlight strengths and weaknesses of the data, develop alternative resolutions to the research problem, and identify directions for future research. This is a capstone option for the M.S. Degree in Criminal Justice.

Professional Portfolio is a capstone course that demonstrates a reflective record of professional growth over time and serves as a showcase for samples of best work at a given time in the student's criminal justice career.

This course provides a capstone opportunity for the completion of a Professional Project. The intent of a Professional project is to identify, research, and develop a project that addresses a current critical issue in the field of criminal justice.

Field placement with a criminal justice agency or related organization that provides a learning experience in which the student can integrate and apply knowledge and theory derived from curriculum. Can only be taken P/N, must have permission to register.

Advanced study and research on topics not currently available in existing courses. Requires advisor and instructor approval of topic.

An introduction, within cultural context, to the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in the Dakota language.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective

An introduction, within a cultural context, to the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in the Dakota language.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective

Grammar review, oral practice, written composition, and development of reading and listening skills within a cultural context.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective

Grammar review, oral practice, written composition, and development of reading and listening skills within a cultural context.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective

A survey of dance in all its vibrant forms intended to develop student understanding and appreciation for the significant role dance plays in world cultures.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance Minor

A survey of dance in all its vibrant forms intended to develop student understanding and appreciation for the significant role dance plays in world cultures.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective | Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance (BFA) | Dance (BS) | Dance (BS) Dance Therapy (Pre-Professional) | Dance (BS) Private Studio Teaching

Fundamentals of jazz technique, including knowledge and application of terminology. May be repeated. Consent of instructor is required.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance Minor | Theatre Arts (BFA) Acting

Fundamentals of African-based dance forms explored through West African and Caribbean roots. May be repeated. Consent of instructor is required.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance (BFA) | Dance Minor | Theatre Arts (BFA) Acting

Fundamentals of ballet technique, including knowledge and application of terminology. May be repeated. Consent of instructor is required.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance Minor | Theatre Arts (BFA) Acting

Fundamentals of tap dance technique utilized in musical theatre. May be repeated. Consent of instructor is required.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance Minor | Theatre Arts (BFA) Acting

Fundamentals of modern dance technique, including an improvisatory component. May be repeated. Consent of instructor is required.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance Minor | Theatre Arts (BFA) Acting