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Degree Completion Course Offerings

ABDA 105 Business Systems Applications

3 credits

Students will have the opportunity to analyze business case studies and use several business software packages such as MS Excel, MS Access, QuickBooks, MS Word, and Adobe Creative Suite. Class will include analysis and creation of accepted business forms and presentations, as well as an integration of business theory into practical application in the form of presentation(s). This course fulfills the General Education Computer Literacy Requirement.

AACC 101 Principles of Managerial Accounting

3 credits

An introduction to cost measurement, cost-volume-profit analysis, budgeting, and performance evaluation. This course focuses on how managers use accounting information as a basis for planning and controlling operations.

AMGT 207 Organizational Behavior and Conflict Resolution

3 credits

The field of organizational behavior (OB) is about understanding how people and groups in organizations behave, react, and interpret events. It also describes the role of organizational systems, structures, and processes in shaping behavior, and explains how organizations really work. Drawing from fields including management, anthropology, sociology, information technology, ethics, economics, and psychology, OB provides a foundation for the effective management of people in organizations. Because it explains how organizations work from individual motivation to team dynamics to organizational structure, knowing about OB is essential to being effective at all organizational levels.

AMKT 205 Marketing

3 credits

A study of the problems of a firm involved in marketing. Determination of market demand will be examined together with channels of distribution and methods of arriving at an equitable price. Case studies are used to give the student experience in decision-making.

AFIN 305 Business Finance II

3 credits

A course in the essentials of managerial finance. Topics discussed include the role of the financial manager in the modern corporation, financial forecasting, capital budgeting, interest theory, valuation, leverage, the cost of capital, dividend policy, working capital management, issuance of stocks and bonds, mergers, consolidations and reorganizations. Prerequisite: ACC 101 or permission of the program director.

AMGT 305 Human Resources Management

3 credits

Examination of the human problems typically found in industrial organizations. Skill in problem analysis, the evolution of workable solutions and the development of action plans are stressed.

ABUS 417 Management Policy

3 credits

An advanced course for finance, marketing or management majors. Emphasis is placed on the integration of problem solving techniques applied to the firm as a system. Evaluation and solution will be effected through business simulations and case study method. Prerequisites: Senior status, or consent of the department chair.

ACRJ 209 Private Security Administration

3 credits

This course is an administrative and managerial overview of the security field with emphasis on the private sector and its interaction with the public sector law enforcement agencies. Coverage will include consideration of security management problems involving security personnel, budgeting, risk management, physical security programs and safety policies. Additional coverage will include ways that security prepares for labor disputes, demonstrations, civil disorders, riots, terrorism, industrial espionage, and organized crime. Particular emphasis will be placed on issues that arise with organizations that operate under constraints imposed by federal and state regulatory agencies. When completed at Waynesburg, this course satisfies the general education requirement for history.

ACRJ 217 American Policing

3 credits

Topics considered include the historical foundations of police processes in America, occupational roles and tasks of law enforcement, and the nature and designs of typical, as well as innovative police systems. Problems of policing and community interaction are also an essential component of the course.

ACRJ 218 Criminal Investigation

3 credits

A practical and theoretical assessment of the investigating process in the civil and criminal realm is the chief focus of this course. Covered matters include: witness examination, collection and presentation of evidence, surveillance techniques, photographic reproduction, physical and demonstrative evidence, as well as unique and specialized techniques for specific crimes.

ACRJ 219 Criminal Law

3 credits

An introduction to substantive criminal law which includes a review of the social, philosophical, and legislative foundations of crimes codification. Specific crimes against the person, property, and public order are discussed and various judicial issues relative to the mental states of criminal liability will be covered.

ACRJ 227 Corrections

3 credits

An in-depth study of institutional corrections and community corrections. This course is designed to cover all aspects of the correctional system, including community corrections, institutional management and design, release philosophy, bail and retention, goals of sentencing, careers in corrections, as well as safety and security.

ACRJ 328 Criminal Procedure

3 credits

A procedural law course which includes a review of the law of arrests, search and seizure, bail, adjudication, pre- and post-trial activities and the nature of plea bargaining. Substantial emphasis is given the constitutional protections afforded through the Bill of Rights, particularly the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments.

ACRJ 339 Juvenile Justice System

3 credits

This course covers the juvenile justice system, with special emphasis on the way it procedurally differs from adult offender adjudication. The parts of the juvenile justice system, hearings, due process standards, and constitutional mandates are fully reviewed. Status offenders and other youth classifications are considered, together with a historical summary of the history of juvenile court philosophy.

ACRJ 406 Law and Evidence

4 credits

A comprehensive review of common law and statutory evidentiary principles and their impact on and use in the civil process and criminal process. This course will cover: the history and development of the rules of evidence, burdens of proof, relevancy, materiality, competency, judicial notice, stipulations, examination of witnesses, documentary evidence, real evidence, demonstrative evidence, and privileges. The course is taught in a workshop format and students are required to participate in a mock trial.

ACRJ 409 Current Issues in Criminal Justice

3 credits

This course will examine current issues in the criminal justice field to include ethical decision making and dilemmas encountered by professionals in the various related occupations. Corruption, brutality and morality are discussed in relation to the duties of the criminal justice organizations. Systemic issues, legal issues, process issues, issues of social justice, and punishment issues that are relevant to criminal justice practitioners will also be discussed and debated. When completed at Waynesburg, this course satisfies the general education requirement for philosophy.

AECO 202 Introduction to Microeconomics

3 credits

Analyses of consumer behavior, production costs, and price determination in different market structures are followed by discussions of general equilibrium and selected economic problems.

AMGT 205 Principles of Management

3 credits

This course is designed to give the students a thorough understanding of the function of management. It examines in depth the nature of planning, organizing, directing and controlling at three managerial levels within the firm. Students will be given the opportunity to apply these functions via the use of case histories.

AMKT 408 Marketing Management

3 credits

Capstone course for the marketing and management majors. This course is designed to integrate the basic principles of Marketing, Management and Finance in a case study. Students will learn the analysis of real problems in these respective areas. Prerequisites: Senior status, or consent of the department chair.

MAT 215 Applied Statistics I

3 credits

Descriptive statistics, introduction to inferential statistics, applications.

PHL 205 Ethics

3 credits

A study of moral values, moral reasoning, and ethical choice.

PST 499 Capstone Project

3 credits

During the final term of study, students shall enroll for their capstone course with their advisor. The goal of this course is for the student to integrate his or her knowledge of the selected academic disciplines into a project or presentation.