COURSE SYLLABUS

POLICING: Fall 2004

UCRJ 229-01

August Milton, Jr. J.D.

 

 

Office Hours:                Call 504-827-7236 for an appointment

Email:                           TBA

Text:                             Police & Society, 2nd Ed. Roy Rober, John Crank and Jack Kuykendall Roxbury Publishing Co.

                                    ISBN NUMBER 1-891487-17-5 Paperback

 

Goals:                           To enhance the student’s knowledge of 1. perceptions concerning the police, 2. management and organization issues, 3. advances in crime-fighting

 

Visual Aids:                  1 Film

 

Guest Lecturers:           Major officials from the policing community

 

Attendance:                  Regular attendance is essential to successful academic progress.  Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes.  However, since family or work responsibilities may conflict with the class schedule, some exceptions may be made to the class attendance policy.

 

How classes are

conducted:                    Class will include lectures, class discussions, group discussions and guest lecturers.

 

Evaluation/Grading:       Mid-term exam 25%

                                    Final exam                    25%

                                    Pop Quizzes                 15%

                                    Student Paper               25%

                                                                        100%

 

Make-up Exams &

Assignments:                 The burden is on the student to contact the instructor to schedule a make-up exam.  To be eligible for a make-up exam, the following requirements must be met:

1.      good class attendance

2.      valid reason for missing exam

3.      make-up exam must be taken prior to the return of the graded exams to the rest of the class.

 

Grading Scale:              93+      A         74-76   C

                                    90-93   A-        70-73   C-

                                    87-89   B+       67-69   D+

                                    84-86   B          64-66   D

                                    80-83   B-        60-63   D-

                                    77-79   C+       60-       F

 

 

 

*If a student has a disability…the student should notify the instructor at the beginning of the semester so appropriate accommodations may be imitated.