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SEC 401 Security Systems & Crime Prevention
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An overview designed to provide the student with the history, organization, and administration of private security and crime prevention. Emphasis is placed on policy and decision making, personnel, budgeting, and integration to the business world. Crime prevention theories relating to environmental, situational, and natural methods of crime prevention are explored. The course is beneficial to security practitioners or criminal justice students aspiring to work in the areas of police crime prevention or community- based policing. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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SEC 424 Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
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The role of the physical environment in facilitating and hindering crime. Urban planning and architectural design to help minimize criminal activity. Foreseeability of crime based on neighborhood analysis. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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SEC 490 Financial Aspects of Security
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The effective use and preparation of accounting information in management. Financial statements, cost analysis and control, budgeting, performance measurement, and capital expenditure analysis. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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SEC 495 Computer and Information Security
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Overview of computer and information security in a competitive global environment. Course content includes discussions of economic espionages, financial frauds and computer crimes, protection of proprietary information (in all forms), disaster containment and recovery, the evolution of security countermeasures, and privacy and ethical issues. Computer programming knowledge is not required. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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SEC 501 Legal Issues in Security
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Criminal law, administrative law, and extra-legal contractual agreements that impact the American business scene. Further emphasis on laws of arrest, search and seizure, evidence, and tort liability as applied to private security. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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SEC 502 Principles of Loss Prevention
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An examination of security programming responding to commercial, retail, industrial, and governmental proprietary needs. Review of physical, personnel, and informational security. Techniques of the security audit. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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SEC 503 Occupational Safety and Health
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State and federal legislation that impact safety in the work place. Employers’ rights and responsibilities. Various corporate programs. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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SEC 504 Comparative Security
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Security requirements in special areas: V.I.P. protection, hospital, airport, campus, and computer crime. Industrial sabotage, espionage, and ethics. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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SEC 505 Interviewing Methods
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Prerequisites:
CJS 505
Approaches to interviewing in human services with special attention to legal and practical issues in law enforcement, corrections, and security. Analysis of non-verbal behavior and techniques of assessing credibility. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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SEC 506 Evaluation of Security Programming
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Methods of determining foreseeability of security incidents and adequacy of security programming in light of this foreseeability. Negligence proofing and concepts of legal liability. Discussion of industry standards and practices. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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SEC 598 Research Projects in Security
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Research project in area of specialized interest. Restricted to students who have completed a major portion of their course work. By arrangement only. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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SEC 599 Seminar in Security Issues
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Review and analysis of current controversies in security including problems of terrorism, false alarms, and public police moonlighting in private security. Critique of Hallcrest Report and other pertinent research impacting on security and loss prevention. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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