Undergraduate Catalog 2007-2008
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SEC 401 Security Systems & Crime Prevention
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours


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.
300

SEC 404 Comparative Security
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours


Security requirements in special protection, hospital, airport, campus and computer crime. Emphasis is also placed on industrial sabotage, espionage and ethics.
30000

SEC 406 Evaluation of Security Programming
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours


Methods of determining foreseeability of security incidents and resulting adequacy of security programming. Negligence proofing and concepts of legal liability. Discussion of industry standards and practices.
30000

SEC 424 Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours


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.
300

SEC 490 Financial Aspects of Security
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours


The effective use and preparation of accounting information in management. Financial statements, cost analysis and control, budgeting, performance measurement, and capital expenditure analysis.
300

SEC 495 Computer and Information Security
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours


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.
300

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