Course Name:Criminal
Justice Statistics
Course Prefix: MCJ
Course Number: 6000
Submitted by (Name & E-Mail): Bruce Bayley,
bbayley@weber.edu
Current Date: 10/29/2012
College: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Department: Criminal Justice
From Term: Select Semester
2010
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Subject: MCJ
Course Number: 6000 |
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Course Title: Criminal Justice Statistics
Abbreviated Course Title: Criminal Justice Statistics
| Course Type: | LEC |
Credit Hours: 3 or if variable hours: to
Contact Hours: Lecture 45 Lab Other
Grading Mode: standard
| This course is/will be: |
a
required course in a major program a required course in a minor program a required course in a 1- or 2- year program elective |
Prerequisites/Co-requisites:
Course description (exactly as it will appear in the catalog, including prerequisites):
MCJ 6000 Criminal Justice Statistics is a focus on the role of data collection and analysis in formal, empirical research projects. The course begins with a review of statistical applications including measures of central tendency, dispersion, and hypothesis testing. The course concludes with an examination of more complex analytical tools such as MANOVA, Factor Analysis, Path Analysis, and Logistical Regression. Students will review various styles of multivariate analysis in peer-reviewed scholarly literature as well as use computing resources to conduct their own multivariate analysis of a criminal justice dataset.
Justification for the new course or for changes to an existing course. (Note: Justification should emphasize academic rationale for the change or new course. This is particularly important for courses requesting upper-division status.)
The substitution of MCJ 6150: Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice with MCJ 6000: Criminal Justice Statistics in the program’s required courses reflects the faculty’s desire to bring the core requirements of our graduate program in line with those of competing universities and ensure our graduates are adequately prepared to conduct and analyze research on an intermediate level.
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for substantive proposals only
1. Did this course receive unanimous approval within the Department?
true
If not, what are the major concerns raised by the opponents?
2. If this is a new course proposal, could you achieve the desired results by revising an existing course within your department or by requiring an existing course in another department?
While there are graduate level statistics courses in the business, athletic training, nursing, and radiologic sciences, each of these has a discipline specific focus that is not relevant to criminal justice or the social sciences. There are currently no graduate level statistics courses in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
3. How will the proposed course differ from similar offerings by other departments? Comment on any subject overlap between this course and topics generally taught by other departments, even if no similar courses are currently offered by the other departments. Explain any effects that this proposal will have on program requirements or enrollments in other department. Please forward letters (email communication is sufficient) from all departments that you have identified above stating their support or opposition to the proposed course.
The basic statistical elements of each of the four graduate level statistics courses mentioned above is primarily the same, however, the implementation and integration with discipline specific material makes each offering unique and therefore inconsistent with the needs and goals of the criminal justice department. In addition, because of the unique discipline specific focus of other graduate statistics courses and that our graduate course in statistics would most likely not be accepted as a comparable course in the other programs, we anticipate no type of impact on the requirements or enrollment of other Masters programs.
4. Is this course required for certification/accreditation of a program?
no
If so, a statement to that effect should appear in the justification and supporting documents should accompany this form.
5. For course proposals, e-mail a syllabus to Faculty Senate which should be sufficiently detailed that the committees can determine that the course is at the appropriate level and matches the description. There should be an indication of the amount and type of outside activity required in the course (projects, research papers, homework, etc.).