STEM Core

Security Core Curriculum

A Security Core Curriculum is defined, consisting of seven security sciences and technologies courses. This Core is central to the new ISLET degree while also serving as building blocks for other security discipline curriculum and in some cases, for non-security related programs. This Core is the focus for the NSF funding request.

Security Core Curriculum Components

• Homeland Defense
• Forensic Science
• Computer Forensics
• Interview, Interrogation and Investigation
• Forensic Imaging
• Crime and Incident Mapping
• Hazardous Awareness

New Courses Underway

The seven core areas map to new courses at Century:

CJS 2097 Homeland defense

National defense is presented with emphasis on changing the roles and technological issues fo rlaw enforcement and criminal justice. Theory and methods examine investigation, intelligence, and information sharing challenges for law enforcement, military, and community.

BIOL 1019 Forensic

This course provides an introduction to the basic tenets of forensic biology, including appplicable scientific principles and a variety of techniques used in investigating crimes, including the scientific method of investigation, cell, tissue, and organ structure and function. It is also intended for people presently employed in law enforcement and who have had little formal forensic training and who need more bacground and awareness of techniques used.

ITT 2045 Computer Forensics

This course presents methods to properly conduct a computer forensics investigation including tools, procedures, and analysis. The objectives of the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS) certification are mapped.

CJS 2095 Interview, Interrogation, and Investigation

Various models of interviewing and interrogation are studied. Special attention is given to pattern recognition techniques, memory development, use of technology, and legal framework for chain of custody for evidence in investigation.

VCT 1047 Forensic Imaging

Students will learn digital photography using forensic techniques for presentation of crime scene evidence and court issues for evidence.

CJS 2092 Crime and Incident Mapping for Public Safety I

Students will develop a theoretical and applied understanding of developing technology for the interpretation of social and geographical data using GIS technology. Patterns of crime and emergency incidents are derived from agency data.

PSAF 1040 Incident Command Strategies

Strategies/HAZMAT - Interoperability at hazardous incidents applying ICS and NIMS strategies and theory.

Courses under Development

The Core security requrirements are extending into additional courses currently under development:

CJS 2092 Crime and Incident Mapping for Public Safety II

CJS 2060 Emerging Technologies for the Investigative Sciences

ITT 1072 Fundamentals of GIS