Fall 2024 COURSES
Listed below are all the undergraduate and graduate courses the department is offering in Fall 2024.
ANTHROPOLOGY (CAMDEN CAMPUS)
50:070:101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3) Introduces the student to the study of culture. Topics include the nature and diversity of culture among different peoples; the fieldwork process; cultural change; political, economic, and social organizations; worldview and values; socialization; social and religious movements; and applications of anthropology to the contemporary world. Cynthia Saltzman
50:070:211 Physical Anthropology (3) introduces students to the science of being human. This course emphasizes experiential learning, incorporating field trips and interactive activities to explore key concepts. Students will delve into human evolution, genetics, and the study of the human skeleton, gaining an understanding of how humans have adapted to diverse environments over time. The course also examines human variation, highlighting the biological and behavioral implications of these adaptations. Finally, this class will explore how anthropological techniques are applied to forensic investigations, offering a practical perspective on the role of physical anthropology in solving real-world cases. Kimberlee Moran
50:070:385 ST in Anthropology: General Anthropology (3) Introduces the students to the ‘holistic’ nature of Anthropology and its four subfields. (Cultural, Linguistics, Archaeology, and Physical/Biological). Topics include what is anthropology, what is culture, ‘doing’ and applying anthropology, evolution, genetics, and human variation, the primates, early man, language and communication, subsistence, gender, religion, ethnicity and race, colonialism, the world system, and anthropology’s role in a globalizing world. Patrick McCarty
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (CAMDEN CAMPUS)
50:202:101 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3) American crime and criminal justice agencies, i.e., police, courts, and correctional agencies. Emphasis on criminal justice as a system and the processing of persons accused of a crime from the point of arrest to post conviction and release. Ross Allen
50:202:202 Police and Policing (3) Explores the role of the police officer in the criminal justice system as well as the function of law enforcement in the United States. Includes historical foundations, trends, organizational structures, strategies, and issues concerning American police and policing. Prerequisite: 50:202:101 or 50:202:201. Daniel Howard
50:202:203 Confinement and Corrections (3) History and organization of American corrections. Emphasis on sentencing, custodial institutions, intermediate sanctions, community corrections, and mechanisms for release. Prerequisite: 50:202:101 or 50:202:201. Ross Allen
50:202:326 White Collar Crime History and development of corporate crime, white-collar crime, political corruption, and other “upper-world” crimes. Emphasis on effective strategies for combating this phenomenon. Prerequisite: 50:202:101 or 50:202:201. Ross Allen
50:202:337 Inequality in Criminal Justice (3) Examines the disproportionate representation of poor and racial minorities in the United States criminal justice system. Includes trends, policies, and issues concerning the effects of class and race on justice outcomes. Prerequisite: 50:202:101 or 50:202:201. Sarah Tosh
50:202:343 Philadelphia Organized Crime (3) This course is designed to look at the past, present, and future of Philadelphia organized crime. Along with discussions of the Italian Mafia, the Black Mafia, the Junior Black mafia, Outlaw Biker Gangs, and the K and A Gang. This course will also explore definitions, rituals, investigative techniques, laws, statues, and other details of organized crime in Philadelphia. Furthermore, this course will explore some of the most prominent and popular theories of crime and delinquency that are often cited as explanations for why people become members of crime groups. Ross Allen
50:202:354 Special Topics in Criminal Justice: Gangs of New York: Law and Order in the 19th-Century City (3) This course explores the intersections of crime and vice, law and order in 19th-century urban America. We will cover topics including the changes in law enforcement and imprisonment over time; the intersections of crime, poverty, and emerging industrialization; the development of organized policing; social reform movements; and the origins of the modern carceral state. We will read the stories of gamblers, prostitutes, pickpockets, thieves, conmen, and corrupt politicians, while considering the various social, political, economic, and cultural factors that encouraged their criminal activities. In addition, we will examine various responses by the state to control the urban underworld, including enacting legislation, establishing police forces, and launching reform efforts. Students will be asked to examine various primary and secondary sources, actively engage in class discussion, and write both short and long responses to the questions raised. Wendy Woloson
50:202:355 Special Topics in Criminal Justice: Migration, Deportation and Justice (3) Over the past few decades, systems of immigrant detention and deportation in the United States have grown in unprecedented ways. Increasingly militarized borders and the widespread criminalization of immigrants are part of a broader societal turn towards punitive policy, exemplified by the ongoing War on Drugs and related mass incarceration. In this class, students will engage with a growing field of interdisciplinary scholarship examining the links between migration, deportation, and justice. The course will emphasize the central role of criminal justice systems in shaping streams of migration and deportation, as we delve into longstanding (and unfounded) stereotypes of immigrants as criminals, and the increased intertwining of immigration and criminal law. The course will also highlight the diverse field of community-based resistance that has emerged in response to the mass detention and deportation of immigrants, demanding justice beyond the scope of current immigration law. Throughout the class, students will be asked to think critically about the connections between migration, deportation, and justice as we examine the historical underpinnings of today’s immigration system, and the deeply engrained social inequalities that shape its function and results. Sarah Tosh
50:202:365 Queer Crime (3) Queer crime and punishment in America. Nonfictional accounts of queer–lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender–criminality as well as policing and punishment of these queer identities. Examines myth, misunderstanding, and prejudices of queer identities, criminalization of queer behavior, and marginalization of queer offenders by the criminal justice system. Gail Caputo
50:202:404 Service/Internship in Criminal Justice (Credits by arrangement) Supervised service/internship in a criminal justice agency. No more than 3 credits to be counted toward the major. Prerequisites: 50:202:101 or 50:202:201 and instructor permission. Cheryl Hallman
50:202:405 Criminal Investigation Practicum I (3) Under instructor supervision, students provide investigative services for actual legal cases. Through seminars and field experience, students learn investigative techniques such as reviewing discovery, locating and interviewing witnesses, obtaining records, and testifying and writing detailed reports. Course may be repeated for 6 credits (only 3 credits can be counted toward electives for criminal justice majors). Open to juniors and seniors. Kevin Murphy
50:202:406 Criminal Investigation Practicum II (3) Applied course in which students utilize skills learned in 202:405 on real-world cases. Permission of instructor required. Kevin Murphy
50:202:449 Ethics and Policy in Criminal Justice (3) The development, implementation, and evaluation of criminal justice policy. Ethics of law enforcement, court processes, and corrections. Evaluation of research on topics such as race, class, and gender disparities; capital punishment; gun control; drug policy; pornography; and gambling. Prerequisites: Senior status. 50:202:101 or 50:202:201 and 50:920:301. Nathan Link
SOCIOLOGY (CAMDEN CAMPUS)
50:920:101 Introduction to Sociology (3) Introduction to the study of social groups and societies. Basic sociological methods and theoretical perspectives. Survey of basic subfields of sociology, such as socialization, family, religion, inequality, race and ethnicity, politics, deviance, and social change. The department recommends that students wishing to take advanced courses begin with Introduction to Sociology. Christina Jackson
50:920:301 Methods and Techniques of Social Research (3) Introduces basic methods and techniques of social research, including formulating research design and utilizing appropriate data-gathering techniques. Prerequisite: 50:920:101 or 50:920:207 or 50:202:101 or 50:202:201. Laura Napolitano
50:920:313 Theories of Crime and Delinquency (3) Explanation of crime and delinquency in American society. Topics include deterrence theory, biological explanations for crime, sociological theories, and conflict-based theories. Emphasis on social causes of crime. Prerequisite: 50:920:101 or 50:920:207 or 50:202:101 or 50:202:201. Daniel Semenza
50:920:314 Masculinities (3) This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary study of masculinities. Moving past the conception of gender as a fixed biological category, the course addresses the emergence and representations of multiple masculinities in American culture along intersections with race, class, sexuality, and other areas of difference. It examines the ways diverse formations of masculinities function at the individual and collective level in various domains, such as in sports, family, relationships, subcultures, work and other social and physical sites. It addresses issues including the body, female and queer masculinities, maleness, boyhood, and violence. The course is interdisciplinary and will offer various contexts for exploring masculinities, such as academic and popular literature, film, and music. Gail Caputo
50:920:316 Race and Ethnicity (3) The social construction of race and ethnicity in the United States and around the globe. The formation of racial and ethnic identities and the varieties of group interaction, including prejudice, discrimination, assimilation, institutional domination, and change. Changing concepts, boundaries, and interrelationships within a global context. Julio Alicea
50:920:325 Sociological Theory (3) An intensive study of the classical sociological thinkers–Marx, Durkheim, Weber–and a survey of contemporary theoretical traditions in the field. Prerequisite: 50:920:101 or 50:920:207. Joanna Cohen-Kallan
50:202:346 Special Topics in Sociology: Gangs of New York: Law and Order in the 19th-Century City (3) This course explores the intersections of crime and vice, law and order in 19th-century urban America. We will cover topics including the changes in law enforcement and imprisonment over time; the intersections of crime, poverty, and emerging industrialization; the development of organized policing; social reform movements; and the origins of the modern carceral state. We will read the stories of gamblers, prostitutes, pickpockets, thieves, conmen, and corrupt politicians, while considering the various social, political, economic, and cultural factors that encouraged their criminal activities. In addition, we will examine various responses by the state to control the urban underworld, including enacting legislation, establishing police forces, and launching reform efforts. Students will be asked to examine various primary and secondary sources, actively engage in class discussion, and write both short and long responses to the questions raised. Wendy Woloson
50:920:348 Special Topics in Sociology: Migration, Deportation and Justice (3) Over the past few decades, systems of immigrant detention and deportation in the United States have grown in unprecedented ways. Increasingly militarized borders and the widespread criminalization of immigrants are part of a broader societal turn towards punitive policy, exemplified by the ongoing War on Drugs and related mass incarceration. In this class, students will engage with a growing field of interdisciplinary scholarship examining the links between migration, deportation, and justice. The course will emphasize the central role of criminal justice systems in shaping streams of migration and deportation, as we delve into longstanding (and unfounded) stereotypes of immigrants as criminals, and the increased intertwining of immigration and criminal law. The course will also highlight the diverse field of community-based resistance that has emerged in response to the mass detention and deportation of immigrants, demanding justice beyond the scope of current immigration law. Throughout the class, students will be asked to think critically about the connections between migration, deportation, and justice as we examine the historical underpinnings of today’s immigration system, and the deeply engrained social inequalities that shape its function and results. Sarah Tosh
50:920:445 Special Topics in Sociology: Black Masculinity (3) This course examines historical, sociological, psychological and political factors that influence the identity of the black man in the United States. This course will use a variety of documentaries, film, guest lecturers, text and readings to as part of the interactive class dialogue. Eliezer Marcellus
50:920:446 Special Topics in Sociology: Health and Society (3) This course examines the social determinants of health in the United States. It will address various factors – such as socioeconomic status, education, race, and gender – that influence individual and community health outcomes, as well as how these factors shape health disparities and impact public health. Joanna Cohen-Kallan
CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE – BLACKWOOD CAMPUS
50:202:304 Death Penalty (3) History of capital punishment and contemporary use of the death penalty, including trends and statistics. Problems and issues pertaining to capital punishment, constitutional challenges to the death penalty, and the current state of capital jurisprudence. Prerequisites:50:202:101 or 50:202:201. Brenna Stone (online only)
50:920:313 Theories of Crime and Delinquency (3) Explanation of crime and delinquency in American society. Topics include deterrence theory, biological explanations for crime, sociological theories, and conflict-based theories. Emphasis on social causes of crime. Prerequisite: 50:920:101 or 50:920:207 or 50:202:101 or 50:202:201. Joseph Dagrossa
50:920:332 Inequality in the United States (3) Analyzes class inequality and the class structure in U.S. society, with particular attention to the processes which generate, reproduce, and change social and economic inequalities, as well as the consequences of inequality. When offered with a lab, this course has a mandatory engaged civic learning component (ECL), included in a 0-credit lab section. In those circumstances, all students must register for the course and one lab section, and the 0-credit lab section is a corequisite. Augustine Isamah
ATLANTIC CAPE COMMUNITY COLLEGE – MAYS LANDING CAMPUS
50:070:101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3) Introduces the student to the study of culture. Topics include the nature and diversity of culture among different peoples; the fieldwork process; cultural change; political, economic, and social organizations; worldview and values; socialization; social and religious movements; and applications of anthropology to the contemporary world. Patrick McCarty (online only)
50:202:315 Cybercrime (3) Overview of modern trends in crime involving computers and the internet. Topics include types of computer-based offenses, legal issues relating to cybercrime, topics in cyber criminology, and contemporary issues involving computer hacking and internet-related crime. Dean Wyks
50:202:449 Ethics and Policy in Criminal Justice (3) The development, implementation, and evaluation of criminal justice policy. Ethics of law enforcement, court processes, and corrections. Evaluation of research on topics such as race, class, and gender disparities; capital punishment; gun control; drug policy; pornography; and gambling. Prerequisites: Senior status. 50:202:101 or 50:202:201 and 50:920:301. Joseph Dagrossa
CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRADUATE PROGRAM
56:202:516 Criminal Investigation Practicum (3) Under instructor supervision, students provide investigative services for actual legal cases. Through seminars and field experience, students learn investigative techniques such as reviewing discovery, locating and interviewing witnesses, obtaining records, and testifying and writing detailed reports. Course may be repeated for 6 credits (only 3 credits can be counted toward electives for criminal justice majors). Kevin Murphy
56:202:517 Criminal Investigation Practicum II (3) Applied course in which students utilize skills learned in 202:405 on real-world cases. Permission of instructor required. Kevin Murphy
56:202:600 Research Methods in Criminal Justice (3) Foundation in research methods commonly used in criminal justice and the social sciences. Includes conceptualization, operationalization, research method and design, sampling approaches, data collection, analysis, and ethics in research. Prerequisite: Undergraduate course in research methods. Christopher Thomas
56:202:605 Gender, Crime and Justice (3) Gender, Crime and Justice ties contemporary issues and paradigms within criminology and sociology to concrete legal processes and context. The course examines gender, the criminal justice system, and other societal systems, across both the gender spectrum and specific issues including but not limited to domestic violence, discrimination, punishment, reproductive justice, sex work, and employment matters. The material weaves together historical foundations, organizing theories and structures, current events, and critical analysis in the process of unpacking how gender influences, is influenced by, or interacts with social structures and culture, and how gender matters are central to many of society’s most prevalent concerns. Alexa Garvey
56:202:673 Special Topics in Criminal Justice: Green Criminology (3) Examines environmental crime and its regulation through legal, ecological, and justice perspectives. Focuses on the social construction of environmental harm, the role of law enforcement and regulatory mechanisms, and the criminalization of environmental damage. Topics include pollution crimes, climate change and violence, environmental racism and injustice, and wildlife crimes. Christopher Thomas
56:202:674 Special Topics in Criminal Justice: Crime Scene Investigation for Criminal Justice (3) This class is designed to provide students with a basic introduction to the range of skills, methods, and techniques required to respond to and process crime scenes. By the end of the course students will have learned how to respond to a scene and search a scene; how to document a scene and evidence through sketching, photography, and other methods; how to identify, collect, and preserve various types of evidence (fingerprints, footwear, biological and other); how to perform scene-based presumptive tests; and international standards of best practice for crime scene investigation. Kimberlee Moran