Course Description

This course will study the history and nature of criminal law, defenses to criminal conduct, and substantive criminal offenses. Group 2 course.

Credit Hours

3

Contact Hours

3

Lecture Hours

3

Recommended Prerequisites or Skills Competencies

Placement into ENG 111.

General Education Outcomes supported by this course

Critical Thinking - Direct

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge:

• Describe the relationship between the federal and state criminal court systems.
• Identify key terms utilized throughout the stages of a criminal prosecution.

Application:

• Articulate the legal procedural issue which is extant in a given factual criminal scenario.
• Whether statements of the accused would be admissible at trial.

Integration:

• Describe the criminal court process from arrest through trial and disposition.
• Evaluate whether a legal issue would impact the verdict in the legal process.

Human Dimension:

• Articulate how applying the relevant law appropriately will obtain the best outcome for a client.

Knowledge:

• Describe the societal changes and how they affect the interpretation of the law.

Caring - Civic Learning:

• Correlate ho societal changes impact the interpretation of the law.
• Describe how criminal jurisprudence develops based on the evolution of United States Supreme Court decisions.

Learning How to Learn:

• Identify their best learning modality.