SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

      AJ 302 Community Relations:  Multicultural Issues

 

 

INSTRUCTOR:                            Kelly Gould      Phone:  558-2485                    Office AJ5a

                                                Email:  gouldk@scc.losrios.edu

                                                Web page:  http://web.scc.losrios.edu/gouldk

 

OFFICE HOURS:                               See posted times outside of AJ5a

 

DIVISION DEAN:                               Frank Malaret              Phone: 558-2402

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:        To provide a survey of the multicultural problems currently facing communities.  Students will learn the concepts of human relations as applied to human dignity; role of the individual worker in encounters with citizen clients; challenges facing professionals in the field; and directions of future innovation and change.

 

REQUIRED TEXT:                     “Multicultural Law Enforcement” fourth Ed. Shusta, Levine, Wong, Harris

 

METHOD OF INSTRUCTION:

                                             Lecture, required reading, visual aids and group exercises.

 

I.          Course Responsibilities:

 

A.        Completion of Reading Assignments

B.        Class Participation

C.        Class Attendance

D.        Completion of all quizzes, examinations, and projects

            E.         PUNCTUALITY!!!

            F.         Visit the course web site for study guide notes and bulletins

 

 

II.         Grading:

A.        Midterm Exams will be completed in essay form, Final Exams will be completed in multiple choice and True/False test form.  Quizzes will require multiple-choice and True/False responses.  The essay exams shall be written responses to course topics.  Students will adequately develop and support their written responses in a well-organized and thoughtful (intelligent) manner.

 

 

 

 

Midterm:                                                           100 Points

Final:                                                                  50 Points

Four Quizzes (50 pts each):                                 200 Points

Attendance:                                                       100 Points 

5 Assignments (10 points each):                            50 Points                

Total:                                                              500 Points

 

B.         Grade Points:

A=                                           450-500 Points            90%

B=                                           359-449 Points            80%

C=                                           251-358 Points            70%

D=                                           150-250 Points            60%

F=                                               0-149 Points

 

III.       Attendance:

 

Students will be awarded 100 points for perfect attendance.

 

Students will lose 15 points for each hour they miss up to 45 points. He/She will lose 25 points for the 4^th hour missed.    

 

Students who submit assignments late will have scores docked 10-points for each                      day                    of late status.  I do not accept assignments as email attachments.

 

Students arriving late to class are asked to avoid disruption by sitting near the entrance.

 

*Due to the disruption, students are reminded NOT to attend class if they are more than 15 minutes late to class

 

*On testing dates, quizzes will be offered during the second half of the class.

 

An academic hour (class) is 2 hours.

 

Students will lose attendance points for any absence (excused or unexcused)

 

The Instructor will drop a student who has more than 4 absences.

 

 

IV.       Make-up Exams/Extra Credit:

 

 Make-up exams and quizzes will be given only at the discretion of the Instructor and then only on the  last day of the semester or at the time of the Final Exam.  Students will be allowed to take ONE make-up quiz only.  There is no make-up for midterms or final exams- you must submit a midterm and final to get a grade in the class.  All make-up quizzes will require multiple-choice and True/False responses. Extra credit work is only at the discretion of the Instructor and only for those students who are failing the class even though they are making a sincere effort and have no attendance problems.

 

COURSE SYLLABUS

 

I.          This Course syllabus is to be considered a tentative outline of course progression.  The study plan is at the discretion of the Instructor and is subject to change.