You must use a user name and password after the first week of class. Without these you will not be able to access the course materials. The format of your username and password are clearly posted on the main page of your course. If you still need assistance with your username and password please go to this page and read the instructions: http://www.bcconline.com/orient/password.htm, to receive further assistance.

In the box below please type, I understand that after the first week of class I must use my assigned user name and password to access all ADJU 17 course materials including lecture notes and quizzes. Furthermore, I understand that the format of your username and password are clearly posted on the main page of my course.

Course Description

ADJU-17 Correctional Interviewing and Counseling

Techniques in counseling and interviewing available to the practitioners in corrections. Techniques and theories in confidence building used by correctional employees in interviews and counseling. For students planning to enter or already employed in the correctional science field.

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I. Overview of Course

The subject material in this course is above a simple introductory level and it is highly recommended that the required text book be obtained before proceeding with the course. The text material is presented by many experts in the field of counseling, and although written in layman terms it does contain references to, and examples of, sophisticated theories and applicable sciences.

College-Level Critical Thinking and Assignments:

The student will be able to analysis the counseling technique most effective in a live interview situation. The student will describe selected philosophies, theories, and goals of various counseling and treatment modalities. The student will analyze and describe group dynamics, as well as group behaviors. The student will gain an insights of the role of a practitioner relating to small and large groups, individual counseling, and family dynamics.

Because this is a survey course of a broad field, it will, of necessity, cover each topic in a broad brush. However, the reference area and online conference room will allow the student to delve deeper into any subject area that particularly attracts the student. The student will learn how to use the World Wide Web to research legal topics. Each week we'll focus on a different aspect of law in America through our online conferencing discussions: these are reinforced and expanded in readings in our text, Correctional Assessment, Casework & Counseling, by Anthony Walsh, Ph.D., Publisher: American Correctional Assn; 4th edition.

During Week 1: Understanding Theories

We begin to focus upon the purpose and understanding of theories, as they relate to the course. We'll also do a few administrative functions to ensure that they have been accomplished. We will begin to work with the online conference system and learn the basics of finding our way around the World Wide Web.

Objectives: (at the completion of week one the student will)

During Week 2: Interviewing and Interrogating

The student has an web exploration reading assignment this week.

During Week 3: Assessment Tools

During Week 4: Counseling; Assessment and Classification; Community Agencies (ONLINE MID-TERM EXAM - This Week)

Mid-Term will be administered. During this week the mid-term will be emailed to the student on Monday. It is to be completed and returned to the instructor via an email attachment by no later than (NLT) midnight Eastern Standard Time (EST), Saturday of week four. Five points will be deducted for each day the mid-term is turned in late up to 7 days; after which time a grade of zero shall be given.

During Week 5: Legal and Ethical Issues

During Week 6: Alcohol, Drugs and the Criminal Offender

• Understand the impact of drug usage/addiction on the offender and the counseling process.
• Understand the impact of alcoholism on the offender and the counseling process.
• Review landmark Supreme Court Cases related to the subject matter.
• Post a response to the weekly online discussion topic.
• Take online weekly quiz.

During Week 7: The Sex Offender, and the Mentally Ill/Deficient Offenders

(ONLINE FINAL EXAM THIS WEEK)

It is the student’s sole responsibility to contact the Main Campus and/or the Fort Irwin Education Center (Barstow Office) to make arrangements with the computer lab at the main campus or the Fort Irwin Barstow Site Staff to take the online final exam during week 7 of the course. This is to be done as soon as possible, before week eight. The final exam must still be completed and sent to the instructor during this week.

During Week 8: 

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II. Student Learning Outcomes (SLO’s):

At the end of course the students will demonstrate the ability to:

In the box below type the one objective that interests you the most from the list above and one reason why you took this class.

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III. Course Policies

This course is offered on-line, over the Internet and the World Wide Web, using technology and courseware, which allows students to participate at any time, from any location. Because of this flexibility, it is important to plan your time carefully. Students are expected to sign in to the class conference forum (your "virtual classroom") and participate in discussions and other activities at least four times per week. You should expect to spend a minimum of four --five hours per class week on-line--the same amount of time you'd spend in the physical classroom. You'll be sending and receiving E-mail, performing on-line research and participating in Web explorations and "tours," and interacting socially and professionally with classmates. 

A class week is defined as the period of time between Monday and Saturday. The first week begins the first day of the semester and ends midnight the following Saturday. Assignments scheduled for completion during a class week should be completed by Saturday of the week assigned. Writing assignments and formal papers should be completed and successfully submitted, or postmarked, so that they are in my hands on the due date. NOTE: Because this is an online course designed to get feedback on assignments to you directly via Internet, you must make prior arrangements with me before submitting a paper via fax or the postal service. If you ever have problems transmitting your assignments to me, telephone me immediately, and we'll get the problem solved. My voice phone number is (870) 424-3221.

Ground Rules for On-line Participation

Email-Homework and/or Online Quizzes/Exams - Homework must be submitted no later than Saturday of the week assigned.  Late homework will receive a grade penalty. Homework not turned by the due date, but which is turned in no more then 7 days late, will receive a 5 (five) point penalty for each day late. Homework not received within 7 days of the due date will not be scored and will receive a zero. No work received after the last Saturday of the online term will be scored.

Discussion Assignments Discussion (student classroom participation) work must be posted in the classroom not later than Saturday of the week assigned. I will not accept these via email. They must be posted in the correct thread i.e., week one discussion question in week one discussion classroom thread in order to be scored. Postings placed in the wrong classroom thread will not be graded and will not be scored. Late discussion thread postings by a student will receive a 5 (five) point penalty for each day late after the due date up to 7 days. The weekly discussion thread will be deleted 7 days past the posting due date, and therefore unavailable to receive student postings in the classroom for that week. The required discussion posting(s) not posted after 7 days of their due date will not be scored and will receive the grade of zero. No class-work posted after the last Saturday of the online term will be scored.

Absentee Policy: Student(s) who fail to participate in the classroom during a course week will be deemed absent for that week. The absence will be annotated as absent unexcused (AU), unless the instructor has been informed beforehand and deemed the absence as absent excused (AE). The instructor shall report all absences to the main campus. A student who has not participated for 14 consecutive days regardless if the absences were deemed AU or AE shall be recommended for administrative withdrawal to the main campus. Emails sent to the instructor during a "course week" without actual classroom participation will not count as classroom participation or attendance. This will be scored and annotated accordingly AU or AE. In a traditional classroom just because a student contacts the instructor and is excused from a scheduled class meeting does not mean the student is given credit for participation or attendance. The student is still annotated as AU or AE. The online classroom shall be no different in this respect. It is the instructor's sole discretion as to what he/she shall consider AU or AE.

Final Examination The final examination will be taken in person at the main campus computer lab during week seven. It's the student's responsibility to contact the main campus to obtain directions to the correct building and/or room to take the online final exam.

Students are expected to complete 4 - 5 hours per week of discussion group or other appropriate online activities, including sending/receiving E-mail and navigating and conducting research over the World Wide Web.

All students will participate in the discussion group every week. Conventions of "on-line etiquette," which include courtesy to all users, will be observed.

Students may get assistance with computer-related problems through the webmaster@bcconline, or through mbeshearsAJ17@hotmail.com.

Students will normally submit papers, if assigned as ASCII or binary files uploaded to the computer and routed to the instructor, as an "ATTACHMENT" to an email message. All email messages and attachments will include the student's: FULL NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, COURSE TITLE, and ASSIGNMENT TITLE.

Assigned papers will be submitted via the postal service or fax only, if arrangements are made with the instructor beforehand.

ACADEMIC HONESTY:

Barstow Community College policies are in effect. All work must be your own, unless the instructor authorizes collaboration, in which case you must, in writing, acknowledge the help you have received. Presenting as one's own the words, ideas, or expression of another in any form is cheating through plagiarism, and will not be tolerated. The claim of ignorance is no excuse.

In the box below type I understand and agree to abide by the class policies listed above.

V. GRADING POLICY:

You will be able to track your average exactly throughout the course. The grading scale is as follows: A = 90-100; B = 80-89; C = 70-79; D = 60-69; F = 0-59. The mid-term exam will count 25% of your total grade. The mid-term is an online open book exam. However, the student has only 48 hours from the time it is posted in the virtual classroom and/or emailed to the student to return the completed exam to the instructor via fax and/or email. The student will know in advance the standards for each assignment. The final exam will be 25% of your total grade. The online participation and other assignments, as assigned in the discussions will comprise 25% of your grade.  Weekly email assignments (online quizzes) will comprise 25% of your grade.

Each student is responsible for:

Reading the Instructor's Bulletin Board every time they log on the internet and the classroom. NOTE: Other assignments may be posted on my Bulletin Board. It's your responsibility to check it as stated.

Participating in the classroom course discussion areas. However merely signing in weekly without actually participating in meaningful discussion will not earn a student full credit for classroom participation. Full participation is considered signing in weekly and contributing to the class discussion(s) each week with meaningful valid discussion with classmates concerning the course subject material and the assigned topic(s) for each week.

• Ensuring all assignments will be turned into the instructor on time. Assignments received late will be deducted 5 points for each day late up to 7 days. All assignments received 7 days after the due date will receive a zero for that assignment.

• Contacting the instructor after 72 hours if they have not heard anything from the instructor regarding your turned in email assignment within 72 hours.

• Sending homework assignments to the instructor as an "ATTACHMENT", to an email message. The email and attached work product will have the students FULL NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, COURSE TITLE, and SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT.

• Completing weekly reading assignments.

• Completing Weekly Discussion Questions.

• Completing on line legal research as assigned.

• Completing other assignments as assigned.

Example Criteria Utilized for Grading Written Assignments sent via email:

Assignments will be graded on a possible 100-point system.

1. Misspelled Word = (-1 point for each word)

2. Proper Word spelling, but misused word i.e., their, there = (-2 points for each word)

3. Improper Grammar = (-1 point for each grammar mistake)

4. Poor Sentence Structure = (-1 point per sentence)

5. Failed to Support Own Opinion with Valid Facts = (-5 points)

6. Rambling without making a point leaving reader lost = (-6 points)

7. Failed to explain theory or case in detail = (-10 points)

8. Failed to site source(s) in which information was found = (-4 points)

9. Failed to place full name on assignment = (-5 points)

10. All Late Assignment(s): Will have 5 points deducted per day it is late up to 7 days.  After which time the grade of zero shall be given for the assignment.

In the box below type I understand and agree to abide by the grading policies listed above.

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GRADES:

The grades will consist of a mid-term exam, a final exam, email assignments/online quizzes, as well as other assignments as assigned; plus on line class participation through the weekly conferences.

In the box below type what the grades will consist of in this course.

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VI. Required Text and Email Updates

In the box below type I will have the textbook for ADJU-17 by the end of the first week of class.

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VII. Course Schedule

Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 |

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Week 1:  Understanding Theories

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Week 2:  Interviewing and Interrogating   

Reading Assignment: Read Chapter Five in the textbook.

  Web Assignment: See Lecture

Weekly Online Discussion & Quiz:

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Week 3: Assessment Tools

Reading Assignment: Read Chapters Six and Seven in the textbook.·

Weekly Online Discussion & Quiz:

1. Weekly Discussion - Go to http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html and using the "Full-Text Search" window, search for the Supreme Court Cases that cited the Pre-sentence Investigation Report. Once you find a case, use the "search" function on your "task bar" Post a list of three cases found, and a brief statement of what was said concerning the PSI report. Try to find different opinions for variety. Discuss the cases and what you think.  
   
2. Weekly Online Quiz - Access the quiz in the Classroom Discussion Area. 

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Week 4: Counseling; Assessment and Classification; Community Agencies

Online - (MID-TERM Due NLT midnight Saturday of Week 4)

 Reading Assignment: Read Chapters Eight through Twelve in the textbook.

Web Sites to Explore: See Lecture 

Weekly Online Discussion & Online Mid-term Exam:

1. Weekly Discussion - Go to Bureau of Prisons and find out how many inmates are assigned to each of the classification (security) levels for 2003. Try to find, as much information, as you can and discuss what you learned, as well as what you think.  
   
2. Online Mid-term Exam - Access the mid-term in the Classroom Discussion Area. 

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Week 5: Legal and Ethical Issues

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Week 6: Alcohol, Drugs and the Criminal Offender

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Week 7: The Sex Offender, and the Mentally Ill/Deficient Offenders

FINAL EXAM THIS WEEK

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Week   8:

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In the box below type I understand and agree to abide by the course schedule listed above.

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VII. Internet Reference Sites

Visit the HOT LIST PAGE   

http://www.findlaw.com  

http://www.state.mo.us  

http://www.usscplus.com  

http://www.legalonline.com  

http://www.law.cornell.edu  

http://www.ncjrs.org  

http://www.fsu.edu/~crimdo/cj.html

Visit the Cybrary (http://talkjustice.com/files/cybrary.htm) in order to find links to both the Uniform Crime Reports and the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics. This is a good reference site to locate information.

In the box below type I understand that accessing the sites listed above, as well as those listed in the lectures will greatly enhance my learning experience in ADJU 17 and the use of these sites is STRONGLY encouraged by my instructor.

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IMPORTANT NOTE:

An APPROVED, "PROCTOR" will give the final exam during week 7 at the main campus computer building or at the Fort Irwin Education Center (Barstow Office). No exceptions will be made to this Barstow Community College policy. The proctor will be required to check the students picture identification prior to administering the final examination. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that they make arrangements to take exams via an approved proctor at the main campus. The final examination will NOT be sent to anyone other than the approved proctor either by i.e., regular mail, email, or fax.  

In the box below type I understand that I must have an instructor approved proctor for this course and that I must fill out the proctor form by the end of the second week of class.

Syllabus Disclaimer: 

A syllabus is not a contract between instructor and student, but rather a guide to course procedures on attendance, requirements, grading, and objectives. The instructor reserves the right to amend the syllabus when emergency circumstances dictate. Students will be duly notified.

In the box below, I understand a syllabus is a general guideline for students to use in planning their time for a particular class. The instructor reserves the right to make modifications to the syllabus with reasonable time allowances for students to adjust to the changes.