College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 2015-2016 Catalog

273 NSAM 5007 – Leadership in National Security Affairs This course is designed to assist national security leaders in identifying and developing their leadership style, building effective relationships with critical stakeholders, developing strategies to building effective teams, and enabling leaders and followers to optimize decision-making in the workplace. Students review remarkable leaders, organizations, and teams in order to hone their own observation, sense-making, and innovating skills in a national security setting. Offered occasionally. NSAM 5008 - Credibility Assessment: Methods and Implications This is the second course in the realm of credibility assessment. Students will explore a broad range of issues, thought, discussion, and scientific research, relevant to the actual assessment of credibility using various contemporary methods. Topics that will be explored include, but are not limited to; defining what constitutes a "lie," the ubiquitous nature of lying, nonverbal and verbal cues to deception, non-instrumental forms of lie detection, and instrumental forms of lie detection. Offered Winter term. NSAM 5009 – US Relations with Latin America This course focuses on strategic analysis while examining historical relations between the United States and Latin America. The material is presented in three segments; strategic analysis, historical relations, and current issues impacting US relations with the southern hemisphere. The course will enhance knowledge and understanding of the history of US- Latin American relations and the application of strategic analysis to those relations. The course will emphasize the strategic importance of Latin America to long term stability in the US. Offered occasionally. NSAM 5502 – Directed Readings in National Security Affairs This course examines specific aspects of national security affairs. It is designed so it may be taken as an independent study or with a small group of students so topics of individual research interest in this area may be pursued. Under the instructor’s guidance, the directed readings, the final project, and any other assignments will be set forth. The course will provide an opportunity for the enhancement of subject matter knowledge and expertise. NSAM 5502 – Directed Readings in National Security Affairs This course examines specific aspects of national security affairs. It is designed so it may be taken as an independent study or with a small group of students so topics of individual research interest in this area may be pursued. Under the instructor’s guidance, the directed readings, the final project, and any other assignments will be set forth. The course will provide an opportunity for the enhancement of subject matter knowledge and expertise. NSAM 5507 – Directed Readings in Public Policy This course examines specific aspects of public policy. It is designed so it may be taken as an independent study or with a small group of students so topics of individual research interest in this area may be pursued. Under the instructor’s guidance, the directed readings, the final project, and any other assignments will be set forth. The course will provide an opportunity for the enhancement of subject matter knowledge and expertise. NSAM 5510 – Survey Issues in Criminal Justice This survey course will review the historical context, theory, policy making, political factors and behavioral influences related to criminal justice policy development as it relates to the organization of the criminal justice system in the United States. This course examines the various components of the criminal justice system, including police, courts, corrections, and the juvenile justice system. The course focuses on the relationship of the criminal justice system to broad political, economic, and social issues. Understanding the working