AJ 030A/B- Justice Field Experience (Online/On-campus)

Units: 3

Instructor: Marge Faulstich

• Phone: (408) 741-2180 (Voice Mail)
• Fax# (408) 741-4009
• email: marge_faulstich@westvalley.edu
• Instructor Homepage: http://instruct.westvalley.edu/faulstich

Getting started:

After you enroll, you must send your email address to the instructor by the first day of class, or you may be dropped.

• Instructions will be Email to everyone after school begins.
• The Orientation On-Campus Meeting is mandatory!
• Those failing to attend the Orientation meeting will receive a "no-credit" grade.
• Justice institution tours are subject to rescheduling, or cancellation.
• Check the WVC Schedule of classes for dates/time/room number for the orientation.
• Bring Driver's License, or passport, and writing materials to Orientation meeting.
• Final Grades will not be posted.
• Failure to attend one field trip will require makeup work, subject to instructor approval.
• Failure to attend two field trips will result in a NO Credit grade.
• You can obtain grades by phone by calling WVC Records Office, 741-2400.

COURSE SYLLABUS

TITLE AND NUMBER OF COURSE:

Justice Field Experience

Units-3 (credit/no credit option)

Each class (AJ030A and AJ 030B) is repeatable (12 units total)

Prerequisite: must be 18 years of age or older

Acceptable for credit. California State University.

ABOUT THIS COURSE:

• This class is an online class with on-campus and field visit components.
• The class is open to any interested student, age 18 years or older, who has no felony convictions.
• Penal institutions may exclude those students with felony convictions.
• The class is a lecture/travel-study class with visits to criminal justice agencies within California & Internationally. Justice visits have, for example, included the Royal Hong Kong Police Department; The Hong Kong Supreme Court; The Peoples Republic of China; The Munich, Germany Anti-Terrorist Training School; The Paris, France 911 Communication Center; Reading Prison, England; San Quentin, Folsom, Soledad, and Vacaville State Prisons, California; the Santa Clara County Coroner's Office; various California police academies, and much more. Guest Speakers have included U.S. Secret Service Agents (assigned to Presidential Protection), Judges; undercover investigators, and many, many more.
• Field experience visits will be within California, unless otherwise printed in the West Valley College, Schedule of Classes.

CATALOG DESCRIPTION:

A course for students, police officers, deputy sheriffs, probation and, parole officers, and interested citizens. This course is designed to update and upgrade skills in law enforcement interpretation, crime prevention, and related topics. Format: lecture, guest speakers and field visits to law enforcement agencies, police academies, courts, juvenile halls, and State and Federal prisons. (Level I through IV security). Students are subject to justice institution security clearances and those convicted of a felony maybe excluded. Must be age 18 or older to visit penal institutions.

REQUIRED TEXT:

NONE

OBJECTIVES:

• The student will develop the ability to recognize the Administration of Justice agency best suited to his/her talents.
• The student will acquire a broad base of information regarding current problems and issues of the Administration of Justice practitioners and their agencies with emphasis on corrections (America's fastest growing career field).
• The student will gain an up-to-date “reality experience” through lecture, expert speakers from various law-enforcement agencies, courts, and prisons (including x-convicts).
• The student will have a learning opportunity for instructor-supervised field visits to institutions they otherwise could not visit.

GRADING PROCEDURE - Students will be graded based upon completion of the following:

• Class attendance, participation in on-line assignment, class room discussion, and field trips.
• Online Project: TBA.
• Reaction Paper: must include:
  • Title Page (Title; Instructor/Student Names; Semester;
  • Course Title; and Course Number.
  • 10 pages of text, (not including Title Page or Attachments)
  • Table of Contents
• Reaction Paper will include lecture material, handouts, beginning at day one of class, guest lecture material, films, dialogue sessions, and especially the student's reaction to field visits.
• Reaction Paper must be typed or computer produced, double-spaced, size 12 font, and proofread. –4 points to be deducted per misspelled word.
• Note: The Reaction Paper is required for a Letter Grade!

Grades:

• Letter Grades awarded for Reaction Papers (Graded A-F) & attendance
• Credit Grades awarded for attending all meetings, & submitting internet research.
• Attendance at all meetings required to receive credit, (Letter or Credit grade).

Click here to view some pictures of past class field visits.

West Valley College Disability Statement: West Valley College makes reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities. College materials will be available in alternate formats (Braille, audio, electronic format, or large print) upon request. Please contact the Disability and Educational Support Program at (408) 741-2010 (voice) or (408) 741-2658 (TTY) for assistance.

Note: It is the student's responsibility to officially drop classes.

marge_faulstich@westvalley.edu

revised September 20, 2008 by Marge Faulstich, e-mail address: marge_faulstich@westvalley.edu