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The Law Enforcement Leadership curriculum provides background and skills for leaders in police and other law-enforcement agencies. Students will learn how to handle crime analyses, as well as larger policing-management issues. This program provides law-enforcement leaders and potential law leaders with the knowledge necessary to pursue a supervisory and/or management career in law enforcement. Courses in law-enforcement planning, crime analysis, contemporary policing and advanced police management are included in the major. Students will also complete a real-world leadership project as a capstone experience.
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This program is intended for adults who have a minimum of 30 credits
to apply to their BS degrees. These credits are acquired through transfer of credits from previously attended, accredited colleges and universities. Credits include college-level courses in Writing, Math, Scientific Reasoning, History, Social Science, Humanities and Information Systems. (Please note: Information Systems training or coursework required within 5 years of enrollment in the program.) Graduates of the Philadelphia Police Academy and its equivalents may be eligible for block transfer of 15 credits.
General Education Core: 15 credits
- HIST-321 Business, Industry and Work in American History
- HUMN-310 Globalization and World Politics
- SOC-310 The Social Science of the Workplace
- COMM-320 Professional Communication Skills
- CSSEM-499 Professional Studies Capstone Seminar
Continuing Professional Studies Core: 18 credits
- CSSEM-300 Professional Practice Seminar
- MGMT-351 Leadership Theory
- ECON-331 Economic Decision Making
- STAT-311 Finding and Evaluation Statistical Data
- FINC-323 Financial Decision Making
- MGMT-330 Organizational Ethics
Major Courses: 15 credits
- MGMT-320 Human Resource Management
- LAWEN-301 Planning for Law Enforcement Organizations
- LAWEN-310 Contemporary Law Enforcement Strategies
- LAWEN-410 Advanced Law Enforcement Theory and Management
- LAWEN-499 Capstone Seminar and Applied Project in Law Enforcement Leadership
Call 215.951.2900 or email evening@PhilaU.edu for more information about this innovative program or to schedule an appointment with an academic advisor.
