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Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Community Affairs
Criminal JusticeEthnic Studies
Forensic ScienceGerontology
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Criminal Justice
• The second oldest active Criminal Justice program in the nation.
• Established as a Police Science program in 1938.
• The largest and most extensive Criminal Justice degree program Kansas.
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Notable FactsCriminal Justice
• 455 Undergraduate Majors• 37 Graduate Majors• 3,800-4,000 credit hours per semester• 2005 External Funding (Grants and
Contracts) $775,480• External funding past 9 years exceeds
$7,000,000• Criminal Justice faculty have 17 books
currently in print.
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Recent Graduation Statistics
• Degrees granted in Fiscal Year 2005
– 110 B.S. in Criminal Justice degrees– 21 Master of Arts in Criminal Justice– 18 Certificates in Forensic Criminology
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Centers and InstitutesRegional Community Policing Institute
Provides training in community policing, terrorism, domestic violence, and other topical issues to law enforcement personnel across Kansas and Nebraska. Has received over $5,500,000 in federal funding since 1997.
Midwest Criminal Justice InstituteConducts training and consultation services to local and regional criminal justice agencies on a fee for service basis.
Center for Juvenile Justice ResearchConducts research on juvenile justice issues. Receives federal, state and local funding from juvenile justice agencies.
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Summer Session in London
• Founded in 2000.
• Two weeks in London studying the
British system of justice, the forerunner
of our American system.
• Students tour New Scotland Yard, the
Thames River Police, the Metropolitan Police Training Centers and several British prisons.
• Students also attend lectures by WSU faculty and British criminal justice authorities.
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Current Projects
• Exploring the plausibility of a cooperative on-line Ph.D. program with Kansas State University.
• Developing and implementing an on-line Master of Arts degree.
• Working with the United States Attorney for Kansas in creating a statewide Crime Information and Crime Analysis Center at WSU. Received $67,000 feasibility grant from the Department of Justice.
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Community Involvement
• Criminal Justice faculty serve on numerous community advisory boards and boards of directors, including:
• Sedgwick County Community Corrections Board, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority, Sedgwick County Juvenile Court, Wichita Children’s Home, and the City of Wichita Employee Grievance Board.
• Faculty also provide training and consultation services to the Department of Homeland Security, Wichita Police Department, Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Department, U.S. Attorney, Kansas Highway Patrol and many others.
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Forensic Science • A new interdisciplinary B.S. degree approved
by the Board of regents in October 2005.
• A rigorous natural science-based program • requiring 93 credit hours in the major.
• Collaborative effort by the Departments of
Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Criminal
Justice and Psychology.
• Housed and administered by the School of Community Affairs.
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ETHNIC STUDIES• Dr. Anna Chandler-Program
Coordinator
• Ethnic Studies is a primarily a service program and does not offer a major. • Two full-time faculty members and two party-time adjunct faculty.
• Offers a popular course, “Dealing with Diversity,” which is a required course in the Criminal Justice Major.
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Community Engagement
• Dr. Chandler and Mr. Jerry Shaw, the two full-time faculty members in Ethnic Studies are also heavily involved in community service.
• Mr. Shaw is one of the eight national board members of the Osage Tribe. He is also a member of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Council.
• Dr. Chandler is a Member of the Kansas Historical Society, KPTS Public Television committees, the Black History Museum and other organizations devoted to racial and ethnic issues.
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GERONTOLGY
Dr. Mary Corrigan—Program Coordinator.
The Gerontology program is an on-line Master of Arts degree (one course in residence required). Since the program has gone on-line, the number of majors has increased from 10 in 2001 to 22 in 2005 and credit hour production has increased from 149 in 2001 to 415 in 2005.
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Community Involvement
• Dr. Corrigan, Coordinator of the Gerontology program is heavily engaged in community service.
• She serves on the Boards of the Sedgwick County Department of Aging, Central Plains Area Agency on Aging and the Larksfield Residential Center.
• She is a nationally acknowledged expert on Alzheimer's.