CUGS in Crime Mapping

CUGS in Crime Mapping and Crime Analysis

The Certificate of Undergraduate Study (CUGS) in Crime Mapping and Crime Analysis provides students with a foundation in the study of crime patterns and trends and introduces students to the tools and techniques utilized by crime analysts serving law enforcement agencies. The certificate serves students interested in pursuing careers in crime analysis and law enforcement by providing the requisite background necessary to understand how crime analysis is conducted, how such analyses support the mission of law enforcement agencies, and how completed analyses can be applied in the field. Technical classes that provide the student with proficiencies in geographic information systems and other tools used by analysts are supplemented with coursework that details how crime analysis has impacted the field of law enforcement and how police consume the products of crime analysis.

The five-course (15 credits) certificate begins by completing the following courses:

• LAWJ05.364  Critical Issues in American Law Enforcement
• GEOG16.160  Intro to Mapping and GIS
• LAWJ05.381  Crime Mapping and Crime Analysis I

Upon completion of these three courses, students may begin pursuing the remaining two advanced courses:

• GEOG16.260 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems
  • GEOG16160 Intro to Mapping and GISis a prerequisite
• LAWJ05386 Crime Mapping and Crime Analysis II
  • LAWJ05.385 Crime Mapping and Crime Analysis I is a prerequisite
  • In addition, students have two options to fulfill the second prerequisite:
    1. Students may treat GEOG16.260 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems as an additional prerequisite that they must successfully complete before enrolling in LAWJ05.386 Crime Mapping and Crime Analysis II.
    2. At the discretion of Dr. Evan Sorg (sorg@rowan.edu), the certificate director, students can potentially waive this prerequisite and enroll in GEOG16.260 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems and LAWJ05.386 Crime Mapping and Crime Analysis II during the same semester, in effect treating the courses as co-requisites.