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Dr. Harald Otto Schweizer
Downtown Program
Coordinator

Dept. of Criminology

 
 


FOR DOWNTOWN GRADUATE PROGRAM CLICK HERE

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since 9 Nov. 99

Personal website of Dr. Harald Otto Schweizer Dept. of Criminology
California State University-Fresno

Downtown Program Coordinator

Tel. 559-278-8880 Email: haralds@csufresno.edu
CLICK HERE For directions and maps to the off campus program class rooms,

Click here for program description, costs, a web based program application, and additional information on university admission and transfer requirements, and the admission to the downtown degree program, and related information.

NOTE: If you only need the courses offered by the downtown program and are able to transfer in the remaining lower division units, the total cost of all courses towards the B.S. degree is less than $13,000.

CLICK HERE FOR COURSE TRANSFER INFORMATION FROM ALL CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES.

Click here for 0n-Line Course registration after you have received a permission number from Dr. Schweizer. Chose FOR CREDIT COURSES. If you are paying by check or money order, you must use a paper based form that you then turn in at the University Administration Bldg (Joyal Bldg) cashier's office with your payment before the first day of class. If you are using a checking account, you can also register and pay ON LINE through Continuing and Global Education. If you are using a credit card, you can pay on line but are assessed a 2.9% fee. If, however, you pay with a credit card in person at the university cashier's office, you do not have to pay the fee.

Contact Dr. Schweizer if you do not have a student account yet or you cannot access it.

Downtown program students MUST be employed by a governmental agency at any level (federal/state/local, etc.)

Spouses of government employees and persons recently laid off from area government agencies due to budget cutbacks are eligible for the program on a "space available" basis.

UNIVERSITY POLICIES ARE APPLICABLE TO ALL STUDENTS AND/OR FACULTY

Honor Code
Policy on Cheating and Plagiarism
Above documenst must be reviewed by all students enrolled in CSU Fresno courses

COURSE SCHEDULE FOR 2013-2014
WEEKDAY CLASSES ARE HELD IN THE TRAINING ROOM
AT THE
FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

2200 FRESNO STREET, FRESNO.

SOME SATURDAY CLASSES ARE HELD AT THE CLOVIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
Read the information posted for each course.

click here for directions

ALL downtown program courses have been reformulated with greater emphasis on web based course material enabling students with work conflicts to complete the course without having to attend all eight weekday evenings and two Saturdays of class.

All students must have a functional computer and internet access.

The course schedule below already reflects this change and meeting dates for courses are listed when feasible.

MULTIMODE AND ON-LINE DOWNTOWN PROGRAM COURSE SCHEDULE

COURSES NOT PRIMARILY ON LINE HAVE FOUR SCHEDULED WEEKDAY EVENING MEETINGS (1800-2230)

AND TWO SATURDAY DAY (0800-1500) MEETINGS FOR EACH CLASS. Actual class time may be less depending on the number of breaks given by the instructor. Some Saturday classes meet at the Clovis Police Department as indicated below.

ONE CLASS HAS WEEKDAY EVENING MEETINGS ON MONDAYS AND THE OTHER ON WEDNESDAYS AS INDICATED.

TOTALLY ON LINE CLASSES REQUIRE TWO CLASSROOM ORIENTATION MEETINGS AS INDICATED

Students register for any of these courses on line through Cont. and Global Education at

after they contact and receive a permission number from Dr. Schweizer. Students can also register using a hard copy registration form turned in to their instructor on the first day of class but the instructor is not permitted to accept payment. Students receiving financial aid must register for all four fall courses at one time using a hard copy form. Such students cannot register on line.

REGISTRATION FORMS FOR CRIM 180 and ANTH 105W CAN BE FILLED OUT ON YOUR COMPUTER AND PRINTED OUT. SOME WILL BE AVAILABLE THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS.

STANDARD HARD COPY REGISTRATION FORMS: (Payment can be made by check and the form turned into Continuing Ed, or payment can be made by credit card at the Administration Bldg Cashier's office and form turned in separately to Continuing Ed. or through Dr. Schweizer in class. If payment/registration is submitted after the first day of class, a $10 late fee applies for each course registered for.

Current and new students can register on line at:

http://www.fresnostate.edu/cge/registration/howtoregister.html

Click here for the manual registration form for Apr/May courses in Spring 2013. Sign and turn in the completed form to Continuing Ed or Dr. Schweizer before classes begin. The form can also be given to Dr. Schweizer the first day of class in February. If you are paying by check the first day of class, you will be provided a hard copy form the day of class.

 

Apr/May 2013

Crim 180 Internship (#36843) coordinated by Dr. SCHWEIZER.
1 April-20 May: Class meetings at the Fresno County Sheriff's Office are on Wednesdays 3 April & 15 May from 1800-2200. There is also one Saturday meeting from 0900-1200 on 27 April at the Science II Building of the Fresno State Campus. That meeting will be followed by a reception with food/refreshments.

Other class meetings may be scheduled if a need exists.
Students with professional CJ experience do not need an internship placement, but must complete specified written assignments and give class presentations on their professional experience according to specific guidelines. Students without CJ experience will be given assistance in finding a suitable CJ agency for 120 internship hours. The actual internship hours can extend into summer if necessary.

Anthr 105W (#36833) Upper division GE multicultural/international. Taught by Dr. Lisa Anderson (lianderson@csufresno.edu)
*Also satisfies the university's upper division writing requirement.

Students must also obtain the following:

Course Specific Writing Practice Access by ETS Criterion (This is a required access code that must be purchased at the university bookstore as all papers must be uploaded to this program for the course.)


Gangsters Without Borders: An Ethnography of a Salvadoran Street Gang (Issues of Globalization: Case Studies in Contemporary Anthropology) T.W. Ward.  Oxford University Press.  2012.  ISBN-10: 019985906X

This course is scheduled to be an on-line course, with an in class orientation at the beginning of the class and a final in class meeting at the end of the course.

The two meeting dates are Wed April 3 and Wed 15 May and will overlap with the internship class meeting.

Aug/Sep 2013

Crim 102 Criminal Justice Organization and Administration
(7 August-25 September) taught by Dr. K.J. Ryan (kjryan@csufresno.edu)

Meets Wednesday evenings and during the day on the following Saturdays: 17 Aug and 21 Sep

Crim 001 Success in Crim (7 Aug-25 Sep) taught by Dr. E. Hughes (emhughes@csufresno.edu)
Meets on two Saturdays. The first meeting is on 24 August. The second Saturday is tentatively scheduled for 21 September.
No text required.

Crim 100 Criminology (Theory) taught by Dr. G. Kikuchi (gkikuchi@csufresno.edu)

This course is fully on line except for a face to face meeting at the beginning and end of the course. 1800-1900 Monday 5 August; Monday 30 September.

Oct/Nov 2013

Geog 115 Violent Weather, Sec# (Integration B Upper Division GE) taught by Dr. OMOLAYO

Required Textbook for Geography 115 (Violent Weather & Climatic Hazards)

C. Donald Ahrens and Perry Samson, “Extreme Weather & Climate, Brooks/Cole CENGAGE Learning, ISBN-13: 978-0-495-11857-2

Crim 109 Comparative Systems of CJ, taught by Dr. H.O. Schweizer
Meets on Wednesdays and two Saturdays

Feb/March 2014

Crim 112 Professionalism in Criminal Justice

Crim 170 Research Methods

April/May 2014

LING 115 Language, Culture and Society (Upper Division GE Course, area IC)

CRIM 117-Criminal Legal Process

Aug/Sep 2014

Crim 174 Ethnic and Gender Issues, Course #78256 taught by Dr. Muscat (bmuscat@csufresno.edu)

TEXT: Shusta, R.M., Levine, D.R., Wong, H.Z., Olson, A.T.  & Harris, P.R. (2011).  Multicultural law enforcement: Strategies for peacekeeping in a diverse society. (5th ed.).  Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.

While the course is on line, the re are two required class meetings. One at the beginning and the other at the end of the course.

http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~haralds/downtowndirections.htm

Remaining instruction is on line. Computer literacy and ability to use Internet based instructional services (Blackboard) is required

Crim 113 Forensics in C.J. Course #78255, taught by D. Heredia, the director of the California DOJ crime lab in Fresno.

Meeting dates on Mondays and two Saturdays

Oct/Nov 2014
SS110 (California History) Course #78972 Upper division GE COURSE in area ID taught by Armando Gomez (agomez@csufresno.edu)

Computer literacy and ability to use Internet based instructional services (Blackboard) is required

Crim 127 Advanced Crim Legal Process, Course #78303 taught by Dr. Kissner

Feb/March 2015

a. CRIM 160T Essentials of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (#36836) , taught by Dr. Clement (kclement@csufresno.edu) This course is on line except for two meetings on February 4 & March 25 (Both on a Monday at the Fresno County Sheriff's Office)

b. CRIM 160T Desistance (#36659) taught by Dr. Hughes (emhughes@csufresno.edu).

This Class meets Wednesdays on Feb 6, 13, 20; Mar 20 and

Saturdays on Mar 2 and Mar 16 at the Clovis Police Department.

Students will need the following two books:

Irwin, J. (2009) Lifers: Seeking Redemption in Prison. New York: Routledge.
Maruna, S.  (2001) Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.