Course Information
Course title: Cultural Diversity - The Hispanic Community
Course number: CD1007
Course description: This course is designed to provide the student with an overview of Hispanic cultural diversity issues.
Prerequisite(s): Students below the rank of sergeant must be enrolled by a supervisor.

Course Requirements
Introduction: This course is comprised of two training modules. The modules are composed of several sections (classes).  Students who complete this course will earn 2 hours of cultural diversity in-service training credit.

Requirements: Students must read the material contained in the training modules. After the student has read the material in the modules, he must take the module quiz. In order to successfully complete the module quiz, the student must score 70%. The student will be given two opportunities to successfully complete the quiz. At the director's discretion, a third opportunity may be granted upon the request of the student's chief, sheriff or agency administrator.

Module 1
Lesson: Cultural Diversity - The Hispanic Community
Objectives or Goals: The objective of this course is to provide a review of common terminology used in the study of cultural diversity.

The 
Cultural Diversity - The Hispanic Community class will provide an overview of demographic and cultural issues pertaining to the Hispanic community in the United States.

The
Hispanic Cultural Bias class will examine the social and behavioral tendencies of the Hispanic community.

Topics:
  1. (+) Cultural Diversity - The Hispanic Community


  2. (+) Hispanic Cultural Bias

Module 2
Lesson: Net Detective
Objectives or Goals: The Net Detective module is a guided, self-directed learning tool consisting of information that is available on the world wide web.  The objective is to permit students to actively build their knowledge and understanding of the topics covered in this course material.

As students investigate each location, they will be given an assignment to complete.  The assignments will vary depending on the nature of the course.  For instance, students may be required to complete a site use tutorial so that they will know how to retrieve information for future reference, read a blog post that exposes them to a different viewpoint on a topic, explore how other criminal justice agencies have addressed a problem or simply build upon the informational foundation they received in this course.

The cultural diversity Net Detective module will examine the prevalence and characteristics of Hispanic gangs on the East Coast and domestic violence issues in the Hispanic community.

Topics:
  1. (+) Net Detective - CD


  2. Net Detective Forum