NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

 

Course title: Police Management and Supervision

Course prefix, number, and section number: CJSA2302 0380

Semester/Year of course: Fall 2025

Semester start and end dates: August 25, 2025 – October 17, 2025

Modality (Face to face/Synchronous or Asynchronous online/Hybrid): Online

Class meeting location, days, and times: Online

Lab meeting location, days, and times: None

Semester credit hours: 3

Course description: Techniques and theories regarding dealing with people, their performance, and problems to better understand the many facets of Police Supervision, including how to become Police Supervisors. Topics will include, but not be limited to basic supervision, leadership, time management, first-line supervision, and management by objectives. 

Course prerequisites: None

Required course materials: Supervision of Police Personnel, Tenth Edition, Pearson Publishing ISBN: 978-0135186237

 

Name of instructor: Diane Patterson

Office location: 2107 Gainesville Campus

Telephone number: (940) 668-3313

E-mail address: dpatterson@nctc.edu

 

Office hours for students:

Monday, Wednesday-Thursday 10am-2pm on Gainesville Campus office 2107 or WebEx

Tuesday 10am-1045am and 1230pm-2pm Corinth Campus 170

 

SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER

 

The faculty member reserves the right to make changes to this published syllabus if it is in the best interest of the educational development of this class. Any such changes will be announced as soon as possible in person and/or writing.

 

SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS

List of graded assignments:

15  Chapter Quizzes                                                       30%

6    Discussion Forums                                                   20%

1    Extra Credit Quiz (week one)                                1%       

1    Book Report                                                          10%

1    Learning Outcome #1 writing assignment            10%

1    Learning Outcome #2 writing assignment            10%

2    Exams (Midterm & Final)                                       20%

 

Final grade scale: 

A = 90 -100%
B = 80 – 89%

C = 70 – 79%
D = 60 – 69%
F = 0 - 59%

 

SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF
GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.

 

COURSE POLICIES

Academic Integrity Policy: Cheating or collusion is prohibited.  There are no group assignments in this course.  Each student is responsible for their own assignment. If you make the decision to cheat and you are caught cheating, you may or could be dropped from the course and receive an F.  Criminal Justice practitioners are held to a higher standard.

 

Attendance Policy: Attendance is taking by your participation in the discussion forums and completing assignments. If a student does not participate, they will be counted as absent. Simply logging in does not constitute attendance. If a student is absent for 2 consecutive weeks they may be dropped for non-attendance. This means that if a student does not complete an assignment within those 2 consecutive weeks, they may be dropped by the instructor from the course for non-attendance.

 

Withdrawal Policy: A student may withdraw from a course on or after the official date of record. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate and complete a Withdrawal Request Form.

Last day to withdraw from the course with a “W” is September 29, 2025.

 

COLLEGE POLICIES

 

 

ADA STATEMENT

NCTC will adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the Office for Students with Disabilities to arrange appropriate accommodations.  See the OSD Syllabus Addendum.

AI STATEMENT

Absent a clear statement from a course instructor, use of or consultation with generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) or other similar technologies shall be treated analogously to assistance from another person, agency, or entity. In particular, using generative AI tools to substantially complete an assignment or exam is not permitted. Students should acknowledge the use of generative AI (other than incidental use) and default to disclosing such assistance when in doubt.

 

When students use generative AI to replace the rigorous demands of personal engagement with their coursework, it runs counter to the educational mission of the college and undermines the heart of education itself. Artificial Intelligence, large language models, and other such technologies hold promise for deploying knowledge in service to others and accelerating the discovery of new knowledge. However, such technology poses new challenges to pedagogy and to integrity. Within the context of the teaching mission of the college and consistent with the Student Code of Conduct, the authority to define the appropriate use, study, and deployment of these technologies rests with the faculty.

 

Individual course instructors, in coordination with their divisions, set policies regulating the use of generative AI tools in their courses, including allowing or disallowing some or all uses of such tools. Course instructors will set such policies in their course syllabi and clearly communicate such policies to students. Students who are unsure of policies regarding generative AI tools are encouraged to ask their instructors for clarification.

 

Artificial Intelligence Policy:

 

Prohibited

This course assumes that all work submitted by students will be generated by the students themselves, working individually or in groups. Students should not have another person/entity do the writing of any substantive portion of an assignment for them, which includes hiring a person or a company to write assignments and using artificial intelligence tools

 

STUDENT HANDBOOK

Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the Student Handbook.

 

STUDENT SERVICES

NCTC provides a multitude of services and resources to support students.  See the Student Services Syllabus Addendum for a listing of those departments and links to their sites.

 

LIBRARY ADDENDUM

NCTC has brick-and-mortar libraries on the Gainesville, Corinth, Flower Mound, and Bowie campuses that are staffed by credentialed librarians wanting to help you succeed in your college career. All students are welcome at any library.

On campus? Visit our website www.nctc.edu/libraryLinks to an external site..

Off-campus? Our research databases are now available in OneLoginLinks to an external site..

For Virtual Assistance from a librarian, please use https://www.nctc.edu/ask-a-librarianLinks to an external site. or schedule a virtual appointment in Upswing, accessed through OneLoginLinks to an external site.

Please visit www.nctc.edu/libraryLinks to an external site. for the operating hours, phone number, and email of the library nearest you.

 

OSD Addendum

THE OFFICE FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides accommodations for students with disabilities. OSD counselors and advisors also provide strategies for academic success; individual, career, and academic counseling services; referrals to campus and community services; and assistance with admission and registration.

Students with disabilities do not need to disclose their disabilities to college officials if they are not requesting any accommodations.

OSD is federally funded through the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Federal Grant.

NCTC is committed to making its degree and certificate programs accessible to all qualified persons in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA Amendments Act, and The Rehabilitation Act (1973), Section 504.

REQUEST SERVICES

New Students

Accommodations require preparation in advance. Please make your request before the semester begins to ensure complete coverage for the entire semester. You can certainly request accommodations after the semester starts, but please be aware that accommodations are not retroactive. 

Accommodations begin when OSD approves them. In other words, the sooner, the better.

*Documentation is required before any accommodations can be provided. Depending on your diagnosis, this documentation should come from a medical doctor, psychologist, or other licensed or properly credentialed professional.

 

Current Students

Contact the OSD at the beginning of each semester well in advance of registration.

Contact Us

Please reach out to us to schedule an intake or if you have questions or concerns.

Wayne Smith, OSD Manager, kwsmith@nctc.edu, (940) 498-6207

Yvonne Sandmann, OSD Advisor, ysandmann@nctc.edu, (940) 668-3300

https://www.nctc.edu/osdLinks to an external site.

 

QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS

The student should contact the instructor to deal with any questions, concerns, or complaints specific to the class.  If the student and faculty are not able to resolve the issue, the student may contact the chair or coordinator of the division.  If the student remains unsatisfied, the student may proceed to contact the instructional dean.

 

Name of Chair/Coordinator: Teresa Laman

Office location: Corinth Suite 170  Office 172

Telephone number: 940-498-6263 

E-mail address: tlaman@nctc.edu

 

Name of Instructional Dean: Debbie Huffman

Office location: Gainesville CTC 2106

Telephone number: 940-668-3357

E-mail address: dhuffman@nctc.edu