Why do you want to pursue a graduate degree in your chosen field of study ( Masters in Computer Science) and why do you want to pursue a graduate degree at clemson university
Research Paper and PowerPoint Presentation: The goal of the Research Paper and PowerPoint Presentation is to academically research two special needs topics. Students will start by finding a facility within their county that handles offenders in a manner deemed to be an offender treatment facility and evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment, including a comparison of theory and practical information. If the treatment facility is located in a correctional setting, then the treatment must be deemed as an actual treatment facility and not just a custodial facility. Students will conduct research on any two special needs topics. The Research Paper will be more cohesive if students match the special needs topics to their chosen facility. Each student’s interview must be synthesized into their research paper and compared and contrasted with the research. The interview should not be just a copy of the questions and the answers of their interview but rather a summary of the highlights of their interview.
Research Paper will include:
A. Researching Two Topics
For the purpose of this Research Paper, each student will be an investigator. You will identify two areas of interest for the research from the special needs list below. Each special need is to be completely researched.
Special Needs List
Substance abuse and Juvenile Offender
B. Summarizing the Highlights of a Treatment Facility Interview
Look at the treatment facility from the view of a researcher/investigator. Interview specifics:
State the name and title of the administrator or leader you interviewed.
State the name and location of the facility.
Provide information on the program as to who the program serves, including the ages of offenders, nature of the offenses that persons in their program serve, types of treatments provided at their program, and length of time their program has treated offenders.
If the program uses a formal evaluation process, describe it in detail and include what process the offender and personnel in the facility must complete. This is an important part of your rubric evaluation, so ask follow-up questions.
Explain details about how the program is funded and include if the program is grant funded or funded by the county or state.
This should be a summary or highlight of the interview but not the actual interview questions and answers.
C. Research Paper Information
The length will be dictated by the topic, and should be a minimum of 2500 words, not including the cover page and reference page.
The Research Paper must include a detailed synthesis of your interview findings and your research of your two topics.
The Research Paper must be in APA format and include the following: cover page, abstract, discussion, conclusion, and references.
Once students have completed the Research Paper, they must develop a PowerPoint Presentation of 10-20 slides based on the Research Paper findings. They should create the presentation as if they intended to present it to the class and the faculty.
Under each slide, there is a “notes section.” Students are to type a lecture as if they are presenting it to the class in the “notes section.” This will allow students to observe the PowerPoint slide and read the lecture. When the presentation is complete, someone not familiar with the topic should be able to give the presentation based on the notes.
The PowerPoint Presentation must include examples of the two topics you chose from the offender special needs list, situations and/or problems that face a criminal justice professional, real situations that have occurred, solutions or remedies that are in place, and what a criminal justice manager should be aware of in dealing with similar issues.
Project Deliverable 3: Database and Programming Design
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This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a design document and a revised Gantt chart or project plan. You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment for which it is written. Additionally, you may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
One (1) of the main functions of any business is to transform data into information. The use of relational databases has gained recognition as a standard for organizations and business transactions. A quality database design makes the flow of data seamless. The database schema is the foundation of the relational database. The schema defines the tables, fields, relationships, views, indexes, and other elements. The schema should be created by envisioning the business, processes, and workflow of the company.
Section 1: Design Document
1. Write a five to ten (5-10) page design document in which you:
a. Create a database schema that supports the company’s business and processes.
b. Explain and support the database schema with relevant arguments that support the rationale for the structure. Note: The minimum requirement for the schema should entail the tables, fields, relationships, views, and indexes.
c. Create database tables with appropriate field-naming conventions. Then, identify primary keys and foreign keys, and explain how referential integrity will be achieved.
d. Normalize the database tables to third normal form (3NF).
e. Create an Entity-Relationship (E-R) Diagram through the use of graphical tools in Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia. Note:The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length but must be included in the design document appendix.
f. Explain your rationale behind the design of your E-R Diagram.
g. Create a Data Flow Diagram (DFD) through the use of graphical tools in Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length but must be included in the design document appendix.
h. Explain your rationale behind the design of your DFD.
i. Create at least two (2) sample queries that will support the organizational reporting needs.
j. Create at least two (2) screen layouts that illustrate the interface that organizational users will utilize.
Project 7 – Organization Security Plan
Choose an organization from the choices provided and prepare a security plan that provides security awareness policy using a security policy framework outline and according the Critical Infrastructure document which concentrates on the following integral keywords to cover the necessary elements of an organization security plan. These are: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. The plan is a capstone of the work that you have accomplished in this course. You will use your outline to guide the outcome of the plan in addition to the keywords. The plan is an enterprise policy that includes the following considerations, analysis approach, and protections for the enterprise:
· Identify threats and vulnerabilities.
· Assign appropriate security controls to protect the infrastructure of the organization.
· Prepare vulnerability scans and effective risk management protocols to ensure protections remain current and effective and detect any issues.
· Initiate an incident response plan for responding to problems.
· Develop a business continuity and disaster recovery plan to recover from interruptions in business whether manmade or geographical.
This plan must be completed and submitted in MS Word format. Choose from one of the organizations below or request approval from your instructor via email for an alternate organization:
· Department of Defense
· Department of Homeland Security
· General Dynamics Information Technology
· JC Penney’s Corporate Office
· University of Maryland
· ITT Technical Institute
· United States Marine Corp
Topic: Flywheel and Doom Loop
Think of two organization or units you have observed: one that followed the Flywheel principle, and the other that fell into the Doom Loop. What caused the difference between the two? If you do not have this life experience, you will need to interview a leader, explain the concepts, and report the answers. What does your contrast teach about why so many organizations fall into the Doom Loop rather than build momentum over the long term in the Flywheel? How is this important to public safety organizations?
Research Study Proposal
In this course, you have demonstrated your knowledge of key concepts by completing a research proposal, which is your Final Project for the course. You have worked step-by-step on various elements of the project throughout the course. This week, you will complete two final pieces of the proposal and then combine all of these elements and submit your completed research study proposal.
To prepare for this Application:
Review the results and feedback from your Application assignments in Weeks 1, 2, 7, 9, and 10.
Review the Final Project Description handout in the Week 1 Learning Resources.
The assignment:
Submit by Day 7 your research study proposal according to the guidelines outlined in the Final Project Description handout.
Your completed proposal should include each of the following elements you completed in previous weeks:
Introduction, problem statement, and purpose of the study (Week 1)
Review of literature (Week 9)
Research questions (Week 2)
Theoretical framework (Week 7)
Procedure, including design (Week 2) and sampling strategy (Week 10)
In addition, your final proposal should include two elements that you will create this week:
Abstract. Write a brief summary/description of your final research proposal.
Social change implications. In 2 or 3 paragraphs, explain the possible implications that the results of your study may have on researchers, practitioners, and social change. See the Final Project Description handout for further information.
Market Structure
For your Final Paper, you are to write about the Six Sigma process improvement model used by most Six Sigma organizations: DMAIC – for Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control. Specifically, your paper should answer the following questions and include the completed tasks:
Describe the Six Sigma process.
Explain each of the five steps of a Six Sigma project.
Identify an organization that has successfully utilized the Six Sigma process and explain the purpose of the project, the outcome of the project, and the major accomplishments or milestones associated with each of the five steps.
Describe a past or present project that implemented the Six Sigma process.
Discuss at least two new techniques, tools, or methods you learned in doing this research that you think could have been applied to a past or present project.
Provide an original and substantive response to the questions posed in your Journal in a minimum of 200 words.
You read about how evidence is the heart of the audit. Auditors base their opinions on the quality of evidence to confirm what the client states to be true. If evidence was weak or incomplete, it is hard for auditors to gain assurance on the client’s claims. Suppose a lot of your client’s paper documentation from early in the fiscal year was destroyed in a fire.
What measures would you take to gather evidence from that time?
Would you just give them a “pass” from that time period and audit the rest of the year instead? Why or why not?
Would you ask the client to reproduce the data in some way?
Application of the Baldrige Core Values is an important feature of this course and the process of strategy development and implementation.
In a brief (approximately one page) APA formatted essay, you will discuss the following:
Which Baldrige Core values did you observe being presented in the readings and resources for the Unit?
Which Baldrige Core values have you observed in action in your group work this week?
This paper should be an interpretive sociological analysis of the book Ishmael. It should be more
than a book report and should be written in a scholarly manner. You should include some of the
things you have learned in sociology, particularly theoretical orientations and concepts. For
example, you should be able to apply some sociological theory to the ideas Daniel Quinn uses in
the book. Discuss the Takers and Leavers in terms of conflict theory, structural functionalism,
symbolic interactionism, etc. Who are the Takers and Leavers? What is meant by the term
Mother Culture? How does it operate? Who is Ishmael? What is he trying to teach and why?
Pick out a portion of the text in Ishmael and expand on it. There is symbolism in the book that
can be tied to notions such as: stratification in terms of class, race, or gender; the sociology of
religion; political sociology; economics; organizations; philosophy; social movements and
collective behavior; or any topic of your choice. The possibilities are wide open and are limited
only by your imagination (within reason, of course).
Relate these ideas to various types of societies — hunter-gatherers, agrarian societies, industrial societies, or post-industrial societies.
But don’t rely on long, extensive quotes as the essence of the paper. Tell me what you’ve
learned from reading the book.