Course Discipline and - Gavilan College



GAVILAN cOLLEGE

cURRICULUM dEVELOPMENT

|form C |

|ModifY or InACTIVATE existing course |

|Date: |030410 |Prepared & Submitted by: |Sherrean Carr |

|Department: |CTE |Course Discipline and Number: |JLE 140 |

|1. |What is the effective term? |

| |Fall Spring Summer Academic Year:.2010 |

|2. | Inactivate Course: |

| |Reason for inactivation: |

| |      |

|3. | Modification of the following: (Attach existing course outline, note changes as appropriate. Update Prerequisite/Advisory Form, if |

| |appropriate ) |

| Number | Hours | Prerequisite/Advisory | Discipline |

| Title | Units | Description | Content |

| Grading | GE Applicability | Repeatability | Transferability |

| General Update | Reinstate Course | Cross list course with       |

| Other (please describe.)       |

| |FROM: |JLE 140 |Special Weapons & Tactics (SWAT) |1 |.914 |1.37 |

| | |Discipline & Number |Course Title |Units |Lec |Lab |

| | | | | |Hours per |Hours per |

| | | | | |week |week |

| |TO: |JLE 140 |Special Weapons & Tactics (SWAT) |1-2 |.914-1.82 |1.37-2.74 |

| | |Discipline & Number |Course Title |Units |Lec |Lab |

| | | | | |Hours per |Hours per |

| | | | | |week |week |

|4. |Reason for modification: |

| |POST updates, course legal updates, agencies require flexiblity in hours/units. |

|5. |Will this course be offered via distance education? Yes No |

| |If yes, fill out Form D – Distance Education form. |

|6. |Routing/Recommendation for Approval |

| | |Signatures | | |Approval |

| |Dept. Approval (Chair Sign) | |Date | |Yes ___ |No ___ |

| |Area Dean | |Date | |Yes ___ |No ___ |

| |Curriculum Committee Chair | |Date | |Yes ___ |No ___ |

| |VP of Instruction | |Date | |Yes ___ |No ___ |

| |Superintendent/President For District | | | |Yes ___ |No ___ |

| |Board | | | | | |

| |CCC Chancellor’s Office | | Date | |Yes ___ |No ___ |

| |(if applicable) | | | | | |

GAVILAN COLLEGE

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

|COURSE OUTLINE | |

|DISCIPLINE: |JLE 140 |DEPARTMENT: |CTE |

| |(Discipline and Number) | | |

|COURSE TITLE: |Special Weapons & Tactics (SWAT) |

(Maximum of 60 spaces)

|ABBREVIATED TITLE: |SWAT |

(Maximum of 30 spaces)

|SEMESTER UNITS: 1-2 |LEC HOURS PER WEEK: .914-1.82 |LAB HOURS PER WEEK: 1.37-2.74 |

|Classification: |Non Credit Category: |Occupational Code (SAM): |

|TOP Code: 2133. |LEH Factor:       |FTE Load:       |

CATALOG DESCRIPTION:

This Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) course is designed to provide the student with current tactics and techniques associated with planning, entries, searching, and evacuating in high risk police actions. Topics include tactical movements and entries, hostage situations, tactical assaults, multi-weapon use, sniper tactics, combat tactics, and use of gas masks and other personal protective equipment.

COURSE REQUISITES:

List all prerequisites separated by AND/OR, as needed. Also fill out and submit the Prerequisite/Advisory form.

No Change

Replaces existing Advisory/Prerequisite

In addition to existing Advisory/Prerequisite

Prerequisite:      

Co-requisite:      

Advisory:      

GRADING SYSTEM:

Select only one: No Change

Standard Letter grade

Pass/ No Pass

Option of a standard letter grade or pass/no pass

Non Credit

REPEATABLE FOR CREDIT:

(Note: Course Outline must include additional skills that will be acquired by repeating this course.)

Credit Course Yes No If yes, how many times? 1 2 3

Non Credit Course Yes No If yes, how many times? 1 2 3 Unlimited

(Noncredit only)

STAND ALONE: Yes (Course is NOT included in a degree or certificate program)

No (Course is included in a degree or certificate program)

METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:

Lecture, discussion and demonstration will serve as the medium of instruction. Individual guidance will be provided as required.

RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED TEXT/S:

(The following information must be provided: Author, Title, Publisher, Year of Publication, Reading level and Reading level verification)

Recommended Required N/A

|Author: |Title: |Publisher: |Year of Publication:       |

|      |      |      | |

|ISBN: (if available) |Reading level of text:       grade |Verified by: |

|      | |      |

|Other textbooks or materials to be purchased by the student: |

|     , or other appropriate college level text. |

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Complete this section in a manner that demonstrates student’s use of critical thinking and reasoning skills. These include the ability to formulate and analyze problems and to employ rational processes to achieve increased understanding. Reference Bloom's Taxonomy of action verbs.

2. List the Type of Measures that will be used to measure the student learning outcomes, such as written exam, oral exam, oral report, role playing, project, performance, demonstration, etc

3. Identify which Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO) apply to this course. List them, by number, in order of emphasis. For example: "2, 1" would indicate Cognition and Communication.

(1) Communication, (2) Cognition, (3) Information Competency, (4) Social Interaction, (5) Aesthetic Responsiveness, (6) Personal Development & Responsibility, (7) Content Specific.

4. For GE courses, enter the GE Learning Outcomes for this course. For example "A1, A2". GE Learning Outcomes are listed below.

|1) Student Learning Outcomes |2) Measure |3) Institutional |4) GE Learning Outcome |

| | |Learning Outcome | |

|Develop effective communication skills in combination with arrest and |Measure: Performance , |ILO: 1, 2, 4 |GE-LO:       |

|control techniques that will optimize performance and decision making during|role playing | | |

|high-risk situations. | | | |

|Demonstrate proficiency in breaching an inward opening door, and planning |Measure: Performance |ILO: 3, 4 |GE-LO:       |

|and executing an entry with a door breach. | | | |

|Demonstrate proper technique and skill using the police baton. |Measure: Demonstrate and |ILO: 2, 6 |GE-LO:       |

| |perform | | |

|Demonstrate proficiency with department issued firearms on a range |Measure: Demonstrate and |ILO: 2,3, 7 |GE-LO:       |

|qualification course and classroom exercises |perform | | |

|Demonstrate proper transition from long barrel or high capacity weapons to |Measure: Perfomance, |ILO: 1, 2, 3 |GE-LO:       |

|handgun use. |demonstrate | | |

|Identify and demonstrate proper techniques for a barricaded suspect vs |Measure: Role playing |ILO: 3, 2,1 |GE-LO:       |

|hostage situation. |exercise | | |

|List the benefits and risks of using a "flash-bang. |Measure: written exam |ILO: 3,2 |GE-LO:       |

|Demonstrate and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes presented in this|Measure: Oral exam, |ILO: 3, 2, 1 |GE-LO:       |

|course to a monitored practical exercise simulating an actual special threat|performance exam | | |

|situation. | | | |

|      |Measure:       |ILO:       |GE-LO:       |

|      |Measure:       |ILO:       |GE-LO:       |

GENERAL EDUCATION LEARNING OUTCOMES

AREA A Communications in the English Language

After completing courses in Area A, students will be able to do the following:

1. Receive, analyze, and effectively respond to verbal communication.

2. Formulate, organize and logically present verbal information.

3. Write clear and effective prose using forms, methods, modes and conventions of English grammar that best achieve the writing’s purpose.

4. Advocate effectively for a position using persuasive strategies, argumentative support, and logical reasoning.

5. Employ the methods of research to find information, analyze its content, and appropriately incorporate it into written work.

6. Read college course texts and summarize the information presented.

7. Analyze the ideas presented in college course materials and be able to discuss them or present them in writing.

8. Communicate conclusions based on sound inferences drawn from unambiguous statements of knowledge and belief.

9. Explain and apply elementary inductive and deductive processes, describe formal and informal fallacies of language and thought, and compare effectively matters of fact and issues of judgment and opinion.

AREA B Physical Universe and its Life Forms

After completing courses in Area B, students will be able to do the following:

1. Explain concepts and theories related to physical and biological phenomena.

2. Identify structures of selected living organisms and relate structure to biological function.

3. Recognize and utilize appropriate mathematical techniques to solve both abstract and practical problems.

4. Utilize safe and effectives laboratory techniques to investigate scientific problems.

5. Discuss the use and limitations of the scientific process in the solution of problems.

6. Make critical judgments about the validity of scientific evidence and the applicability of scientific theories.

7. Utilize appropriate technology for scientific and mathematical investigations and recognize the advantages and disadvantages of that technology.

8. Work collaboratively with others on labs, projects, and presentations.

9. Describe the influence of scientific knowledge on the development of world’s civilizations as recorded in the past as well as in present times.

AREA C Arts, Foreign Language, Literature and Philosophy

After completing courses in Area C, students will be able to do the following:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the language and content of one or more artistic forms: visual arts, music, theater, film/television, writing, digital arts.

2. Analyze an artistic work on both its emotional and intellectual levels.

3. Demonstrate awareness of the thinking, practices and unique perspectives offered by a culture or cultures other than one’s own.

4. Recognize the universality of the human experience in its various manifestations across cultures.

5. Express objective and subjective responses to experiences and describe the integrity of emotional and intellectual response.

6. Analyze and explain the interrelationship between self, the creative arts, and the humanities, and be exposed to both non-Western and Western cultures.

7. Contextually describe the contributions and perspectives of women and of ethnic and other minorities.

AREA D Social, Political, and Economic Institutions

After completing courses in Area D, students will be able to do the following:

1. Identify and analyze key concepts and theories about human and/or societal development.

2. Critique generalizations and popular opinion about human behavior and society, distinguishing opinion and values from scientific observation and study.

3. Demonstrate an understanding of the use of research and scientific methodologies in the study of human behavior and societal change.

4. Analyze different cultures and their influence on human development or society, including how issues relate to race, class and gender.

5. Describe and analyze cultural and social organizations, including similarities and differences between various societies.

AREA E Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development

After completing courses in Area E, students will be able to do the following:

1. Demonstrate an awareness of the importance of personal development.

2. Examine the integration of one’s self as a psychological, social, and physiological being.

3. Analyze human behavior, perception, and physiology and their interrelationships including sexuality, nutrition, health, stress, the social and physical environment, and the implications of death and dying.

AREA F Cultural Diversity

After completing courses in Area F, students will be able to do the following:

1. Connect knowledge of self and society to larger cultural contexts.

2. Articulate the differences and similarities between and within cultures.

Content, Student Performance Objectives, and *Out-of-Class Assignments:

|HOURS |*e.g., essays, library research, problems, projects required outside of class on a 2 to 1 basis for Lecture units granted. |

|.5-1 Hours |I. INTRODUCTION – Lecture/Performance |

| | |

| |Students will summarize the definition of SWAT. |

| | |

| |A. Course objectives and Registration |

| |1. Evaluation and qualification of personnel for special weapons/ tactical teams. |

| |3. Understanding of basic SWAT operations, movement and objectives |

| | |

| |B. Definition of SWAT |

| | |

| |C. Mission, History and Development of a SWAT |

| |1. Increase the likelihood of safely resolving critical incidents |

| |2. Definition and examples of a critical incident |

| |3. Several incidents occurred in the United States to help to generate this belief |

| |and reinforce this need. |

| |4. Terrorist attack on World Trade Center Towers and Pentagon (9-11-01) and |

| |NIMS (National Incident Management System) |

| | |

| |D. POST SWAT Guidelines – POST Bulletin No. 2005-11 (handout) |

| | |

| |Homework: reading assignments |

|.5-1 Hours |II. PERFORMANCE OF TEAM MEMBERS |

| | |

| |Students will examine the Safety Guidelines. |

| | |

| |A. Selection and Retention of SWAT Members |

| |1. Selection process must be reasonable, job related and unbiased |

| |2. Minimum requirements are established by agency |

| |3. Criteria includes core skills competency |

| | |

| |B. Core Competency Training and Compliance |

| |1. Basic Course completion |

| |2. Departmental Policy fitness criteria |

| |3. Evaluation of member performance |

| |4. Establish core skills, proficiency levels, and policies for failure to comply |

| |with competency standards. |

| | |

| |C. Training Considerations |

| |1. Importance of ongoing training and the liability connected with the lack of |

| |training. |

| |2. Training allows the SWAT officer to stay abreast of new trends, tactics, |

| |threats, equipment and technology. |

| |3. Training allows SWAT members to “gel” as a team |

| |4. Training Safety – Now and Forever |

| |a. Safety Guidelines Handout |

| |b. Scenario Based Training |

| |c. Realistic |

| |d. Force on Force (Simunitions) |

| |e. Desk Top Exercises |

| |f. Simulators |

| |5. Initial and Recurrent Training Requirements |

| | |

| |D. Evaluate Equipment/New Technologies |

| | |

| |Homework: reading assignment |

|2-4 Hours |III. POLICY ISSUES |

| | |

| |Students will list the escalation of force/ levels of force in a class assignment. |

| | |

| |A. Legal Issues/Civil Liability case studies and examples |

| |1. Cases, Actions and Consequences |

| |2. Liability Avoidance |

| |3. Ethics |

| |4. Activation liabilities |

| | |

| |B. Use of Force |

| |1. SWAT Escalation of Force |

| |2. Decision Making Tools |

| |3. Documentation |

| |4. Importance of correct terminology in operations and documentations |

| | |

| |C. Mutual Aid Procedures |

| |1. Activation Requests |

| |2. Multi-Jurisdictional SWAT Operations |

| |3. Issues with multiple teams |

| | |

| |D. Policies and Procedures Comparison and Overview - Three minimum operational |

| |components |

| |1. Command and Control Element |

| |2. Containment Element |

| |3. Entry/Apprehension/Rescue Element |

| | |

| |E. Specialized Functions and Supporting Resources |

| |1. Mission and tactical contingency planning |

| |2. Warrant service work-ups and planning |

| |3. Training Simulations (scenario-based training) |

| | |

| |Homework: Students will be given department policies to review and study. |

| | |

|2-4 Hours |IV. BASIC SWAT CONCEPTS |

| | |

| |Students will demonstrate the actions of a Team Leader, Point Officer, Cover Officer, Marksman and/or Rear Guard during role |

| |play exercises. |

| | |

| |A. Common SWAT Responses |

| |1. Barricaded Suspects |

| |2. Hostage Situations |

| |3. High Risk Warrant Service |

| |4. High Risk Evacuations |

| |5. Counter-terrorism and responses to WMD related incidents |

| | |

| |B. Incident Command and the Direct Supervision of SWAT |

| |1. Incident Commander |

| |2. SWAT Commander |

| | |

| |C. SWAT Activation Criteria |

| | |

| |D. Team Composition and Duties |

| |1. Team structures and positions vary |

| |2. Team Leader |

| |3. Point Officer |

| |4. Cover Officer |

| |5. Rear Guard |

| |6. Marksman |

| |7. Marksman Spotter |

| |8. Projectile Weapons/Electronic Weapons/Chemical Agent Officer |

| |9. Negotiator |

| |10. Intelligence Officer |

| |11. Media Relations Officer |

| |12. SWAT Medic/EMT |

| |13. Recorder/Transcriber |

| | |

| |Homework: Students will be given reading assingments to study for final exam. |

|2-4 Hours |V. PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS |

| | |

| |Students will discuss Post - Trauma Stress. |

| | |

| |A. Stress Management |

| |1. Preparing for Incidents |

| |2. During Incidents |

| |3. After Incidents and Post-Trauma Stress |

| |B. Mental Conditioning for Confrontation |

| |1. Pre-selection Evaluation |

| |2. Anticipating Situations |

| | |

| |Homework: quiz preparation |

|1 - 2 Hours |VI. PHYSICAL CONSIDERATIONS |

| | |

| |Students will describe the physical training regimens for SWAT members. |

| | |

| |A. Review of Fitness Standards/Personal Training |

| |1. Fitness Test preparedness |

| |2. Annual or semi-annual evaluations |

| |3. Commitment to maintenance of minimum entry requirements |

| | |

| |B. Physical Training for SWAT Members |

| |1. Basic considerations for job performance |

| |2. Training regimens: discussion of techniques and styles |

| | |

| |C. Emergency Medical Procedures |

| |1. First Aid |

| |2. Wound and major injury considerations |

| | |

| |Homework: reading assignment |

|2-4 Hours |VII. INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM EQUIPMENT |

| | |

| |Students will identify weapons and firearms used in the SWAT unit. |

| | |

| |A. Uniformity and Identification |

| |1. Sufficient and Appropriate for Operation |

| |2. Agency Issued/Approved |

| | |

| |B. Individual Equipment Evaluation - uniforms |

| |1. Ballistic vests and blankets |

| |2. Ballistic helmets |

| |3. Special duty uniform |

| |4. Glasses/goggles |

| |5. Footwear |

| |6. Gloves |

| |7. Handgun |

| |8. Other Weapons |

| | |

| |C. Weapons and Firearms Familiarization |

| |1. Specialized Training/Familiarization |

| |2. Monthly Standards and Quarterly Qualifications |

| | |

| |D. Specialized Personal Equipment |

| |1. Not all listed equipment may be an option to each SWAT unit and/or member. |

| |2. Individual department policy will dictate which weapons and equipment team |

| |members will utilize |

| | |

| |E. Accessories |

| |1. They include but are not limited to: |

| |a. Noise-flash diversionary devices |

| |b. Bang poles |

| |c. Low-light vision equipment |

| |d. Mirrors |

| |e. Surveillance equipment |

| |f. Vehicles/armored vehicles |

| |g. Mobile Command Centers |

| |h. SWAT equipment trucks/vans, etc. |

| |i. Audio/Visual |

| |j. Night-vision equipment |

| |k. Surveillance equipment |

| |l. Rappelling equipment |

| |m. Throw-phones |

| |n. Specialized Munitions |

| | |

| |F. Chemical agents and Special Weapons |

| |1. Overview |

| |2. Projectile Weapons |

| |3. Electronic weapons |

| | |

| |G. Team Equipment |

| |1. Breaching Tools |

| |2. Support Equipment and Technology |

| |3. Protective Equipment |

| |4. Hand and Power Tools |

| | |

| |H. Communications Devices |

| | |

| |Homework: Clean firearms, reading assignment, oral presentation preparation |

|4-8 Hours |VIII. OPERATIONAL PLANNING |

| | |

| |The student will complete a written and oral presentation of a Pre-Event Planning and Briefing during a class exercise. |

| | |

| |A. Importance of Planning |

| |1. Pre-Planned vs. Non-Planned Situations |

| |2. Pre-Event Planning and Briefing |

| |3. Contemporaneous Planning/Contingencies |

| | |

| |B. Structured Planning Format |

| |1. Type of Mission |

| |2. Case History |

| |3. Suspect History/Information |

| |4. Location Reconnaissance/Information |

| |5. Intelligence Gathering |

| |6. Risk Assessment |

| |7. Activation Compliance |

| |8. Equipment and Personnel Evaluation |

| |9. Supporting Resources |

| |10. Mission Execution |

| |11. Mission Debriefing |

| | |

| |C. Containment/Perimeter |

| |1. Inner Perimeter |

| |2. Outer Perimeter |

| |3. Arrest/React Team |

| |4. Sniper Teams |

| | |

| |Homework: reading assignment |

|2-4 Hours |IX. SPECIALIZED SWAT FUNCTIONS |

| | |

| |Students will identify crisis negotiation concepts and strategies during class exercises. |

| | |

| |A. Special Units |

| |1. Long Rifle/Observer |

| |2. Canines (SKIDDS) |

| | |

| |B. Crisis Negotiations |

| |1. Negotiation Concepts and Strategies |

| |2. Relationship between SWAT and Negotiations Teams (HNT/CNT) |

| |3. HNT/CNT Equipment |

| | |

| |C. Special Operations |

| |1. Rescue Operations |

| |2. Mobile Assaults |

| |3. Explosive Breaching |

| |4. Airborne support and tactics |

| |5. Response to WMD related incidents |

| | |

| |Homework: written assignment |

|1-2 Hours |X. COMMAND POST OPERATIONS |

| | |

| |Students will list the duties and responsiblities of the incident command post during written assignment. |

| | |

| |A. Incident Command Post |

| |1. Communications, Duties, and Responsibilities |

| |2. Media Relations/ Information Considerations |

| |3. Scribe |

| | |

| |B. Tactical Command Post |

| |1. Communications, Duties, and Responsibilities |

| |2. Scribe |

| |3. Investigations |

| | |

| |Homework: written assignment |

|3-6 Hours |XI INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM MOVEMENT EXERCISES |

| | |

| |Students will demonstrate team movement exercises. |

| | |

| |A. Individual Movement |

| |1. Cover |

| |2. Concealment |

| | |

| |B. Communications |

| |1. Verbal/Radio |

| |2. Overcoming Obstacles |

| |3. Fill Units |

| | |

| |C. Team Movement Exercises |

| |1. Cover and Concealment |

| |2. Communications |

| |3. Overcoming Obstacles |

| |4. Practical Application |

| | |

| |Homework: students will study for practical exam. |

|8-16 Hours |XII BASIC ENTRY AND SEARCH TECHNIQUES |

| | |

| |Students will demonstrate the two-person and three-person entry techniques during role play exercises. |

| | |

| |A. Types of Entries |

| |1. Two-Person Entry |

| |2. Three-Person Entry |

| | |

| |B. Entry Issues |

| |1. 360 Degree Security |

| |2. Dedicated Hallway Cover |

| |3. Fields of Fire |

| |4. Immediate Threat Concepts |

| |5. Communication |

| | |

| |C. Exercises and Practical Application |

| |1. SWAT Arrest and Control |

| |2. Buildings and Structures |

| |3. Mechanical Breaching |

| |4. Open Area Searches |

| |5. Table Top Exercises |

| |6. Reality-Based Exercises available |

| |7. Terrorist/WMD |

| |8. Active Shooters |

| | |

| |D. Rappelling |

| |1. Equipment |

| |2. Practical Application |

| | |

| |Homework: Test preparation |

| | |

|4-8 Hours |XIII INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM FIREARMS |

| | |

| |Students will demonstrate "shooting on the move" techniques. |

| | |

| |A. Overview |

| |1. Range Safety Rules |

| |2. The Attachment: “Range Drills” used during this firearms session |

| | |

| |B. Handguns |

| |1. Inspection and safety check |

| |2. Uses and courses of fire |

| | |

| |C. Shoulder Fired Weapons |

| |1. Rifles |

| |2. Shotguns |

| |3. Sub-machineguns |

| | |

| |D. Shooting on the move |

| |1. Forward |

| |2. Backward |

| |3. Side to Side |

| |4. Tandem Shooting |

| | |

| |E. Weapon Malfunctions and Maintenance |

| | |

| |F. Communication |

| |1. Verbal |

| |2. Non-Verbal |

| | |

| |G. Weapon Accessories |

| |1. Dedicated Lighting Systems |

| |2. Optics |

| |3. Electronic |

| |4. Scopes |

| |5. Sling Systems |

| | |

| |Homework: Clean weapons and test preparation |

|2-4 Hours |XIV CHEMICAL AGENTS IN SWAT OPERATIONS |

| | |

| |Students will don protective equipment from chemical agents. |

| | |

| |A. Overview of Chemical Agents |

| |1. Delivery Systems |

| | |

| |B. Extended Range Impact Weapons (ERIW) |

| |C. Electronic Weapons (Tazer) |

| |D. Protective Equipment (Gas Masks) |

| |H. Practical Application |

| | |

| |Homework: reading assignment |

|2-4 Hours |X. DIVERSIONARY DEVICES |

| | |

| |Students will demonstrate deployment of diversionary devices during scenarios. |

| | |

| |A. Overview of Diversionary Devices |

| |B. Deployment Scenarios |

| | |

| |Homework: reading assignment |

|2-4 Hours |XI. TRAINING SCENARIOS AND PROBLEM SOLVING SIMULATIONS |

| | |

| |Students will demonstrate rescue and hostage situations during class scenarios. |

| | |

| |A. Officer Down Rescue |

| |B. Hostage Situations |

| |C. Tubular Assault |

| |D. Vehicle Assaults |

| | |

| |Homework: Test preparation |

|2-4 Hours |XII. FINAL PRACTICAL |

| |A. Practical Exam |

| | |

| |Student will demonstrate and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes presented in this course to a monitored practical |

| |exercise simulating an actual special threat situation. |

| | |

| |1. Performance expectations: |

| |a. Application of proper use of force |

| |b. Weapon safety/discipline |

| |c. Light and noise discipline |

| |d. Radio discipline |

| |e. Team movement and integrity |

| |f. Use of appropriate tactics |

| |g. Command and control integrity |

| | |

| |B. Written Test (Final) - The student will demonstrate knowledge of basic SWAT principles by taking an objective written |

| |examination. |

| | |

| |C. Course Evaluation. |

METHODS OF EVALUATION:

|CATEGORY 1 - The types of writing assignments required: |

|Percent range of total grade: 15 % to 20 % |

| Written Homework |

| Reading Reports |

| Lab Reports |

| Essay Exams |

| Term or Other Papers |

| Other:       |

|If this is a degree applicable course, but substantial writing assignments are not appropriate, indicate reason: |

| Course is primarily computational |

| Course primarily involves skill demonstration or problem solving |

|CATEGORY 2 -The problem-solving assignments required: |

|Percent range of total grade: 20 % to 30 % |

| Homework Problems |

| Field Work |

| Lab Reports |

| Quizzes |

| Exams |

| Other: |

|CATEGORY 3 -The types of skill demonstrations required: |

|Percent range of total grade: 35 % to 75 % |

| Class Performance/s |

| Field Work |

| Performance Exams |

|CATEGORY 4 - The types of objective examinations used in the course: |

|Percent range of total grade: 15 % to 25 % |

| Multiple Choice |

| True/False |

| Matching Items |

| Completion |

| Other: Skills demonstrations |

|CATEGORY 5 - Any other methods of evaluation: |

|Percent range of total grade:       % to       % |

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