Criminal Justice, AAS
The course work for this two-year program is designed to develop students’ knowledge and skills in the areas of law enforcement, courts and corrections. Areas emphasized include community policing, criminal investigation, routine patrol and criminological theory. Students gain an appreciation of the various parts of the criminal justice system and how they function as a whole. Students may enter this program any term.
Courses
- CJA 101 — Criminology
- CJA 110 — Introduction to Law Enforcement
- CJA 120 — Introduction to Courts
- CJA 122 — Criminal Law
- CJA 130 — Introduction to Corrections
- CJA 200 — Community Policing
- CJA 201 — Juvenile Delinquency
- CJA 203 — Crisis Intervention
- CJA 206 — Trauma Informed Practices
- CJA 209 — Fundamentals of Patrol: Law, Tactics, and Use of Force
- CJA 210 — Criminal Investigations
- CJA 212 — Criminal Investigation III
- CJA 213 — Interview & Interrogation
- CJA 214 — Intimate Partner Violence
- CJA 215 — Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking
- CJA 216 — Implicit Bias and Policing
- CJA 222 — Procedural Law
- CJA 223 — Criminal Justice Ethics
- CJA 250 — Reporting, Recording & Testifying
- CJA 270 — Criminal Justice Capstone
- CJA 280 — Criminal Justice/Corrections/CWE
- FYE 101 — First Year Experience Level I
- GRN 183 — Death and Dying
- HDF 260 — Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect
- HPE 295 — Health & Fitness for Life
- HS 206 — Trauma Informed Practices
- HST 131 — History of Crime & Punishment in Western Civilization
- MTH 098 — College Math Foundations
- PSY 219 — Introduction to Psychological Disorders
- WR 121Z — Composition I
- WR 122Z — Composition II