Criminal Justice, A.A.S.
The curriculum is designed to provide a broad foundation that will prepare students to enter any of the varied fields in criminal justice or to prepare for professional advancement. Job opportunities for students include local, state, and federal enforcement officers, police officers, private or government investigators, adult/juvenile correction officers, probation/parole officers and counselors, security directors (managers), loss prevention directors, classification managers, and personnel clearance administrators. Most of the ADJ courses in this curriculum are “core courses” that provide a basic entry-level foundation in both criminal justice and security administration. These courses mu
Courses
- ADJ 100 — Survey of Criminal Justice
- ADJ 105 — The Juvenile Justice System
- ADJ 133 — Ethics & The Criminal Justice Prof.
- ADJ 140 — Introduction to Corrections
- ADJ 164 — Case Studies in Murder/Violent Crimes
- ADJ 201 — Criminology
- ADJ 211 — Crim Law, Evidence And Procedures I
- ADJ 212 — Crim Law, Evidence And Procedures II
- ADJ 216 — Organized Crime And Corruption
- ADJ 229 — Community Policing in Modern Society
- ADJ 234 — Terrorism And Counter-Terrorism
- ADJ 236 — Principles of Criminal Investigation
- ADJ 248 — Probation, Parole, And Treatment
- CST 100 — Principles of Public Speaking
- CST 110 — Introduction to Human Communication
- ENG 111 — College Composition I
- ITE 152 — Introduction to Digital and Information Literacy and Computer Applications
- MTH 154 — Quantitative Reasoning
- MTH 155 — Statistical Reasoning
- SDV 100 — College Success Skills
- SDV 101 — Orientation to: