Criminal Justice
Certification Classes Prepare You For a Criminal Justice Career!
Associate in Specialized Business Degree
21 months (day program); 24 months (evening program)
Criminal Justice Training Program:
With its focus on providing students with solid education classes and hands-on training, the Criminal Justice Associate in Specialized Business degree program will provide students with both the theory as well as the application of skills necessary to qualify for entry level positions in various criminal justice professions.
Externship Options:
CJ255 Externship and Seminar (Option 1) 10/300 (Total Program Credits 110)
CJ256 Police Academy Externship (Option 2) 15/450 (Total Program Credits 115)
Utilizing the classroom setting and a "hands-on" approach, students will practice various skills such as conducting a criminal investigation; to include, processing a crime scene, collecting and preserving evidence; interview and interrogation techniques; writing police reports and testifying in criminal court.
Criminal Justice Degree Program Objectives:
Graduate of the Criminal Justice degree training program will develop entry-level skills for careers in criminal justice positions that include, but are not limited to the following:
- Police Officers
- Deputy Sheriffs
- Correctional Officers
- Security Guards
- Private Investigators
- Police, Fire and EMS Dispatchers
- Wildlife Conservation Officers
- Human Services Workers
The Criminal Justice education program is designed for and relevant to today's law enforcement and security professions. Course work and hands-on classes will cover the following subject areas:
- Intro to Criminal Justice
- Criminology
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedures and Evidence
- Intro to Policing
- Criminal Court Procedures
- Criminal Report Writing
- Constitutional Law
- Criminal Investigations
- Terrorism
- Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
- Intro to Corrections
- Rehabilitation/Victimology
- Crime Scene Investigation
- Criminological Perspective on Drugs
- Understanding Gangs
- Women’s Studies in Crime
- Security Management