FIRST YEAR | ||
First Semester | Hours | |
ENG-119 | Composition I Pathway * ORENG-119Students will study the writing process by reading essays illustrating a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing texts, and writing, revising, and editing short essays. Course is for students who have assessed into developmental English, receiving supplemental instruction for course completion.
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ENG-120 | Composition I *ENG-120Students will study the writing process by reading essays that illustrate a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing writing tasks and texts, and writing, revising, and editing short essays.
| 3.0 |
CJS-150 | Intro/Criminal Just CJS-150Focuses on an overview of the justice system with emphasis on the total system of police, courts, and corrections.
| 3.0 |
BIO-130 | Environmental Science ORBIO-130This course examines the principles that govern natural environments and human interconnections to them. Some topics include resource use, pollution, sustainability, energy, water, food, ecology, evolution, climate change, and population. Laboratory exercises include outdoor field studies and indoor hands-on exercises.
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BIO-100 | Bio Science I BIO-100This course provides an introduction to the fundamental processes and structures common to all living things along with their applications to society.
| 4.0 |
CIS-160 | Practical Software Application CIS-160Provides an opportunity for students to learn computer concepts and to use word processing, spreadsheet, database management, and presentation software. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 3.0 |
SOC-282 | Social Problems ORSOC-282An issue oriented course. Among the issues covered are how sociologists view social problems, the changing family, poverty, race and ethnic relations, aging, crime and criminal justice, human sexual behavior, problems of physical and mental illness, urban problems, and other areas based upon student interests.
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SOC-280 | Introduction to Sociology SOC-280Study of human interaction focusing on social influences shaping personality, structure and dynamics of human society. Topics include: sociological perspective, culture, society, social interaction; social change in global perspective; socialization; families; social class; and social stratification; race and ethnicity; and deviance.
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
16.0 | |
Second Semester | ||
ENG-121 | Composition II *ENG-121Students will learn how to find, use, assess and document research sources, producing an extended writing project based primarily on library research.
| 3.0 |
CJS-152 | Criminal Investigation I CJS-152Focuses on the fundamentals of investigation, crime scene applications, and investigative techniques and procedures. Upon completion of this course, the student will understand the theory and practicality of investigation from crime scene to courtroom.
| 3.0 |
--- --- | Physical and Life Sciences (IAI P) --- ---
| 3.0 |
CJS-156 | Criminal Law CJS-156A study of the concept of social order, examining criminal law. Crime is defined and examined as is criminal responsibility, mental state, physical act and other fundamental legal doctrines.
| 3.0 |
--- --- | Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H) --- ---
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
15.0 |
SECOND YEAR | ||
First Semester | Hours | |
SPE-111 | Intro to Speech Communication SPE-111Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selection, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence, and points of view to audiences.
| 3.0 |
CJS-166 | Corrections CJS-166Enables the student to develop an understanding of the current problems in correctional institutions. Sentencing trends, alternatives to incarceration, inmate life of population, and their effect on the system will be examined.
| 3.0 |
--- --- | Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI F) --- ---
| 3.0 |
--- --- | Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S --- ---
| 3.0 |
CJS-160 | Criminal Evidence & Procedure *CJS-160Focuses on the application of Constitutional law. Procedural responsibilities of the police as they apply to the constitutional rights of the individual will be emphasized.
| 3.0 |
--- --- | Mathematics (IAI M) *--- ---
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals | 18.0 | |
Second Semester | ||
CJS-158 | Juvenile Justice CJS-158Designed to familiarize the student with development and trends in the juvenile justice system. It includes delinquency prevention, causation of juvenile crime, and treatment and control of the juvenile delinquent.
| 3.0 |
--- --- | Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S) --- ---
| 3.0 |
--- --- | Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H or IAI F) --- ---
| 3.0 |
HED-178 | Responding to Emergencies HED-178The purpose of the American Red Cross Responding to Emergency course is to provide the citizen responder with the knowledge and skills necessary in an emergency to help sustain life.
| 2.0 |
PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology PSY-271Focuses on psychology as a science, introducing Concepts, research methods and research in a variety of subfields, including neuroscience, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning and memory, cognition, motivation and emotion, development, personality, disorders and therapy, and social psychology.
| 3.0 |
--- --- | Elective ^^--- ---
| 1.0 |
Semester Totals |
15.0 |
Total Program Hours | 64.0 |