| FIRST YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| ENG-119 | Composition I Pathway * ORENG-119 Students 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.
Composition I Pathway Course Outline | ||
| ENG-120 | Composition I ENG-120 Students develop a writing process by reading and analyzing texts that illustrate various rhetorical strategies as well as writing, revising and editing short essays. Minimally, students must compose four formal, revised writing assignments, having one reach at least 1,250 words.
Composition I Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| MAT-115 | General Education Pathway ORMAT-115 Survey of mathematical topics including set theory, consumer/financial math, measurement and statistics. Problem-solving projects involving detailed written solutions required. Calculators and computers will be used. Intended for students that don't assess directly into MAT-116. Includes supplemental instruction lab.
General Education Pathway Course Outline | ||
| MAT-116 | General Education Math MAT-116 Survey of mathematical topics with emphasis on solutions to real-life problems. Topics will include set theory, consumer/financial math, measurement, and statistics. Problem-solving projects involving detailed written solutions will be required. Calculators and computers will be used.
General Education Math Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology PSY-271 Focuses on psychology as a science, presenting 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.
Intr/Psychology Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| POS-162 | State/Local Govern POS-162 Focuses on legal authority, structure, leadership and functions of state, county, city, township and special district governments. The Illinois State Constitution is analyzed.
State/Local Govern Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| CJS-150 | Intro/Criminal Justice CJS-150 Focuses on an overview of the justice system with emphasis on the total system of police, courts, and corrections.
Intro/Criminal Justice Course Outline | 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| ENG-121 | Composition II ENG-121 Students will learn how to find, use, assess and document research sources, producing an extended writing project based primarily on library research.
Composition II Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| PSY-273 | Abnormal Psychology PSY-273 Takes an integrative approach to psychopathology. Areas of study include research methods; clinical assessment and diagnosis; descriptions, causes and treatments of the major psychological disorders; and legal and ethical issues in abnormal psychology.
Abnormal Psychology Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| CJS-152 | Criminal Investigation I CJS-152 Focuses 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.
Criminal Investigation I Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| CJS-156 | Criminal Law CJS-156 A 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.
Criminal Law Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| --- --- | IAI Life Science --- ---
IAI Life Science | 4.0 | |
Semester Totals |
16.0 | ||
| SECOND YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| COM-111 | Intro to Speech Communication COM-111 Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selecting, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence and points of view to audiences.
Intro to Speech Communication Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| --- --- | IAI Physical Science --- ---
IAI Physical Science | 3.0 | |
| --- --- | IAI Humanities --- ---
IAI Humanities | 3.0 | |
| CJS-166 | Corrections CJS-166 Enables the student to develop an understanding of the current problems in correctional institutions. Sentencing trends, alternatives to incarceration, inmate life of population and their effects on the system will be examined.
Corrections Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| CJS-160 | Criminal Evidence and Procedure CJS-160 Focuses on the application of Constitutional law. Procedural responsibilities of the police as they apply to the constitutional rights of the individual will be emphasized.
Criminal Evidence and Procedure Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| CJS-200 | Liability in Criminal Justice CJS-200 This course explores civil and criminal liability within the criminal justice system. Areas prone to liability are examined, and best practices that minimize those liabilities are discussed.
Liability in Criminal Justice Course Outline | 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
18.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| CJS-158 | Juvenile Justice CJS-158 This course is designed 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.
Juvenile Justice Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| --- --- | IAI Fine Arts --- ---
IAI Fine Arts | 3.0 | |
| --- --- | IAI Social/Behavioral Science --- ---
IAI Social/Behavioral Science | 3.0 | |
| --- --- | IAI Humanities --- ---
IAI Humanities | 3.0 | |
| CJS-250 | Criminology CJS-250 This course analyzes criminological theories. Crime in relation to physical and psychological factors, to cultural areas, to the family and to other social institutions will be examined. Consideration is given to professional crime and white-collar crime.
Criminology Course Outline | 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | ||
Total Program Hours | 64.0 | ||