| 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 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.
| 3.0 |
| MAT-115 | General Education Pathway ORMAT-115Survey 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.
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| MAT-116 | General Education Math MAT-116Survey 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.
| 3.0 |
| PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology PSY-271Focuses 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.
| 3.0 |
| POS-162 | State/Local Govern POS-162Focuses on legal authority, structure, leadership and functions of state, county, city, township and special district governments. The Illinois state constitution is analyzed.
| 3.0 |
| CJS-150 | Intro/Criminal Justice CJS-150Focuses on an overview of the justice system with emphasis on the total system of police, courts, and corrections.
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | |
| 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 |
| PSY-273 | Abnormal Psychology PSY-273Takes 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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| --- --- | IAI Life Science --- ---
| 4.0 |
Semester Totals |
16.0 | |
| SECOND YEAR | ||
| First Semester | Hours | |
| COM-111 | Intro to Speech Communication COM-111Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selecting, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence and points of view to audiences.
| 3.0 |
| --- --- | IAI Physical Science --- ---
| 3.0 |
| --- --- | IAI Humanities --- ---
| 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 |
| CJS-160 | Criminal Evidence and 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 |
| CJS-200 | Liability in Criminal Justice CJS-200This 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.
| 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 |
| --- --- | IAI Fine Art --- ---
| 3.0 |
| --- --- | IAI Social and Behavioral Science --- ---
| 3.0 |
| --- --- | IAI Humanities --- ---
| 3.0 |
| CJS-250 | Criminology CJS-250This 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.
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | |
Total Program Hours | 64.0 |