| FIRST YEAR | ||
| First Semester | Hours | |
| 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 |
| COM-200 | Interpersonal Communication COM-200Principles and practices of oral communication emphasizing message formation and delivery, listening, perception, awareness of verbal and non-verbal codes, and managing conflict.
| 3.0 |
| CJS-080 | Introduction to Policing CJS-080This course provides an introduction to the police profession by examining the history of policing, the mental and physical requirements for a police officer, and police operational issues. Consideration is also given to current policing trends.
| 3.0 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| 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 |
| CJS-081 | Police Report Writing CJS-081This course provides an understanding of the fundamental principles of good writing and effective police reporting by developing a practical, basic understanding to the types of reports and forms commonly used in the field of criminal justice.
| 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 |
| --- --- | IAI Mathematics OR--- ---
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| --- --- | IAI Science --- ---
| 3.0 |
| --- --- | Career Elective --- ---
| 2.0 |
Semester Totals |
16.0 | |
| SECOND YEAR | ||
| First Semester | Hours | |
| 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-153 | Police Operations CJS-153This course focuses on the duties and responsibilities of the patrol officer. Topics covered will include routine patrol, traffic enforcement, and officer survival.
| 3.0 |
| CJS-090 | Community Policing CJS-090This course examines the relationship between police and the community and provides information on how to strengthen that relationship. Strategies for effective community policing are examined.
| 3.0 |
| SOC-286 | Racial and Ethnic Groups ORSOC-286An examination of American racial and ethnic diversity with an attempt to understand racial and ethnic relations. The examination is made emphasizing the sociological perspective while including material from the other social sciences.
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| SOC-282 | Social Problems SOC-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.
| 3.0 |
| --- --- | Career Elective --- ---
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals | 15.0 | |
| 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 |
| CJS-091 | Ethics in Criminal Justice CJS-091This course analyzes various aspects of ethics in the criminal justice system, including the police, the court system, and the correctional system.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| --- --- | Career Elective --- ---
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
14.0 | |
Total Program Hours | 60.0 |