The Criminal Justice program prepares you for careers in public safety. Students enrolled in this 21-month (seven-term) program have unique pre-employment qualifications, which may include passing extensive criminal and character background checks, physical requirements, polygraph testing, oral boards, drug screening, and/or other requirements pertinent to current hiring practices.
Students will enter this major at the beginning of the Fall term. The following sequence of courses is based upon a Fall entry.
Recommended Courses:
| Catalog Number |
Course Name | Credits |
| Term I | ||
| CRJ100 | Intro to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CRJ101 | Ethics in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| ENG105 | Composition I | 3 |
| SPC112 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| Total | 12 | |
| Term II | ||
| CRJ103 | Global Crime | 3 |
| ENG106 | Composition II | 3 |
| SOC240 | Criminology | 3 |
| SOC244 | Criminal Procedures | 3 |
| Total | 12 | |
| Term III | ||
| CRJ110 | Patrol Procedures | 3 |
| CRJ141 | Criminal Investigations | 3 |
| PSY111 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| SOC245 | Criminal Law | 3 |
| Total | 12 | |
| Term IV | ||
| CRJ172 | Cyber Investigation | 3 |
| CRJ252 | Basic Firearms * | 1 |
| CRJ254 | Advanced Firearms | 1 |
| CSC105 | Computer Essentials | 1 |
| MAT110 | Math for Liberal Arts | 3 |
| Lab/Science elective | 3 | |
| Total | 12 | |
| Term V | ||
| CRJ106 | Interviewing and Writing Strategies | 3 |
| CRJ242 | Applied Criminalistics | 3 |
| HUM210 | Humanities: Nature of Conflict | 3 |
| PSY241 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| Total | 12 | |
| Term VI | ||
| CRJ265 | Trial Preparation and Court Testimony | 3 |
| FLS120 | Spanish for Professionals: Law Enforcement | 3 |
| POL111 | American National Government | 3 |
| SOC242 | Introduction to Corrections | 3 |
| Total | 12 | |
| Term VII | ||
| CRJ150 | Defensive Tactics | 1 |
| CRJ932 | Criminal Justice Internship * | 7 |
| Total | 8 |
Before completing the two-year curriculum, any student who plans to transfer to a four-year college or university (including Buena Vista University) should substitute the following classes for those marked (*) in Terms IV and VII above. This will meet the general education requirement for most colleges and the student will receive both an Associate of Applied Science and an Associate of Arts degree.
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