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Criminal Justice Technology - Diploma (D55180)

Diploma

Fully Online Option Available

Students may be required to take developmental courses in Math and/or English as a result of high school GPA or pre-enrollment placement tests.  Therefore, the student may need more than the minimum number of semester hours listed for graduation. Consult a program advisor for more information.

Fall Semester 1 (7 Credits) - 1st 8 Weeks

course

class

lab

Clinic

work Exp.

credit

ACA 122 College Transfer Success

0

2

0

0

1

CJC 111 Intro to Criminal Justice

3

0

0

0

3

ENG 111 Writing and Inquiry

3

0

0

0

3

Fall Semester 2 (6 Credits) - 2nd 8 Weeks

COURSE

CLASS

LAB

CLINIC

WORK EXP.

CREDIT

CJC 113 Juvenile Justice

3

0

0

0

3

***Major Course Elective

3

0

0

0

3

*** 3 Credits must be selected from the Major Course Electives list at the bottom of the page

Spring Semester 1 (9 Credits) - 1st 8 Weeks

course

class

lab

Clinic

work Exp.

credit

CJC 121 Law Enforcement Operations

3

0

0

0

3

CJC 131 Criminal Law

3

0

0

0

3

CJC 132 Court Procedure & Evidence

3

0

0

0

3

Spring Semester 2 (6 Credits) - 2nd 8 Weeks

course

class

lab

Clinic

work Exp.

credit

CJC 112 Criminology

3

0

0

0

3

CJC 141 Corrections

3

0

0

0

3

Students who successfully complete the courses in the 2 semesters above are eligible for the Foundations of CJC Certificate 

Summer Term (9 Credits)

course

class

lab

Clinic

work Exp.

credit

ENG 112 Writing/Research in the Disc
or
ENG 114 Prof. Research and Reporting

3

0

0

0

3

MAT 110 Math Measurement & Literacy
or
MAT 143 Quantitative Literacy
or
MAT 152 Statistical Methods I

2

or

2

or
3

2

0

0

3

or

3

or
4

**Humanities Elective

3

0

0

0

3

**3 Credits must be selected from the list of Humanities Electives at the bottom of the page

 **Humanities Electives

The following listings for Humanities Electives apply to Associate in Applied Science degree-seeking students. These electives should be carefully selected with the faculty advisor to ensure proper credit. Some programs of study have specific courses that meet the humanities elective requirement. ASL, foreign language, and public speaking courses cannot count as the sole humanities course in an associate in applied science program.

  • ART 111 Art Appreciation

  • ART 114 Art History Survey I

  • ART 115 Art History Survey II

  • DRA 111 Theatre Appreciation

  • DRA 112 Literature of the Theatre

  • DRA 211 Theatre History I

  • ENG 231 American Literature I

  • ENG 232 American Literature II

  • ENG 241 British Literature I

  • ENG 242 British Literature II

  • ENG 262 World Literature II

  • HUM 123 Appalachian Culture

  • HUM 160 Introduction to film

  • MUS 110 Music Appreciation

  • PHI 210 History of Philosophy

  • PHI 240 Introduction to Ethics

  • REL 110 World Religions

  • REL 211 Intro to Old Testament

  • REL 212 Intro to New Testament

  • REL 221 Religion in America

***Major Course Elective credits should be selected from the specific courses listed below

course

class

lab

Clinic

work Exp.

credit

BIO 111 General Biology I

3

3

0

0

4

BIO 112 General Biology II

3

3

0

0

4

BUS 115 Business Law I

3

0

0

0

3

BUS 137 Principles of Management

3

0

0

0

3

BUS 270 Professional Development

3

0

0

0

3

CIS 110 Introduction to Computers

2

2

0

0

3

CJC 110 Basic Law Enforcement BLET

10

30

0

0

20

CJC 122 Community Policing

3

0

0

0

3

CJC 151 Intro to Loss Prevention

3

0

0

0

3

CJC 170 Critical Incident Mgmt Pub Saf

3

0

0

0

3

CJC 213 Substance Abuse

3

0

0

0

3

CJC 215 Organization & Administration

3

0

0

0

3

CJC 222 Criminalistics

3

0

0

0

3

CJC 223 Organized Crime

3

0

0

0

3

CJC 225 Crisis Intervention

3

0

0

0

3

CJC 232 Civil Liability

3

0

0

0

3

CJC 233 Correctional Law

3

0

0

0

3

CJC 240 Law Enfor Mgt. & Supervis

3

0

0

0

3

CJC 241 Community Based Corrections

3

0

0

0

3

COM 120 Intro Interpersonal Comm

3

0

0

0

3

COM 231 Public Speaking

3

0

0

0

3

EPT 150 Incident Management

3

0

0

0

3

LEX 270 Law Office Mgt/Technology

1

2

0

0

2

LDR 115 Evid-Based Ldrship & Dec Making

3

0

0

0

3

LDR 225 Leading Change

3

0

0

0

3

OST 136 Word Processing

2

2

0

0

3

OST 155 Legal Terminology

3

0

0

0

3

PAD 151 Intro to Public Admin

3

0

0

0

3

PAD 152 Ethics in Government

3

0

0

0

3

PAD 251 Public Finance & Budgeting

3

0

0

0

3

PAD 252 Public Policy Analysis

3

0

0

0

3

PAD 254 Grant Writing

3

0

0

0

3

PED 110 Fit and Well for Life

1

2

0

0

2

PSY 141 Psych of Death and Dying

3

0

0

0

3

PSY 150 General Psychology

3

0

0

0

3

SOC 210 Introduction to Sociology

3

0

0

0

3

WBL 111 Work-Based Learning I

0

0

0

10

1

WBL 112 Work-Based Learning I

0

0

0

20

2

WBL 113 Work-Based Learning I

0

0

0

30

3

A maximum of 9 hours of NCCCS Public safety training or NC Justice Academy training can be used as credits represented by PST 120 thru PST 159 and PST 171 thru 189

Total Semester Credit Hours in Program:  37-38