Criminal Justice Technology (A55180), Associate of Applied Science

AAS Degree Requirements (64-66 Credit Hours)

Fall Semester (16-18 Credit Hours)

ACA115Success & Study Skills

1

CIS110Introduction to Computers

3

CJC111Introduction to Criminal Justice

3

CJC131Criminal Law

3

CJC213Substance Abuse

3

Select one of the following:

BIO163Basic Anatomy & Physiology

5

OR

MAT143Quantitative Literacy

3

OR

MAT152Statistical Methods I

4

Spring Semester (15 Credit Hours)

CJC112Criminology

3

CJC113Juvenile Justice

3

CJC141Corrections

3

CJC223Organized Crime

3

ENG111Writing and Inquiry

3

Fall Semester (18 Credit Hours)

CJC121Law Enforcement Operations

3

CJC132Court Procedure & Evidence

3

CJC214Victimology

3

CJC231Constitutional Law

3

PSY150General Psychology

3

Select one of the following

ENG112Writing and Research in the Disciplines

3

OR

ENG114Professional Research & Reporting

3

Spring Semester (16 Semester Hours)

CJC212Ethics & Community Relations

3

CJC221Investigative Principles

4

CJC225Crisis Intervention

3

Select one Humanities Elective

3

Select one of the following:

POL120American Government

3

OR

POL130State & Local Government

3

Criminal Justice Electives:

CJC120Interviews/Interrogations

2

CJC121Law Enforcement Operations

3

CJC132Court Procedure & Evidence

3

CJC223Organized Crime

3

CJC225Crisis Intervention

3

Humanities Electives:

ART111Art Appreciation

3

ART114Art History Survey I

3

ART115Art History Survey II

3

HUM110Technology and Society

3

HUM115Critical Thinking

3

HUM122Southern Culture

3

HUM130Myth in Human Culture

3

HUM160Introduction to Film

3

HUM220Human Values and Meaning

3

MUS110Music Appreciation

3

Developmental Requirements:

DRE096Integrated Reading and Writing I

3

DRE097Integrated Reading and Writing II

3

DRE098Integrated Reading and Writing III

3

DMA010Operations With Integers

1

DMA020Fractions and Decimals

1

DMA030Proportion/Ratios/Rates/Percents

1

DMA040Expressions, Linear Equations, Linear Inequalities

1

DMA050Graphs and Equations of Lines

1

NOTE: Students successfully completing Basic Law Enforcement Training accredited by the North Carolina Criminal   Justice Education and Training Standards Commission may receive credit for the following criminal justice courses: CJC 120,  CJC 131, CJC 132, CJC 221, CJC 225 and CJC 231 for a total of 18 semester hours that may be counted toward the Associate in Applied Science degree in Criminal Justice Technology. To qualify, students must have successfully passed the Criminal Justice Commission’s comprehensive certification exam and must have completed BLET since 1985. Students must submit official documentation from the appropriate Academy in order to request credit-by-articulation.