Criminal Justice Technology (A55180), Associate of Applied Science

AAS Degree Requirements (67-69 Credit Hours)

Fall Semester (16-18 Credit Hours)

ACA 115	Success & Study Skills	1
CIS 110	Introduction to Computers	3
CJC 111	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
CJC 131	Criminal Law	3
CJC 213	Substance Abuse	3

Select one of the following:

BIO 163	Basic Anatomy & Physiology	5
	OR
MAT 143	Quantitative Literacy	3
	OR
MAT 152	Statistical Methods I	4

Spring Semester (18 Credit Hours)

CJC 112	Criminology	3
CJC 113	Juvenile Justice	3
CJC 141	Corrections	3
CJC 212	Ethics & Community Relations	3
ENG 111	Writing and Inquiry	3
	Select one Criminal Justice Elective	3

Fall Semester (17 Credit Hours)

CJC 214	Victimology	3
CJC 113	Juvenile Justice	3
ENG 114	Professional Research & Reporting	3
PSY 150	General Psychology	3
	Select two Criminal Justice Electives	5

Spring Semester (16 Semester Hours)

CJC 221	Investigative Principles	4
CJC 222	Criminalistics	3
	Select one Criminal Justice Elective	3
	Select one Humanities Elective	3

Select one of the following:

POL 120	American Government	3
	OR
POL 130	State & Local Government	3

Criminal Justice Electives:

CJC 120	Interviews/Interrogations	2
CJC 121	Law Enforcement Operations	3
CJC 132	Court Procedure & Evidence	3
CJC 151	Introduction to Loss Prevention	3
CJC 160	Terrorism: Underlying Issues	3
CJC 223	Organized Crime	3
CJC 225	Crisis Intervention	3
CJC 232	Civil Liability	3
CJC 233	Correctional Law	3
CJC 241	Community-Based Corrections	3
CJC 255	Issues in Criminal Justice Application	3

Humanities Electives:

ART 111	Art Appreciation	3
ART 114	Art History Survey I	3
ART 115	Art History Survey II	3
HUM 110	Technology and Society	3
HUM 115	Critical Thinking	3
HUM 122	Southern Culture	3
HUM 130	Myth in Human Culture	3
HUM 160	Introduction to Film	3
HUM 220	Human Values and Meaning	3
MUS 110	Music Appreciation	3

Developmental Requirements:

DRE 096	Integrated Reading and Writing I	3
DRE 097	Integrated Reading and Writing II	3
DRE 098	Integrated Reading and Writing III	3
DMA 010	Operations With Integers	1
DMA 020	Fractions and Decimals	1
DMA 030	Proportion/Ratios/Rates/Percents	1
DMA 040	Expressions, Linear Equations, Linear Inequalities	1
DMA 050	Graphs 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.