CCJ: Criminal Justice

INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE This course provides an overview of history, philosophy, and operations of the U.S. criminal justice system. Course includes basic social and behavioral concepts used in the analysis of police, courts, and correctional institutions.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE REPORT WRITING: CAPSTONE Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in CJE 2600, CCJ 2053, ENC 1101, and CCJ 1020. This course is designed as a capstone to enhance the competencies developed in the student's prior course work. In this course, students will apply criminal justice concepts and topics through oral and written communication. This course will require students to think critically, apply knowledge and demonstrate the ethical and legal factors affecting the application of criminal justice policies and practices. Students will also apply their knowledge of the criminal justice system by conducting a mock criminal investigation(s) that links all the system actors together through case studies.

SELECTED TOPICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE For students interested in exploring further special criminal justice topics through research, discussions and observations. Topics selected from areas of law enforcement, corrections, courts and loss prevention. Students may earn from one to three hours of credit each time course is offered. May be repeated for credit, provided different topic explored each time, but grade forgiveness cannot be applied.

INTERNSHIP EXPLORATION/FIELD OBSERVATION IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of all mandated courses in Reading, Mathematics, English, and English for Academic Purposes; a minimum 2.0 institutional or overall GPA, 30 credits, which include 15 credits of criminal justice courses; and program director's approval. The Program Director/Program Chair/Program Coordinator or Internship Placement Office has the discretion to provide override approval as it relates to the waiver of required program/discipline-related courses. This course is a planned work-based experience that provides students with supervised career exploration activities and/ or practical experiences. Each earned credit of internship requires a minimum of 80 clock hours of work. Multiple credit course. May be repeated for credit, but grade forgiveness cannot be applied. (Internship Fee: $10.00).