General Studies - Administration of Justice Specialization, AA&S

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Allows students the flexibility of moving into transfer programs in criminology, criminal justice, legal studies, sociology and other fields. Some graduates satisfy their goals by completing the two-year general academic studies.

Program Curriculum

First Semester

SDV 100 - College Success Skills 1 cr.
ENG 111 - College Composition I 3 cr.
Elective - Communications (CST) 3 cr.⁴
Elective - Health/Physical Ed (HLT/PED) 1 cr.⁴
Elective - Information Technology Essentials (ITE) 3 cr.⁴
Elective - Mathematics (MTH) 3 cr.⁴

Semester Total: 14 Credits

Second Semester

ADJ 107 - Survey of Criminology 3 cr.
ENG 112 - College Composition II 3 cr.
Elective - History 3 cr.⁴
Elective - Social/Behavioral Science 3 cr.^2,4
Elective - General Studies Transfer 3 cr.⁴

Semester Total: 15 Credits

Third Semester

ADJ 100 - Survey of Criminal Justice 3 cr.
ADJ 105 - The Juvenile Justice System 3 cr.
Elective - Literature (ENG) 3 cr.⁴
Elective - Science w/ Laboratory 4 cr.^3,4
Elective - Social/Behavioral Science 3 cr.^2,4

Semester Total: 16 Credits

Fourth Semester

ADJ 140 - Introduction to Corrections 3 cr.
Elective - Administration of Justice (ADJ) 3 cr.⁴
Elective - Administration of Justice (ADJ) 3 cr.⁴
Elective - Humanities/Fine Arts 3 cr.⁴
Elective - Science w/ Laboratory 4 cr.^3,4

Semester Total: 16 Credits

Program Total: 61 Credits

¹ For students intending to take more than one history course, a sequence beginning by taking HIS 111  or HIS 121  is preferred prior to taking HIS 112  or HIS 122 .
² It is strongly encouraged that students take PSY 200  or SOC 200 .
³ ADJ 171  and ADJ 172  may be used if the student does not plan on transferring to a four-year institution.  ADJ 171  and ADJ 172  will not satisfy general education lab science requirements at those institutions.

⁴ ELECTIVES General Studies All Programs (excluding Liberal Arts)