MCCCD Program Description

Major: 3137 Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2017 Fall Last Admit Term: 2019 Summer Award: AAS Total Credits: 61 CIP Code: 43.0104	Primary College: Initiating College: Estrella Mountain Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: College-Specific Field of Interest: Behavioral Sciences and Human Services Instructional Council: Administration of Justice (01) GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: 25-1111, 33-1011, 33-1012

Description: The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Administration of Justice program is designed to prepare men and women for careers within the criminal justice system, including, but not limited to: law enforcement, the courts, probation and parole, corrections, and the various social service agencies that support the criminal justice system. It is interdisciplinary in nature and provides the student with a broad knowledge of the conceptual occupational issues and concerns existent within the criminal justice system. The program also provides criminal justice practitioners with the opportunity for continued education and academic growth and development.

Required Courses

AJS101 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3
AJS109 Substantive Criminal Law 3
AJS113 Criminal Justice Crime Control Policies and Practices 3
AJS212 Juvenile Justice Procedures 3
AJS225 Criminology 3
AJS230 The Police Function 3
AJS240 The Correction Function 3
AJS260 Procedural Criminal Law 3
AJS270 Community Relations 3
AJS275 Criminal Investigation I 3

Credits: 30

Restricted Electives
Students must select 6-9 credits of restricted electives for a total of 61 total credits. AJS201 Rules of Evidence 3 AJS/EMT/FSC/SWU258 Victimology and Crisis Management 3 AJS213 Evidence Technology/Fingerprints 3 AJS215 Criminalistics: Physical Evidence 3 AJS216 Criminalistics: Biological Evidence 3 AJS241 Police Photography 3 + AJS242 Crime Scene Processing 3 AJS269AC Internship 3 AJS290BN Courtroom Testimony Seminar 1 AJS+++++ Any AJS Administration of Justice Studies prefixed course with permission of Program Director.	Credits: 6-9

General Electives
	Credits:

General Education Requirements

General Education Requirement	Credits: 22-25

General Education Core	Credits: 12-15

First-Year Composition	Credits: 6
Any approved general education course from the First Year Composition area. 6

Oral Communication	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course from the Oral Communication area. 3

Critical Reading	Credits: 0-3
Any approved general education course from the Critical Reading area or equivalent as indicated by assessment 0-3

Mathematics	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course from the Mathematics area. 3

General Education Distribution	Credits: 10

Humanities, Arts and Design	Credits: 3
AJS123 Ethics and the Administration of Justice 3

Social-Behavioral Sciences	Credits: 3
AJS200 Current Issues in Criminal Justice 3

Natural Sciences	Credits: 4
Any approved general education course from the Natural Sciences area 4

Program Competencies
1. Identify and describe the major components of the criminal justice process. (AJS101) 2. Describe governmental structure and its relationship to the criminal justice system. (AJS101) 3. Trace the historical development of common and statutory law. (AJS109) 4. List and describe elements necessary to prove the corpus delicti of criminal acts as found in the common law and the Arizona Revised Statutes. (AJS109) 5. Focus on changing the distribution of crime opportunities rather than offender motivation. (AJS113) 6. Application of situational crime prevention strategies, problem-oriented crime control approaches, hot spots policing, defensible space, and crime prevention through defensible space. (AJS113) 7. Trace the history and development of juvenile justice theories, procedures, and institutions. (AJS212) 8. Identify and describe the major social, political, and legal issues associated with crime in America. (AJS225) 9. Identify deviance, society`s role in defining behavior, theories of criminality, and the psychological impact of crime. (AJS225) 10. Identify principal functions of the police in American Society. (AJS230) 11. Trace the history of policing from ancient times to the modern era. (AJS230) 12. Describe the interrelationships and missions of the federal, state, and local law enforcement systems. (AJS230) 13. Trace the history and development of correctional theories and institutions. (AJS240) 14. Identify and describe various types of correctional institutions and the role that corrections performs in the criminal justice system. (AJS240) 15. Describe procedural criminal law requirements and their effect on the criminal justice system. (AJS260) 16. Describe the criminal law procedures for arrest, search, and seizure. (AJS260) 17. Identify principles of law which have evolved from "landmark" decisions pertaining to criminal justice. (AJS260) 18. Trace the development of police/community programs. (AJS270) 19. Identify and describe future trends in police/community relations. (AJS270) 20. Identify and describe the goals and objectives of criminal investigation. (AJS275) 21. Describe criminal investigation and list the appropriate steps to be undertaken during the investigation of specific crimes. (AJS275)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: June 27, 2017

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