MCCCD Program Description

Major: 5145N Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2009 Spring Last Admit Term: 2019 Summer Award: CCL Total Credits: 12 CIP Code: 43.01.07	Primary College: Initiating College: Scottsdale Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: Field of Interest: Behavioral Sciences and Human Services Instructional Council: Administration of Justice Studies (01) GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: 25-1111, 33-3011, 33-3021, 33-3051, 33-9021

Description: The Certificate of Completion in Law Enforcement prepares students for careers in state, local, and federal police departments and investigative agencies. It allows students interested in policing as a career to focus on this area of study while they pursue an AAS degree in Administration of Justice Studies.

Required Courses

AJS101 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3
AJS123 Ethics and the Administration of Justice 3
AJS225 Criminology 3
AJS230 The Police Function 3

Credits: 12

Restricted Electives
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General Electives
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Program Competencies
1. Identify and describe the organization and jurisdiction of local, state, and federal law enforcement, including judicial and corrections systems. (AJS101) 2. Analyze ethical theory, concepts, issues and practices as they relate to various components of the criminal justice system in modern times. (AJS123) 3. Identify and demonstrate the use of ethical decision-making processes. (AJS123) 4. Define the concepts of deviance, social control, and criminality and describe the impact of crime on society. (AJS225) 5. Identify and describe the major biological, sociological, and psychological theories of criminality. (AJS225) 6. Identify and describe the procedures and methods of operations practiced by public police and explain the discretionary powers of the working police officer. (AJS230)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 11-27-01

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