MCCCD Program Description

Major: 5753 Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2011 Summer I Last Admit Term: 2019 Summer Award: CCL Total Credits: 16-18 CIP Code: 43.0106	Primary College: Initiating College: Scottsdale Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: PC, SC Field of Interest: Behavioral Sciences and Human Services Instructional Council: Administration of Justice Studies (01) GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: 19-4092, 25-1111

Description: The Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Crime Scene Technology prepares students for careers as police or civilian crime scene technicians. The program provides comprehensive instruction in crime scene photography, fingerprint classification and processing, crime scene search techniques, chemical processing of evidence, packaging evidence, and related skills.

Consumer Program Costs and Career Information: PC, SC

Suggested Course Plan Sequenced by Semester: PC, SC

Required Courses

AJS213 Evidence Technology/Fingerprints 3
AJS214 Evidence Technology/Photography 3

AJS216 Criminalistics: Biological Evidence (3) OR
FOR106 Forensic Science: Biological Evidence (4) 3-4

AJS215 Criminalistics: Physical Evidence (3) OR
AJS219 Crime Scene Technology: Physical Evidence (3) OR
FOR105 Forensic Science: Physical Evidence (4) 3-4

+AJS242 Crime Scene Processing 3
AJS290BN Courtroom Testimony Seminar 1

Credits: 16-18

Restricted Electives
	Credits:

General Electives
	Credits:

Program Competencies
1. Use the appropriate techniques to identify, interpret and classify fingerprints and explain the problems associated with the development of latent prints. (AJS213) 2. Identify and explain the problems related to the preservation of evidence and the chain of evidence. (AJS213, AJS214, AJS215, AJS216, AJS219, FOR105, FOR106) 3. Use photography and other appropriate equipment and techniques to identify and preserve different types of evidence. (AJS214) 4. Practice crime scene and traffic accident photography. (AJS214) 5. Identify and use appropriate scientific methods to investigate, recognize, collect and preserve various types of physical evidence. (AJS215, AJS219, FOR105) 6. Identify and use appropriate scientific methods to investigate, recognize, collect and preserve various types of biological evidence. (AJS216, FOR106) 7. Identify and use appropriate procedures and technology to protect and process crime scenes, search for, collect and preserve physical and biological information at the scene, and conduct field tests. (AJS242) 8. Demonstrate proper courtroom demeanor and describe the role and function of the witness and legal counsel in a courtroom. (AJS290BN)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: May 25, 2010

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