MCCCD Program Description

Major: 5007 Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2011 Fall Last Admit Term: 2019 Summer Award: CCL Total Credits: 16 CIP Code: 43.0104	Primary College: Initiating College: Phoenix College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: Field of Interest: Not Found Instructional Council: Administration of Justice Studies (01) GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: 25-1111, 33-1011, 33-1012

Description: The Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Administration of Justice-Fundamentals program is designed to provide students with a basic core of courses in the essential areas of the justice disciplines. Students who have previously received a degree in different fields of study will be assisted in entering careers in the justice fields.

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Suggested Course Plan Sequenced by Semester

Required Courses

AJS101 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3
AJS109 Substantive Criminal Law 3
AJS150 Defensive Tactics (1) OR
AJS198AB Special Topics in the Administration of Justice (1) OR
+ AJS290++ Any AJS290 course (1) 1
AJS210 Constitutional Law 3
AJS230 The Police Function 3
+AJS240 The Corrections Function 3

Credits: 16

Restricted Electives
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General Electives
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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. Identify and define relevant concepts for selected topic area. (AJS150, AJS198AB, AJS290++) 6. Identify and describe the basic provisions of Amendments I, II, IV, V, VI, VIII, and XIV of the U.S. Constitution. (AJS210) 7. Identify the principal roles and function of the police in American society. (AJS230) 8. Trace the history of policing from ancient time to the modern era. (AJS230) 9. Describe the interrelationships and missions of the federal, state, and local law enforcement systems. (AJS230) 10. Trace the history and development of correctional theories and institutions. (AJS240) 11. Identify and describe various types of correctional institutions and the role that corrections performs in the criminal justice system. (AJS240)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: February 22, 2011

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