Criminal Justice | AA
Associate of Arts Degree with Designation
Recommended basic skills courses are
- College Readiness in English
- College Readiness for Quantitative Literacy for MAT 1240 Mathematics for the Liberal Arts: GT-MA1 or MAT 1260 Introduction to Statistics: GT-MA1
- College Readiness for Algebra for MAT 1340 College Algebra: GT-MA1
The Associate of Arts in Criminal Justice is designed for students intending to transfer to a four-year school and pursue a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. The Statewide Transfer Agreement will allow students to transfer to a Colorado public four-year school and complete their degree with an additional 60 credit hours.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the Criminal Justice degree program, students should be able to:
- Explain the origins of criminal behavior, society's response to crime, and the consequences of crime to our society, utilizing multiple perspectives
- Explain social injustices and social harms within criminal justice systems
- Compare theoretical frameworks to the causes and prevention of crime, the processes of criminalization, and the impact that crime has on society
- Discuss the relationships between the courtroom and its procedures, the criminal law, and issues of criminal procedure (due process vs. crime control)
- Document police-related activities through effective report writing
- Differentiate and explain the key roles in the core criminal justice areas (law enforcement, law and corrections)