Criminal Justice

Associate in Arts

This is a two-year associates degree program designed to meet the lower level (freshman and sophomore) course requirements of a four-year University for students majoring in Criminal Justice or Criminology.

Modes of Instruction
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Program Details

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View Program Guide for Associate in Arts in Criminal Justice

FIRST YEAR 鈥� FALL SEMESTER

ORI 100 A, B or C	College Fundamentals	1
ENG 101	English Composition I	3
CRJ 103	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
CRJ 218	Introduction to Corrections	3
MAT Elective	Math Elective (MAT 112/058 or 113)	3
Social Science	Social Science Elective	3
	Total	16

FIRST YEAR 鈥� SPRING SEMESTER

ENG 102	English Composition II	3
CRJ 220	Probation, Parole, and Community Based Corrections	3
CRJ 105	Criminal Behavior	3
Life Science	Life Science Elective (BIO 100)	3-4
Fine Arts	Fine Arts Elective	3
	Total	15-16

SECOND YEAR 鈥� FALL SEMESTER

CRJ 223	Juvenile Justice	3
CRJ 115	Policing	3
CRJ 209	Criminal Law and Procedure	3
CRJ 207 or Elective	Ethics and Criminal Justice or General Education Elective	1-3
Social Science	Social Science Elective	3
Humanities	Humanities Elective	3
	Total	16-18

SECOND YEAR 鈥� SPRING SEMESTER

CRJ 205 or Elective	Investigation Techniques or General Education Elective	1-3
Social Science	Social Science Elective	3
Physical Science	Physical Science Elective	3-5
Fine Arts or Humanities	Fine Arts or Humanities Elective	3
COM 115	Speech	3
	Total	13-17

Total Hours for Degree

The Criminal Justice – AA Program is a minimum of 63 credit hours. Please use our Tuition and Fees page to calculate your approximate cost.

*Students will be responsible for additional classroom materials and tools. Students can order textbooks online from the

51吃瓜 A Logan offers a seamless transfer to the next step in your educational journey for many of our programs. Our academic programs prepare you for what you will need to transfer to a four-year college or university. When you have selected the college where you would like to transfer, it is important to review their specific admission and course requirements. 51吃瓜 A Logan College has many articulation agreements with various colleges.

To view articulation agreements for Criminal Justice, see our Transfer Planning – 51吃瓜 A. Logan College (jalc.edu) page.

Students will be prepared with the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing using appropriate references and technology.
Students will be able to identify issues of diversity and human rights in relation to the criminal justice system.
Students will be able to employ critical thinking skills when evaluating issues in criminal justice.