Consult a student advisor for assistance in planning General Education courses. Students must meet college graduation requirements including General Eduction, math and English competencies. Juvenile Corrections Certificate - Successful completion of the 50 credit hours of required courses. Career Description Persons in the criminal justice field may work in a municipal, county, state or federal law enforcement organization or corrections system. Other positions requiring law enforcement training are available at all levels of government and in private industry.
Duties range from crime prevention programs to investigative and uniform patrol duties.
Technical skills such as data processing and criminalistics are used to support overall law enforcement operations. Students must meet all requirements and restrictions, including 9 credits of mathematics and science and basic competencies for the Associate of Science degree. A maximum of 3 credits of physical education will apply. Prerequisite CJA 111 and WR 121 for all CJA courses with a 200 or higher designator. Students have the option of taking either CJA 214 or 228 and CJA 222 or 226.