Consult a program advisor for assistance in planning General Education courses. Students must meet college graduation requirements including General Education, math and English competencies. Juvenile Corrections Certificate - Successful completion of the 48 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 education are available at all levels of government and in private industry.
Duties range from crime prevention programs to investigative and uniform patrols.
Technical skills such as data processing and criminalistics are used to support overall criminal justice operations. Because of the unique responsibilities of the criminal justice field, the Criminal Justice Department reserves the right to require that a student who appears to the department unsuited for this field be counseled into another area of study. See program advisor. Prerequisite CJA 111 and WR 121 for all CJA courses with a 200 or higher designator. Students have the option of taking either CJA 217 or CJA 228.