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Nov 24, 2024
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2014-2015 Gaston College Catalog [THIS CATALOG IS OUT-OF-DATE. USE THE CURRENT CATALOG TO FIND CURRENT PROGRAMS.]
Criminal Justice Technology, A.A.S. (A55180)
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The Criminal Justice program provides you with knowledge of criminal justice systems and operations. Study will focus on local, state, and federal law enforcement, judicial processes, corrections, and security services. The criminal justice system’s role within society will be explored. Employment opportunities exist in a variety of local, state, and federal law enforcement, corrections, and security fields. Examples include police officer, deputy sheriff, county detention officer, state trooper, intensive probation/parole surveillance officer, correctional officer, and loss prevention specialist.
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates will:
- Formulate knowledge of the roles and interrelationships between the principal components of the criminal justice system (i.e., law enforcement, the courts, parole, juvenile justice system, and corrections).
- Analyze a working knowledge of criminal law and the elements of various crimes.
- Appraise knowledge of the constitutional rights of those accused of crimes and the related restrictions on law enforcement
- Distinguish a fundamental understanding of the role that crime plays in our society.
- Examine detection and investigation procedures and techniques utilized in the criminal justice system.
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Summer
- Math Elective (MAT 143 or higher) (3 Credit Hours)
- Humanities Elective (3 Credit Hours)
- Social Science Elective (3 Credit Hours)
CJC Electives
Select 32 Hours from the following:
Humanities Electives
Select one course from the following:
Math Elective (MAT 143 or Higher)
Select one course from the following:
Social Science Electives
Select one course from the following:
Note(s):
Students successfully completing a Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) course accredited by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Education and Training Standards Commission will receive credit for CJC 131-Criminal Law, CJC 132-Court Procedures and Evidence, CJC 221-Investigative Principles and CJC 231-Constitutional Law.
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