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Administration of Justice (AAS degree)
Department Website: http://justice.highline.edu
AAS Learning Outcomes
- Apply the knowledge and verbal skills requisite to effectively communicate with criminal suspects, victims, witnesses, persons in crisis and others in need.
- Identify constitutional freedoms and rights, and how an ethical criminal justice system and participatory citizenship protect those freedoms and rights.
- Describe those applicant screening/selection process typically utilized by law enforcement and corrections agencies for their entry-level positions.
- Analyze a criminal case to determine its appropriate processing, given an understanding of the jurisdiction and functions of police, courts and corrections as components of an interdependent criminal justice system.
- Secure and process a crime scene, employing proper techniques of evidence gathering, searching, sketching and on-scene interviewing.
- Analyze criminal statutes to determine the statutes’ elements, constitutionality and proper application.
- Produce written incident and investigative reports that are useful and professional in terms of accuracy, completeness, spelling and grammar.
Select 45 credits from the following.
| Course | Course Title | AAS Cr. |
|---|---|---|
| CJ& 101 | Intro to Criminal Justice | 5 |
| ADM J 102 | The Justice System | 5 |
| ADM J 105 | Community Relations | 5 |
| CJ& 106 | Juvenile Justice | 5 |
| CJ& 110 | Criminal Law | 5 |
| ADM J 140/240 | Cooperative Education | 1-5 |
| ADM J 212 | Fundamentals of Policing | 5 |
| ADM J 213 | Law of Arrest, Search, and Seizure | 5 |
| ADM J 214 | Administration of Justice Seminar | 5 |
| ADM J 215 | Conflict Management | 5 |
| ADM J 217 | Administration of Justice Communication | 5 |
| CJ& 240 | Introduction to Forensic Science | 5 |
| ADM J 291 | Independent Study | 1-5 |
| Total Core Course Credits | 45 |
Supporting Courses (SC)
| Course | Course Title | AAS Cr. |
|---|---|---|
| Electives. Discuss with your adviser. | 11 | |
| BUSN 160 | Human/Labor Relations | 5 |
| P E 160 | First Aid, CPR and AED | 3 |
| P E | Activity | 1 |
| Total Supporting Course Credits | 20 |
Related Instruction Courses (RI)
Some classes may be substituted. Discuss with your adviser.
| Course | Course Title | AAS Cr. |
|---|---|---|
| PSYC& 100 | General Psychology | Select one 5 |
| PSYCH 120 | Psychology of Human Relations | |
| CMST& 101 | Introduction to Communication | 5 |
| ENGL& 101 | English Composition I | 5 |
| SOC& 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 5 |
| BUSN 135 | Business Mathematics | 5 |
| Total Related Instruction Credits | 25 |
| Total Program Credits | 90 |
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