Criminal Justice, AAS

Intensive study of and practice in professional settings. Focus on the types of documents necessary to make decisions and take action on the job such as proposals reports instructions policies and procedures email messages letters and descriptions of products and services. Practice individual and collaborative processes involved in the creation of ethical and efficient documents.

A survey of the social political economic cultural and intellectual history of the United States from the pre-Columbian era to the Civil War/Reconstruction period. United States History I includes the study of the pre-Columbian colonial revolutionary early national slavery and sectionalism and the Civil War/Reconstruction eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History I include: American settlement and diversity American culture religion civil and human rights technological change economic change immigration and migration and creation of the federal government.

Origin and development of the U.S. Constitution structure and powers of the national government including the legislative executive and judicial branches federalism political participation the national election process public policy civil liberties and civil rights.

Topics for this course shall include the history and philosophy of criminal justice and ethical considerations; crime defined: its nature and impact; overview of criminal justice system; law enforcement; court system; prosecution and defense; trial processes; corrections.

Topics for the course shall include the judiciary in the criminal justice system; structure of American court system; prosecution; right to counsel; pre-trial release; grand juries; adjudication process; types and rules of evidence sentencing.

Study and application of communication within the business and professional context. Special emphasis will be given to communication competencies in presentations dyads teams and technologically mediated formats.

A survey of the social political economic cultural and intellectual history of the United States from the Civil War/Reconstruction era to the present. United States History II examines industrialization immigration world wars the Great Depression Cold War and post-Cold War eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History II include: American culture religion civil and human rights technological change economic change immigration and migration urbanization and suburbanization the expansion of the federal government and the study of U.S. foreign policy.

Origin and development of the Texas Constitution structure and powers of state and local government federalism and inter-governmental relations political participation the election process public policy and the political culture of Texas.

Topics for the course shall include American crime problems in historical perspective; social and public policy factors affecting crime; impact and crime trends; social characteristics of specific crimes; prevention of crime.

Topics for this course include corrections in the criminal justice system; organization of correctional systems; correctional role; institutional operations; alternatives to institutionalization; treatment and rehabilitation; current and future issues.

Career related activities encountered in the student's area of specialization are offered through a cooperative agreement between the College employer and student. Under supervision of the College and the employer the student combines classroom learning with work experience. Directly related to a technical discipline specific learning objectives guide the student through the work experience. This course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary.

This is a first course in statistics with topics that span collection analysis presentation and interpretation of data and probability. Analysis includes descriptive statistics correlation and regression confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. (Fall Spring Summer)

Introduces and develops foundational skills in applying essential and emerging business productivity information technology tools. The focus of this course is on business productivity software applications including word processing spreadsheets databases presentation graphics data analytics and business-oriented utilization of the internet.

Choose one course from the following:

• ENGL 2322 - British Literature I 3 credit hours.
• ENGL 2323 - British Literature II 3 credit hours.
• ENGL 2327 - American Literature I 3 credit hours.
• ENGL 2328 - American Literature II 3 credit hours.
• ENGL 2332 - World Literature I 3 credit hours.
• ENGL 2333 - World Literature II 3 credit hours.
• HIST 2321 - World Civilizations I 3 credit hours.
• HIST 2322 - World Civilizations II 3 credit hours.
• HUMA 1301 - Introduction to Humanities 3 credit hours.
• PHIL 1301 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 credit hours.
• PHIL 2306 - Introduction to Ethics 3 credit hours.
• SPAN 2311 - Intermediate Spanish I 3 credit hours.

Topics for this course include the police profession; organization of law enforcement systems; the police role; police discretion; ethics; police-community interaction; current and future issues.

The scientific study of human society including ways in which groups social institutions and individuals affect each other. Causes of social stability and social change are explored through the application of various theoretical perspectives key concepts and related research methods of sociology. Analysis of social issues in their institutional context may include topics such as social stratification gender race/ethnicity and deviance.

Topics for this course include police authority; responsibilities; constitutional constraints; laws of arrest search and seizure; police liability.

Topics for this course shall include a study of the nature of criminal law; philosophical and historical development; major definitions and concepts; classification of crime; elements of crimes and penalties using Texas statutes as illustrations; criminal responsibility.

Electives should be chosen in consultation with your faculty and/or academic advisor.

Career related activities encountered in the student's area of specialization are offered through a cooperative agreement between the College employer and student. Under supervision of the College and the employer the student combines classroom learning with work experience. Directly related to a technical discipline specific learning objectives guide the student through the work experience. This course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary.