Criminal Justice, AS
An Associate’s degree in Criminal Justice will be available starting Fall 2008 through a partnership between Utah State University Regional Campuses and Distance Education and the College of Eastern Utah. The program will be available at Tooele Regional Campus, Brigham City Regional Campus, Uintah Basin Regional Campus, and the Moab Education Center.
Criminal Justice is a rapidly expanding field that provides a wide variety of career paths in such areas as law enforcement, courts, criminalistics (crime labs and investigations), law, juvenile law and corrections. Specific career possibilities, depending on the level of education one pursues, could include such things as attorney, law enforcement officer, correctional officer, inspector or compliance officer, firefighter, paralegal, private investigator, forensics specialist, private security, probation officer, and numerous federal enforcement positions.
Availability
This program is available at the Uintah Basin Campus via the following Instruction Type(s):
Courses are delivered via state of the art video conferencing technology. Students meet at a designated time and location.
Admissions
To participate, students need to qualify for admissions at both CEU and USU. To view USU admission requirements or complete an online application visit www.usu.edu/admissions/applyonline. To view CEU admission requirements or apply for admission, visit www.ceu.usu.edu/admissions.
Requirements
Students should work with an advisor to fulfill USU general education requirements. The following is the list of courses offered by CEU to fulfill the Criminal Justice requirements for the degree.
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Because our criminal justice system reflects the realities and concerns of society, the Criminal Justice program draws from a wide variety of academic disciplines like political science, psychology, history, and sociology.
Courses will be available via interactive broadcast, a two-way audio and video system that allows students at many locations to all be part of the same classroom and interact in real-time with their instructors and classmates. Classes are usually scheduled for the evenings to allow working individuals and others with busy schedules to participate.
Courses:
Required Courses
- CJ 1010- Introduction to Criminal Justice
- CJ 1330- Criminal Law
- CJ 1340- Criminal Investigation
- CJ 2350- Laws of Evidence
Criminal Justice Electives
- CJ 1070- Law Enforcement/Corrections Academy Part I
- CJ 1080- Law Enforcement/Corrections Academy Part II
- CJ 1090- Introduction to Law Enforcement
- CJ 1300- Introduction to Corrections
- CJ 1350- Introduction to Forensics Sciences
- CJ 1360- Crime Scene Academy
- CJ 2110- Security and Crime Prevention
- CJ 2330- Juvenile Justice
- CJ 2340- Survey of Criminal Procedure
- CJ 2360- Juvenile Law and Procedure
- CJ 2810- Experimental Courses
- CJ 2977- Cooperative Work Experience
- CJ 2988- Special Problems
- CJ 2999- Workshops
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