Page 68 of Cochise College 2005-2006 Catalog by Cochise College Arizona

67 AREAS OF STUDY Areas of Study Administration of Justice The Associate of Arts in Administration of Justice is designed for students who are planning to transfer to a college or university. This program will prepare them to further their education in criminal justice. To ensure seamless transfer, students must develop their specific program of study in close coordination with a Cochise College advisor. The Associate of Applied Science in Administration of Justice degree has been designed to prepare students to enter the work force as law enforcement officers. This program will give students all the education and skills necessary to become peace officers. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE Associate of Arts Emphasis in Administration of Justice GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (AGEC-A). . . . . . . 35 CREDITS Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ENG 101. . . . . 3 English Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ENG 102. . . . . 3 Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAT 142 or higher. . . 3-5 Laboratory sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Arts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Social and behavioral sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Information literacy* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CIS 116 or CIS 120. . . . . 3 General education electives** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Six credits of arts/humanities/social and behavioral sciences/general education electives must be intensive writing/critical inquiry courses; see http://xwing.cochise.edu/curriculum/gen-ed.html. LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT*** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-16 Non-English language Second- or fourth-semester proficiency COMMON COURSES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Introduction to Administration of Justice . . . . . . . AJS 101. . . . . 3 Substantive Criminal Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJS 109. . . . . 3 Criminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJS 225. . . . . 3 The Police Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJS 230. . . . . 3 The Correction Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJS 240. . . . . 3 Procedural Criminal Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJS 260. . . . . 3 ELECTIVES (AS NEEDED TO COMPLETE 64 CREDITS)**** TOTAL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 * Students testing out of this requirement must choose general education elective credits. ** General education electives must be chosen from the general education list, see http://xwing.cochise.edu/curriculum/gen-ed.html. *** University non-English language requirements vary. Check with your advisor. **** Elective courses must be transferable to all Arizona public universities, see http://az.transfer.org/cas/. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE Associate of Applied Science GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 CREDITS Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ENG 101. . . . . 3 English Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ENG 102 . . . OR Written Communications Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . ENG 109. . . . . 3 Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAT 122. . . . . 3 Social sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOC 101. . . . . 3 Information literacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CIS 116 or 120. . . . . 3 General education elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POS 110 or 220. . . . . 3 Physical education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CORE CURRICULUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 CREDITS Introduction to Administration of Justice . . . . . . . AJS 101. . . . . 3 Substantive Criminal Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJS 109. . . . . 3 The Police Patrol Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJS 122 . . . OR The Police Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJS 230. . . . . 3 Juvenile Justice Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJS 212. . . . . 3 The Correction Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJS 240. . . . . 3 Psychology in Law Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJS 254. . . . . 3 Procedural Criminal Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJS 260. . . . . 3 Criminal Investigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJS 275. . . . . 3 Essentials of Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COM 102. . . . . 3

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