Criminal Justice

Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.)

Curriculum Requirements

As a student in this program, you are required to complete a minimum of 64 credit hours with a grade point average of no lower than C (2.0).

Each full-time Criminal Justice student with a minimum 2.5 GPA must take one six-credit course in Cooperative Education during the third or fourth semester. Students who do not have a minimum 2.5 GPA will be required to take CJC 202 and 15 additional credit hours in criminal justice courses. Based on your area of career choice, you will be assigned to an agency or department within FLCC's service area. Cooperative Education is offered during the Spring and Fall Semesters. For this degree program, you must successfully complete the following:

Program Core

  • CJC 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice
  • CJC 105 Criminal Law OR CJC 110 Criminal Procedure Law
  • CJC 217 Issues in Constitutional Law
  • CJC 200 Cooperative Education OR CJC 202 Capstone in Criminal Justice
  • CJC 204 Criminal Justice Technology
  • CJC 270 Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice

*Students who take CJC 200 will take 9 credits of CJC electives. Students who take CJC 202 will take 15 credits of CJC electives.

Choose one of the following advising areas:

Students will choose one of the following advising concentrations, prescribing 9 of the required CJC elective credits.

Law Enforcement Advising Concentration

  • CJC 105 Criminal Law OR CJC 110 Criminal Procedure Law
  • CJC 225 Police Community Relations
  • CJC 205 Philosophy of Criminal Investigation

Probation Advising Concentration

  • CJC 130 Introduction to Probation
  • CJC 125 Juvenile Justice
  • CJC 220 Contemporary Trends in Probation

Corrections Advising Concentration

  • CJC 125 Juvenile Justice
  • CJC 120 Introduction to Corrections
  • CJC 215 Current Practices in Corrections

General Education

  • COM 110 Public Speaking
  • ENG 101 Composition I
  • ENG 103 Composition II
  • PSY 100 Introduction to Psychology
  • SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology
  • HIS 110 Early United States History OR HIS 111 Modern United States History
  • HIS 100 Early Western Civilization: Greeks to the Renaissance or HIS 101 Modern Western Civilization: Enlightenment to the Cold War
  • 3 credits hours of SUNY General Education approved course in Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)
  • 3-4 credit hours of SUNY General Education approved course in Natural Science (and Scientific Reasoning)
  • 4 credit hours of Health/Physical Education (HPE) Electives

Advisor Approved General Electives

Students will choose from the following 3 credits of general electives:

  • ASL 101 American Sign Language I
  • ANT 111 Cultural Anthropology
  • CDC 102 Concepts of Chemical Dependency
  • HUS 150 Interviewing and Counseling
  • NS 115 Introduction to Nutrition
  • PSY 210 Social Psychology
  • PSY 220 Abnormal Psychology
  • POL 110 Local Government
  • SPN 101 Spanish I

Subject Areas For Transfer Opportunities

As a student of the A.A.S. Criminal Justice degree program, you can select courses that reflect your interests and goals. Learn more about the Transfer Articulation Agreements by visiting www.flcc.edu/transfer.

By appropriate course selection in consultation with a faculty advisor, students pursuing the A.A.S. Criminal Justice degree may prepare for transfer to upper-division study in the subject areas that include Police Science, Probation Assistant, Youth/Community Service and Corrections Officer.

SUNY General Education Electives

For information on which courses fulfill SUNY General Education Electives and for information on transferring to a four-year school, visit www.flcc.edu/academics/transfer-guidelines.