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Criminal Justice A.S.
Protect your community
Gain the skills to pursue a career in law enforcement and its related fields.
Throughout this program, you’ll gain an overview of the entire criminal justice system, including courts, criminal law, law enforcement and police-community relations, ethics, delinquency, institutional and community corrections, criminology, private security, homeland security, and forensics. You’ll also study psychology and sociology as they relate to the field.
Apply your knowledge to a four-year degree!
Program Type
Transfer Program,
Duration
2 Years
Format
In-Person,
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Where you'll go
Our students go on to study law, and enter enforcement fields like corrections or policing, and investigative units.
Transfer Paths
| 4-year School | Bachelor's Degree |
|---|---|
| SUNY Polytechnic Institute | Sociology B.A. |
| SUNY Oswego | Criminal Justice, B.A. |
| Lincoln University | General Agreement |
| Johnson C. Smith University | General Agreement |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management, B.S. |
| Dillard University | |
| Medgar Evers College |
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