Program Overview
College of The Albemarle’s (COA) Criminal Justice Technology program will introduce you to criminal justice systems and operations, including judicial processes, corrections, security services, and local, state and federal law enforcement.
Core Classes
- Criminal justice systems
- Criminology
- Juvenile justice
- Criminal and constitutional law
- Investigative principles
- Ethics and community relations
- Issues and concepts of government
- Counseling
- Communications
- Computers and technology
You may transfer CJC 111, 121 and 141 to the University of North Carolina system and apply these classes to a four-year criminal justice program.
Careers
Employment opportunities exist in corrections, security, and local, state and federal law enforcement, including positions as police officer, deputy sheriff, county detention officer, state trooper, correctional officer and loss prevention.
Visit the occupational outlook handbooks on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website:
Curriculum Guides
| First Year Fall Semester Course Number and Title |
Prerequisites and Corequisites |
Class Hours | Lab Hours | Clinical Hours | Total Contact Hours | Total Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENG 111 Writing and Inquiry | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| SOC 210 Intro to Sociology | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| CJC 111 Intro to Criminal Justice | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| *CJC 120 Interviews/Interrogations | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 1 | 2 | n/a | 3 | 2 |
| CJC 212 Ethics and Community Relations | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| *CJC 231 Constitutional Law | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| CIS 110 Intro to Computers | Prerequisites: Appropriate placement, or ENG 090 and RED 090 and DMA 010-050, or ENG 095 and DMA 010-050, or DRE 098 and DMA 010-050 | 2 | 2 | n/a | 4 | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 18 | 4 | n/a | 22 | 20 | |
| First Year Spring Semester Course Number and Title |
Prerequisites and Corequisites |
Class Hours | Lab Hours | Clinical Hours | Total Contact Hours | Total Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBL 110 World of Work | none | 1 | n/a | n/a | 1 | 1 |
| MAT 143 Quantitative Literacy | Prerequisites: DMA 010, DMA 020, DMA 030, DMA 040, DMA 050, and DRE 098 | 2 | 2 | n/a | 4 | 3 |
| PSY 150 General Psychology | Prerequisites: RED 080, or ENG 085, or DRE 097, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| CJC 121 Law Enforcement Operations | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| *CJC 132 Court Procedure and Evidence | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| CJC 141 Corrections | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| CJC 222 Criminalistics | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 18 | 2 | n/a | 20 | 19 | |
| Second Year Fall Semester Course Number and Title |
Prerequisites and Corequisites |
Class Hours | Lab Hours | Clinical Hours | Total Contact Hours | Total Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJC 112 Criminology | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| CJC 113 Juvenile Justice | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| CJC 131 Criminal Law | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| CJC 160 Terrorism: Underlying Issues | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| *CJC 225 Crisis Intervention | Prerequisites for CJC 225: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 | n/a | n/a | 15 | 15 | |
| Second Year Fall Semester Course Number and Title |
Prerequisites and Corequisites |
Class Hours | Lab Hours | Clinical Hours | Total Contact Hours | Total Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COM 231 Public Speaking | Prerequisites: ENG 111 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| Humanities/Fine Arts Elective Choose three semester credit hours of approved courses from the COA Comprehensive Articulation Agreement list Cannot be a COM prefix or a foreign language |
Prerequisites: varies | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| CJC 170 Critical Incident Management for Public Safety | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| *CJC 221 Investigative Principles | Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 3 | 2 | n/a | 5 | 4 |
| CJC 122 Community Policing or WBL 112 Work-Based Learning I |
Prerequisites: ENG 090 and RED 090, or ENG 095, or DRE 098, or appropriate placement | 0 – 3 | n/a | 0 – 20 | 3 – 20 | 2 – 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 | 2 | 0 – 20 | 17 – 34 | 15 – 16 | |
| Total Semester Hours Required for Diploma | 69 – 70 | |||||
*Courses may be substituted with credit from successful completion of CJC 100 Basic Law Enforcement Training.