Administration of Justice - Associate of Arts (Major Code - AJS)
The Administration of Justice Associate of Arts degree is designed to prepare students for a wide variety of criminal justice career fields or for transfer into university degree programs. The degree also provides additional training for certified law enforcement and corrections professionals. To ensure seamless transfer, students must develop their specific program of study in close coordination with a Cochise College advisor.
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this program will be able to do the following:
- Describe the history of criminal justice in the United States and in historically significant global societies, and explain its impact upon the modern day criminal justice system in the United States.
- Describe the organization and characteristics of the United States system of criminal justice, to include law enforcement, the courts, corrections, and juvenile justice.
- Define and effectively use civil law, criminal law, law enforcement, court or judicial, and juvenile justice terminology.
- Describe the fundamental ethical characteristics required in the criminal justice profession, and demonstrate critical reasoning in the application of ethics to common criminal justice ethical dilemmas.
- Describe, and utilize in critical analysis scenarios, the social and legal definitions of crime, the societal and psychological precursors of crime, and the various categories of crime.
- Describe the relationship of socio-economic status, gender, and race and ethnicity to the definition of crime, and to adjudication and sentencing.
- Identify current and emerging innovations in the criminal justice system to include technology and scientific advances.
- Describe career opportunities within the criminal justice field.
Degree Map
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (AGEC-A) 35-37 CREDITS
Composition 6 credits
Mathematics 3-5 credits
| MAT 142 | College Mathematics** | 3 |
| or higher (3-5 credits) | |
Laboratory Sciences 8 credits
Arts 3 credits
Humanities 3 credits
Social and Behavioral Sciences 6 credits
| SOC 160 | Sociology of Race and Ethnicity*** | 3 |
| OR | |
| PSY 210 | Social Psychology** | 3 |
| OR | |
| SOC 202 | Social Problems*** | 3 |
| Social and behavioral sciences | 3 |
General Education Electives 4-6 credits
General education electives must be chosen from the general education list. See
www.cochise.edu/AGEC.
| COM 102 | Essentials of Communication** | 3 |
| General education electives | 1-3 |
Six credits of arts, humanities, social and behavioral sciences, or general education electives must be chosen from the current listing of intensive writing courses. See www.cochise.edu/AGEC.
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT 0-16 CREDITS
Non-English language second- or fourth-semester proficiency.
University non-English language requirements vary. Check with an advisor.
CORE CURRICULUM 21 CREDITS
ELECTIVES (AS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE DEGREE)
Elective courses must be transferable to the university or universities to which the student plans to transfer. See www.aztransfer.com.
TOTAL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS 60-62 CREDITS