Criminal Justice Associate Degree Requirements
Aims offers two degree tracks for the criminal justice associate degree. The degree with designation track is for students who plan to pursue a bachelor’s degree at a participating four-year public Colorado school. The associate of applied science degree track is for students who want to enter the workforce after completing their criminal justice degree.
Associate of Arts (A.A.) Liberal Arts Degree With Designation in Criminal Justice
The coursework for this degree track will prepare you to successfully transfer to a participating four-year Colorado school to complete your bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. Study a core criminal justice curriculum with subjects including:
- Policing systems
- Crime scene investigation
- Judicial function
- Criminal investigations
- Criminology
- Forensic Science
This degree program track has a strong liberal arts emphasis, with course requirements in:
- Communication
- Mathematics
- Arts and humanities
- Literature and humanities
- Ways of thinking
- World languages
- History
- Behavioral and social sciences
- Physical and life sciences
- Public speaking or interpersonal communications
See requirements for the criminal justice liberal arts associate of arts degree.
Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) in Criminal Justice
Explore the classes that will teach you about the three main facets of the criminal justice system--law enforcement, the judicial system and corrections--and the associated disciplines that connect to it, such as psychology and sociology.
Gain knowledge and skills in:
- Criminal law and procedure
- Constitutional law
- Law enforcement
- Criminology
- Human relations in social conflict
- Juvenile law
Delve deeper into a specific area of interest in criminal justice by choosing elective course requirements in subjects including:
- Crime scene investigation
- Forensic science
- Delinquent behavior
- Criminal profiling
- Forensic anthropology
- Victimology
- General and abnormal psychology
- Sociology
General education requirements round out your learning experience and reinforce the practical soft skills employers want. Study subjects including math, statistics, interpersonal communications, American state and local government, and English composition.