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The associate degree program provides basic courses in policing, adjudication of the courts, and correction as well as a number of support and general education courses. The associate degree program is designed in such a manner that students who finish the two-year program can easily enroll in the four-year program if they so choose.
The baccalaureate program provides a full complement of Criminal Justice courses. Additional course work is taken in Sociology, Psychology, and Political Science. Each year in the spring the Criminal Justice program sponsors a Job Fair where representatives from various Criminal Justice agencies and occupations from a number of different states set up booths and interview students for possible employment.
According to the Department of Labor, there are more than 700,000 people employed as police officers, detectives, and special agents in the United States, an additional 803,000 people working in private security, and 282,000 engaged as correction officers. The jobs undertaken by these individuals include general police operations, enforcing the laws in both urban and rural areas, investigating crimes, and working for federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Treasury, the U.S. Customs Service, and the Internal Revenue Service. Others are employed by private security companies as guards for large and small corporations or industrial complexes. Employment opportunities are also available in the areas of corrections. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts growth in all areas of Criminal Justice employment at least through the year 2005.
The Department of Criminal Justice offers two degree options that are both designed to provide the academic background necessary for careers in the Criminal Justice fields.
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