DACC - Career Curriculum Guide -- Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement Option

The Criminal Justice curriculum is designed to give students the academic background and initial training for careers in law enforcement. Entry into the program is determined through the evaluation of personal qualifications and after the screening of an application which states that the student has no felony convictions. Upon initial enrollment in program, students must complete an “Application to Participate” form. Transfer curricula available at Eastern Illinois University, Western Illinois University and Indiana State University.

This program is an occupational program typically not designed to transfer;
however, this program has been articulated to some senior institutions.
Please contact a counselor for specific details.

Required Courses	Hours	F,S,I,SU	Grade
First Semester
CRIM 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
*POLI 150 American Government I	3
*SPCH 101 Oral Communication	3
*PHIL 102 Logic	3
*SOCY 100 Introduction to Sociology	3
*ENGL 121 Communication Skills or ENGL 101 Rhetoric I	3
INST 101 Success in College	1
Total	19
Second Semester
CRIM 101 Criminal Law	5
CRIM 200 Criminalistics	4
*PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology	3
ENGL 101 Rhetoric I or ENGL 102 Rhetoric II	3
Total	15
Summer
CRIM 208 Criminal Justice Internship (pre: consent of instructor)	3
Total	3
Third Semester
CRIM 103 Patrol Techniques	3
CRIM 201 Criminal Investigation	4
CRIM 202 Laws of Evidence	4
*SOCY 205 Juvenile Delinquency	3
SPAN 100 Spanish for Public Safety or *SPAN 101 Spanish I	3-4
Total	17-18
Fourth Semester
Science/Forensic Chemistry/Math Elective	3-4
*SOCY 225 Race and Ethnic Relations (pre: SOCY 100)	3
CRIM 204 Criminology	3
BOFF 130 Windows or computer elective (see list)	2-3
Total	11-13
Computer Electives
BOFF 225 Excel I	3
BOFF 226 Access I	3
BOFF 227 PowerPoint	3
BOFF 228 Intro to Word	2
CBUS 150 Business Computer Systems	3

Required Courses

Hours

F,S,I,SU

Grade

First Semester

CRIM 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice

*POLI 150 American Government I

*SPCH 101 Oral Communication

*PHIL 102 Logic

*SOCY 100 Introduction to Sociology

*ENGL 121 Communication Skills
or
ENGL 101 Rhetoric I

INST 101 Success in College

Total

Second Semester

CRIM 101 Criminal Law

CRIM 200 Criminalistics

*PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology

*ENGL 101 Rhetoric I
or
*ENGL 102 Rhetoric II

Total

Summer

CRIM 208 Criminal Justice Internship (pre: consent of instructor)

Total

Third Semester

CRIM 103 Patrol Techniques

CRIM 201 Criminal Investigation

CRIM 202 Laws of Evidence

*SOCY 205 Juvenile Delinquency

SPAN 100 Spanish for Public Safety
or
*SPAN 101 Spanish I

3-4

Total

17-18

Fourth Semester

Science/Forensic Chemistry/Math Elective

3-4

*SOCY 225 Race and Ethnic Relations (pre: SOCY 100)

CRIM 204 Criminology

BOFF 130 Windows or computer elective (see list)

2-3

Total

11-13

Computer Electives

BOFF 225 Excel I

BOFF 226 Access I

BOFF 227 PowerPoint

BOFF 228 Intro to Word

CBUS 150 Business Computer Systems

Enrollment in developmental classes may increase the length of time it takes to complete an associate degree.

NOTE: Acceptable High School Record. NO felony convictions. Good physical condition with no physical impairments. Acceptable corrected vision. No hearing loss. Evidence of emotional stability.