Criminal Justice
Associate Degree Program
Are you interested in protecting society from criminal activity and serving as a role model in the community? With a degree from Delaware Tech, you’ll enter the criminal justice field as a professional with the knowledge and skills to serve society in a variety of ways. You’ll use your good judgment and maturity to deal with members of society from varied backgrounds who are exhibiting antisocial behavior. The Criminal Justice Program at Delaware Tech will prepare you for a respected position in law enforcement, the courts, corrections, counseling, loss prevention, and critical infrastructure protection.
Offered at the following campus(es): Dover, Georgetown, Stanton
What You Can Do
In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:
- State/Municipal/Town Police Officer
- Fish & Wildlife Enforcement
- Delaware River and Bay Authority Law Enforcement
- Correctional Officer
- Criminal Justice Case Manager
- Work in Residential Treatment Facilities
What You Will Learn
Program Graduate Competencies
The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.
- Discuss criminal justice professionalism in the performance of duties.
- Articulate the function and interaction of criminal justice agencies and organizations.
- Explain interviewing, counseling, or crisis intervention techniques with diverse criminal justice populations.
- Apply knowledge of causation and correction to juvenile or adult offenders.
- Describe the legal principles of criminal or constitutional law.
Core Curriculum Competencies
The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:
- Apply clear and effective communication skills.
- Use critical thinking to solve problems.
- Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
- Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
- Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
- Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.
Suggested Pathway to Graduation
Semester 1
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
SSC 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
CRJ 101 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
CRJ 115 | Essentials of Interviewing and Counseling | 3 |
MAT 152 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
ENG 101 | Composition I | 3 |
CRJ 104 | Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior | 3 |
Semester 2
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
CIS 107 | Introduction to Computers/Application | 3 |
CRJ 102 | Criminal Law | 3 |
PSY 121 | General Psychology | 3 |
ENG 102 | Composition II | 3 |
SOC 111 | Sociology | 3 |
POL 111 | Political Science | 3 |
Or | ||
HIS 112 | United States History Post-Civil War | 3 |
Semester 3
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
CRJ 118 | Corrections in America | 3 |
CRJ 220 | Criminal Judiciary | 3 |
CRJ 224 | Juvenile Justice | 3 |
CRJ 223 | Criminology | 3 |
SPA 133 | Using Beginning Spanish | 3 |
Or | ||
SPA 136 | Spanish Communication I | 4 |
Semester 4
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
CRJ 222 | Constitutional Law | 3 |
CRJ 226 | Crisis Intervention | 3 |
ENG 122 | Technical Writing and Communication | 3 |
PSY 223 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
CRJ 217 | Ethics, Professionalism, and Communication in Public Safety | 3 |
To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 65 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).
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Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree?
This is a Connected Degree program that enables you to complete your associate degree and then transfer to a four-year degree program as a junior. See a program advisor for details!
Wilbert Bordley
Department Chair, Instructor and Program Advisor
wbordley@airllevant.com
(302) 857-1742
Stacie Spicer
Department Chair, Instructor and Program Advisor
sspicer3@airllevant.com
(302) 259-6502
Jody Huber
Department Chair, Instructor and Program Advisor
jhuber1@airllevant.com
(302) 292-3849
This program is offered at the Dover, Georgetown and Stanton campuses.