Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Teach Out
Program Description:
Personnel trends in law enforcement over the past 15 years have stressed the importance of education in addition to the time spent in service when considering candidates for promotion. Furthermore, candidates seeking entry into state police forces or federal law enforcement agencies are much more competitive if they possess a bachelors degree. Aspen’s bachelors degree program provides you with the critical and current knowledge needed in today’s law enforcement community. Dramatically increase your potential (without setting foot on a campus) through our online degree program.
Program Goals:
It is intended that Graduates of the Aspen University Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice program will learn or be able to do the following. They are the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’ standards to which the program is aligned. The Academy does not differentiate its standards between baccalaureate and master’s degree programs.
1. Administration of Justice: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will analyze contemporary criminal justice/criminology system, major systems of social control and their policies and practices; victimology; juvenile justice; comparative criminal justice.
2. Corrections: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will explore history, theory, practice and legal environment, development of correctional philosophy, incarceration, diversions, community-based corrections, treatment of offenders
3. Criminological Theory: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will assess crime problems through knowledge of: the nature and causes of crime, typologies, offenders, and victims
4. Law Adjudication: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will integrate criminal law, criminal procedures, prosecution, defense, and court procedures and decision-making into their understanding of criminal justice proceedings
5. Law Enforcement: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will inculcate knowledge of history, theory, practice and legal environment, police organization, discretion, and subculture
6. Research and Analytic Methods: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will be able to make critical decisions related to criminal justice with a focus on: quantitative, including statistics, and qualitative, methods for conducting and analyzing criminal justice/criminology research in a manner appropriate for undergraduate students
Degree Requirements: 120 Credits
Academic Schedule:
• COM100 - Intro to Communications
• CJ110 - Intro to Criminal Justice
• Mathematics Choice
• Elective Choice
• CMP160 - English Composition I
• Natural and Physical Sciences Choice
• Mathematics Choice • Elective Choice
• Social and Behavioral Sciences Choice
• CJ100 - Ethics in Law Enforcement
• Humanities Choice
• Communications Choice
• Natural and Physical Sciences Choice
• Humanities Choice
• CMP170 - English Composition II
• CJ140 - Intro to Criminology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences Choice
• Humanities Choice
• Elective Choice
• Elective Choice
• Communications Choice
• CJ305 - Constitutional Law I
• Social and Behavioral Sciences Choice
• CJ401 - Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
• CJ435 - Kinesic Interviewing
• CJ306 - Constitutional Law II
• CJ400 - Criminal Law • Social and Behavioral Sciences Choice
• CJ440 - Juvenile Justice • Mid-Program Proctored Exam
• CJ495 - Police Patrol
• CJ485 - Traffic Law and Accident Investigation
• CJ420 - Criminalistics and Forensic Investigation
• CJ425 - Criminal Investigation I
• CJ497 - First Responders
• CJ493 - Security Systems, Procedures and Developments
• CJ405 - Community Policing
• Elective Choice
• CJ455 - Investigation of Organized Crime
• CJ490 - Investigation of White Collar Crime
• Final Proctored Exam
• CJ499 - Senior Capstone
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a specialization in Criminal Justice Administration
Program Description:
Personnel trends in law enforcement over the past 15 years have stressed the importance of education in addition to the time spent in service when considering candidates for promotion. Furthermore, candidates seeking entry into state police forces or federal law enforcement agencies are much more competitive if they possess a bachelors degree. Aspen’s bachelors degree program provides you with the critical and current knowledge needed in today’s law enforcement community. Dramatically increase your potential (without setting foot on a campus) through our online degree program. The Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a specialization in Criminal Justice Administration is designed to educate students in the procedures and techniques of the criminal justice system. Students will learn about police management and supervision, as well as the correctional system and criminal procedure.
Program Goals:
It is intended that Graduates of the Aspen University Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a specialization in Criminal Justice Administration program will learn or be able to do the following. The first 6 are the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’ standards to which the program is aligned; #7 is peculiar to the specialization. The Academy does not differentiate its standards between baccalaureate and master’s degree programs.
1. Administration of Justice: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will analyze contemporary criminal justice/criminology system, major systems of social control and their policies and practices; victimology; juvenile justice; comparative criminal justice.
2. Corrections: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will explore history, theory, practice and legal environment, development of correctional philosophy, incarceration, diversions, community-based corrections, treatment of offenders
3. Criminological Theory: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will assess crime problems through knowledge of: the nature and causes of crime, typologies, offenders, and victims
4. Law Adjudication: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will integrate criminal law, criminal procedures, prosecution, defense, and court procedures and decision-making into their understanding of criminal justice proceedings
5. Law Enforcement: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will inculcate knowledge of history, theory, practice and legal environment, police organization, discretion, and subculture
6. Research and Analytic Methods: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will be able to make critical decisions related to criminal justice with a focus on: quantitative, including statistics, and qualitative, methods for conducting and analyzing criminal justice/criminology research in a manner appropriate for undergraduate students
7. Criminal Justice Administration: Graduates of the BSCJ program with a specialization in Criminal Justice Administration will learn to apply techniques of management and supervision as they pertain to each segment of the criminal justice field
Degree Requirements: 120 Credits
Academic Schedule:
• COM100 - Intro to Communications
• CJ110 - Intro to Criminal Justice
• Mathematics Choice
• CJ120 - Intro to Law Enforcement
• CMP160 - English Composition I
• Natural and Physical Sciences Choice
• Mathematics Choice
• CJ130 - Intro to Justice Administration
• Social and Behavioral Science Choice
• CJ100 - Ethics in Law Enforcement
• Humanities Choice
• Communications Choice
• Natural and Physical Sciences Choice
• Humanities Choice
• CMP170 - English Composition II
• Elective Choice
• Social and Behavioral Science Choice
• Humanities Choice
• Elective Choice
• Elective Choice
• Elective Choice
• CJ305 - Constitutional Law I
• Social and Behavioral Science Choice
• CJ401- Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
• CJ435 - Kinesic Interviewing
• CJ306 - Constitutional Law II
• CJ400 - Criminal Law • SBS190 - Intro to Economics
• Mid-Program Proctored Exam
• CJ440 - Juvenile Justice
• CJ410 - Police Management
• CJ485 - Traffic Law and Accident Investigation
• CJ415 - Supervision of Police
• CJ423 - Criminal Procedure
• CJ497 - First Responders
• CJ493 - Security Systems, Procedures and Developments
• CJ405 - Community Policing
• Elective Choice
• CJ445 - Corrections
• CJ490 - Investigation of White Collar Crime
• Final Proctored Exam
• CJ499 - Senior Capstone
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a specialization in Major Crime Investigation Procedure
Program Description:
Personnel trends in law enforcement over the past 15 years have stressed the importance of education in addition to the time spent in service when considering candidates for promotion. Furthermore, candidates seeking entry into state police forces or federal law enforcement agencies are much more competitive if they possess a bachelors degree. Aspen’s bachelors degree program provides you with the critical and current knowledge needed in today’s law enforcement community. Dramatically increase your potential (without setting foot on a campus) through our online degree program. The Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a specialization in Major Crime Scene Investigation Procedure is designed to educate students in the methods and techniques of criminal and homicide investigations. Students will learn about the history and scope of forensic sciences, as well as the management of criminal evidence.
Program Goals:
It is intended that Graduates of the Aspen University Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a specialization in Major Crime Investigation Procedure program will learn or be able to do the following. The first 6 are the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’ standards to which the program is aligned; #7 is peculiar to the specialization. The Academy does not differentiate its standards between baccalaureate and master’s degree programs.
1. Administration of Justice: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will analyze contemporary criminal justice/criminology system, major systems of social control and their policies and practices; victimology; juvenile justice; comparative criminal justice.
2. Corrections: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will explore history, theory, practice and legal environment, development of correctional philosophy, incarceration, diversions, community-based corrections, treatment of offenders
3. Criminological Theory: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will assess crime problems through knowledge of: the nature and causes of crime, typologies, offenders, and victims
4. Law Adjudication: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will integrate criminal law, criminal procedures, prosecution, defense, and court procedures and decision-making into their understanding of criminal justice proceedings
5. Law Enforcement: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will inculcate knowledge of history, theory, practice and legal environment, police organization, discretion, and subculture
6. Research and Analytic Methods: Graduates of the BSCJ programs will be able to make critical decisions related to criminal justice with a focus on: quantitative, including statistics, and qualitative, methods for conducting and analyzing criminal justice/criminology research in a manner appropriate for undergraduate students
7. Major Crime Scene Investigation Procedure:: Graduates of the BSCJ program with a specialization in Major Crime Scene Investigation Procedure will learn to leverage applied sciences toward criminal and civil law.
Degree Requirements: 120 Credits
Academic Schedule:
• COM100 - Intro to Communications
• CJ110 - Intro to Criminal Justice
• Mathematics Choice
• Elective Choice
• CMP160 - English Composition I
• Natural and Physical Sciences Choice
• Mathematics Choice
• Elective Choice
• Social and Behavioral Sciences Choice
• CJ100 - Ethics in Law Enforcement
• Humanities Choice
• Communications Choice
• Natural and Physical Sciences Choice
• Humanities Choice
• CMP170 - English Composition II
• CJ140 - Intro to Criminology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences Choice
• Humanities Choice
• Elective Choice
• CJ105 - Technology in Criminal Justice
• Elective Choice
• CJ305 - Constitutional Law I
• Social and Behavioral Sciences Choice
• CJ401 - Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
• CJ435 - Kinesic Interviewing
• CJ306 - Constitutional Law II
• CJ400 - Criminal Law
• Social and Behavioral Sciences Choice
• Mid-Program Proctored Exam
• CJ440 - Juvenile Justice
• CJ420 - Criminalistics and Forensic Investigation
• CJ430 - Criminal Evidence
• CJ425 - Criminal Investigation I
• CJ426 - Criminal Investigation II
• CJ497 - First Responders
• CJ493 - Security Systems, Procedures and Developments
• CJ450 - Homicide Investigation I
• Elective Choice
• CJ451 - Homicide Investigation II
• CJ490 - Investigations of White Collar Crime
• Final Proctored Exam
• CJ499 - Senior Capstone