Program Overview
Plan of Study in Criminal Justice
The Criminal Justice curriculum is designed for students who plan to transfer to four-year institutions to pursue careers in law enforcement, the courts, corrections, juvenile justice, private security, criminal behavior, and other aspects of crime and criminal justice. KCC also offers a Law Enforcement program. If you have chosen a transfer institution, consult them to make course selections. Students should see the criminal justice/law enforcement coordinator to determine which program best suits their needs. Students enrolling in this curriculum are urged to meet with an academic advisor each semester to review course selections and transfer plans.
Use the Transfer Guide
Log on to MyCreditsTransfer at www.itransfer.org to see how your courses transfer to other colleges and universities. MyCreditsTransfer also offers program requirements and course equivalencies.
Program Requirements
Supportive Courses
Choose one
Major courses
Communications
Laboratory Science
| Life Science Course | 3-4 Credits |
| Physical Science Course | 3-4 Credits |
| Credit Hours: | 7-8 |
Mathematics
Choose one
Humanities
| Humanities Courses | 9 Credits |
| Credit Hours: | 9 |
Three courses, with at least one from general humanities and at least one from the fine arts or interdisciplinary categories. View Humanities course options.
Social and behavioral science
| PSYC 1813 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 Credits |
| SOCY 2513 | Sociology | 3 Credits |
| Social and Behavioral Science Elective | 3 Credits |
| Credit Hours: | 9 |
Electives
| Electives | 5 Credits |
| Credit Hours: | 5 |
Choose courses from any transfer-level elective area. Appropriate electives have a second digit of 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 in the KCC course number. A maximum of four (4) credit hours can come from physical education activity courses. Some universities require PHED 1512.
Minimum Credit Hours: 64
Suggested Course Sequence
Fall semester
| LAWF 1513 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| PSYC 1813 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 Credits |
| ENGL 1613 | English I | 3 Credits |
| Mathematics Elective | 3-5 Credits |
| Laboratory Science Course | 4 Credits |
Spring semester
| LAWF 1713 | Basic Criminal Law | 3 |
| ENGL 1623 | English II | 3 Credits |
| COSC 1513 | Introduction to Information Processing | 3 Credits |
| Social and Behavioral Science Course | 3 Credits |
| Laboratory Science Course | 4 Credits |
Fall semester
Spring semester
| LAWF 1753 | Juvenile Delinquency | 3 Credits |
| LAWF Elective | 3 Credits |
| Humanities Courses | 6 Credits |
| Electives | 5 Credits |
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