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Criminal Justice AAS

Associate of Applied Science Degree

CIP 430103 (CRJ2)

The Criminal Justice A.A.S. Degree is designed for students seeking a career in Criminal Justice. Whether you want to become an emergency dispatcher, a victim/witness assistant, lawyer, probation/parole officer or a law enforcement officer, this program is a great place to start. The curriculum is strong, diverse and provides an excellent opportunity to see the criminal justice system as it actually functions, not how
televisions portrays it.

Students transferring to a four-year College or university should select their elective courses only after consulting with the program Advisor to facilitate the transferability of coursework. Please contact Christine Swenson at 303.797.5980 or christine.swenson@arapahoe.edu to make an appointment.

Admission Requirements

• Admission to Arapahoe Community College
• Students should have the ability to produce work above the developmental level to be successful in this program. This means students must have ACCUPLACER reading scores of 80+ and writing scores of 95+ (or equivalent ACT/SAT scores or the appropriate college level course).

Program Requirements

All students must select electives from courses with the prefixes of: ACC, CIS, CRJ, CSC, EMS, PAR, SPA or any

other General Education Guaranteed Transfer course.

*The PED requirement will be waived for students who are 35 years of age or older at the time of most recent admission to the College. Appropriate credit must be taken to substitute for the hour waived.

Graduation Requirements

• To graduate, students must apply for graduation and complete the graduation survey (available via myACC). (form available at www.arapahoe.edu/graduation)
• After applying for graduation, all correspondence to a student about the status of their program conferral will be sent to their student email address only.
• As a graduate of a Career and Technical Education program you will be contacted by an ACC employee in approximately six months to verify your employment information. This information gathering is a federal requirement to ensure that ACC receives certain federal funding.

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