Criminal Justice (A.S.)
HEGIS: 5505
SUNY CODE: 1100
The Criminal Justice A.S. program prepares students to transfer to a four-year college or university to major in criminal justice and related social science disciplines. Building on a solid foundation of required courses focusing on law, criminology, criminal justice and private security, the curriculum allows students to take elective coursework in such areas as policing, juvenile justice, corrections and security to suit their own professional interests. In addition, students take a variety of courses in such areas as forensic science, math and social science.
The goals of this program are to:
- provide students with philosophical and historical background of the criminal justice system as well as a working knowledge of the NYS penal and criminal procedure law;
- introduce students to the theories of crime, crime causation, crime prevention, as well as a general understanding of criminal justice ethics and resolution of those issues; and
- provide students with a foundational knowledge of various theories of punishment, the philosophy of corrections, and the major components of the adult and juvenile correctional system, and how racial, ethnic, gender, and class issues affect policies and operations within these systems.
Successful graduates from this program will be able to:
- identify and analyze the impact of the philosophical and historical foundations of the CJ systems, and identify and apply selected statutes in the NYS penal law and criminal procedure law.
- analyze theories and compare and contrast the validity of various theories and the theory application; identify common CJ ethical issues as well as resolutions to those issues.
- identify the main parts and functions of the adult and juvenile corrections system and how racial, ethnic, gender, and class issues affect policies and operations within these systems.
Transfer Information
Graduates go on to four-year colleges and universities such as SUNY Brockport, SUNY Oswego, SUNY Albany, SUNY Plattsburgh, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Utica College and Rochester Institute of Technology.
Program of Study
1st Year
1st Semester
| CJ 120 | Intro Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CJ 123 | Criminal Substantive Law | 3 |
| EN 111 | College Writing | 3 |
| FS 100 | First Year Student Seminar | 1 |
| SS 151 | Intro Psychology | 3 |
| SS 161 | Introductory Sociology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
2nd Semester
| CJ 124 | Criminal Procedure Law | 3 |
| EN 112 | College Literature | 3 |
| SS 136 | Criminology | 3 |
| | Criminal Justice Elective | 3 |
| | Mathematics Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Mathematics Elective: MA 124 or higher.
2nd Year
3rd Semester
| SS 167 | Juvenile Delinquency | 3 |
| | Criminal Justice Elective | 3 |
| | English/Humanities Elective | 3 |
| | Laboratory Science Elective | 4 |
| | US History and Civic Engagement Selective | 3 |
| | OR | |
| | World History and Global Awareness Selective | 3 |
| | Physical Education Activity | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
Western Civilization Selective: This must be a Social Science course.
EN, HU, or FL Elective: Student must select one (1) course from the following categories: The Arts, Other World Civilizations or Foreign Language.
Laboratory Science Elective: Student should select from the following: SC 125, SC 150 or other laboratory science elective.
4th Semester
| | Criminal Justice Elective | 3 |
| | English Selective | 3 |
| | OR | |
| | Foreign Language Selective | 3 |
| | OR | |
| | Humanities Selective | 3 |
| | Information Science Elective | 3 |
| | OR | |
| | Mathematics Elective | 3 |
| | Science Elective | 3 |
| | Social Science Elective | 3 |
| | Physical Education Activity | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
English/Foreign Language/Humanities Selective: Student must select a course from one of the following categories - Arts, Foreign Language or Other World Civilizations
Mathematics Elective: MA 124 or higher
Social Science Elective: Student must select from the following: SS164, SS225, SS 227 or SS 246
Total Credit Hours: 64
This program is Internet accessible and may be completed entirely online. For more information access Herkimer College's Internet Academy website: www.herkimer.edu/ia
For more information, contact the Humanities and Social Science Division at (315) 866-0300, ext. 8430 or toll free 1-844-GO-4-HERK, ext. 8430.