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John Skellenger
Dean of Career Education and Workforce Development
Bay Area
Monterey Peninsula College
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Program Details
Modern Policing
New Program
Modern Policing (210560)
08/01/25
The Associate in Science in Modern Policing (AS in Modern Policing) prepares students for a career in the field of public safety. The Modern Policing degree incorporates a larger focus on human services, social justice, and ethnic studies to develop more socially responsive public safety officers and workers in the future.
There is an estimated 5-10 completers each year.
Program Proposal Attributes
- A.S. Degree (S)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have demonstrated the ability to:
- Differentiate and evaluate the requirements and limitations of justice professionals, including critical thinking, and problem-solving skills in real time.
- Articulate the justice system’s objectives, total crime data, role expectations of criminal justice professionals, and the various functions of each subsystem within the system.
- Describe the system’s responsibilities to victims, the community, theory and factors in crime causation, the social implications of crime, and communication barriers between system professionals and multicultural communities.
- Identify and apply definitions and concepts related to constitutional law, legal codes and case law at the federal and state levels.
- Accept and respect the beliefs, behaviors, lifestyles and subcultures of multicultural communities.
- Analyze multicultural situations and use good judgment, even when information is limited.
- Analyze multicultural situations and use good judgment, even when information is limited.
Course Units and Hours
n/a
47
60
Course Report
The Associate Degree in Modern Policing prepares students for a career in public safety in positions such as a Police Officer or Sherriff's deputy. This program of study is more concentrated on human services, awareness, and empathy for California's multicultural population. This program of study enhances student exposure to social justice, ethnic studies, and studies of indigenous people and art.
| Course | Title | Units | Year/Semester (Y1 or S1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADMJ 2 | Introduction to Administration of Justice | 3 | Y1 |
| ENGL C1000 | Academic Reading and Writing | 3 | Y1 |
| ETNC 10 | Introduction to Ethnic Studies | 3 | Y1 |
| PHIL 4 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 | Y 1 |
| COMM C1000 | Introduction to Public Speaking | 3 | Y1 |
| ENGL C1001 | Critical Thinking and Writing | 3 | Y1 |
| ADMJ 4 | Concepts of Criminal Law | 3 | Y1 |
| PSYC C1000 or SOCI 1 | Introduction to Psychology or Introduction to Sociology | 3 | Y1 |
| SPCH 4 | Intercultural Communication | 3 | Y1 |
| STAT C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | 4 | Y1 |
| ADMJ 3 | Community and the Justice System | 3 | Y2 |
| ADMJ 66 or ADMJ 6 or ADMJ 51 or ADMJ 70 | Criminal Investigation or Legal Aspects of Evidence or Criminal Court Process or Juvenile Procedures | 3 | Y2 |
| SOCI 17 or ECED 55 | Introduction to Crime and Deviance or Child, Family, and Community | 3 | Y2 |
| PSYC 3 | Introduction to Social Psychology | 3 | Y2 |
| SPCH 3 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 | Y2 |
| ARTH 7 | Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous North America | 3 | Y2 |
| ADMJ 6 or ADMJ 51 or ADMJ 70 | Legal Aspects of Evidence or Criminal Court Process or Juvenile Procedures | 3 | Y2 |
| WORK 99 | Career-Focused Work Experience | 1 | Y2 |
| Electives | 14 | Y2 |
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Bay Area Regional Questions
CTE
The addition of this degree pathway is in response to AB 89. It gives future peace officers a broader social perspective.
Most colleges in the bay area offer administration of justice programs, overlapping with each other. I am not aware of one program negatively impacting another. The addition of this degree pathway is in response to AB 89.
Submission Details
02/11/25 - 09:17 AM
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