Texas State University offers programs for Air Force ROTC and for criminal justice. The school's AFROTC programs equip students with the essential knowledge, communication skills and leadership abilities required to join the United States Air Force officer corps. Class lessons address subjects such as Air Force doctrine, air and space power history, leadership and management, and the dynamics of American defense policy. The leadership laboratory exercises improve students' management skills and prepare them for field training.
Texas State also offers criminal justice degree programs that train students to work in the operation and management of municipal, county, state and federal criminal justice agencies. Students in the undergraduate program may choose a criminal justice major between two options: law enforcement and corrections. Students can continue their studies through the school's master's degree program in criminal justice. The graduate program consists of courses covering criminal justice program planning, evaluation and implementation with the purpose of contributing productively to community and human services.
Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Broward College offers an ROTC program for prospective Air Force cadets that is available to students at many local schools. The program is connected to the University of Miami, and classes for the program are typically held once a week on the Miami campus. In addition to classroom lectures, students are also typically required to successfully complete leadership labs and physical training exercises.
Broward has several criminal justice degree programs, including bachelor's programs in criminal justice, in polygraph emphasis, and in crime scene technology. Students benefit from the experienced instructors who are highly regarded in the field for their professional contributions as prosecutors, lawyers, judges, police officers and detectives. Graduates of the program are qualified for positions such as police officer, deputy sheriff, state police trooper, corrections officer, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization inspector, U.S. Customs worker, polygraph specialist and crime scene technician.
Delaware State University offers a bachelor's degree program in criminal justice. The curriculum encompasses informative lessons that emphasize proficient writing and critical thinking skills. The program also requires students to successfully complete an advanced internship program. This allows students to practice their skills in the field while working with corrections, law enforcement and criminal justice systems in Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey.
Delaware State provides two-year and four-year Air Force ROTC programs. The four-year program consists of a general military course that covers basic information regarding the air force and the history of air power, and a professional officer course that emphasizes the enhancement of leadership skills, management abilities and the study of American defense policy. The school's two-year ROTC program is generally offered to prospective juniors and seniors, for the coursework requirements of the program are identical to the professional officer course and the final two years of the four-year program. However, to enroll into the two-year program, all candidates are required to successfully complete a six-week training session at a designated Air Force base.
Because of an agreement with the U.S. Air Force, Central Methodist students can take ROTC programs held at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Class lectures are provided once a week, in conjunction with the leadership labs held on the Missouri-Columbia campus. Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5 or they risk being dismissed from the program. Graduates of the program are trained and prepared to fulfill successful careers working in air force positions such as second lieutenant, security forces, pilot, navigator, non-rated operations, and technical and non-technical positions of responsibility.
Central Methodist University also offers a bachelor's degree in criminal justice program that prepares students for jobs in law enforcement, corrections management and criminal justice administration. Students in the program must take courses that address relevant topics such as criminal investigations, police organization and management, policing in a democracy, American constitutional law, evidence and trial practice, history of corrections, probation and parole, global crime, capital punishment, and organized crime and gangs.