The Community College of Allegheny County in Pennsylvania offers students the opportunity to earn an associate degree in law enforcement, corrections and computer forensics. Students, upon graduations, are prepared to work as law enforcement officers, correctional officers and prison guards in local, state and federal law enforcement systems.
Students take an interdisciplinary course load that combines criminal justice, ethics, oral communication and criminology with core courses in English, mathematics, history and science.
The Community College of Allegheny offers this program at its Allegheny, Boyce, North and South campuses.
Tidewater Community College, located in Norfolk, Virginia, offers a criminology program through its School of Criminal Justice. Students who study in there choose from a variety of fields of study, including criminal justice, homeland security, law enforcement administration, forensic sciences, criminology, transnational crime, law enforcement policy, criminal investigations and private security.
Programs take two years to complete, resulting an an associate degree and the graduate prepared to work for local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.
The John Tyler Community College in Chester, Virginia, offers students the opportunity to earn an associate degree in human services, with a specialization in criminology. For acceptance into the program, students must have a high school diploma or equivalent and have passed college placement tests satisfactorily in English and mathematics. Remedial courses in English and mathematics are available if students do not gain satisfactory scores on college placement tests.
The program prepares students for careers in criminology, corrections, forensic mental health and facilities management, in addition to fields in probation, parole and juvenile justice.
Herkimer County Community College, located in Herkimer, New York, offers students the opportunity to earn an associate degree in criminology while attending classes either on-campus or online.
Students are required to participate in an internship where they gain professional experience in the areas of criminal justice, parole, probation, law enforcement and criminal investigation.
Graduates of this program have found employment as police officers, criminal investigators, IRS agents, customs agents, park rangers, environmental conservation officers, state troopers, corrections officers, corrections counselors, bailiffs, court administrators, criminalists, alarm investigators, credit investigators, security detectives and loss prevention specialists.