Once a community college, Daytona State now offers both two- and four-year degrees in criminal justice. The college's course catalog includes Crime Scene Investigation, a three-credit course that deals with forensics in criminal justice. A separate course, Criminal Investigations, is a two-credit course that introduces students to a variety of crime scenes they might encounter in the police world. A third course, Crime Scene Investigation, helps the students learn how to deal with some of the specific types of crimes they will encounter while investigating crime scenes. The course focuses on death investigations, domestic violence and child abuse. Another course specifically deals with traffic crash investigations.
The University of Central Florida, based in Orlando, operates a satellite campus in Daytona Beach. The university offers a four-year degree in criminal justice, including programs that cater to students who attend the regional campuses outside of Orlando. The department also offers graduate programs. UCF offers certificate programs in Crime Scene Investigation and Crime Analysis at the bachelor's degree level and graduate certification in crime analysis. The department says it utilizes the latest in technology to teach students how to conduct criminal investigations.
This Daytona Beach university is a historically black college offering a four-year degree in criminology. The university's course offerings include three-semester hour classes including Principles of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science. Degree-seeking criminology students are required to take courses in biology, and students are provided with an opportunity to gain hands-on crime scene investigation experience through an internship program.
The university in Daytona Beach offers both a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice and a Master of Arts degree in criminal justice. The bachelor degree program features courses on crime scene forensics, crime scene investigation and technology used for investigating crimes. The master's program offers seminar courses, which include crime investigation methods.