Criminal Justice Transfer Program Schedule Guide, A.A.

Program Overview

The Criminal Justice program at SCC prepares students for careers in law enforcement, including positions in local, state, and federal agencies. Graduates with a bachelor's degree or higher can expect to earn a mean average of $52,220 per year in Missouri. The program offers an AAS degree that can be transferred to four-year schools for completion of a bachelor's degree. Students can also explore specific career paths through an internship elective course.

Program Outline

Careers:

• Criminal Justice graduates with a bachelor’s degree, or higher, work in careers ranging from an local, state and private sector positions, attorney, federal law enforcement i.e.
; DEA, FBI, Secret Service, Homeland Security.
• Employment in the Law Enforcement Industry is projected to grow 5 percent from 2019 to 2029, faster than the average for all occupations.
• Many of these job openings over the next several years will be in emerging in high-growth industries.
• In the state of Missouri, employees working in the criminal justice field earn a mean average of $52,220 per year, depending on education, experience and employer.Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
• According to the U.S. Department of Labor, earnings increase significantly as a worker’s degree of education rises.
• Employment opportunities also increase if a person is fluent in more than one language.
• Criminal Justice graduates with a bachelor’s degree qualify for growing career options in law enforcement, including, but not limited to: anti-terrorism intelligence agent, arbitrator, ballistics expert, border patrol agent, computer security specialist, court arbitrator, ballistics expert, border patrol agent, criminal investigator, deputy juvenile officer, emergency management specialist, fraud investigator, harbor, lake and waterways police, mediator, narcotics investigator, probation/parole officer, police artist, police officer.
• SCC has agreements with four-year schools in the St. Louis metro area and across Missouri so that graduates can transfer the AAS degree and finish a bachelor’s degree in these and more related fields.
• Students may use an internship elective course to explore in more detail specific Criminal Justice career paths.