Criminal Justice Program, Criminal Justice Degree Program

The Associate of Science degree program in Criminal Justice at Briarcliffe College – Bethpage is designed to provide students with a broad introduction to the field of criminal justice and enable them to pursue an entry-level position in the field of protective services or to pursue more advanced study at the baccalaureate level. The Criminal Justice program curriculum offers a balance of theory and application that will prove challenging to students and useful in the field. As with most fields, computers have become an important part of criminal justice practice; therefore, our program provides valuable experience using computers.

Briarcliffe College – Bethpage's Criminal Justice Program also enables students to explore and prepare for career openings in private investigation, corrections, probation and parole, private protective security, or as providers of security to firms concerned with incidences of computer crime*. The Criminal Justice program curriculum has been purposefully designed to provide sufficient breadth and depth, giving students a solid core of courses in the discipline and allowing the exploration of one or more specialty areas that would deliver knowledge appropriate to their Criminal Justice career aspirations.

*Additional education and/or experience in addition to our criminal justice program may be needed for some positions.