Laura Hayes, Director of K14 Transition: lhayes53@ivytech.edu Office Phone: 812-298-2496
Criminal Justice Program Chair: Jamie Houston Email: jhouston29@ivytech.edu Office Phone: 812-298-2395
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Program Description: Criminal Justice instructors at Ivy Tech have real-world experience and are professionals in their fields. You may experience crime labs, court rooms, probation, community corrections, correctional facilities, jails, drug courts, investigative techniques that include physical evidence, psychological profiles, and cyber forensics as well as private and business security.
While in the Criminal Justice program students can choose to focus on several different areas.
Law Enforcement – You will experience how to provide assistance, respond to emergency calls, investigate crime scenes, and testify in court. By developing the skills needed to be a police officer, including law, community relations, procedural law and criminal investigations you may be employed with your local police department, sheriffs, Indiana State Police, conservation officers, Homeland Security, prosecutors, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and private investigators.
Corrections/Probation – You will examine correctional policies and practices, criminal sentencing, jails, prisons, alternative sentencing, prisoner rights, rehabilitation, and community corrections including probation and parole. By exploring the American correctional system you may be employed at the local, state, and federal probation, parole, or correctional agencies in both the adult and juvenile systems.
Court Services – You will develop skills in community relations, procedural law, court processes and cultural awareness. By exploring the Court Services you may be employed with victims’ assistance, probation support services, law offices, legal aid, public defenders, bailiffs, clerk offices, and local, state, federal courts.
Public, Private & Business Security and Forensics/Cyber – You will conduct risk/threat assessments, emergency management plans, security survey reports, design security, crime and loss prevention programs for individual and business enterprises such as airports and casinos. You will develop skills in investigation process for both physical and cyber evidence, assess crime scenes and handle evidentiary material, and how to testify in court.
Our Graduates: Graduates of our Associate of Science (AS) degree can seamlessly transfer to a four-year institution through our “Transfer as a Junior” program, entering at a junior status. To learn more about our Transfer as a Junior programs, and how they can save you money, contact your Ivy Tech Advisor. Please keep in mind, you will also need to be admitted to the four-year institution you intend to transfer to, admission is not guaranteed just by enrolling in a Transfer as a Junior program.
Grade Level: 12th
Length of Program: 1 year (Senior Year Only) 1/2 of the day
HS Credits per semester: 3 HS Credits per year: 6
Fall Semester Courses: Days/Times:
CRIM 105 Introduction to Criminology (Hybrid) (3 Cr Hrs) TH 8:00am-10:45am (1st 8 weeks)
CRIM 103 Cultural Awareness (3 Cr Hrs) T/TH 8:00am-10:45am (2nd 8 weeks)
*Course Fees: $0 for both classes
*Hybrid Fee: $60
*Ivy Tech Technology Fees*: $75 per semester
*Estimated New Books (with both courses): $445
Spring Semester Courses: Days/Times:
CRIM 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice System (3 Cr Hrs) T/Th 8:00am-10:45am (1st 8 weeks)
Course to be determined TBA – T/TH Mornings
*Student could choose to take one course
*Course Fees: $0 for both classes
*Ivy Tech Technology Fees*: $75 per Semester
*Estimated New Books (CRIM 101 book, other course TBD): $185
Tuition: Twin Rivers pays all CTE course tuition. Student pays for fees and books.
Occupations upon completion of program: Graduates of the Criminal Justice program find employment as postsecondary criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, first-line supervisors of correctional officers, and first-line supervisors of police and detectives.