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All courses are for unit credit and apply to a De Anza associate degree unless otherwise noted.
ADMJ 54 Youth and the Law
4 Units
4 Units
This course examines the theories, principles, and strategies of tactical and interpersonal communication necessary to interview victims, witnesses, and suspects. Students will explore crisis intervention strategies for victims and witnesses of crime, along with communication with individuals from diverse backgrounds with consideration to race, ethnicity, gender, age, and special needs.
ADMJ 75 Principles and Procedures of the 4 Units Justice System
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
(Also listed as PARA 75 and POLI 75. Students may enroll in only one department for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Procedures followed by law enforcement and courts in criminal cases; constitutional principles governing those procedures.
ADMJ 78 Correctional Investigation 4 Units
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
History and development of probation and parole systems, including current practices at the federal, state and local levels. Investigation techniques needed for preparation of pre-sentence investigation reports, use of these reports in the courts, probation and parole supervision, and correctional institutions.
ADMJ 84 Forensic Science 4 Units
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This course discusses techniques used by forensic scientists in identification, collection, comparison, and analysis of different types of physical evidence from crime scenes. The course is intended for the non-science major seeking a law enforcement career but it is useful to all students interested in the field of forensic science. Emphasis will be given to trace evidence, DNA evidence, bloodstain patterns, firearms, tool marks, fingerprints, questioned documents, drugs, arson, explosives, computer forensics, and courtroom expert witness testimony. This is a combined content lecture and skill-building crime lab utilization course.
ADMJ 90A Legal Aspects of Evidence (CP 4) 4 Units
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
(Also listed as PARA 90A. Students may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
The origin, development, and content of the rules of evidence; kinds of degrees of evidence and rules governing admissibility of evidence.
ADMJ 95 Overview of American Law 4 Units
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
(Also listed as PARA 95 and POLI 95. Students may enroll in only one department for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Overview of the major substantive areas of American law: contracts, constitutional law, corporations, criminal law, family law, property, torts, wills and estates..
A Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
(Also listed as PARA 54 and SOC 54. Students may enroll in only one department for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
A legal and sociological approach to understanding the causes of juvenile delinquency; an examination of race, culture, and gender in juvenile delinquency; community responses to delinquency; organization, functions, and jurisdiction of both social and legal agencies; processing and detention; case disposition; statutes and court procedures.
ADMJ 55 Alcohol, Narcotics and Drug Abuse
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Designed to equip public service workers and the community with knowledge of the issues involved in drug abuse, including the history and classification of drugs and the problems facing society and the governing of illegal drug use.
ADMJ 56 Practical Writing for Administration of Justice
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273. Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
4 Units
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the basic principles, techniques, and applications required to complete an effective, professional investigative report within the criminal justice system. Ethical standards and critical thinking, as they relate to report-writing, will be examined.
ADMJ 61 Criminal Investigation 4 Units
Prerequisite: ADMJ 3 or PARA 3 or POLI 13 (may be taken concurrently) or ADMJ 75 or PARA 75 or POLI 75 (may be taken concurrently).
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Fundamentals of crime investigation; techniques of crime scene search and recording; collection and preservation of physical evidence; use of scientific aids; modus operandi processes; sources of information; interviewing techniques.
ADMJ 62 Sexual Assault, Police and 4 Units Community Response
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
(Also listed as PSYC 63. Students may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This course examines the societal and psychological aspects of sexual assault, the perpetrators and the victims, along with the practical application of the police investigation, the criminal justice process, and social service intervention.
ADMJ 64 ADMJ 64X ADMJ 64Y
ADMJ 64Z
Administration of Justice Internships
1 Unit 2 Units 3 Units 4 Units
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Three hours laboratory per unit of supervised internship in an authorized office or agency (36 hours total for each unit of credit per quarter).
Program of work experience and study in law enforcement, corrections/probation, private security or human services under the supervision of the instructor and agency personnel.
ADMJ 69 Administration of Justice Field Trips 1 Unit
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Three hours laboratory (36 hours total per quarter).
This is a survey of current conditions in law enforcement, probation, corrections, and visits to adult or juvenile detention and correctional facilities in Northern California.
ADMJ 73 Crime and Criminology 4 Units
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
(Also listed as SOC 73. Students may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This course introduces the major types of crime and criminal behavior, examining demographics and measurement of crime, theories of causation and victimization, crime prevention, and crime control.
ADMJ 74A Interviewing, Interrogation and 4 Units Crisis Intervention
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
(Also listed as PARA 74A and PSYC 74A. Students may enroll in only one department for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
African American Studies
AFAM 10 An Introduction to African 4 Units
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(Formerly ICS 10.) American Studies
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This course is an introduction to the field of African American Studies through history, literature, philosophy, the arts, and culture. Additionally, it will examine the sociological, political, economic, and philosophical perspectives on the experience of people of African ancestry in the United States. The values, experience, and cultural contributions of Black/African American individuals in the United States will be identified, examined, and authenticated.
AFAM 11 Sankofa: The Roots of the African 4 Units (Formerly ICS 11.) American Experience
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This is an interdisciplinary course inspired by Haile Gerima's compelling motion picture, Sankofa. The word “Sankofa” means “it is not taboo to go back and reclaim what has been lost.” This course will build upon this concept of “returning to the source” in order to understand the present state of the African Diaspora, specifically those individuals identifying as Black American or African American. Emphasis will be placed on the historical and psycho-cultural understanding of people of African descent throughout the Diaspora.















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