• Overview of the United States criminal justice system; students develop a general understanding of the dynamic nature of the criminal justice system's response to crime in society, including the roles of law enforcement, courts, corrections, and juvenile justice systems.

  • Overview of the major principles and functions of the United States legal system, including an introduction to Constitutional and statutory provisions, the American judicial system, legal vocabulary, and the dynamic impact of contemporary civil and criminal legal issues on American society.

  • Detailed study of legal bibliography, law library research and case and text analysis, resulting in the supervised production of legal research assignments.