27 courses with the subject CJC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CJC 100Basic Law Enforcement Training 9 30 0
Course Offering Availability: Fall, Spring, This course covers the basic skills and knowledge needed for entry-level employment as a law enforcement officer in North Carolina. Topics are divided into general units of study: legal, patrol duties, law enforcement communications, investigations, practical application and sheriff-specific. Upon successful completion, the student will be able to demonstrate competence in the topics and areas required for the state comprehensive certification examination. This is a certificate-level course.
Local, Sponsorship from a Public Law Enforcement Agency
Corequisite
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CJC 111*** Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 0 03
Course Offering Availability: Fall This course introduces the components and processes of the criminal justice system. Topics include history, structure, functions, and philosophy of the criminal justice system and their relationship to life in our society. Upon completion, students should be able to define and describe the major system components and their interrelationships and evaluate career options. This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA and ICAA as a premajor and/or elective course requirement. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC). CJC 112 Criminology 3 0 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Spring This course introduces deviant behavior as it relates to criminal activity. Topics include theories of crime causation; statistical analysis of criminal behavior; past, present, and future social control initiatives; and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to explain and discuss various theories of crime causation and societal response. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC). 271 2026-2027 VGCC Catalog
Course Offering Availability: Course offered at discretion of Dean This course introduces the students to undercover techniques necessary to identify information security breaches and establish, maintain and monitor information security systems. Emphasis will be placed on the investigative tools used to collect evidence in cases of illegal activity. Upon completion students should be able to evaluate information systems, identify security problems and provide procedures to guard against security breaches. CJC 121 Law Enforcement Operations 3 0 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Fall This course introduces fundamental law enforcement operations. Topics include the contemporary evolution of law enforcement operations and related issues. Upon completion, students should be able to explain theories, practices, and issues related to law enforcement operations. This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA and ICAA as a premajor and/ or elective course requirement. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC). CJC 122 Community Policing 3 0 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Course offered at discretion of Dean This course covers the historical, philosophical, and practical dimensions of community policing. Emphasis is placed on the empowerment of police and the community to find solutions to problems by forming partnerships. Upon completion, students should be able to define community policing, describe how community policing strategies solve problems, and compare community policing to traditional policing. CJC 131 Criminal Law 3 0 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Spring This course covers the history/evolution/principles and contemporary applications of criminal law. Topics include sources of substantive law, classification of crimes, parties to crime, elements of crimes, matters of criminal responsibility, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to discuss the sources of law and identify, interpret, and apply the appropriate statutes/elements. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC).
State, Take One: CIS-110 or CIS-111 None None None
Corequisite
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CJC 121*** Law Enforcement Operations 3 0 03
Course Offering Availability: Fall This course introduces fundamental law enforcement operations. Topics include the contemporary evolution of law enforcement operations and related issues. Upon completion, students should be able to explain theories, practices, and issues related to law enforcement operations. This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA and ICAA as a premajor and/or elective course requirement. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC). CJC 131 Criminal Law 3 0 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Spring This course covers the history/evolution/principles and contemporary applications of criminal law. Topics include sources of substantive law, classification of crimes, parties to crime, elements of crimes, matters of criminal responsibility, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to discuss the sources of law and identify, interpret, and apply the appropriate statutes/elements. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC). This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA and ICAA as a premajor and/or elective course requirement.
Course Offering Availability: Course offered at the discretion of the Dean This course covers judicial structure/process/procedure from incident to disposition, kinds and degrees of evidence, and the rules governing admissibility of evidence in court. Topics include consideration of state and federal courts, arrest, search and seizure laws, exclusionary and statutory rules of evidence, and other related issues. Upon completion, students should be able to identify and discuss procedures necessary to establish a lawful arrest/search, proper judicial procedures, and the admissibility of evidence. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC). CJC 141*** Corrections 3 0 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Fall This course covers the history, major philosophies, components, and current practices and problems of the field of corrections. Topics include historical evolution, functions of the various components, alternatives to incarceration, treatment programs, inmate control, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to explain the various components, processes, and functions of the correctional system. This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA and ICAA as a premajor and/or elective course requirement. This course is also available through the Virtua l Learning Community (VLC). 272 2026-2027 VGCC Catalog
Course Offering Availability: Course offered at the discretion of the Dean This course introduces the concepts and methods related to commercial and private security systems. Topics include the historical, philosophical, and legal basis of security, with emphasis on security surveys, risk analysis, and associated functions. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate and understand security systems, risk management, and the laws relative to loss prevention.
Course Offering Availability: Course offered at the discretion of the Dean This course prepares the student to specialize in the direct response, operations, and management of critical incidents. Emphasis is placed upon the theoretical and applied models to understand and manage disasters, terrorism, and school/work place violence. Upon completion, the student should be able to identify and discuss managerial techniques legal issues, and response procedures to critical incidents.
Course Offering Availability: Spring This course covers ethical considerations and accepted standards applicable to criminal justice organizations and professionals. Topics include ethical systems; social change, values, and norms; cultural diversity; citizen involvement in criminal justice issues; and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to apply ethical considerations to the decision-making process in identifiable criminal justice situations. This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA and ICAA as a premajor and/or elective course requirement. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC). CJC 214 Victimology 3 0 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Course offered at the discretion of the Dean This course introduces the study of victims. Emphasis is placed on roles/ characteristics of victims, victim interaction with the criminal justice system and society, current victim assistance programs, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to discuss and identify victims, the uniqueness of victims’ roles, and current victim assistance programs. CJC 221 Investigative Principles 3 2 0 4 Course Offering Availability: Spring This course introduces the theories and fundamentals of the investigative process. Topics include crime scene/incident processing, information gathering techniques, collection/preservation of evidence, preparation of appropriate reports, court presentations, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to identify, explain, and demonstrate the techniques of the investigative process, report preparation, and courtroom presentation. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC). CJC 225 Crisis Intervention 3 0 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Course offered at the discretion of the Dean This course introduces critical incident intervention and management techniques as they apply to operational criminal justice practitioners. Emphasis is placed on the victim/offender situation as well as job-related high stress, dangerous, or problem-solving citizen contacts. Upon completion, students should be able to provide insightful analysis of emotional, violent, drug-induced, and other critical and/or stressful incidents that require field analysis and/or resolution. 273 2026-2027 VGCC Catalog
Course Offering Availability: Course offered at the discretion of the Dean This course provides a study of the best known methods and practices of police leadership and management. Topics include the role of the manager in law enforcement, communications, time-management in law enforcement, managing problems, training and law enforcement productivity. Upon completion, students should be able to identify and discuss methods and practices capable of moving law enforcement agencies forward into the twenty- first century. CJC 241 Community-Based Corrections 3 0 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Spring This course covers programs for convicted offenders that are used both as alternatives to incarceration and in post- incarceration situations. Topics include offenders, diversion, house arrest, restitution, community service, probation and parole, including both public and private participation, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to identify/discuss the various programs from the perspective of the criminal justice professional, the offender, and the community.
Mathematics Elective ( MAT 110 , MAT 143 *, MAT 152 *) 3-4 Major Elective 3 Major Elective 3 Total Hours for Semester 15 - 16 MAJOR ELECTIVE LIST: (Select a minimum of 13 hours) Course Credits
Course Offering Availability: Course offered at the discretion of the Dean This course is designed to examine the issues and challenges facing law enforcement today through the study of real- world scenarios. Topics include professionalism, leadership, communication, diversity, and community relationships. Upon completion, students should be able to exhibit leadership abilities, demonstrate the importance of verbal and non- verbal communication, and display the professionalism and decorum required of public safety personnel. 274 2026-2027 VGCC Catalog
