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Administration of Justice
COUNS-036 Career & Life Planning - 3 Units
ADVISORY: Eligibility for ENGL-100 or equivalent LMC Degree: DA Transfer: UC; CSU Gen. Ed. Area E In this course students will engage in in-depth career and life planning. Students will learn research strategies to make effective career and major choices, using a variety of techniques to find, retrieve, and evaluate career planning information. Students will use career assessments to identify their preferred work values, interests, skills, and personality traits. Research will then focus on the exploration of labor market needs; educational and employment requirements; and career ladders within given professions resulting in an effective educational and job search plan. This course will help students develop psychological “soft skills” in the domain of human relations such as interpersonal communication, self-esteem and professional confidence, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, and effective collaboration in team-building skills. May not be repeated. SC
Online and Hybrid Sections
1503 ONLINE Godinez, M Semester This section is designed for students pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) major and career paths. Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information. 1504 ONLINE Mack, M Semester This section is designed for students pursuing Behavioral Science, Social Science, and Law major and career pathways. Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information. 1520 ONLINE Wright, S Semester This section is designed for students pursuing Arts and Humanities major and career paths. Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information. 1521 ONLINE Westbrook, N Semester This section is designed for students pursuing Arts and Humanities major and career pathways. Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information. 1525 ONLINE Costanza, E Semester This section is designed for students pursuing Business and Management major and career pathways. Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information. 1463 ONLINE Rose, R 8/22-10/14 Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information. 1502 ONLINE Rose, R 10/17-12/9 Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information. 5003 ONLINE Rose, R 12/6-1/3 Note: Online Cybersession course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information.
COUNS-045 MESA/STEM Scholars Success - 1.5 Units
ADVISORY: ENGL-095 LMC Degree: DA This course is designed for students who participate or are interested in the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Program at Los Medanos College. The course will introduce students to the STEM career paths, transfer requirements, internship, and scholarship availabilities. The course will assist the student in compiling strengths-based resumes and personal statements. May not be repeated. SC
Online and Hybrid Sections
0906 ONLINE Pon, M Semester Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information.
ADVISORY: ENGL-100 LMC Degree: ADR: Social and Behavioral Sciences; DA Transfer: UC; CSU Gen. Ed. Area D; IGETC Area 4H, 4J; C-ID AJ 110 This course introduces students to the characteristics of the criminal justice system in the United States. Focus is placed on examining the integrated, interdisciplinary methods of crime measurement, theoretical explanations of crime, responses to crime, components of the system, and current challenges to the justice system and the evolving forces that have shaped those principals and approaches. Although justice structure and process is examined in a cross cultural context, emphasis is placed on the United States justice system, particularly the structure and function on United States police, courts, and corrections. Students are introduced to the origins and development of criminal law, legal process, and sentencing and incarceration policies. May not be repeated. SC
Off-Campus Class
4020 TTH 8:30-9:59am LHS Dukes-Brown, B 8/9-12/15 Class meets weekly as scheduled. Based on changing COVID-19 guidelines, additional social distancing practices may be implemented, including possible conversion to partially or 100% online. This section is open to Liberty High School students only. 4017 T 1:00-2:25pm PHS Hailey, A 8/16-12/6 This section is part of the College Connect program and is designed for students from Pittsburg High School. This section requires mandatory concurrent enrollment in COUNS-030-4001 or COUNS-030-4011.
Online and Hybrid Sections
1003 ONLINE Hailey, A Semester Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information. 1004 ONLINE Hailey, A Semester Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information. 1010 ONLINE Hailey, A Semester Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information. 3511 ONLINE Dukes-Brown, B Semester Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information. 9518 ONLINE Hailey, A Semester Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information.
ADJUS-120 Concepts of Criminal Law - 3 Units
PREREQUISITE: ADJUS-110 ADVISORY: ENGL-100 LMC Degree: DA Transfer: UC; CSU; C-ID AJ 120 This course is an in-depth study of the concepts, historical development, and philosophy of criminal law and the substantive criminal law commonly enforced in California. It includes a detailed examination of legal definitions, classifications of crimes, corpus delicti, parties to a crime, defenses to crime, and a brief introduction to laws of arrest and judicial procedure. Students will be required to research legal briefs/decisions. May not be repeated. SC
Online and Hybrid Sections
0477 ONLINE Cabral, D Semester Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information. 0478 ONLINE Cabral, D Semester Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information.
PREREQUISITE: ADJUS-110 ADVISORY: ENGL-100 LMC Degree: DA Transfer: CSU; C-ID AJ 122 This course provides an examination and analysis of due process in criminal proceedings from pre-arrest through trial and appeal utilizing statuary law and state and constitutional precedents. May not be repeated. SC
Online and Hybrid Sections
2110 ONLINE Conaty, J Semester Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information.
3 Units
PREREQUISITE: ADJUS-110 ADVISORY: ENGL-100, ART-072 LMC Degree: DA Transfer: CSU; C-ID AJ 140 This course addresses the techniques, procedures, and ethical issues in the investigation of crime, including organization of the investigative process, crime scene searches, interviewing and interrogating, surveillance, source of information, utility of evidence, scientific analysis of evidence and the role of the investigator in the trial process. May not be repeated. SC
Online and Hybrid Sections
0404 ONLINE Ramirez, L Semester Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information.
ADVISORY: ADJUS-110; ENGL-100 LMC Degree: ADR: Social and Behavioral Sciences; Ethnic/Multicultural Studies; DA Transfer: UC; CSU Gen. Ed. Area D; C-ID AJ 160 This course is a theoretical and conceptual overview of multicultural concepts and issues, including those relating to culture, racial, gender, age, and sexual orientation and how their applications are put into place in criminal justice disciplines (law enforcement, the court system, and corrections). The identification of problems related to our increasingly diverse population will be examined and strategies analyzed to overcome those problems particularly related to the maintenance of social order. Conflict resolution and problem solving techniques are applied. Criminal justice agency hiring practices are defined and examined. May not be repeated. SC
Online and Hybrid Sections
0481 ONLINE Hailey, A Semester Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information. 2112 ONLINE Hailey, A Semester Note: Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information. ADJUS-170 Occupational Work Experience Education in
Administration of Justice - 1-4 Units
PREREQUISITE: In order to enroll in a CWEE course, students must be employed, register for the course, complete an online CWEE Application, and participate in a CWEE orientation. Students may earn one unit for five hours work per week or 75 hours work per term. Does not meet requirements for veterans’ benefits. CWEE Application can be accessed at https://www.losmedanos.edu/cwee/. Students may earn up to 16 units of CWEE. LMC Degree: DA Transfer: CSU This course is for students whose work is related to their major. Occupational Work Experience Education provides students with opportunities to develop marketable skills in preparation for employment or advancement within their current job. To participate in cooperative work experience education, students must be employed or formally volunteer and undertake new or expanded responsibilities. Students, with faculty and employer approval, will develop and successfully complete one learning objective for each unit of credit in which they enroll. Additionally, students must work 75 paid hours or 60 non-paid hours for each unit of credit earned. Students may earn up to 8 units per semester and may repeat for a maximum of 16 units of occupational work experience during community college attendance which may be applied as electives toward graduation. SC 1929 Staff, L Semester Note: Students must submit an online Work Experience application and attend a mandatory Orientation. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/cwee for information. Individual meetings and job site visit held with hours and location by arrangement.
ADJUS-220 Juvenile Procedures - 3 Units
ADVISORY: ADJUS-110; ENGL-100 LMC Degree: ADR: Social and Behavioral Sciences; DA Transfer: CSU Gen. Ed. Area D; C-ID AJ 220 This course will explain the philosophy of the legal and procedural handling of juvenile offenders and victims; prevention and repression of delinquency; diagnosis and referral; and the organization of community services. The specifics of juvenile law and procedures will be covered in depth. May not be repeated. SC
Online and Hybrid Sections
1079 ONLINE Cabral, D Semester Online course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.losmedanos.edu/onlineclasses for course access information.
