CRIMJUS-AA - Criminal Justice

Hostos Community College (HCC) offers an Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree in Criminal Justice (CJ) as a dual admissions program in conjunction with the Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice (B.S.) offered by John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The HCC program provides the student with the freshman and sophomore years (60 credits) of the CJ program as required by John Jay, and upon the student’s successful completion of the HCC program (minimum 2.0 GPA required) they will make a seamless transition to the John Jay four-year program as a junior.

The CJ program at Hostos serves as a gateway for students interested in law, law enforcement, public safety, cyber security/data privacy, digital forensics and social justice-related fields of work and research. The CJ program covers the policies and practices of the field from a historical, contemporary, and sociopolitical perspective with special attention to historically marginalized communities. It is one of the college’s most popular programs with consistently high registration and graduation rates.

The Hostos CJ program lays the foundation for a student’s professional career in a number of legal and law enforcement professions, but just as importantly also prepares the student to assume his/her role as a politically conscious and civically engaged member of the community .

Graduation from Hostos requires completion of 60 course credits including two writing intensive courses. The CJ program requires successful completion of 36 required course credits. The required courses cover policy and practices regarding policing, police accountability, criminal law, cyber security, public safety, policecommunity relations, the judiciary, and corrections. Courses are offered in multiple modalities including in-person, hybrid, synchronous on-line and asynchronous online courses.