Program: Emergency Services Police Services Option, A.A.S. - Butler Community College

Apr 04, 2025

BC3 Academic Catalog: 2008-2009

The Police Services Option under Emergency Services leads to an AAS Degree. Students will receive Act 120 Certification off campus as well as criminology courses at the college. They will be employable as police patrol officers; security guards; detectives and investigators; correction officers and jailers; and criminal investigators.

Program - Minimum 66 credits

First Semester (18)

* ENGL 101 - English I
HLTH 120 - Health Science
CRIM 100 - Crime and Justice Systems
COMP 210 - Introduction to Microcomputing
PSYC 201 - General Psychology
Spanish Elective SPAN XXXX 3

Second Semester (18)

* ENGL 102 - English II
SOCI 211 - Principles of Sociology or
PSYC 220 - Psychology of Human Relationships
^a BUSN 121 - Business Mathematics
or Math Elective MATH XXXX 3
PHIL 208 - Ethics
* CRIM 200 - Criminal Law
CRIM 125 - Juvenile Justice and Juvenile Delinquency

Third Semester (15/17)

Fourth Semester (15)

Act 120 Certification** 15

Note(s):

^* Course has prerequisite or co-requisite.

^a The Math elective must be taken from the listing in Group III

^**Students will receive fifteen credit hours for completion of approved ACT 120 Certification. Criteria for the acceptance of such training may be obtained from the Director of Records and Registration or from the Dean for Humanities and Social Sciences. Depending on availability and location of ACT 120 Certification, the student may opt to take sooner than fourth semester.

The student is encouraged to use the curriculum planner to keep track of courses taken and those still needed. In some cases one or more courses will be taken in a different order than indicated on the planner, but prerequisites must be observed.