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Associate in Science Degree in Law Enforcement Academy - Basic

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Total Units: 53 - 67.5

Term 1

36.5 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	AJLE-140: Law Enforcement Academy	34.5	Students are admitted by special application only - based on minimum score of 42 on the POST Entry-Level exam, completing a 1.5 mile run in 15 minutes or less, and other special requirements. Must have HS Diploma from accredited HS or GED certificate. No misdemeanor or felony convictions which would prohibit you from possessing a firearm. Possess a valid unrestricted Driver License, without current or recent suspensions. Many cadets already possess associates or bachelors degrees. In these cases, please submit official transcripts and see a counselor for Education Planning to finish the associates degree at Butte. This is a 23 week academy with two starting times during the year - January and July.
Prerequisite(s): (See Catalog for Program Admission Criteria) Corequisite(s): AJLE 100 Unit(s): 34.50 Transfer Status: NT Contact Hours: 457.00 hours Lecture / 384.00 hours Lab Total Course Hours: 841.00 This 23-week course prepares the student for a career as a peace officer under the authority of the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.). The curriculum covers learning domains ranging from academic subjects on criminal law, investigation and patrol procedures to psychomotor skills on defensive tactics, firearms training, driving skills and officer-violator contacts. The successful completion of this course will allow the student to be employed as a peace officer in California (valid for three years after graduation) and lead to the issuance of a Basic Law Enforcement Certificate from P.O.S.T. after one year of approved field service at a law enforcement agency.
	AJLE-100: Law Academy Physical Training	2	Students are admitted by special application only - based on minimum score of 42 on the POST Entry-Level exam, completing a 1.5 mile run in 15 minutes or less, and other special requirements. Must have HS Diploma from accredited HS or GED certificate. No misdemeanor or felony convictions which would prohibit you from possessing a firearm. Possess a valid unrestricted Driver License, without current or recent suspensions. Many cadets already possess associates or bachelors degrees. In these cases, please submit official transcripts and see a counselor for Education Planning to finish the associates degree at Butte. This is a 23 week academy with two starting times during the year - January and July.
Corequisite(s): AJLE 130, AJLE 140 or AJLE 141 Unit(s): 2.00 Transfer Status: NT Contact Hours: 11.00 hours Lecture / 73.00 hours Lab Total Course Hours: 84.00 This course conforms to the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Basic Law Enforcement Academy requirements for Learning Domain #32, Lifetime Fitness. The course provides an overview of physical fitness for a healthy lifestyle for peace officers. Topics include proper nutrition, common health problems, causes of stress, stress management and physical conditioning.

Term 2

9.5 - 16 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	Math Competency or Butte Local Area E - Communication and Analytical Thinking (Select One)	3 - 6	Math choice determined by recommended placement. Math level V placement by Multiple Measures or test meets Math Competency.
CMST-2: Public Speaking (3.00 units) CMST-2H: Honors Public Speaking (3.00 units) CMST-4: Small Group Communicaiton (3.00 units) CMST-14: Argumentation & Debate (3.00 units) CSCI-2: Business and Computer Info Sys (3.00 units) CSCI-4: Introduction to Programming (3.00 units) CSCI-20: Programming & Algorithms I (3.00 units) DFT-4: Print Read for Const and Arch (3.00 units) ENGL-11: Communicate Crit-Think (3.00 units) MATH-4: Concpt- Math Teach I (3.00 units) MATH-5: Concpt-Math Teach II (4.00 units) MATH-7: Formal Logic & Writing (3.00 units) MATH-11: Math for Liberal Arts (3.00 units) MATH-12: Finite Mth-Bus Decision (3.00 units) MATH-13: Survey of Calculus (4.00 units) MATH-17: Investigative Intro Statistics (4.00 units) MATH-18: Intro to Statistics (4.00 units) MATH-20: Trigonometry (3.00 units) MATH-26: College Algebra (4.00 units) MATH-30: Analytic Geom/Calc I (5.00 units) MATH-31: Analytic Geom/Calc II (4.00 units) MATH-32: Analytic Geom/Calc III (4.00 units) MATH-40: Differential Equations (4.00 units) MATH-42: Linear Algebra (3.00 units) MATH-110: Geometry (3.00 units) MATH-116: Accelerated Algebra (6.00 units) MATH-118: PreSLAM (4.00 units) MATH-124: Intermediate Algebra (5.00 units) PHIL-6: Intro To Logic (3.00 units) PHIL-8: Methods of Argument (3.00 units)
	Butte Local Area F - Self-Integration and Kinesiology (Select One)	0.5 - 3
BUS-62: Money & Happiness (3.00 units) CDF-14: Child Growth/Development (3.00 units) CLP-30: Career Life Planning (3.00 units) CSL-20: College & Life Success (3.00 units) ENGL-31: Existential Literature (3.00 units) FN-2: Nutrition (3.00 units) FN-8: Maternal & Child Nutrition (3.00 units) HLTH-2: Health & Wellness (3.00 units) HLTH-10: Leisure for Healthy Living (3.00 units) KIN-23: Weight Training I (1.50 units) KIN-24: Weight Training II (1.50 units) KIN-25: Olympic Weightlifting (1.50 units) KIN-27: Core Crossfit Training (1.50 units) KIN-28: Plyometric Training (1.50 units) KIN-29: Body Sculpting (1.50 units) KIN-31: Quickfits (1.50 units) KIN-33: Aerobic Mix (1.50 units) KIN-34: Step Aerobics (1.50 units) KIN-35: Aerobic Dance (1.50 units) KIN-36: Gentle Aerobics & Movement (1.50 units) KIN-38: Ballroom Dance I (1.50 units) KIN-39: Ballroom Dance II (1.50 units) KIN-40: Jazz Dance I (1.50 units) KIN-41: Gentle Yoga (1.50 units) KIN-42: Yoga I (1.50 units) KIN-43: Yoga II (1.50 units) KIN-44: Jazz Dance II (1.50 units) KIN-45: Pilates (1.50 units) KIN-46: Tai Chi Chuan (1.50 units) KIN-47: Stress Mgmt Technique/Exercise (1.50 units) KIN-48: Stretching for Life (1.50 units) KIN-49: Fit Mix (1.50 units) KIN-50: Stability Ball Fitness (1.50 units) KIN-51: Butte Fitness/Wellness Center (0.50 - 1.50 units) KIN-52: Walking for Fitness (1.50 units) KIN-53: Jogging/Running for Fitness (1.50 units) KIN-57: Archery (1.50 units) KIN-58: Badminton (1.50 units) KIN-60: Bowling (1.50 units) KIN-61: Golf (1.50 units) KIN-62: Tennis (1.50 units) KIN-63: Track & Field (1.50 units) KIN-64: Baseball (1.50 units) KIN-65: Soccer (1.50 units) KIN-66: Softball (1.50 units) KIN-67: Non-Contact Football (1.50 units) KIN-68: Volleyball I (1.50 units) KIN-69: Volleyball II (1.50 units) KIN-70: Basketball I (1.50 units) KIN-71: Basketball II (1.50 units) KIN-73: Self Defense (1.50 units) KIN-74: Boxing (1.50 units) KIN-75: Jujitsu (1.50 units) KIN-76: Aikido (1.50 units) KIN-77: Karate (1.50 units) KIN-78: Taekwondo (1.50 units) KIN-90: Skill Dev Intercollegiate Athl (1.50 units) KIN-91: Strength & Cond for Athletes (1.00 units) KIN-93: Pep Activities (1.50 units) KIN-94: Adaptive PE (1.50 units) LM-40: Life Management (3.00 units) POS-92: Exploring Leadership (3.00 units) PSY-15: Lifespan Psychology (3.00 units) PSY-20: Personal/Social Growth (3.00 units) PSY-34: Eastern Psychology: Trad & Pr (3.00 units) PSY-36: Psy of Meditation & Mindfulnes (3.00 units) SOC-8: Marriage and Family (3.00 units) SOC-14: Sociology of Gender (3.00 units)
	Butte Local Area B - Social and Behavioral Sciences (Select One)	3
AGS-10: World Food & Hunger Issues (3.00 units) AJ-1: Criminology (3.00 units) AJ-2: Admin of Justice (3.00 units) ANTH-4: Cultural Anthropology (3.00 units) ANTH-4H: Honors Cultural Anthropology (3.00 units) ANTH-13: Magic-Witchcft-Religion (3.00 units) ANTH-14: Language & Culture (3.00 units) ANTH-16: Archaeology-Ancient Soc (3.00 units) ANTH-18: World Cultures (3.00 units) ANTH-32: Native Americans (3.00 units) ANTH-33: Ancient Mesoamerica (3.00 units) ANTH-34: Native Americans Today (3.00 units) ASL-10: Intro to American Deaf Culture (3.00 units) BUS-20: Intro. to Business (3.00 units) CDF-12: Child/Family/Community (3.00 units) CDF-14: Child Growth/Development (3.00 units) CMST-9: Intercultural Communication (3.00 units) CMST-10: Interpersonal Communication (3.00 units) CMST-13: Gender & Communication (3.00 units) ECON-2: Princ of Macroeconomics (3.00 units) ECON-4: Princ of Microeconomics (3.00 units) ECON-20: Econ History of U.S. (3.00 units) ECON-20H: Honors Econ History of U.S. (3.00 units) ECON-25: Intro to Economics (3.00 units) ECON-35: Environmental Economics (3.00 units) GEOG-4: Cultural Geography (3.00 units) GEOG-8: World Regional Geography (3.00 units) GEOG-10: Geography of California (3.00 units) GEOG-12: The American West (3.00 units) HIST-3: World History to 1500 (3.00 units) HIST-5: World History Since 1500 (3.00 units) HIST-6: Modern World History (3.00 units) HIST-8: U.S. History to 1877 (3.00 units) HIST-10: U.S. History-1877-Prsnt (3.00 units) HIST-18: Multicultural Hist-U.S. (3.00 units) HIST-20: Polit History Mid East (3.00 units) HIST-26: Men and Women in Amer Hist (3.00 units) HIST-30: HIST-African American (3.00 units) HUM-17: Comparative European Studies (3.00 units) MCGS-8: Multicultural/Gender Studies (3.00 units) MCGS-10: Intro to Women's Studies (3.00 units) MCGS-32: Intro African American Studies (3.00 units) MCGS-36: Intro Chicano American Studies (3.00 units) MCGS-38: Intro Asian American Studies (3.00 units) NR-26: Environmental World (3.00 units) POS-2: U.S. Government (3.00 units) POS-3: Comparative Politics (3.00 units) POS-12: Calif State-Local Govt (3.00 units) POS-16: Vital Political Problems (3.00 units) POS-18: International Relations (3.00 units) PSY-1: Principles of Psychology (3.00 units) PSY-1H: Honors Principles of Psych (3.00 units) PSY-6: Abnormal Psychology (3.00 units) PSY-7: Research Methods in Psychology (3.00 units) PSY-11: Peace Psychology (3.00 units) PSY-15: Lifespan Psychology (3.00 units) PSY-16: Psychology of Women (3.00 units) PSY-24: Psy Sleep, Dreams & Archetypes (3.00 units) PSY-41: Socio-Cultural-Psy Dev (3.00 units) RTVF-12: Mass Media & Society (3.00 units) SOC-2: Principles of Sociology (3.00 units) SOC-4: Modern Social Problems (3.00 units) SOC-5: Our Sustainable Future (3.00 units) SOC-8: Marriage and Family (3.00 units) SOC-10: Intro to Crime and Society (3.00 units) SOC-14: Sociology of Gender (3.00 units) SOC-20: Intro to Race and Ethnicity (3.00 units) SOC-30: Sociology of Inequality (3.00 units) SOC-30H: Honors Sociology of Inequality (3.00 units)
	English Composition	3 - 4
ENGL-2: Reading and Composition (3.00 units) ENGL-3: Reading/Comp Intensive (4.00 units)

Term 3

7 - 15 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	Butte Local Area C - Humanities (Select One)	3 - 4
ANTH-17: Intro to Linguistics (3.00 units) ART-1: Art Appreciation (3.00 units) ART-2: Art History Survey I (3.00 units) ART-2H: Honors Art History Survey I (3.00 units) ART-3: Asian Art Histry Survey (3.00 units) ART-4: Art History Survey II (3.00 units) ART-4H: Honors Art History Survey II (3.00 units) ART-5: Survey of Modern Art (3.00 units) ART-6: African-Oceanic-NatAmer (3.00 units) ASL-1: American Sign Language I (4.00 units) ASL-2: American Sign Language II (4.00 units) ASL-3: American Sign Language III (4.00 units) CHIN-1: First Semester Chinese (4.00 units) CHIN-2: Second Semester Chinese (4.00 units) CMST-6: Oral Interpretation (3.00 units) DRAM-2: Theatre Arts Appreciatn (3.00 units) DRAM-4: Creative Drama-Children (3.00 units) DRAM-8: Principles of Acting I (3.00 units) ECON-20: Econ History of U.S. (3.00 units) ECON-20H: Honors Econ History of U.S. (3.00 units) ENGL-4: Introduction to Literature (3.00 units) ENGL-6: Creative Writing (3.00 units) ENGL-8: British Literature I (3.00 units) ENGL-10: British Literature II (3.00 units) ENGL-14: U.S. Literature I (3.00 units) ENGL-15: Film as Literature (3.00 units) ENGL-16: U.S. Literature II (3.00 units) ENGL-20: Introduction to Poetry (3.00 units) ENGL-21: Mythology (3.00 units) ENGL-25: Intro to Shakespeare (3.00 units) ENGL-26: Queer Film and Lit (3.00 units) ENGL-35: Cross-Cultural Film and Lit (3.00 units) ENGL-45: Latino Literature (3.00 units) ENGL-47: Native American Lit (3.00 units) ENGL-52H: Honors Great Works/Literature (3.00 units) ENGL-53H: Honors World Literature (3.00 units) FASH-74: Historic Costume (3.00 units) FREN-1: First Semester French (4.00 units) FREN-2: Second Semester French (4.00 units) GERM-1: First Semester German (4.00 units) GERM-2: Second Semester German (4.00 units) GERM-3: Third Semester German (4.00 units) GERM-4: Fourth Semester German (4.00 units) HIST-3: World History to 1500 (3.00 units) HIST-5: World History Since 1500 (3.00 units) HIST-8: U.S. History to 1877 (3.00 units) HIST-10: U.S. History-1877-Prsnt (3.00 units) HIST-18: Multicultural Hist-U.S. (3.00 units) HIST-26: Men and Women in Amer Hist (3.00 units) HIST-30: HIST-African American (3.00 units) HUM-17: Comparative European Studies (3.00 units) HUM-22: Greco-Roman Cultures (3.00 units) ITAL-1: First Semester Italian (4.00 units) ITAL-2: Second Semester Italian (4.00 units) JPN-1: First Semester Japanese (4.00 units) JPN-2: Second Semestr Japanese (4.00 units) JPN-3: Third Semester Japanese (4.00 units) JPN-4: Fourth Semestr Japanese (4.00 units) LATN-1: First Semester Latin (4.00 units) LATN-2: Second Semester Latin (4.00 units) LATN-3: Third Semester Latin (4.00 units) MUS-1: Music Appreciation (3.00 units) MUS-3: Music Fundamentals (3.00 units) MUS-5: American Popular Music (3.00 units) MUS-6: Women and Music (3.00 units) MUS-7: Jazz Appreciation (3.00 units) MUS-9: World Music (3.00 units) MUS-10: Music Theory I (3.00 units) PHIL-2: Intro to Philosophy (3.00 units) PHIL-16: Western Religions (3.00 units) PHIL-18: Eastern Religions (3.00 units) PHO-1: History of Photography (3.00 units) RTVF-13: Explore Contemporary TV (3.00 units) RTVF-15: Introduction to Film (3.00 units) SPAN-1: First Semester Spanish (4.00 units) SPAN-2: Second Semester Spanish (4.00 units) SPAN-3: Third Semester Spanish (4.00 units) SPAN-4: Fourth Semester Spanish (4.00 units) SPAN-14: Hispanic Short Stories (3.00 units) SPAN-16: Hispanic Film (3.00 units)
	Butte Local Area E - Communication and Analytical Thinking (Select One)	3 - 6	Area E not required if student satisfied Math Competency with college math coursework.
CMST-2: Public Speaking (3.00 units) CMST-2H: Honors Public Speaking (3.00 units) CMST-4: Small Group Communicaiton (3.00 units) CMST-14: Argumentation & Debate (3.00 units) CSCI-2: Business and Computer Info Sys (3.00 units) CSCI-4: Introduction to Programming (3.00 units) CSCI-20: Programming & Algorithms I (3.00 units) DFT-4: Print Read for Const and Arch (3.00 units) ENGL-11: Communicate Crit-Think (3.00 units) MATH-4: Concpt- Math Teach I (3.00 units) MATH-5: Concpt-Math Teach II (4.00 units) MATH-7: Formal Logic & Writing (3.00 units) MATH-11: Math for Liberal Arts (3.00 units) MATH-12: Finite Mth-Bus Decision (3.00 units) MATH-13: Survey of Calculus (4.00 units) MATH-17: Investigative Intro Statistics (4.00 units) MATH-18: Intro to Statistics (4.00 units) MATH-20: Trigonometry (3.00 units) MATH-26: College Algebra (4.00 units) MATH-30: Analytic Geom/Calc I (5.00 units) MATH-31: Analytic Geom/Calc II (4.00 units) MATH-32: Analytic Geom/Calc III (4.00 units) MATH-40: Differential Equations (4.00 units) MATH-42: Linear Algebra (3.00 units) MATH-110: Geometry (3.00 units) MATH-116: Accelerated Algebra (6.00 units) MATH-118: PreSLAM (4.00 units) MATH-124: Intermediate Algebra (5.00 units) PHIL-6: Intro To Logic (3.00 units) PHIL-8: Methods of Argument (3.00 units)
	Butte Local Area A - Natural Science (Select One)	1 - 5
AGS-20: Plant Science (3.00 units) AGS-30: Ecology-Insect/Disease (3.00 units) AGS-40: Intro to Animal Science (3.00 units) AGS-50: General Soils (4.00 units) ANTH-2: Physical Anthropology (3.00 units) ANTH-2H: Honors Physical Anthropology (3.00 units) BIOL-1: Introduction to Biology (4.00 units) BIOL-2: Intro to Human Biology (3.00 units) BIOL-5: Ecology and Field Biology (4.00 units) BIOL-7: Sustaining Life (3.00 units) BIOL-9: Current Issues in Biology (3.00 units) BIOL-9H: Honors Current Issues Biology (3.00 units) BIOL-10: Survey of Human Systems (4.00 units) BIOL-15: Intro to Microbiology (5.00 units) BIOL-20: Human Anatomy (4.00 units) BIOL-21: Human Physiology (4.00 units) BIOL-41: Cell and Molecular Biology (5.00 units) BIOL-42: Organismal Biology (5.00 units) BIOL-43: Ecology and Evolution (5.00 units) CHEM-1: General Chemistry I (5.00 units) CHEM-2: General Chemistry II (5.00 units) CHEM-21: Organic Chemistry I (5.00 units) CHEM-22: Organic Chemistry II (5.00 units) CHEM-51: Elem Inorganic Chem (5.00 units) CHEM-52: Elem Organic & Biochem (4.00 units) FN-2: Nutrition (3.00 units) GEOG-2: Physical Geography (3.00 units) GEOG-3: Physical Geography Lab (1.00 units) GEOL-32: Physical Geology with Lab (4.00 units) GEOL-34: Historical Geology with Lab (4.00 units) NR-28: Environmental Management (3.00 units) PHYS-10: Concepts of Physics (3.00 units) PHYS-11: Concepts of Physics Lab (1.00 units) PHYS-21: College Physics I (4.00 units) PHYS-22: College Physics II (4.00 units) PHYS-41: Phy-Scientists/Egr I (4.00 units) PHYS-42: Phy-Scientists/Egr II (4.00 units) PHYS-43: Phy-Scientists/Egr III (4.00 units) PSC-10: Environmental Science (4.00 units) PSC-11: Earth Science with Lab (4.00 units) PSC-12: Concepts in Physical Science (4.00 units) PSC-20: Introductory Physical S (3.00 units) PSC-21: Intro Physical Sci Lab (1.00 units) PSC-30: Introductory Astronomy (4.00 units) PSC-30H: Honors Introductory Astronomy (4.00 units) PSC-50: Introduction to Weather (3.00 units) PSC-51: Weather Lab (1.00 units) PSC-53: Natural Disasters & Hazards (3.00 units) PSY-3: Intro Biological Psychology (3.00 units)
	Elective		Only if needed. 60 units required for graduation.

	Elective		Only if needed. 60 units required for graduation.