Social Sciences/Human Services Division

This program is designed to prepare the student to enter a baccalaureate program in Pre-Law on the junior level.

Program Competencies

Upon successful completion of this program, the student should be able to:

• Identify and analyze sources of information and propaganda in the United States.
• Identify and describe the concept of evolutionary democracy and the development of the federal system of government in the United States.
• Apply the U. S. Constitution to the criminal justice process, including such issues as arrest, search and seizure, self-incrimination and the right to counsel.
• Describe the federal and state courts of the United States and discuss the operation of these courts and the new areas of law the courts are entering.
• Explain the types of local governments in the United States and describe what they do, problems facing them and new approaches these governments are developing to do the tasks in their charge.
• Compare the characteristics of a democracy to a dictatorship and analyze the political system of the United States.
• Summarize the elements and characteristics of interpersonal communication.
• Transfer to an accredited college or university.