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Students may purchase textbooks from the University bookstore or through their own resources.  All Study Guides must be purchased from the University.
Required Textbooks for:

Associate of Science in Criminal Justice

Course

Required Textbooks

ENG-100 Writing / Reading Comprehension
Reading with Meaning:  Strategies for College Reading, 6/e
Dorothy Grant Hennings, Prentice Hall, 2004.
ISBN:  0-13-184955-7
ENG-101 English Composition
Effective English for Colleges, 10/e
Jack E. Hulbert, Michele Goulet Miller, South-Western Educational
and Professional Publishing, 2002.
ISBN:  0-538-72453-6
COM-105 Principles of Communication
Human Communication:  The Basic Course, 9/e
Joseph A. DeVito, Allyn & Bacon, 2003.
ISBN:  0-20535390-8
MATH-150 College Math
Basic College Mathematics, 4/e
John Tobey, Jeffrey Slater, Prentice Hall, 2002.
ISBN:  0-13-090954-8
STAT-156 Business Statistics
Business Statistics:  A First Course, 3/e
David M. Levine, Timothy C. Krehbiel, Mark L. Berenson,
Prentice Hall, 2003.
ISBN:  0-13-078201-7
CIS-122 Computer Science
The Computer Continuum, 2/e
Kurt F. Lauckner, Mildred D. Lintner, Prentice Hall, 2001.
ISBN:  0-13-089813-9
HIST-110 American History (1500-1877)
Out of Many, Brief Volume I, 4/e
John M. Faragher, Susan Armitage, Mari Jo Buhle, Daniel Czitrom,
Prentice Hall, 2004
ISBN:  0-13-182431-7
HIST-111 American History (1860 since 1988)
Out of Many, Brief Volume II, 4/e
John M. Faragher, Susan Armitage, Mari Jo Buhle, Daniel Czitrom,
Prentice Hall, 2004.
ISBN:  0-13-182428-7
POLS-112 International Relations
IR:  The New World of International Relations, 5/3
Michael G. Roskin, Nicholas O. Berry, Prentice Hall, 2002.
ISBN:  0-13-032494-9
POLS-125 World Politics
World Politics into the 21st Century:  Unique Contexts, Enduring
Patterns
, 8/e
Alan C. Lamborn, Joseph Lepgold, Prentice Hall, 2003.
ISBN:  0-13-032535-X
PSY-130 Introduction to Psychology
Understanding Psychology, 6/e
Charles G. Morris, Albert Maisto, Prentice Hall, 2003.
ISBN:  0-13-048037-1
SOC-134 Introduction to Sociology
Society, The Basics, 7/e
John J. Macionis, Prentice Hall, 2004.
ISBN:  0-13-111164-7
NSC-136 Earth Science
Earth Science, 10/e
Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis Tasa, Prentice
Hall, 2003.
ISBN:  0-13-035390-6
PHIL-160 Ethics, Crime and Justice
Justice, Crime and Ethics, 4/e
Michael C. Braswell, Belinda R. McCarthy, Bernard J. McCarthy,
Anderson Publishing, 2002.
ISBN:  1-58360-543-6
PHIL-161 Ethics
Ethics and the Conduct of Business, 4/e
John R. Boatright, Prentice Hall, 2002.
ISBN:  0-13-099159-7
CJ-110 Introduction to Criminal Justice
American System of Criminal Justice, 10/e
George F. Cole, Christopher E. Smith, Thomson-Wadsworth, 2004.
ISBN:  0-534-61533-3
CJ-176 Introduction to Police Operations
Police Operations:  Theory and Practice, 3/e
Karen M. Hess, Henry M. Wrobleski, Thomson-Wadsworth, 2003.
ISBN:  0-534-55137-8
CJ-180 Survey of Corrections
Corrections in the 21st Century
Frank Schmalleger, John Ortiz Smykla, McGraw-Hill, 2001.
ISBN:  0-028-002567-9
CJ-185 Introduction to Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Justice in America, 3/e
Clemens Bartolias, Stuart J. Miller, Prentice Hall, 2001.
ISBN:  0-13-014423-1
CJ-250 Introduction to Criminal Law
Criminal Law, 8/e
Thomas J. Gardner, Terry M. Anderson, 
Thomson-Wadsworth, 2003.
ISBN: 0-534-59481-6
CIS-205 Basic Communication Technologies
Communication Technologies
Dennis O. Gehris, Linda Suzl, Prentice Hall, 2002.
ISBN:  0-13-040024-6
CJ-201 Introduction to Criminal Procedures
Basic Criminal Procedures
Edward E. Peoples, Prentice Hall, 2003.
ISBN:  0-13-094-091-7
CJ-209 Survey of the American Legal System
Law and Justice:  An Introduction to the American Legal System, 5/e
Howard Abadinsky, Prentice Hall, 2003.
ISBN:  0-13-098180-X
CJ-212 Victimology
Understanding Violence and Victimization, 3/e
Robert J. Meadows, Prentice Hall, 2004.
ISBN:  0-13-111967-2
BUS-214 Public Speaking
The Art of Public Speaking, 8/e
Stephen E. Lucas, McGraw-Hill, 2004.
ISBN:  0-07-250419-6
HRM-215 Introduction to Human Resources Management
Framework for Human Resource Management, 3/e
Gary Dessler, Prentice Hall, 2004.
ISBN:  0-13-144092-6
CJ-220 Basic Criminal Investigation
Criminal Investigation, 6/e
James N. Gilbert, Prentice Hall, 2004.
ISBN:  0-13-112288-6
HR-225 Principles in Human Relations
Human Relations:  Personal and Professional Development, 2/e
David A. DeCenzo, Beth Silhanek, Prentice Hall, 2002.
ISBN:  0-13-014-574-2
CJ-230 Introduction to Forensic Science
Criminalistics:  An Introduction to Forensic Science, 8/e
Richard E. Saferstein, Ph.D., Prentice Hall, 2004.
ISBN:  0-13-111852-8
CJ-234 Introduction to Criminology
Introduction to Criminology, 8/e
Hugh D. Barlow, David Kauzlarich, Prentice Hall, 2002.
ISBN:  0-13-085124-8
CJ-237 Leadership and Motivation
Leadership, Ethics and Policing:  Challenges for the 21st Century, 3/e
Edwin Meese, III, P. J. Ortmeier, Prentice Hall, 2004.
ISBN:  0-13-026871-2
SOC-241 Race and Ethnic Relations
Racial and Ethnic Groups, 9/e
Richard T. Schaefer, Prentice hall, 2004.
ISBN:  0-13-041869-2
MGT-243 Administrative Office Management
Administrative Office Management:  An Introduction, 7/e
Zane K. Quible, Prentice Hall, 2001.
ISBN:  0-13-085957-5
CJ-258 Domestic Violence
Heavy Hands:  An Introduction to the Crimes of Family Violence, 2/e
Denise Kindschi Gosselin, Prentice Hall, 2003.
ISBN:  0-13-094096-3
CJ-259 Introduction to Drugs and Crime
Drugs--An Introduction, 5/e
Howard Abadinsky, Thomson-Wadsworth, 2004.
ISBN:  0-534-61515-5
CJ-264 Security Management
Security Management:  An Introduction
P. J. Ortmeier, Prentice Hall, 2002.
ISBN:  0-13-028165-4
CJ-270 Community Policing
The Police in the Community:  Strategies for the 21st Century, 3/e
Linda S. Miller, Karen M. Hess, Wadsworth Publishing, 2002.
ISBN:  0-534-53946-7

 

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