Bachelor's in Law Enforcement Administration (Online)

Put your career in order. With your Bachelor of Arts in Law Enforcement Administration from Ashford University, you will build
leadership skills and evaluate guidelines for policing today’s communities.

Law enforcement agencies have become increasingly sophisticated and need educated staff with communication, critical thinking, and
technology skills to accomplish their mission. Learn to analyze criminal behavior. Develop the character traits you need to be a
responsible and ethical leader. This degree program empowers you to manage and direct police and other law enforcement teams.
Your online courses include a wide variety of topics, from race and individual rights to crime and social policy. Now you can both
serve and protect – earn your Bachelor of Arts in Law Enforcement Administration.

Bachelor's in Organizational Management (Online)

Earn your Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management degree from Ashford University and examine the human side of managing organizations. Learn to facilitate better communication, group behavior, decision-making, and human resource management while observing a code of ethics. Improve your understanding of how organizations function and develop effective skills in management and leadership. Define and understand strategic planning, financial management, law and marketing and other areas in which an organizational leader must be knowledgeable in order to be effective. Use previous education or work experience to enhance and personalize your Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management degree when you pair it with a transfer concentration. Transfer up to 99 approved credits toward your Bachelor's degree and accelerate your degree completion.

Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management concentrations include the following:

• Homeland Security
• Insurance & Risk Management

Bachelor's in Social and Criminal Justice (Online)

Earn your Bachelor of Arts in Social and Criminal Justice (BASCJ) degree to enhance your understanding of the criminal justice system and the impact social issues have on maintaining a just society. Learn from educated faculty who hold advanced degrees as well as have real-world experience in the field. Use your degree to further your professional career in the law enforcement or criminal justice markets. You can benefit from a BASCJ degree to investigate both the social and legal sides of criminal justice, from forensics and psychology to crime prevention and terrorism. Be an instrument for change when you choose the BASCJ degree to better understand the legal and social forces that shape the American culture.

The following specializations are offered:

Corrections Management

Expand your Bachelor of Arts in Social and Criminal Justice degree with a specialization in Corrections Management. Analyze the philosophies and laws of punishment and sentencing as well as key Supreme Court case decisions specifically pertaining to the constitutional rights of those incarcerated in an American correctional facility.

Forensics

Augment your Bachelor of Arts in Social and Criminal Justice degree with a specialization in Forensics. Examine and understand principles of criminal liability and the acts, mental state, and attendant circumstances that are central ingredients in crimes against society, persons, or property.

Homeland Security

Enhance your Bachelor of Arts in Social and Criminal Justice degree with a specialization in Homeland Security. Learn more about this significant element of the 21st century and how to identify the key challenges facing not only US homeland security strategy, but also those of other major actors that might become "peer competitors."

Political Science & Government

Learn about the complex inner workings of the United States government and the global environment when you add a specialization in Political Science & Government to your Bachelor of Arts degree.

Security Management

Supplement your Bachelor of Arts in Social and Criminal Justice degree with a specialization in Security Management. Assess management theories and apply concepts of planning, resources, and authority to security organizations as well as identify the major aspects of physical security, associated threats and application of countermeasures.

Accreditation

Ashford University is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (http://ncahigherlearningcommission.org).