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Criminal Justice
Bachelor's Degree - Complete in as little as 2 months per semester*
Earn your Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice - at home, at your own pace, with Penn Foster College. Through online learning, you can earn your degree quickly and conveniently.
The objective of the Penn Foster Criminal Justice Degree Program is to teach you advanced administrative skills, criminal justice policies, legal procedures, and operational proficiencies. Your courses include:
- Correctional Institutions
- Introduction to Public Policy
- Juveniles and the Legal Process
- Administration of Justice
- Organizational Behavior
You'll also choose courses of specific disciplines to coincide with your field of interest. These options include:
- Substance Abuse and Treatment in Criminal Justice
- Organized Crime
- Crime Scene Investigation
- Family Law
- White Collar Crime
Plus, your tuition includes:
- Instructional support
- Access to student services by website, phone, and mail
Penn Foster College is licensed by the Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education and is authorized to award Bachelor of Science Degrees. Penn Foster College.
*The estimated completion time for this program is based on completion times for learners enrolled in this program from 11/2020 - 10/2021, excluding withdrawals.
Criminal Justice
Associate Degree - Complete in as little as 4 months per semester*
Earn your Associate Degree in Criminal Justice — at home, at your own pace. There are certain skills that can help you take the first step toward a career in the field of Criminal Justice. The Penn Foster College Criminal Justice Program helps you learn them quickly and conveniently.
You’ll learn about:
- The workings of the courts and criminal justice system
- Police management and law enforcement
- Police studies and psychology
- Security and crime prevention
- The juvenile justice system
And you’ll learn it all at home – no classroom needed!
Earn your Associate Degree in Criminal Justice at home in as little as two years, and take the first steps toward pursuing criminal justice in a variety of settings, including retail security or loss prevention and federal, state, or county courts and correction systems. With Penn Foster College, you’ll cover topics pertaining to the criminal justice field such as:
- The nature of crime, law, and criminal justice
- How the courts and corrections systems operate
- Theories of crime causation
- Criminal procedures regarding private security
- Police management
*The estimated completion time for this program is based on completion times for learners enrolled in this program from 11/2020 - 10/2021, excluding withdrawals.
Paralegal Studies
Associate Degree - Complete in as little as 4 months per semester*
There are certain skills that can help you begin a career as a Paralegal working for a private law firm, corporate legal department, or government agency. Penn Foster College Paralegal Studies Program can help you you learn them quickly and conveniently!
You will learn:
- Legal terminology and the U.S. Court System
- How to conduct legal investigations and interviews
- Legal writing and legal research
- Paralegal ethics and professional responsibility
And you'll learn it all at home — no classroom needed!
Penn Foster College can help you take the first step towards developing skills and knowledge relevant in the Paralegal field, including how to do research, write correspondence, and prepare legal documents - all at your own time, and at your own pace.
*The estimated completion time for this program is based on completion times for learners enrolled in this program from 11/2020 - 10/2021, excluding withdrawals.
Legal Secretary
Career Diploma - Complete in as little as 5 months*
Learn the skills that can help you become a Legal Secretary — at home, at your own pace, with Penn Foster Career School.
There are certain skills that can help you begin a career as a Legal Secretary. The Penn Foster Career School Legal Secretary Program helps you learn them at home, quickly and conveniently! You'll learn:
- Technologies in the office
- Filing techniques and records management
- PC basics, keyboarding, and Internet basics
- Ethics, professionalism, and risk management
NALS® Exam
The Penn Foster Legal Secretary Program helps students prepare for the accredited National Association of Legal Secretary Certification Exam.
And you’ll learn it all at home – no classroom needed!
You’ll get valuable information about written communication, time and stress management, and administrative office procedures.
Why take a Legal Secretary training program? With the right credentials, you can:
- Work for insurance companies, real estate agencies, or banks.
- Work for law firms, banks, or corporate legal departments.
- Prepare documents for trial and provide assistance to attorneys.
The National Association of Legal Secretaries is a trademark registered in the United States of America and/or other jurisdictions.
*The estimated completion time for this program is based on completion times for learners enrolled in this program from 5/2021 – 4/2022, excluding withdrawals.
Paralegal
Career Diploma - Complete in as little as 4 months*
There are certain skills that can help you begin a career as a Paralegal working for a private law firm, corporate legal department, or government agency. The Penn Foster Paralegal program can help you learn them quickly and conveniently!
You will learn:
- Legal terminology and the U.S. Court System
- How to conduct legal investigations and interviews
- Legal writing and legal research
- Paralegal ethics and professional responsibility
And you'll learn it all at home — no classroom needed!
You'll get valuable information about the paralegal's role in civil vs. criminal litigation, the federal and state court system, case investigation, evidence and evaluation.
Through your online paralegal classes, you’ll learn to provide administrative support for attorneys by performing legal research and conducting client interviews. You’ll also learn:
- How to draft legal documents such as contracts, mortgages, wills, and trusts.
- More about the documents and procedures of the court system.
- PC basics and law office computing.
- Calendar and docket control.
- Computerized legal research and more!
*The estimated completion time for this program is based on completion times for learners enrolled in this program from 5/2021 – 4/2022, excluding withdrawals.
Private Investigator
Career Diploma - Complete in as little as 3 months*
Gain the skills and knowledge that can help you on your path to becoming a Private Investigator — at home, at your own pace, with Penn Foster Career School.
As a Private Investigator, you’ll have an exciting and challenging career. Private Investigators conduct investigations involving missing persons, corporate intelligence, or other fascinating areas. Enjoy the special satisfaction that comes with working as a Private Investigator on an important case. Train quickly and conveniently!
You will learn about:
- Investigation and reporting techniques
- Sources of information and background investigations
- Surveillance equipment and techniques
- Ethics and professional responsibility for private investigators
And you’ll learn it all at home — no classroom needed! You’ll get valuable information about the private investigator’s role in civil and criminal litigation, corporate intelligence gathering and espionage, and professional development and employment.
Get more information today. Contact us or enroll online and you could be working on your first lesson in a matter of minutes!
*The estimated completion time for this program is based on completion times for learners enrolled in this program from 5/2021 – 4/2022, excluding withdrawals.
LexisNexis® Legal Research
Certificate - Complete in as little as 4 months*
Learn the skills to help you perform computer-assisted legal research using the searchable archive called LexisNexis® (sometimes simply called "Lexis"), the world's largest collection of public records, unpublished opinions, forms, legal news, and business information. Lexis® derives its content from newspapers, magazines, legal documents, and other printed sources.
The ability to effectively use Lexis® is an important research skill for lawyers, legal assistants, law students, journalists, and academics.
Learning Objectives
In Penn Foster’s Legal Research: LexisNexis Certificate Program, you’ll learn to:
- Research techniques for both traditional and online libraries.
- Evaluate the credibility of information found online.
- Become effective in finding and utilizing information from libraries and multiple electronic sources.
- Understand key concepts which include: describing sources, using basic citation procedures, locating cases and statutes using appropriate sources, reading and briefing a case, using lexis.com for legal research, searching and retrieving primary and secondary legal sources, locating and profiling people and businesses, and using the Internet to perform factual business and legal research.
- ... and much more
*The estimated completion time for this program is based on completion times for learners enrolled in this program from 5/2021 – 4/2022, excluding withdrawals.
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