Criminal Justice Technology, Certificate

The Criminal Justice Technology program is designed to provide students with in-depth knowledge of the criminal justice system—police, courts, corrections. Mayland will prepare students for careers in the criminal justice field and provide a foundation in the understanding of “why crime.”

The criminal justice system is a complex field with many opportunities. Mayland’s Criminal Justice Technology program offers:

Virta Shooting Simulator

Facial Composite Software

Forensic Labs: blood type identification, blood spatter analysis, tread and chromatography, and intoxication technology.

Articulation agreements with local universities: Lees-McRae College, Western Carolina University, and Gardner-Webb University

Program versatility (fully online and seated)

Jobs:

First-Line Supervisor of Police

Private Investigator

Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff

Criminal Investigator and Special Agent

Mayland Community College (MCC) is located in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina. Mayland Community College promotes individual, community, and economic growth by providing affordable, high quality and easily accessible lifelong learning.

Mayland offers various curriculum programs, including numerous college transfer options and adult education, distance learning, and dual enrollment for high school students. The open-door admission policy accepts students as young as 14, in the Early College High School, and as senior as octogenarians, in the Continuing Education Program.

To assist the local workforce, Mayland Community College provides hundreds of workforce development and continuing education courses that directly serve the needs of local and regional businesses and industries and the community's civic and cultural interests. And the college's recent revitalization involves a strong commitment to the economic development within the three counties it serves.

Our successes and achievements consistently receive national rankings.

Discrimination and harassment are antithetical to the Mayland Community College community's values and standards; they are incompatible with a safe, healthy environment that the college community expects and deserves and will not be tolerated. Mayland Community College is committed to providing programs, activities, and an education and work environment free from discrimination and harassment.