Administration of Justice & Fire Technology

Protect and serve your community with Butte College's Administration of Justice and Fire Technology programs. Gain the skills to make a real difference in criminal justice, firefighting, and emergency response. Our hands-on training prepares students to uphold safety, integrity, and leadership in every situation.

Programs

Program Name
Goal
Length
Flexibility
AS-T AS CA

Goal

Transfer or Career

Length

1-2.5 years

Flexibility

  • Main Campus
  • Online
AS-T

Associate Degree for Transfer in Administration of Justice

The Associate in Arts in Administration of Justice for Transfer degree (AA-T) is designed for students planning to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Administration of Justice or a related major at a California State University (CSU). Students who complete this degree are guaranteed admission to the CSU system, though not to a specific campus or major, and will be required to complete no more than 60 additional units after transfer.

AS CA

Associate Degree or Certificate of Achievement in Administration of Justice

The Administration of Justice program, with an emphasis in law enforcement, provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary for careers in law enforcement, corrections, probation, and fish and wildlife. Students develop competency in reading, writing, and analytical skills while gaining an understanding of California laws and case law. The program also serves those already employed in law enforcement who wish to enhance their opportunities for advancement. With additional GE graduates can attain an Associate Degree in Administration of Justice.

AS

Associate Degree in Criminal Justice

The Criminal Justice degree is designed for students who plan to earn a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice or related fields at CSU, Chico. This degree may also serve as the basis for students who are interested in pre-law.

AS CA

Associate Degree or Certificate of Achievement in Court Personnel/Pre-Law

This program is built around a core of law-related courses that can be applied to a variety of specialized areas such as pre-law, court personnel, paralegal, law enforcement, public administration, social welfare, and probation. Students should have strong reading and writing skills, and high school students are encouraged to focus on English and business preparation. With additional GE graduates can attain an Associate Degree, which is intended as a foundation for advanced study or specialized training and prepares students for a variety of employment opportunities.

Flexibility

Most programs in this cluster can be completed entirely online, giving you flexibility to study from anywhere with internet access. If you prefer in-person instruction, Main Campus offers the strongest coverage of major courses, though you'll likely need to supplement with online sections or courses at other centers to complete all requirements. Your general education courses can be taken at any of our centers or online, providing additional scheduling options regardless of which program you choose.

How this flexibility note was generated

⚠ AI-generated content can be wrong. This note was produced by Claude (Anthropic) by synthesizing the individual program flexibility statements in this cluster. Verify against the per-program reports before relying on it.
You are synthesizing a single cluster-level flexibility statement for a community college academic cluster (a group of related programs that share a department-page accordion).

CLUSTER
  Title: Administration of Justice/Court Personnel
  Programs in cluster: 6

PER-PROGRAM STATEMENTS
  • Administration of Justice (AS-T Degree):
      You can complete the required courses for this degree at Main Campus or Online, whichever fits your schedule better. If you'd prefer to study at the Chico Center or Glenn Center, you'll need to combine courses there with Main Campus or Online to cover all your major requirements. Either way, meet with a counselor to map out your specific course sequence before you register.
  • Administration of Justice (AS Degree):
      You'll need to split your required coursework between Main Campus and Online to complete this degree—Main Campus has reliable coverage for most of your major courses, but you'll fill in the remaining gaps through Online offerings. Your general education requirements can be completed at any of our centers or online, so you have flexibility there.
  • Administration of Justice (Certificate of Achievement):
      You can complete most of the required courses for this certificate at Main Campus or Online, though you'll need to combine either location with another campus for full coverage. Glenn Center can support your general education requirements but doesn't offer the major's required coursework, so you'd need to take your specialized courses elsewhere.
  • Criminal Justice (AS Degree):
      You can complete all the required coursework for the Criminal Justice AS degree online, which means you have the flexibility to finish from anywhere with internet access. Alternatively, you can base yourself at Main Campus and take most of your major courses there, though you'll need to arrange a few courses either online or at another location to fill in the gaps. Either way, your general education requirements can be completed at any of our centers or online, giving you additional scheduling options.
  • Court Personnel/Pre-law (AS Degree):
      You can complete all required courses for the Court Personnel/Pre-law AS degree online, or you can take them at Main Campus combined with some online sections to fill gaps. The Chico Center and Glenn Center also offer some required courses, but you'd need to combine either of those locations with online or another campus to finish the major requirements. Whichever location you choose, your general education requirements can be completed at any of our centers or online.
  • Court Personnel/Pre-law (Certificate of Achievement):
      You can complete all the required courses for this certificate online, so you have flexibility in where you physically need to be. If you prefer in-person instruction, Main Campus has most of what you need, though you'll likely need to take a course or two online or at another center to finish the program. Meet with a counselor to map out a schedule that works for your situation.

WHAT TO WRITE
  Write 2 to 3 sentences that summarize the AVAILABILITY STORY shared by these programs. Most programs in a cluster will have similar availability — name the common pattern. Note distinct outliers ONLY if a program's availability story differs in a way that affects student decisions (e.g., one program is online-only, others are not).

  - Plain, student-facing language.
  - Refer to "the programs in this cluster" or "these programs" — don't list each program by name unless an outlier needs calling out.
  - If all programs share the same flexibility story, write one unified statement.
  - Do NOT list percentages, term codes, or jargon.
  - Lead with the most flexible/strongest availability and follow with caveats.
  - Refer to locations ONLY by official center names (Main Campus, Chico Center, Glenn Center, Skyway Center, Cosmetology Center, Online). NEVER use a city or town name — no Oroville, no Willows, and never "Chico" as a city. Write "at the Chico Center", never "in Chico" — even if a per-program statement below used a city name, do not repeat it.

OUTPUT
  Return ONLY the statement text. No preamble, no quotation marks, no markdown.
AS CA

Goal

Career or Transfer

Length

1-2 years

Flexibility

  • Online
AS CA

Associate Degree or Certificate of Achievement in Fire Technology

The Fire Technology program provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue a career in fire science, offering a broad foundation in building inspection, fire prevention, and both municipal and wildland firefighting. With additional GE graduates can attain an Associate Degree, which serves as preparation for employment as a firefighter, building inspector, or fire prevention specialist, and is also a strong foundation for further study or specialized training in the field. Students may also choose to complete the 20-week Firefighter I Academy (see Public Safety Education & Training Center).

Flexibility

The programs in this cluster offer flexibility through online coursework, which covers most major requirements. To complete your degree or certificate, you'll likely need to combine online with in-person classes at Main Campus or the Chico Center, since neither location consistently offers the full sequence on its own. General education requirements can be completed online or at any of our centers, giving you options as you build your schedule.

How this flexibility note was generated

⚠ AI-generated content can be wrong. This note was produced by Claude (Anthropic) by synthesizing the individual program flexibility statements in this cluster. Verify against the per-program reports before relying on it.
You are synthesizing a single cluster-level flexibility statement for a community college academic cluster (a group of related programs that share a department-page accordion).

CLUSTER
  Title: Fire Technology
  Programs in cluster: 2

PER-PROGRAM STATEMENTS
  • Fire Technology (AS Degree):
      For the Fire Technology AS degree, you'll need to combine multiple locations since no single campus reliably offers all your required courses. Online covers most of your major coursework, but you'll also need to take some courses at Main Campus, the Chico Center, or the Glenn Center to complete all your requirements. Your general education can be completed at any of our centers or online, so you have flexibility there as you fill in the gaps.
  • Fire Technology (Certificate of Achievement):
      You can complete all your required Fire Technology courses online, so you have flexibility in where you physically need to be. If you prefer to attend in person, you'll need to combine Main Campus or the Chico Center with online sections, since neither location reliably offers the full sequence on its own. Meet with a counselor to map out a schedule that works for your situation.

WHAT TO WRITE
  Write 2 to 3 sentences that summarize the AVAILABILITY STORY shared by these programs. Most programs in a cluster will have similar availability — name the common pattern. Note distinct outliers ONLY if a program's availability story differs in a way that affects student decisions (e.g., one program is online-only, others are not).

  - Plain, student-facing language.
  - Refer to "the programs in this cluster" or "these programs" — don't list each program by name unless an outlier needs calling out.
  - If all programs share the same flexibility story, write one unified statement.
  - Do NOT list percentages, term codes, or jargon.
  - Lead with the most flexible/strongest availability and follow with caveats.
  - Refer to locations ONLY by official center names (Main Campus, Chico Center, Glenn Center, Skyway Center, Cosmetology Center, Online). NEVER use a city or town name — no Oroville, no Willows, and never "Chico" as a city. Write "at the Chico Center", never "in Chico" — even if a per-program statement below used a city name, do not repeat it.

OUTPUT
  Return ONLY the statement text. No preamble, no quotation marks, no markdown.
CC

Goal

Career

Length

1 semester

Flexibility

  • Online
CC

Certificate of Completion in BASIC 32

(Not Eligible for Financial Aid) Student will gain fundamental knowledge of the factors affecting wildland fire behavior, control prevention, and firefighter safety for entry-level employment with a federal agency wildland firefighting crew.

Flexibility

You'll need to complete your required coursework online—that's where this certificate's major courses are reliably offered. Your general education can be taken at any of our centers or online, so you have flexibility there, but plan on doing your certificate work through our Online option.

How this flexibility note was generated

⚠ AI-generated content can be wrong. This note was produced by Claude (Anthropic) by synthesizing the individual program flexibility statements in this cluster. Verify against the per-program reports before relying on it.
You are writing a brief, student-facing flexibility note for a Butte College program. Imagine you are a counselor sitting across from the student. The student is trying to decide WHERE they will physically have to be to finish this degree.

PROGRAM
  Title: BASIC 32
  Award: Certificate

LOCATIONS
  - Main Campus — Butte's main campus.
  - Chico Center — general center; many transfer-degree courses run there.
  - Glenn Center — satellite center.
  - Skyway Center — the dedicated home of the Auto Technology and
    Industrial / Power Pathway programs.
  - Cosmetology Center — the dedicated home of the Cosmetology and
    Barbering programs.
  - Online means a student can take it from anywhere with internet.
  - Dual Enrollment sections are taught at participating high schools
    across the region (NOT at Butte's centers). Coverage varies by HS.

LOCATION NAMING — HARD RULE
  Refer to locations ONLY by the official names exactly as listed above
  (Main Campus, Chico Center, Glenn Center, Skyway Center, Cosmetology
  Center, Online). NEVER mention a city or town name — no Oroville, no
  Willows, no Paradise, and never "Chico" as a city — not even
  alongside a center name. Students read a city name as the town
  itself, and Butte's campuses don't sit where the names suggest (Main
  Campus is not "in Oroville" in any practical sense). Write "at the
  Chico Center", never "in Chico". Write "at Main Campus", never "in
  Oroville".

RELIABLE REQUIRED-COURSE OFFERINGS BY LOCATION (last two academic years)
A required course counts as "reliably offered" at a location only if it
showed a REGULAR PATTERN — at least one section in BOTH window falls or
in BOTH window springs. A one-off section doesn't count: the student
can't bank on it coming back. For Select-N slots (e.g. "Select two"),
the slot is reliably satisfied at a location only when ≥N of its
options are reliably offered there.

  Main Campus:    GE only  (0 of 1 required slots reliably satisfiable here)
  Chico Center:   GE only  (0 of 1 required slots reliably satisfiable here)
  Glenn Center:   GE only  (0 of 1 required slots reliably satisfiable here)
  Online:         Yes      (1 of 1 required slots reliably satisfiable here)

WHAT EACH STATUS MEANS
  - "Yes"     — every required slot has reliable coverage at this location. A student can plan to take their major coursework here.
  - "Partial" — SOME required slots are reliably covered here, but not all. A student who wants to attend mostly at this location will have to combine it with another location or with Online for the gaps.
  - "GE only" — NO required slots are reliably covered here. The student can complete GE breadth here, but for the major's required courses they'll have to go elsewhere.

GROUND TRUTHS YOU MUST RESPECT
  - For Associate degrees, GE breadth requirements can be completed at ANY Butte center or online. That's a given for every Associate program — you don't have to belabor it, but you may briefly mention it when the student's location story for required courses is unfavorable.
  - When a Skyway-Center or Cosmetology-Center program shows "Yes" at its specialized center, LEAD with that — those programs are housed there by design, and the student should plan on being at that center (not Main Campus) for the bulk of their major coursework.
  - Don't tell a student to come to Main Campus when the program's specialized center has full reliable coverage. Main might still be useful for GE; the major work is at the specialized center.
  - "GE only" is NOT "Partial". Don't soften it. Say plainly the program's required coursework isn't taught there.
  - Online is a real option for some programs, but ONLY when its column is "Yes". Don't promise online completion based on "Partial".
  - Dual Enrollment coverage is an aggregate across participating high schools — at any single HS the available courses are typically far fewer. If you mention dual enrollment, mention that "what's offered at your high school will vary."
  - Even "Yes" is "has been reliably available recently" — future schedules can shift. The student should still meet with a counselor.

WHAT TO WRITE
  Two to three short, plain sentences in second person ("you can…", "you'll need to…"). Lead with where the major's required coursework actually runs reliably — that's what determines where the student has to be. Be honest, not promotional.

  - Do NOT list percentages or course counts.
  - Do NOT promise future schedules.
  - Do NOT use the words "completability", "completable", "AY", or "primary location".
  - Do NOT call a "GE only" location a place to "complete the program" — they can't.

OUTPUT
  Return ONLY the statement text. No preamble, no quotation marks, no markdown headers.
Department Administration of Justice & Fire Technology

Full Time Faculty

Devin Flesher

Administration of Justice Instructor

Cristin Frazer

Emergency Medical Services Instructor

Marshall Haslem

Fire Technology Instructor

Associate Faculty

Stephen Solano

Law Enforcement Academy Instructor

Steven Bordin

Administration of Justice Instructor

Daniel King

Law Enforcement Academy Instructor

Johnny Person

Law Enforcement Academy Instructor

Nicole Diamond

Administration of Justice Instructor

James Parrott

Law Enforcement Academy Instructor

Richard Seghieri

Administration of Justice Instructor

Scott Bootman

Law Enforcement Academy Instructor

John Kelso

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Chadwick Walker

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Kevin York

Varsity-Intercollegiate Instructor

Jonathan Hays

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Matthew Phipps

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Justin Noxon

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Michael Murphy

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Wesley Metroka

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Greg McFadden

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Stephen Maletic

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

William Hack

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Zackary Hawkins

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Devin Robson

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

John Kelleher

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Phillip Keen

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Jason Morris

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Dominick Peloso

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Ryan Fellers

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Jeffrey Edson

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Dustin Mattos

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Derek Langston

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Kenneth Smith

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Vince Sansoni

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Eduardo Gonzalez

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Robert Brown

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Travis Eagan

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

James Lucanic

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Jeremy Hollingshead

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Chris Meneley

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Dennis Reinhardt

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Daniel Hart

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Jake Miille

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Michael Healy

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

James Schnitzius

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Daniel Figaratto

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

David Pittman

Fire Technology Instructor

Ibe Liebenberg

Fire Technology Instructor

Jesse Alexander

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Jon Perata

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

Henry Whitney

Fire Fighter Academy I Instructor

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