2024 - 2025 MCPS High School Course Bulletin

PGS2000A/PGS2000B Intro to Justice Law Society A

0.5 credit per semester

Students will deepen their knowledge and understanding of the judicial branch at the national, state, and local levels of government to establish a foundation of understanding of the American legal system; explore careers in criminology; forensic sciences and investigation skills; and police work at local, state, and federal levels; explore a crime from beginning to end through the eyes of the public professional responsible for law enforcement; and examine the same set of facts from a civil perspective.

9 - 10 - 11 - 12
No repeats for credit

Special Program or Cluster Designations:
  • Career Clusters and Career and Technology Education - Law, Government, Public Safety, & Administration
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