Criminal Justice Administration

Taft College offers an Associate in Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration with a Corrections focus through its Distance Learning Program. Utilizing the Internet, this two year degree program provides students the opportunity to gain knowledge in a non-traditional college setting. Using C-POST approved course outlines, Taft College provides relevant curriculum to assist students in achieving their career goals.

Early Childhood Education

The ECE Program offers certificates in Child Development, Early Intervention (special needs), and Family Day Care.  Early Childhood Education is beneficial to anyone who has children in their lives:  parents, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, special educators, foster parents, and grandparents. 

History & Political Science

History and Political Science are important classes for all Taft College students. To earn an Associate's degree students must fulfill the American History and Institutions (3 semester units) requirement which  can be met by completing History 17A,History 17B, or Political Science 1.

Psychology & Sociology

Psychology exposes students to the broad range of perspectives, problems, methodologies, and bodies of knowledge found in contemporary psychology. Students will understand psychology from the perspectives of (1) a natural or biological science, (2) a behavioral or social science, (3) an applied or professional field, and (4) a set of experiential or humanistic concerns.

Sociology is the study of social action and social order, and the human relationships, enduring institutions, and dynamic processes that keep those fundamental forces in continuing tension. Sociology is, therefore, an encompassing social science, with formal study ranging from world systems, national-states, and large human population groups on the one hand (termed macrosociology), to the study of parenting, peer groups and deviant behavior at the other end of the continuum (microsociology).