This two-year program prepares individuals for careers as business professionals, supervisors, managers or to own small businesses. The curriculum is designed for students who want to take the business and technical courses necessary to enter the workforce and begin careers with the option to take the general academic courses associated with a four-year Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree at a later time. The degree plan includes up to 36 credit hours of academic courses. Under the current inverted Bachelor of Applied Science degree plan at Lamar University, 24 credit hours of technical courses and all academic classes should transfer to a four-year Bachelor of Applied Science degree. Furthermore, the 36 units in academic courses should transfer to any four-year public college or university in the state of Texas.

Criminal justice is one of the top five fastest-growing career fields in the country. Lamar State College-Orange offers well-established, highly respected programs providing both vocational coursework for career preparation and advancement and academic coursework leading to baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate study. The criminal justice programs at LSCO have the full support and endorsement of local and regional law enforcement officials and other legal professionals. The LSCO Criminal Justice Advisory Board includes members of the FBI, ATF, DPS, Orange County Sheriff's Department, Orange Police Department, Orange County District Attorney's office, and representatives from other local and state law enforcement agencies. For students on the vocational path, job placement rates for the program are very high, with program graduates currently working for various federal and state criminal justice agencies. For students pursuing more advanced degree work, the programs' academic credits are also transferable under articulation agreements with Lamar University, the University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Wesleyan University, and the United States Navy per its Master-at-Arms option.