Criminal Justice - Associate in Arts Transfer Major

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This Associate in Arts degree is designed for students who are planning to transfer to the University of Northern Iowa in order to continue their studies in Criminal Justice and earn a four-year degree.

While this degree is designed to provide a seamless transition to a four-year university, students should also refer to the specific admissions and transfer requirements of their transfer institution.

Required Courses/Suggested Schedule

First Year

First Term

CRJ - 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3 s.h.)
CRJ - 111 Police and Society (3 s.h.)
MAT - 156 Introduction to Statistics (3 s.h.)
SDV - 199 College Essentials (1 s.h.)
SOC - 110 Introduction to Sociology (3 s.h.)
Communications elective (3 s.h.)

Total: 16 s.h.

Second Term

CRJ - 130 Criminal Law (3 s.h.)
CRJ - 201 Juvenile Delinquency (3 s.h.)
Communications elective (3 s.h.)
Natural Science/Mathematics elective (5 s.h.)*

Total: 16 s.h.

Second Year

Third Term

CRJ - 120 Introduction to Corrections (3 s.h.)
SOC - 240 Criminology (3 s.h)
Communications elective (3 s.h.)
Humanities elective (4 s.h.)
Distributed elective (4 s.h.)**

Total: 17 s.h.

Fourth Term

CRJ - 295 Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice (3 s.h.)
POL - 111 American National Government (3 s.h.)
Humanities elective (4 s.h.)
Distributed elective (4 s.h.)**
Other elective (1 s.h.)

Total: 13 s.h.

Total Program Hours: 62 s.h.

Note:

*Students must take at least one Natural Science course and one Math course when fulfilling the required 8 s.h. of Natural Science/Math credits.

**Students may select a course from any of the four general education areas to fulfill the distributed elective requirements.