Criminal Justice | A.A.

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Transfer Agreements

Students in the Criminal Justice program should plan their courses with the assistance of a faculty advisor after checking the requirements of the college to which they intend to transfer. Electives should be chosen carefully according to the desired major at the transfer institution and based on frequent consultation with the assigned Edison State faculty advisor. The courses listed reflect the minimum requirements for the Associate of Arts degree. Following the General Degree Requirements will ensure that all degree and transfer requirements will be met. Additional courses or courses with higher credit value may be taken in order to meet the requirements of the major at the transfer institution.

Semester 1

CIS 110S Computer Concepts and Applications	3		►Meet with advisor to align student education plan to liberal arts focus. ►Meet with transfer school representative regarding general education core requirements. ►Send high school transcript. ►Send college transcript (if applicable). ►Student must maintain a GPA of 2.0 or higher in all courses to ensure transferability.
COM 121S Fundamentals of Communication	3
CRJ 111S Introduction to Criminal Justice	3	C
ENG 121S Composition I	3
HUM 121S Introduction to Humanities	3
Credit Hours	15

Semester 2

CRJ 112S Criminal Law	3	C	►Complete FAFSA for next academic year. ►Apply for Edison State scholarship(s).
ENG 122S Composition II	3
MTH 120S Quantitative Reasoning OR	3
MTH 125S General Statistics
PHI 123S Introduction to Ethics	3
PSY 121S Introduction to Psychology	3
Credit Hours	15

Semester 3

CRJ 113S Intro to Corrections and Jail Operations	3	C	►Apply to transfer institution.
PLS 122S State & Local Government	3
SOC 121S Introduction to Sociology	3
Humanities Elective♦	3
Science Requirement♦	4
Credit Hours	16

Semester 4

PSY 221S Abnormal Psychology	3	►Complete FAFSA for next academic year. ►Apply for scholarship(s) with transfer institution.
SOC 224S Race & Ethnicity ¹	3
Humanities Elective♦	3
Science Requirement♦	4
Elective♦	3
Credit Hours	16
¹Satisfies diversity requirement.

Total Credit Hours | 62

♦ Student must work with advisor to determine appropriate course(s) based upon transfer school.