Criminal Justice, A.S.

First Year Seminar

• FYS 100 First-Year Seminar 3 credit hours

Foundations Requirements

• FCO 105 Rhetorical Communication 3 credit hours

• Choose one of the following Advanced Communication courses:

• CM 212 Public Speaking 3 credit hours
• FCO 210 (WRT210) Communication in Professional Cultures 3 credit hours
• FCO 215 Technical and Scientific Communication 3 credit hours
• FCO 225 (WRT225) Interdisciplinary Communication 3 credit hours

• Choose one of the following Quantitative Fluency courses:

• MAT 111 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving in Mathematics 3 credit hours
• PHL 220 Principles of Scientific Reasoning 3 credit hours
• PHL 222 Critical Thinking 3 credit hours
• PHL 231 Logic 3 credit hours

• Choose one of the following American Citizenship courses:

• ECO 201 Principles of Economics (Micro) 3 credit hours
• HIS 111 American Civilization I 3 credit hours
• HIS 112 American Civilization II 3 credit hours
• LIT 281 American Literature and Identity I 3 credit hours
• LIT 282 American Literature and Identity II 3 credit hours
• PS 101 (PS141) American Government and Citizenship 3 credit hours
• REL 269 American Religious Thought and Culture 3 credit hours

• Choose one of the following Global Citizenship courses or students have the option to complete this requirement by successfully completing six credits of the same language:

• ECO 200 Principles of Economics (Macro) 3 credit hours
• G 100 (G243) World Regional Geography 3 credit hours
• HIS 102 The West in the World 3 credit hours
• PS 102 Contemporary Global Issues 3 credit hours

Disciplinary Perspectives Requirement

• Choose one of the following Humanities courses:

• FLM 216 Introduction to Film 3 credit hours
• HIS 101 The Foundation of the West 3 credit hours
• LIT 200 Introduction to Literary and Textual Studies 3 credit hours
• PHL 221 Introduction to Philosophy 3 credit hours
• REL 265 World Religions 3 credit hours

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• PHL 238 Race, Gender, and Sexuality 3 credit hours

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• WGS 238 Race, Gender, and Sexuality 3 credit hours

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• Chooe one of the following Arts courses:

• ART 101 Art and Visual Culture 3 credit hours
• CRW 272 Introduction to Creative Writing 3 credit hours
• MUS 186 (MUS200) Listening to Music 3 credit hours
• THE 154 Introduction to Theatre 3 credit hours

• Social and Behavioral Sciences:

  Satisfied by major

• Choose one of the following Natural/Physical Sciences courses:

• BIO 204 (BIO110) Exploring Biology 3 credit hours
• CHM 240 Perspectives on the Molecular World 3 credit hours
• ESS 254 Local Perspectives on the Geological World 3 credit hours
• G 151 Introduction to Physical Geography 3 credit hours
• PSC 152 Concepts in Physics in Everyday Life 3 credit hours

Criminal Justice Electives (9 credits)

Students must choose 9 credits of CJA elective courses.

Elective courses (9 credits)

Student may choose any 9 credits of elective courses.

Freshmen Year (30 credits)

• CJA 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 credit hours
• CJA 203 Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice 3 credit hours
• FCO 105 Rhetorical Communication 3 credit hours
• FYS 100 First-Year Seminar 3 credit hours
• PSY 100 General Psychology 3 credit hours
• SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology 3 credit hours
• Foundations course 3 credit hours
• Foundations course 3 credit hours
• Foundations course 3 credit hours
• Elective course 3 credit hours

Sophomore Year (30 credits)

• Criminal Justice Elective courses 9 credit hours
• Foundations - Advanced Communication course 3 credit hours
• Disciplinary Perspectives course 3 credit hours
• Disciplinary Perspectives course 3 credit hours
• Disciplinary Perspectives course 3 credit hours
• Physical Activity and Wellness courses 3 credit hours
• Elective course 3 credit hours
• Elective course 3 credit hours