Criminology, Associate of Arts

Program Proficiencies and/or Prerequisites

Students must demonstrate proficiency in these areas either by placement scores  or specific course work.

• English 2 Proficiency 

• MATH 1210 

or

• MATH 1310 

• Reading 2 Proficiency 

Term 1

• SOC 1101 - Introduction To Sociology 3 credit hour(s)
• ENG 1101 - College Writing 3 credit hour(s)
• Mathematics Requirement  3-4 credit hour(s)
• Humanities Requirement  3 credit hour(s)
• IT 1010 - Introduction to Computers 3 credit hour(s)

Term 2

• SOC 2205 - Crime Public Policy and the Criminal Justice System 3 credit hour(s)

• or

• SOC 2215 - Criminology 3 credit hour(s)

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• ENG 1102 - Analytic and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hour(s)
• Laboratory Science Requirement  4 credit hour(s)
• Humanities Requirement  3 credit hour(s)
• Foreign Language Elective  3-4 credit hour(s) (Choose from courses with the prefixes ARBC, FREN, GER, PORT, SPAN, except SPAN 2280 )

Term 3

• SOC 2211 - Social Problems 3 credit hour(s)

• or

• SOC 2213 - Deviant Behavior 3 credit hour(s)

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• COMM 1130 - Public Speaking 3 credit hour(s)

• or

• COMM 2221 - Interpersonal Communication Studies 3 credit hour(s)

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  • Laboratory Science Requirement  4 credit hour(s)
  • Fine Arts Requirement  3 credit hour(s)
  • Social/Behavioral Science Requirement  3 credit hour(s)

Term 4

• SOC 2280 - Social Science Research 3 credit hour(s)
• Program Approved Requirement  3 credit hour(s)
• Elective  3 credit hour(s) (Math recommended)
• Elective  3 credit hour(s) (Humanities recommended)
• Elective  3 credit hour(s) (Fine Arts recommended)

Program Approved Requirements

 Choose from the following courses:

• SOC 2211 - Social Problems 3 credit hour(s)
• SOC 2213 - Deviant Behavior 3 credit hour(s)
• SOC 2216 - Ethnic and Minority Groups 3 credit hour(s)