Associate Degree Requirements

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The associate degree program is designed so students who finish the two-year program can easily continue in the four-year program if they so choose.

FIRST YEAR	SEMESTER HOURS	SECOND YEAR	SEMESTER HOURS
Criminal Justice 1100, 2160	6	Criminal Justice 2300, 2400, 2500	9
English 1010, 1020	6	Electives 3,4	5
Fine Arts 1040	3	Political Science 2010	3
History 2020	3	Psychology 2450	3
Mathematics1	6	Science 1	6
Orientation 1010	1	English Literature2	3
Psychology 1010	3	Sociology 2020	3
Sociology 1010	3	Total Hours	32
Total Hours	31
Total Semester Hours for Degree = 63

(1) Six hours of mathematics, nine hours of science, and four hours of health and personal fitness are prescribed in the university core requirements for the baccalaureate degree.

(2) Must meet university core requirements (English 2050, 2060, 2070, or 2080)

(3) Students interested in pursuing a baccalaureate degree in Criminal Justice should consider taking six hours of foreign language for six hours of electives.

(4) Students who plan to continue for a baccalaureate degree in Criminal Justice should consider taking two hours of health and personal fitness and physical education electives selected from the university core requirements.

Core Requirement Options for Criminal Justice

Mathematics core courses (6 hours taken in pairs and in sequence): Mathematics 1020 & 1060: 1020 & 1090; 1020 & 2010; 1100 (6 hrs.) or 1810 (6 hrs.)

Natural Sciences core courses (6 hours): three hours from Science 1010, Chemistry 1030, 1040, 1051, 1070, 1080 or 1091; Physics 2030-2031 or 2510-2511 and three hours from Science 1020, Biology 1010-1011, Zoology 1230-1231, or Microbiology 2060-2061.

Criminal Justice Office:

Northwestern State University
Room 343-C, Kyser Hall
Natchitoches, LA 71497
Phone: (318) 357-6967
Fax: (318) 357-6966

Core Courses
Subject	Class	Hours	Grade	Quality Points
ENGL	1010	3
ENGL	1020	3
ENGL1,2		3
FA	1040	3
HIST	2020	3
MATH1		6
OR	1010	1
PSYC	1010	3
SCI1		6
SOC	1010	3
TOTAL		34
See the "Core Requirement Option for Criminal Justice" above.

Major Courses
Subject	Class	Hours	Grade	Quality Points
CJ	1100	3
CJ	2160	3
CJ	2300	3
CJ	2400	3
CJ	2500	3
TOTAL		15

Support Courses
Subject	Class	Hours	Grade	Quality Points
PSCI	2010	3
PSYC	2450	3
SOC	2020	3
**		2
**		3
TOTAL		14
** Electives3,4

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