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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.
Required for a major - CJ 1100, 2300, 2400, 2500, 3350, 3360, 3380, 4450, 4460,4500, 4480 & Sociology 3040, 3090, (37 semester hours).
Required for a minor - CJ 1100, 2300, 2400, 2500, & 9 hours of 3000 or 4000 level. Criminal Justice courses (21 semester hours)
FIRST YEAR
SEMESTER HOURS
SECOND YEAR
SEMESTER HOURS
Criminal Justice 1100 3 Criminal Justice 2300, 2400, 2500 9 Electives 3 Electives 6 English 1010, 1020 6 English 1 3 Fine Arts 1040 3 Health & Personal Fitness 4 Mathematics 1 6 Political Sciences 2010 3 Orientation 1010 1 Psychology 1010 3 Science 1 6 Science 1 3 Sociology 1010 3 TOTAL 31 TOTAL 31 THIRD YEAR
SEMESTER HOURS
FOURTH YEAR
SEMESTER HOURS
Criminal Justice 3350, 3380, 4450 9 Criminal Justice 3360, 4460, 4500, 4480 10 English 3230 3 Electives 8 Foreign Language 2 6 English or Speech 1 3 History 1 3 Political Science 3090 3 Psychology 2450 3 Sociology 3090, 4080, 3200 9 Sociology 3040, 4250 6 TOTAL 33 TOTAL 30 Total Semester Hours for Degree=125 Core Requirement Options for Criminal Justice
(1) Must meet university core requirements (see options below).
(2) All six foreign language semester hours must be in the same foreign language.
Natural Sciences core courses (9 hours):
(3) Three hours from Science 1010, Chemistry 1030, 1040, 1031, 1041, 1070, 1080 or 1091; Physics 2030-2031 or 2510-2511.
(4) Three hours from Science 1020, Biology 1010-1011, Zoology 1230-1231, or Microbiology 2060-2061.
(5) Three hours from Science 2000, 2010, 2020 or 2030; Physics 1120; or any course that includes a laboratory in biology, botany, chemistry, geology, microbiology, physics, or zoology. (Certain combinations of science courses are not permitted. Refer to the list of Courses of Instruction in the General Catalog.)
Communications (9 hours):
(6) English 1010, 1020 and 3 hours chosen from ENGL 2050, 2060, 2070, 2080, 3210 or Speech 1010
Health and Personal Fitness core courses (4 hours):
(7) Health Education 1010 (2 hrs.), 1090 (2 hrs.); Physical Education 1110 (2 hrs.) OR Nutrition 1020 (2 hrs.), 1030 (3 hrs.), or 1050 (2 hrs.)
Mathematics core courses (6 hours taken in pairs and in sequence):
(8) Mathematics 1020 & 1060; 1020 & 1090; 1020 & 2010; 1100 (6 hrs.); 1810 (6 hrs.); or 2100 and 2110 (10 hours).
Social science core courses (9 hours):
(9) Three hours from History 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020. Six hours from Anthropology 1510, 2010; Economics 2010, 2000; Geography 1010, 1020, 2010; History 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020; Philosophy 1010, 1020; Political Science 2010, 2020; Psychology 1010; Sociology 1010.
Fine Arts (6 hours):
(10) Fine Arts 1040 & three hours from English 2050, 2060, 2070, or 2080.
Criminal Justice Office:
Northwestern State University
Room 343C, Kyser Hall
Natchitoches, LA 71497
Phone: (318) 357-6967
Fax: (318) 357-6966Criminal Justice Advisors:
Mr. Joe Morris 343C Kyser Hall (318) 357-5499
Mr. Bill Shaw 343F Kyser Hall (318) 357-6928
Dr. Ron Pedro 343H Kyser Hall (318) 357-5505
Arthur Moghalu 343L Kyser Hall (318) 357-6682
Jack Atherton 343D Kyser Hall (318) 357-6850
Dr. G.M. Northcutt 343E Kyser Hall (318) 357-6963
Bill Sexson 343M Kyser Hall (318) 357-4638
Criminal Justice B.A. Course Checklist
Core Courses
ENGL 1010 3 ENGL 1020 3 ENGL 1,10 3 ENGL 1,6 3 FA 1040 3 HIST 1,9 3 MATH 1,8 3 MATH 1,8 3 OR 1010 1 PSYC 1,9 1010 3 SOC 1,9 1010 3 Health & Personal Fitness 1,7 2 Health & Personal Fitness 1,7 2 Natural Science 1,3 3 Natural Science 1,4 3 Natural Science 1,5 3 TOTAL 44
Major Courses
Subject
Class
Hours
Grade
Quality Points
CJ 1100 3 CJ 2300 3 CJ 2400 3 CJ 2500 3 CJ 3350 3 CJ 3360 3 CJ 3380 3 CJ 4450 3 CJ 4460 3 CJ 4480 1 SOC 3040 3 SOC 3090 3 CJ 4500 3 TOTAL 44 See the "Core Requirement Options for Criminal Justice" above.
Support Courses
Subject
Class
Hours
Grade
Quality Points
PSCI 2010 3 PSCI 3090 3 PSYC 2450 3 SOC 4080 3 SOC 3200 3 SOC 4250 3 ENGL 3230 3 ** 3 ** 3 ** 3 ** 3 ** 3 ** 3 TOTAL 23 ** Electives
Language Requirements 2
Subject Class Hours Grade Quality Points 3 3 TOTAL 6 All 6 hours must be in the same language.
CAAP Test (check it off once you have taken it.) You are a pre-major until you take the CAAP test (at the end of your sophomore year). You must have a 2.0 GPA for all hours pursued as well as in your major. To figure out your GPA, divide the total quality by the total hours you have taken. Quality points are calculated by multiplying the number of hours by 4 (for an A), 3 (for a B.), 2 (for a C.), 1 (for a D), or 0 (for and F.).
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