Combined Colleges: 2017-2018 Catalog

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A FIELD OF STUDY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

This plan is an official Field of Study Degree approved
by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Offered at Brookhaven, Cedar Valley, Eastfield, El Centro, Mountain View and Richland Colleges

Degree Code: AA.FS.CRIJ.15

This degree plan is designed to meet the needs of students who plan to major in Criminal Justice and transfer to a four-year college or university. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approves the field of study in Criminal Justice included in this degree. This degree plan will constitute a semester credit hour transfer block to any public Texas four-year college or university with a Criminal Justice Major. Transferring students shall not be required to repeat courses transferred as part of the field of study curriculum. Completion of the field of study curriculum shall not prevent a receiving institution from requiring additional lower-division courses that may be necessary for specific degree programs. Students wishing to pursue a one-year or two-year program in this field and who do not wish to transfer may wish to consider the Associate of Applied Sciences Degree or a certificate rather than this plan. Students MUST verify the transferability of all DCCCD Criminal Justice courses prior to applying to a university.

In order to be eligible to receive this AA degree, a student must:

Complete a minimum of 60 credit hours including the courses listed below;
Earn a grade of "C" or better in English 1301 and the selected college-level mathematics course.
Receive a GPA (2) of at least 2.00 ("C");
Meet all Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standards and course prerequisites; and
Complete at least 25% of the credit hours required for graduation through instruction by the college awarding the degree.

Course Requirements for the AA Degree with a Field of Study in Criminal Justice	Credit Hours
TIER 1 - CORE FOUNDATIONS
CRITICAL READING AND WRITING Select EACH* of the following:* ENGL 1301 (a grade of "C" or better required) CB010 HIST 1301 CB060	6
SPEAKING, LISTENING, WELLNESS, AND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE Select ONE* of the following options:* CB090 OPTION A: SPCH 1311, 1315, 1321 or SGNL 1301, 1302; AND PHED 1164 OR OPTION B: [FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ARAB 1411, 1412; CHIN 1411, 1412; FREN 1411, 1412; GERM 1411, 1412; ITAL 1411, 1412; JAPN 1411, 1412; KORE 1411, 1412; PORT 1411, 1412; RUSS 1411, 1412; SPAN 1411, 1412]	4
QUANTITATIVE REASONING Select ONE* of the following:* CB020 (A grade of "C" or better required) MATH 1314, 1316, 1324, 1325, 1332, 1342, 1350, 1414, 1425, 1442, 2412, 2413, 2414 *Note: If a student takes the four (4) credit hour mathematics course; three (3) of those hours will apply towards the mathematics requirement. The remaining one (1) credit hour from that mathematics course will be applied to the general elective requirement and does not count towards the 42-hour Core.	3-4*
TIER 2 - CORE DOMAINS
QUALITATIVE REASONING, LITERACY AND RESEARCH Select the following: CB010 ENGL 1302	3
SELF AND SOCIETY Select ONE* of the following:* CB080 ANTH 2302, 2346, 2351; BIOL 1322; BUSI 1307; COMM 1307; CRIJ 1307; ECON 1301, 2301, 2302; GEOG 1302, 1303; GOVT 2304, 2311; HIST 2321, 2322, 2327; PHED 1304; PSYC 2301, 2306, 2314, 2316; SOCI 1301, 1306, 2301, 2306, 2319; TECA 1303, 1354 Select the following: CB070 GOVT 2305 Select ONE* of the following:* CB060 HIST 1302, 2301, 2328, 2381	9
HUMANITY, CREATIVITY AND THE AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE Select ONE* of the following:* CB050 ARTS 1301, 1303, 1304; DANC 2303; DRAM 1310, 2361, 2366; HUMA 1311, 1315; MUSI 1306, 1308, 1309, 1310 Select ONE* of the following:* CB040 ENGL 2321, 2322, 2323, 2326, 2327, 2328, 2331, 2332, 2333, 2342, 2343, 2351; HUMA 1302, 1305, 2319; PHIL 1301, 1304, 2306, 2307, 2316, 2321 [FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ARAB 2311, 2312; CHIN 2311, 2312; FREN 2311, 2312; GERM 2311, 2312; ITAL 2311, 2312; JAPN 2311, 2312; KORE 2311, 2312; PORT 2311, 2312; RUSS 2311, 2312; SGNL 2301, 2302; SPAN 2311, 2312]	6
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND SUSTAINABILITY Select TWO* of the following:* CB030 ANTH 2401, BIOL 1406, 1407, 1408, 1409, 1411, 2401, 2402, 2406, 2416, 2420, 2421; CHEM 1405, 1406, 1407, 1411, 1412, 2423, 2425; ENVR 1401, 1402; GEOL 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1445, 1447; PHYS 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1407, 1415, 1417, 2425, 2426 NOTE: This requirement cannot be met using the following combinations: BIOL 1406 and 1408; BIOL 1407 and 1409; BIOL 2420 and 2421; CHEM 1405 and 1411; CHEM 1406 and 1411; CHEM 1405 and 1406; CHEM 1406 and 1407; GEOL 1401 and 1403; PHYS 1401 and 1405; PHYS 1401 and 2425; PHYS 1405 and 2425.	8
TIER 3 - INTEGRATIVE LEARNING
CRITICAL ISSUES IN THE STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONSHIP Select the following: CB070 GOVT 2306	3
CORE CREDIT HOURS FOR THIS AA DEGREE	42
GENERAL ELECTIVE CREDITS
Select any three (3) hours of elective college credit courses other than those with the prefix of BIOL, CHEM, ENGR, ENVR, GEOL, MATH, or PHYS. Note: Courses previously taken cannot be used to satisfy both the Core and a requirement in this group.	3
REQUIRED CRIMINAL JUSTICE FIELD OF STUDY COURSES
Select EACH* of the following:* CRIJ 1301 CRIJ 1306 CRIJ 1310 CRIJ 2313 CRIJ 2328	15
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR THIS AA DEGREE	60

Student's transcript will indicate the Field of Study has been completed upon successful completion of the following courses: CRIJ 1301, 1306, 1310, 2313, and 2328.