Criminal Justice Emphasis (Tennessee Transfer Pathway), A.A.

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The Criminal Justice emphasis provides the student with transfer credit for the first two years of a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice or Law Enforcement.

To facilitate success in this program, all students should enroll in ORN 1010 - Orientation: Learning to Succeed during their first semester at DSCC.

Major/Concentration Codes: UTPA-UCJ

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General Education Requirements:

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credits: 3
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credits: 3
COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication Credits: 3
Humanities/Fine Arts Electives Credits: 9^*
PSYC 1030 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3
History Electives Credits: 6^{* **}
Natural Science Electives Credits: 8 ^{* *****}
SOCI 1010 - Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3
Mathematics Elective Credits: 3 ^{* ****}

Area of Emphasis Requirements:

CRMJ 1010 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Credits: 3
CRMJ 1020 - Introduction to the Legal Process Credits: 3
CRMJ 2010 - Introduction to Law Enforcement Credits: 3
CRMJ 2020 - Introduction to Corrections Credits: 3
Foreign Language Sequence I & II Credits: 6
General Elective Credit: 1^***

Additional Degree Requirement:

ORN 1010 - Orientation: Learning to Succeed Credits: 3

Total: 63 Semester Hours

_^*For lists of eligible electives, see the appropriate section of the General Education Core Curriculum Requirements .

^**Students who plan to transfer to UT Knoxville are strongly encouraged to take non-U.S. history courses to fulfill the general education history requirement. Students who intend to transfer to UT Martin should take a U.S. History sequence to fulfill the history requirement.

^***General electives must be selected from courses which are part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway. Consult the Course Descriptions section in this catalog. Courses which are designated as **Not Part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway** should not be taken as general electives.

^****Students who intend to transfer to UT Martin should take MATH 1710 - Precalculus Algebra or above to fulfill the mathematics General Education requirement.

^*****Students who intend to transfer to UT Martin should take a BIOL sequence to fulfill the Natural Science requirement. BIOL 1110 - General Biology I and BIOL 1120 - General Biology II are recommended.

Additional information regarding foreign language:

Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree at universities include demonstrated competency in foreign language at the intermediate level. Community college students are encouraged to attain intermediate-level competency in foreign language before transferring.

Complete information regarding foreign language requirements at each university may be found on the transfer and articulation websites of the Tennessee Board of Regents and the University of Tennessee Systems. Community college students are encouraged to be familiar with foreign language requirements at the universities and, if applicable, complete the requirements before transferring.