Nevada State University Catalogs - Criminal Justice B.A.S.

Criminal Justice B.A.S.

Program Completion Requirements:

  1. Completion of an AAS degree in Criminal Justice, or an equivalent AAS degree in Criminal Justice, from a regionally accredited community college.
  2. A minimum of 125 credits must be earned with 36 or more credits in courses numbered 300 or above. A minimum of 32 cre+dits must be completed in Nevada State College upper division courses.

Curriculum

Completion of an AAS Degree (at least 60 credits) prior to entering the program

College Core Curriculum - up to 27 credits.

(A number of categories may be fulfilled by AAS degree coursework. This will be confirmed by NSC Admissions upon receipt of an official AAS transcript.)

English (3 credits)

ENG 102Composition II

3.00

Mathematics (5 credits)

MATH 128Pre-Calculus and Trigonometry

5.00

Fine Arts (3 credits)

Refer to the Fine Arts section of the Core Curriculum

Natural Sciences (4 credits)

Refer to the Natural Science section of the Core Curriculum

Social Sciences (3 credits)

Refer to the Social Science section of the Core Curriculum

Humanities (6 credits)

Refer to the Humanities section of the Core Curriculum (3)

COM 101Fundamentals of Speech Comm

3.00

Constitution (3-6 credits)

Refer to the Constitution section of the Core Curriculum

Cultural Diversity (3 credits)

Refer to the Cultural Diversity section of the Core Curriculum

Applied Science Management Core Curriculum (21 credits)

ECON 261Principles of Statistics I

3.00

ENG 407AFundamentals of Business Writing

3.00

or

ENG 407B
Fundamentals of Technical Writing

3.00

FIN 301Principles of Managerial Finance

3.00

MGT 367Human Resource Management

3.00

MKT 301Marketing Management

3.00

IS 301Management Information Systems

3.00

PHIL 248Professional Ethics

3.00

Criminal Justice Major Courses (18 credits)

CRJ 315
Intelligence Analysis

SPAN 321
Spanish for Law Officers

CRJ 325
Serial Killers and Sexual Predators

CRJ 448
Police Leadership in Critical Incidents

CRJ 458
Seminar in Emergency Management and Admin. Planning

CRJ 481Terrorism: Theory and Response

3.00

Summary of credit requirements for the Bachelor of Applied Science in Criminal Justice

AAS Degree

At least 60 credits

Core Curriculum

up to 27 credits

Applied Science Core Curriculum

21

Criminal Justice Major Courses

18

Electives (if needed to bring total credits to 125)

 

Total Credits

125