Applied Science - Criminal Justice, Bachelor of Applied Science

In addition to University Requirements:

• 64-75 units in an associate's degree transfer block
• At least 18 units of B.A.S. requirements
• At least 21 units of criminal justice specialization requirements
• Be aware 16-20 units of liberal studies requirements will be satisfied by the associate's degree transfer block
• Elective courses, if needed, to reach an overall total of at least 120 units

Students may be able to use some courses to meet more than one requirement. Contact your advisor for details.

Additional Admission Requirements

• Individual program admission requirements over and above admission to NAU are required.

• To be admitted into a Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) plan, you must have an associate degree, either completed or in progress, at a regionally accredited institution, and the associate degree must be completed prior to the awarding of the BAS degree.

Liberal Studies Requirement

• Northern Arizona University requires that you complete 35 units of liberal studies coursework. For this BAS plan, we assume that you have already completed, as part of your associate's degree, the composition, mathematics, and lab science requirements as well as 3 - 6 additional units within the liberal studies requirements, totaling 16 - 20 units.
  
  You select the remaining 15 - 19 units in consultation with your advisor to help you meet your personal goals and ensure that these courses contribute to a coherent overall curriculum.

• • By choosing carefully, you may be able to use the some courses to satisfy both a liberal studies and a B.A.S. requirement.
  • You may not use any CCJ prefix courses counted in your criminal-justice specialization to satisfy liberal studies requirements.
  • You may, however, use a qualifying CCJ prefix course from the B.A.S. requirement to satisfy a liberal studies requirement if it is not counted toward your criminal justice specialization.

Associate Degree Transfer Block

• Northern Arizona University accepts a maximum block transfer of 64 units from your associate's degree program, you then take the remaining 56 units at Northern Arizona University to complete 120 units. (Please note that if you complete all core requirements, specialization, and liberal studies requirements in less than 56 units, you may take the remaining units from any courses offered by Northern Arizona University.)
  
  If you have been awarded an AAS degree from an Arizona community college, Northern Arizona University will accept up to a maximum of 75 transfer units. In order to complete the BAS within 120 total hours, an Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC) needs to be included in the 75 units of transfer from the Arizona community college.

• To qualify for a specialization in criminal justice, your transferred block must include 9 units of courses deemed equivalent to:  
  • CCJ 101 and CCJ 250 (6 units)  
  • One course from CCJ 210, CCJ 220, CCJ 270, CCJ 275, or CCJ 240 (3 units)
  Please note that only those courses deemed equivalent by either an established articulation agreement approved by Northern Arizona University’s Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice or by a memorandum of understanding with the Criminal Justice Department qualify. You cannot use credit assigned for experience or assessed learning (such as CLEP credits) to meet this requirement. If you don’t have credit for these courses, you can take them after entering the B.A.S. plan.

Major Requirements

• B.A.S. Requirements (18 units)
  This coursework is designed to help you acquire a general knowledge of management, organizational, and policy issues while advancing your professional communication, computer, and quantitative skills.
  

• • Communication Block (3 units)
    • Select one: COM 200, CST 314, CST 315, CST 424, CST 472, CST 475, CST 477, ENG 302W, ENG 305W
    Public Administration and Management Block (3 units)
    • Select one: CCJ 331, CCJ 333, MGT 303, PADM 325, PADM 326, PADM 327, PADM 401, PADM 408C, PADM 421C, POS 325, POS 326, POS 327, POS 344, POS 359, POS 421C, POS 428, SOC 334, SOC 431
    Values, Ethics, and Policy Block (3 units)
    • Select one: CCJ 315, CCJ 325, CCJ 380, CCJ 450C, HUM 371, HUM 373, PADM 411, PHI 332W, SOC 301, SOC 333, SOC 339, SOC 441
    Technical, Quantitative, Qualitative and Science Block (3 units)
    • Select one: CCJ 355, PADM 355, POS 303, SOC 365
    Core Electives (6 units)
    • Choose 6 units from any of the unused courses in the above four B.A.S. Requirement blocks

• Criminal Justice Specialization Requirements (21 units)
  • Select from: CCJ 301, CCJ 312, CCJ 314, CCJ 315, CCJ 325, CCJ 331, CCJ 333, CCJ 340, CCJ 341, CCJ 350, CCJ 360, CCJ 380, CCJ 385, CCJ 410, CCJ 415, CCJ 422, CCJ 425 (15-16 units)
  • CCJ 345W (3 units)
  • Capstone courses, select one: CCJ 450C, CCJ 475C, CCJ 480C (3 units)
  Please note that you may not use CCJ 408, CCJ 466, CCJ 485, or CCJ 497 to fulfill these specialization requirements.

General Electives

• Additional coursework is required if, after you have met the previously described requirements, you have not yet completed a total of 120 units of credit.

  You may take these remaining courses from any of the academic areas, using these courses to pursue your specific interests and goals. You may also use prerequisites or transfer credits as electives if they weren't used to meet major, minor, or liberal studies requirements.
  
  We encourage you to consult with your advisor to select the courses that will be most advantageous to you.

Additional Information

• Be aware that some courses may have prerequisites that you must also successfully complete. For prerequisite information, click on the course or see your advisor.