Criminal Justice Transfer Pathway (AS)

60 Credits

The Criminal Justice Transfer Pathway AS offers students a powerful option: the opportunity to complete an Associate of Science degree that directly transfers to a designated Criminal Justice bachelor’s degree program at Minnesota State universities. The curriculum has been carefully designed so that students completing this pathway degree and transferring to one of the seven Minnesota State universities enters the university with junior-year status. All courses in the Transfer Pathway associate degree will directly transfer and apply to the designated bachelor’s degree programs in a related field.

Universities within the Minnesota State system include Bemidji State University; Metropolitan State University; Minnesota State University, Mankato; Minnesota State University Moorhead; Southwest Minnesota State University; St. Cloud State University; and Winona State University.

Core Courses – 27 Credits

POLS 2250	Constitutional Law	(3 cr)
SOC 1104	Introduction to Sociology	(3 cr)
SOC 2112	Criminology	(3 cr)
SOC 2130	Introduction to Criminal Justice	(3 cr)
SOC 2131	Juvenile Justice	(3 cr)
SOC 2132	Police and Community	(3 cr)
SOC 2134	Corrections	(3 cr)

Complete one of the following two courses:

SOC 1106	Social Problems in a Changing World	(3 cr)
SOC 1121	Women Across Cultures	(3 cr)

Complete one of the following three courses:

SOC 1109	Wealth and Poverty	(3 cr)
SOC 1115	Sociology of Sex and Gender Roles	(3 cr)
SOC 2110	American Minority Relations	(3 cr)

Additional Required Courses – 32 Credits

Complete one of the following two courses:

COMM 1111	Interpersonal Communication	(3 cr)
COMM 1131	Intercultural Communication	(3 cr)

Required

ENGC 1101	Freshman Composition	(4 cr)
PHIL 1103	Ethics	(3 cr)

Complete two courses from MnTC Goal 3 taken from two different departments. (7-8 Credits)

(including one lab couse)

Complete one course from MnTC Goal 4 (4 Credits)

(MATH 1080 or MATH 1090 strongly recommended).

Complete one course from MnTC Goal 5 (4 Credits)

(PSYC 1110 strongly recommended)

Complete one course from MnTC Goal 6 in department other than PHIL (3 Credits)

Complete one course from MnTC Goal 10 (3 Credits)

If needed, complete additional courses to reach 60 credits total. The department recommends the following elective courses:

HLTH 1106	Drug Use and Abuse	(3 cr)
HLTH 2209	Emergency Medical Responder	(3 cr)

Other Degree Requirements

• Earn a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 for college-level coursework (courses numbered 1000 and above) completed at Normandale.
• Earn a minimum of 20 college-level credits at Normandale.

Coursework in this degree program satisfies a portion of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC). Please see MnTC Degree Audit Report.