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
Complete one of the following two courses:
Complete one of the following three courses:
Additional Required Courses – 32 Credits
Complete one of the following two courses:
Complete two courses from MnTC Goal 3 (7-8 credits)
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Complete one course from MnTC Goal 4 (4 Credits)
MATH 1080 or 1090 or 1095 recommended
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Complete one course from MnTC Goal 5 (4 Credits)
(PSYC 1110 strongly recommended)
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Complete one course from MnTC Goal 6 in department other than PHIL (3 Credits)
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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:
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.