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2023-2024 College Catalog 
    
2023-2024 College Catalog

Criminal Justice Studies, B.A.S.


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The Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) in Criminal Justice Studies integrates knowledge from a diverse selection of academic areas to provide students with the skills necessary to enhance their personal and career potential in their selected area of technical specialization. Please see the Bachelor of Applied Science in Criminal Justice Studies handbook for more information.

All required core courses must be completed with a “C” or better to meet graduation requirements.

Prerequisite/Corequisite Requirements


Depending on the BAS applicant’s previously completed degree and/or previously completed academic coursework, the applicant may be required to complete up to 9.0 additional academic credits to support upper-division required BAS coursework.  These 9.0 additional credits may be attempted prior to (prerequisite), or after (corequisite), BAS program admittance, as determined by the student’s Academic Advisor at the time of the BAS student’s program application.  

Note: students needing to complete any, or all, of these courses will be able to count those credit hours toward their additional 18 elective credit hours needed for graduation in the BAS program. A minimum of a C grade, or higher is required for these 3 courses to count toward the BAS of CJS program requirements.

Total Credits: 9


General Education Requirements:


General Education Requirements 
Category Course Options Hours
FYS Any First Year Seminar (FYS) Course 3
CM ENGL 1010 and any additional Communication (CM) Course 6
GOV Any Government (GOV) Course
QR Any Quantitative Reasoning (QR) Course 3
PNW Any Physical/Natural World (PNW) Course 4
HC Any 2 Human Condition (HC) Course 6
CR Any Creativity (CR) Course 3
     

Total

28

Core Requirement Term Sequence


Area of Specialization


A minimum of 18 semester hours within an area of specialization to be determined in conjuction with the BAS of CJS advisor.

Minimum Credits Required for the Degree=120


Course Type Key


FYS=First Year Seminar* GOV=U.S. and Wyoming Constitutions* CM=Communications* QR=Quantitative Reasoning* PNW=Physical and Natural World* HC=Human Condition* CTY=Creativity* MR=Major Requirement ME=Major Elective GE=General Elective

*General Education Requirements  

FYS 0000 First Year Seminar  

GOV 0000 U.S. and Wyoming Constitutions  

CM 0000 Communication  

QR 0000 Quantitative Reasoning  

PNW 0000 Physical and Natural World  

HC 0000 Human Condition  

CTY 0000 Creativity  

The General Education courses and General Elective courses listed in the above sequence are recommended courses to fullfill the degree. Any changes to these courses should be discussed with an adivsor.

**Remedial education courses may result in additional semesters of study.

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