General Education (42 Credits)
Students must complete the following General Education requirements:
- 6 credit hours in academic and interpersonal skills. The following courses must be taken in the first semester and no transfer of credit is accepted for either course.
PSY180 Interpersonal Effectiveness
This course examines the theories and skills essential to interpersonal effectiveness across a variety of relationships. Students will learn to apply these theories and skills to everyday interaction, explore how interpersonal effectiveness can help them achieve personal and professional goals, and design a plan for further development of interpersonal effectiveness skills during their academic program. Topics include effective communication, identity and impression formation, perception, cultural influences on interpersonal interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening and feedback, relationship development, social influence, communication technologies, conflict, group interaction, and ethical conduct.
Credit(s): 3
ASP100 Skills for Success
This course is designed to prepare learners for success in their undergraduate programs at Argosy University. Students develop strategies to help them achieve their educational goals, and to apply what they have already learned in other school, work and personal settings. Self- assessments are used to help students determine their learning styles and to develop successful strategies for learning. Course content emphasizes the following: oral and written communication, personal and interpersonal development, critical thinking skills, study skills, goal setting, time and stress management, information literacy, financial management skills, career search skills, and student responsibility.
Credit(s): 3
- 6 credit hours in Communications including ENG101
- COM104, COM105, COM450 cannot be taken to satisfy the Communication requirement
- 6 credit hours in Humanities
- ENG401, HUM401, HUM440 cannot be taken to satisfy the Humanities requirement
- 6 credit hours in Social Sciences
- SOC416 cannot be taken to satisfy the Social Sciences requirement
- 6 credit hours in Natural Science
- 6 credit hours in Mathematics
- 6 credit hours in elective courses (in any general education distribution area)
Core Requirements (18 Credits)
Students are required to complete the six core courses listed below:
CJA105 Introduction to American Criminal Justice
An introduction to the historical development of local, state and federal American criminal justice agencies, including a survey of the structure and operations of police, courts and corrections.
Credit(s): 3
CJA215 Criminal Law
This course explores the legislative intent and specific elements of criminal laws that have been enacted to deter and punish behaviors determined to be harmful or otherwise socially unacceptable. The course examines the history and nature of criminal law, the concepts of act and intent, the distinctions between infractions, misdemeanors and felonies, and the factors that constitute a criminal defense.
Credit(s): 3
CJA235 Police Organizational Structure and Operations
This course examines the organizational structures and operational responsibilities of municipal, county and state police agencies. The functions and effectiveness of specialized units of patrol, investigations, drug enforcement, special weapons and tactics, traffic control, training and emergency communications, among others are analyzed. Communication, cooperation, authority and other inter-jurisdictional issues are also explored.
Credit(s): 3
CJA225 Criminal Court System
This course analyzes the various components and participants in the American criminal court system, including the roles of prosecuting and defense attorneys, judges, jurors and witnesses. The course also explores judicial procedures involving arraignments, preliminary, evidentiary, and other pretrial hearings, trials and post trial hearings, as well as the types and functions of specialized courts.
Credit(s): 3
CJA140 Introduction to Corrections
This course analyzes the organizational structure and operations of public and private prison systems, including management philosophies, policies and procedures, performance expectations, safety and security practices, and offender behaviors. Issues associated with gender, culture, race, ethnicity, gang activity and criminal organizations within prison systems are also explored.
Credit(s): 3
SEC103 Introduction to Security Management
This course provides an introduction to security management theories and practices related to personal and facility protection, deterrence techniques, computer technology and electronic data protection, detection systems and strategies, loss prevention, risk assessment and management for corporate, academic, industrial, transportation and government institutions.
Credit(s): 3
Placement Policy
Math Requirement
Students who are transferring in sufficient college level General Education Math courses with a grade of B or higher will not be required to take a placement test.
Students with no college credit in General Education Math or with grades of B- or below, will be placed in a developmental course per the Registration Policy for Developmental Coursework. However, they can choose to place out of developmental coursework by passing a placement test.
Writing Requirement
Students who are transferring in sufficient college level General Education English courses with a grade of B or higher will not be required to take a placement test.
Students with no college credit in General Education English or with grades of B- or below, will be placed in a developmental course per the Registration Policy for Developmental Coursework. However, they can choose to place out of developmental coursework by passing a placement test.
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Developmental Coursework
Students who have a grade of B- or below in both General Education Math and English, or do not successfully complete a placement test in either Math or English, may only enroll in developmental coursework after the first session until at least one of the developmental courses is successfully completed.
If developmental coursework for both Math and English is successfully completed, students proceed into their given program of study.
If developmental coursework is successfully completed in only one area (Math or English), students proceed according to the policies that govern enrollment in Mathematics Review or English Review. Similarly, students who transfer in a college level course in only one area (Math or English), or whose placement test scores are below the established cutoff in only one area (Math or English) may register for other coursework per the following policies:
Mathematics Review Policies
Prior to successful completion of a developmental course Mathematics Review I, students are limited to registration in the following General Education electives: PSY101 General Psychology, SCI110 The Rise of Modern Science, SCI115 The Ecological Perspective, POL110 American Experience, BIO120 Human Anatomy and Physiology.
Mathematics Review I may be retaken a second time, but students may not register for other courses until the developmental coursework has been completed with a grade of C- or higher . Students who fail their second attempt of a developmental course will be referred to the Student Professional Development Committee to address barriers to academic readiness.
English Review Policies
English Review I: Students not taking the placement test, or having placement scores below a certain threshold will be placed in English Review I. After the successful completion of English Review I they will bep laced in English Review II. Prior to successful completion of English Review I, students are limited to registration in the following General Education electives: PSY101 General Psychology, SCI110 The Rise of Modern Science, SCI115 The Ecological Perspective, POL110 American Experience, ECO201 Macroeconomics, ECO202 Microeconomics, BIO120 Human Anatomy and Physiology.
English Review II Students with placement test scores above the threshold for English Review I but with scores below the cutoff for passing will be placed in English Review II. Prior to successful completion of English Review II, students are limited to registration in the following General Education electives: PSY101 General Psychology, SCI110 The Rise of Modern Science, SCI115 The Ecological Perspective, POL110 American Experience, ECO201Macroeconomics, ECO202 Microeconomics, BIO120 Human Anatomy and Physiology.
English Review I and English Review II may be retaken a second time, but students may not register for other courses until the developmental coursework has been completed with a grade of C- or higher. Students who fail their second attempt of a developmental course will be referred to the Student Professional Development Committee to address barriers to academic readiness.
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