Criminal Justice Transfer Pathway

Why Study Criminal Justice Transfer Pathway at 91涩漫?

The Criminal Justice Transfer Pathway AS offers students a powerful option: the opportunity to complete an Associate of Science degree with course credits that directly transfer to designated Criminal Justice bachelor鈥檚 degree programs at Minnesota State universities. The curriculum has been specifically designed so that students completing this pathway degree and transferring to one of the seven Minnesota State universities enter the university with junior-year status. All courses in the Transfer Pathway associate degree will directly transfer and apply to the designated bachelor鈥檚 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 State University; St. Cloud State University; and Winona State University.

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Integrated in the curriculum is the unique Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, which brings together campus-based students with incarcerated students for a semester-long course held at the Duluth Federal Prison Camp. Lake Superior College is just one of four colleges/universities in Minnesota to be part of the program and the only higher ed institution in the state that incorporates it within a degree program.

The Inside-Out Prison Exchange program is unlike any class you have ever had.

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The Criminal Justice Transfer Pathway Program Guide is a tool to help you map out how to successfully get your degree at 91涩漫

View approximate total tuition and fees for MN residents to complete this degree.

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Lake Superior College$5,931 91涩漫 IceHawks Logo

Minnesota State Colleges$6,444

Minnesota State Universities$10,643

University of Minnesota$14,928

Minnesota Private Colleges and Universities$44,928

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Program Participation Requirements

Pre-Program Requirements

To begin this program, you need to be at a specific skill level in English/reading and math.

English/Reading:

Eligible for ENGL 1106 鈥� College Composition I, or
Completion of ENGL/READ 0950/0955 (or equivalent or higher). ENGL/READ 0950/0955 may not be taken concurrently with Semester I

Mathematics:

A college level math course is required for graduation. Students must satisfy course pre-requisites for college level math courses, which may require more than one semester of additional math. Connect with your advisor for assistance with course placement.

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Required Courses

* Requires a prerequisite

Suggested Course Sequence

For a full-time student averaging 15 credits per semester

First Semester: 16 credits

Course	Title	Credits
Close Dialog FYE 1000 First Year Experience This course is designed to develop those behaviors students need to be successful in academia and future careers, including setting and achieving goals, demonstrating professionalism, and utilizing digital and physical resources. (1 hr lec/0 hrs lab/0 hr FYE 1000	Close Dialog FYE 1000 First Year Experience This course is designed to develop those behaviors students need to be successful in academia and future careers, including setting and achieving goals, demonstrating professionalism, and utilizing digital and physical resources. (1 hr lec/0 hrs lab/0 hr First Year Experience	1
Close Dialog ENGL 1106 College Composition I First semester college-level composition course focusing on writing expository prose using word processing as a tool for composing. Emphasis is on writing as a process, critical reading, developing a voice, and grammar review. Presupposes competency in ENGL 1106	Close Dialog ENGL 1106 College Composition I First semester college-level composition course focusing on writing expository prose using word processing as a tool for composing. Emphasis is on writing as a process, critical reading, developing a voice, and grammar review. Presupposes competency in College Composition I	3
	HPER course(s)	2
Close Dialog SOC 1111 Introduction to Sociology This course involves both an explanation of and active practice in using the sociological imagination to examine the world around us. It introduces Sociology as a discipline and sociological ways of understanding human social interaction and processes suc SOC 1111	Close Dialog SOC 1111 Introduction to Sociology This course involves both an explanation of and active practice in using the sociological imagination to examine the world around us. It introduces Sociology as a discipline and sociological ways of understanding human social interaction and processes suc Introduction to Sociology	3
Close Dialog SOC 1114 Criminal Justice in Society This course will explore the development of the U.S. criminal justice system, focusing both on the social values which form the basis for this institution and on the particular institutional arrangements through which society aspires to foster responsible SOC 1114	Close Dialog SOC 1114 Criminal Justice in Society This course will explore the development of the U.S. criminal justice system, focusing both on the social values which form the basis for this institution and on the particular institutional arrangements through which society aspires to foster responsible Criminal Justice in Society	3
	Goal Area 3 Course	3

Second Semester

Course	Title	Credits
Close Dialog SOC 1130 Juvenile Delinquency This course will explore the concepts of childhood and delinquency and their social construction. Students will examine the measurement of delinquent behavior along with competing theories of delinquency. The course addresses the relationship between de SOC 1130	Close Dialog SOC 1130 Juvenile Delinquency This course will explore the concepts of childhood and delinquency and their social construction. Students will examine the measurement of delinquent behavior along with competing theories of delinquency. The course addresses the relationship between de Juvenile Delinquency	3
Close Dialog SOC 1170 Drugs and Society This course uses sociology to analyze the varied responses of societies around the world to substances, from socially accepted substances like caffeine to tolerated substances like alcohol and nicotine all the way to more controversial substances like mar SOC 1170	Close Dialog SOC 1170 Drugs and Society This course uses sociology to analyze the varied responses of societies around the world to substances, from socially accepted substances like caffeine to tolerated substances like alcohol and nicotine all the way to more controversial substances like mar Drugs and Society	3
Close Dialog ENGL 1109 College Composition II Second semester college-level composition course focusing on academic writing using primary and secondary sources, including basic research using print and electronic sources. Emphasis is on writing as a process, critical analysis, summarizing, research, ENGL 1109	Close Dialog ENGL 1109 College Composition II Second semester college-level composition course focusing on academic writing using primary and secondary sources, including basic research using print and electronic sources. Emphasis is on writing as a process, critical analysis, summarizing, research, College Composition II	3
Close Dialog COMM 1100 Introduction to Communication This course introduces students to the concepts, models, and theories of human communication and their application to interpersonal, small group, and public speaking situations. MTC goal areas: (1) Communication (Prerequisites: College-level reading) COMM 1100 or Close Dialog COMM 1105 Interpersonal Communication This course provides opportunities for students to understand the process of human communication, to assess their strengths and weaknesses as communicators, to assist them in solving problems of an interpersonal nature, and develop interaction skills for COMM 1105	Close Dialog COMM 1100 Introduction to Communication This course introduces students to the concepts, models, and theories of human communication and their application to interpersonal, small group, and public speaking situations. MTC goal areas: (1) Communication (Prerequisites: College-level reading) Introduction to Communication or Close Dialog COMM 1105 Interpersonal Communication This course provides opportunities for students to understand the process of human communication, to assess their strengths and weaknesses as communicators, to assist them in solving problems of an interpersonal nature, and develop interaction skills for Interpersonal Communication	3
	Goal Area 6 Course	3

Third Semester

Course	Title	Credits
Close Dialog SOC 1125 Social Deviance This course examines how societies come to define social deviance as well as how societies influence their members to conform. It explores social and behavioral science research addressing the question: Is anything inherently deviant? The course prepare SOC 1125 or Close Dialog SOC 1165 Patterns of Domestic Violence This course examines the social context of violence in a domestic setting. It focuses on the commonalities in strategies used by perpetrators of violence and survival mechanisms common to those victimized. The course introduces local domestic violence s SOC 1165 or Close Dialog SOC 1185 Gender, Power and Society This course examines gender issues from the sociological perspective. It explores the development of gender roles across cultures and the consequences of gender roles on individuals and society. Topics for discussion include: the social construction of ge SOC 1185	Close Dialog SOC 1125 Social Deviance This course examines how societies come to define social deviance as well as how societies influence their members to conform. It explores social and behavioral science research addressing the question: Is anything inherently deviant? The course prepare Social Deviance or Close Dialog SOC 1165 Patterns of Domestic Violence This course examines the social context of violence in a domestic setting. It focuses on the commonalities in strategies used by perpetrators of violence and survival mechanisms common to those victimized. The course introduces local domestic violence s Patterns of Domestic Violence or Close Dialog SOC 1185 Gender, Power and Society This course examines gender issues from the sociological perspective. It explores the development of gender roles across cultures and the consequences of gender roles on individuals and society. Topics for discussion include: the social construction of ge Gender, Power and Society	3
Close Dialog MATH 2210 General Statistics An introductory course in descriptive and inferential statistics. The following topics will be covered: organizing data; averages and variations around the mean; probability and probability statistics; binomial, normal, and sampling distributions; estimat MATH 2210	Close Dialog MATH 2210 General Statistics An introductory course in descriptive and inferential statistics. The following topics will be covered: organizing data; averages and variations around the mean; probability and probability statistics; binomial, normal, and sampling distributions; estimat General Statistics	3
Close Dialog PHIL 1130 Ethics Important ethical theories of right and wrong, good and bad. Includes egoism, divine command theory, natural law theory, utilitarianism, duty-based ethics, social contract theory, and virtue theory. The course will emphasize the use of reason in decisio PHIL 1130	Close Dialog PHIL 1130 Ethics Important ethical theories of right and wrong, good and bad. Includes egoism, divine command theory, natural law theory, utilitarianism, duty-based ethics, social contract theory, and virtue theory. The course will emphasize the use of reason in decisio Ethics	3
	Goal Area 3 Course	3
	Unrestrictive Elective	3

Fourth Semester

Course	Title	Credits
Close Dialog SOC 2127 Race, Power, and Justice This course is a sociological examination of race, ethnicity, and structural racism in the United States. It will examine ways in which historical and contemporary structures of racism systemically shape complex social, political, economic, and environmen SOC 2127	Close Dialog SOC 2127 Race, Power, and Justice This course is a sociological examination of race, ethnicity, and structural racism in the United States. It will examine ways in which historical and contemporary structures of racism systemically shape complex social, political, economic, and environmen Race, Power, and Justice	3
Close Dialog SOC 2123 People and the Environment This course examines the relationship of people to their environment from a social and behavioral science perspective. It explores the impact of socio-cultural systems on the bio-physical environment and focuses on alternative solutions to the environmen SOC 2123	Close Dialog SOC 2123 People and the Environment This course examines the relationship of people to their environment from a social and behavioral science perspective. It explores the impact of socio-cultural systems on the bio-physical environment and focuses on alternative solutions to the environmen People and the Environment or other Goal Area 10 Course	3
Close Dialog PSYC 1200 Introduction to Psychology PSYC 1200	Close Dialog PSYC 1200 Introduction to Psychology Introduction to Psychology	3
	Goal Area 6 Course	3
	Unrestrictive Elective	3
Total:		60

Below is a list of suggested unrestricted electives

Course	Title	Credits	MnTC Goal Area
Close Dialog ANTH 1110 Cultural Anthropology An introduction to the concepts, methods, and theories of cultural anthropology, focusing on the range of variation and degree of uniformity in human behavior. This course will examine elements of socio-cultural systems: religion/magic, politics, social ANTH 1110	Close Dialog ANTH 1110 Cultural Anthropology An introduction to the concepts, methods, and theories of cultural anthropology, focusing on the range of variation and degree of uniformity in human behavior. This course will examine elements of socio-cultural systems: religion/magic, politics, social Cultural Anthropology	3	02,05,08
Close Dialog PSYC 1135 Lifespan Developmental Psychology A scientific, theoretical, and historical examination of physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development across the lifespan with a focus on individual and group (e.g., race, class, gender) similarities and differences across American society and c PSYC 1135	Close Dialog PSYC 1135 Lifespan Developmental Psychology A scientific, theoretical, and historical examination of physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development across the lifespan with a focus on individual and group (e.g., race, class, gender) similarities and differences across American society and c Lifespan Developmental Psychology	3	02,05,7A
Close Dialog PSYC 1140 Abnormal Psychology Abnormal Psychology is the study of mental and behavioral disorders: theoretical perspectives, classification, description, assessment, and intervention methods. Diagnostic, treatment and research methods of anxiety disorders, mood disorders, personality PSYC 1140	Close Dialog PSYC 1140 Abnormal Psychology Abnormal Psychology is the study of mental and behavioral disorders: theoretical perspectives, classification, description, assessment, and intervention methods. Diagnostic, treatment and research methods of anxiety disorders, mood disorders, personality Abnormal Psychology	3	05
Close Dialog SPAN 1010 Beginning Spanish I Beginning Spanish is a grammatical approach to introductory vocabulary and verb tenses with emphasis on vocabulary building, listening comprehension, verbal response, and writing skills. MTC goal areas: (8) Global Perspective. (Prerequisites: College-le SPAN 1010	Close Dialog SPAN 1010 Beginning Spanish I Beginning Spanish is a grammatical approach to introductory vocabulary and verb tenses with emphasis on vocabulary building, listening comprehension, verbal response, and writing skills. MTC goal areas: (8) Global Perspective. (Prerequisites: College-le Beginning Spanish I	4	08

Program Outcomes

Analyze the structure and function of the criminal justice system using methods of sociological inquiry.

Assess the impact of politics and social change on the criminal justice system
Review the roles of the three components of the criminal justice system: police, courts, and
Evaluate the impact of social power, norms, and biases in determining how criminal laws are made and enforced.
Devise approaches to resolve criminal and social justice

A student completing Lake Superior College鈥檚 Minnesota State Criminal Justice Transfer Pathway and transferring into a designated bachelor鈥檚 program in Criminal Justice at a Minnesota State university will have junior standing and may complete the bachelor鈥檚 degree within an additional 60 credits. You will be able to transfer to the following designated majors at Minnesota State universities:

At Bemidji State University: Criminal Justice 鈥� Law Enforcement Emphasis
At Metropolitan State University: Criminal Justice, BA
At Minnesota State, Mankato: Criminal Justice, BS
At Minnesota State, Moorhead: Criminal Justice, BA At Southwest Minnesota State N/A
Southwest Minnesota State
At St. Cloud State University: Criminal Justice, BA At Winona State University: N/A
Winona State University

In order to graduate and be guaranteed admission to a Minnesota State university鈥檚 designated program you must earn an overall grade point average as indicated by the university to which you will transfer.

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