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Academic CredentialAssociate in Arts (AA)
Total Credit Hours60
Average Time to Complete2 yrs.
Academic PathwayPublic Safety
AdvisorDaryl White
Associate Director, Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Programs
850.769.1551, ext. 5613
dwhite6@gulfcoast.edu

Senior Administrative AssistantElizabeth Kelly
850.872.3878
ekelly@gulfcoast.edu
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Criminology/Criminal Justice Option, Liberal Arts AA (LAW-AA)

Communications Area
Mathematics Area
Natural Sciences Area
Electives
Total Degree Hours60


Recommended electives:

CCJ1010, Introduction to Criminology, 3 crs.
CCJ1020, Introduction to Criminal Justice, 3 crs.
CCJ1191, Human Behavior in Criminal Justice, 3 crs.
CJL2100, Criminal Law, 3 crs.
CJC2162, Probation & Parole, 3 crs.
CJJ 2002, Juvenile Justice, 3 crs.
CJL2130, Evidence, 3 crs.
CCJ2720, Introduction to Research Methods in Criminology, 3 crs.
•+SYG2000, Sociology or •PSY2012, Psychology, 3 crs.
•+BSC2085, Anatomy and Physiology or •+BSC1005, Biology, 3 crs.
CGS1570, Microcomputer Applications, 3 crs.
SPN1120, First Year Spanish I, 4 crs.
+SPN1121, First Year Spanish I0I, 4 crs.
SPC1608, Introduction to Public Speaking, 3 crs.

(SPC1608 is a university graduating requirement and not a university entrance requirement.)



• General Education Core. Students must complete at least one identified core course in each area of study—Communications, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences—as part of the general education course requirements.
+ Prerequisites and/or corequisites required. See course descriptions.
* Minimum grade of "C" required.
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