Crime and Justice Transfer Program

Students who completes an Associate of Applied Science in Criminal Justice at Southern State
Community College may transfer into the Bachelor of Arts in Crime and Justice Studies at Wright State
University.
In addition to the associates degree, students may complete additional coursework at Southern State to
apply to the bachelors degree at Wright State. Appropriate courses are suggested in the concluding
portion of this document. Students should verify their satisfactory academic program (SAP) requirements
with the Office of Financial Aid before pursuing classes outside of the associate degree requirements.

Admission Requirements to the Crime and Justice Studies Program at Wright State
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2
3

Earn at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA,

Grade of C or higher in ENG 1100 equivalency
Two additional general education Arts/Humanities and/or Social Sciences

Additional Information

All Liberal Arts B.A. majors at Wright State require 42 semester hours of credit at the
3000/4000 level.
Crime and Justice Studies majors must take a minimum of 50% (22.5 hours) of criminal
justice courses at Wright State.
All Liberal Arts B.A. majors at Wright State require a foreign language through the 2020
level.
No more than 45 hours of course work in the major department will count toward the
B.A. degree.

This agreement will expire two years from date of signature.

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Dr. Thomas Sudkamp

Date
Provost and Vice President for Curriculum and
Instruction
Wright State University

Dr. Ryan McCall

Vice President of Academic Affairs
Southern State Community College

Date

Southern State Community College Criminal Justice

to
Wright State University Crime and Justice Studies
Southern State Course

Credi
t
Hours

Wright State Course/Requirement

First Semester
PSYC 1110 Principle of Psychology

PSY 1010

ENG 1101 English Comp I

ENG 1100

PSCI 1104 American Government (The

American Democracy I)

Additional Core

CJUS 1111 Introduction to Corrections

SOC 3740 substitute

CJS Foundation Area 2

CJUS 1115 Interpersonal Communications

General Elective

CJUS 2220 Restorative Justice

General Elective

Any OTM Math

Math Core

ENGL 1102 English Composition

ENG 2100

PSCI 1105 American Government (The

American Democracy II)

General Elective

SOCI 1170 Introduction to Sociology

SOC 2000

CJUS 2230 Critical Incident Management

General Elective

CJUS 2234 Constitutional Criminal

Procedures

PLS 4370 substitute

CJS Foundation Area 3

CJUS 2236 Current Issues in Criminal Justice

General Elective

CJUS 2201 Criminology & Victimology

SOC 3700
CJS Core

CJUS 2215 Ethics in Criminal Justice

CJS Foundation Area 4

CJUS 1125 Criminal Law

PLS 4360 substitute

CJS Core

PHIL 1107 Ethics

PHL 3110 (Arts/Humanities Core)

SOCI 2230 Social Problems

SOC 2200

CJUS 2241 Comparative Criminal Justice

Systems

SOC 3710
CJS Core

CJUS 2240 Correctional Case Management

General Elective

COMM 1115 Fundamentals of Effective

COM 1010 (Additional Core)

Second Semester

Third Semester

Fourth Semester

Speech
SOCI 2231 Juvenile Delinquency

SOC 3220 substitute

CJS Foundation Area 1

SOCI 1107 Introduction to Diversity

SOC 3620

TOTAL: 62

NOTE: Students who complete the Ohio Transfer Module at Southern State will have met the
requirements for the Wright State Core. Students must complete at least two designated Integrated
Writing courses in the major.

The following additional coursework will be required to complete the Crimes and Justice Studies
program at Wright State University. Southern State equivalents are identified for students wishing
to complete additional hours beyond the associate before transferring to Wright State.
Course Number and Title

Credit Hours

Wright State Core

One Global Studies History (Southern States HIST 1110, 1111, 1151, or 1152)

One Global Studies Interdisciplinary (Southern States HIST 1121)

One Arts/Humanities (any Ohio Transfer Module approved Arts/Hum at Southern)

Two Natural Sciences (any two Ohio Transfer Module approved Natural Sciences at
Southern)

Crime and Justice Major

Two remaining CJS Core: Internship and Research Methods

One additional CJS Area 1

One additional CJS Area 2

One additional CJS Area 4

CJS Advanced Electives

12

College Component PHL 3000 & Research Method

Foreign Language one sequence through the 2020 level

Southern State offers two language sequences to choose from:
FLNG 1120, 1121, 2220, and 2221 (American Sign Language)
Or FLNG 1107, 1107, 2207, and 2208 (Spanish)

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Total

62