Criminal Justice
Associate of Arts Degree
Suggested course of study for a transfer to Montana State University - Northern
Transfer Articulation Agreement
The following program of study has been officially established to prepare students for transfer to Montana State University - Northern (MSU-N) with junior standing. Students who complete an Associate of Arts degree at FVCC with grades of "C-" or higher in every course in this program of study, and are accepted into MSU-N, will be granted between 60-90 semester credits toward a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice at MSU-N. Upon completion of the AA degree at FVCC, students have the option of finishing the BS degree online or on the MSU-N campus.MSU-Northern requires a minor. Click here to see a list of minors available at MSU-N. Speak with an advisor of that minor and take lower division courses in that minor at FVCC. See your advisor for more detailed information about this transfer articulation agreement.
First Year
- Fine Arts (F) Requirement Credit(s): 3
First Year Total: 31
Second Year
- (Equivalent to CJUS 325 at MSU-Northern.)
- OR
- Electives Credit(s): 3
- OR
- Minor Course Credit(s): 3
- Elective Credit(s): 3
- Humanities (H) Requirement Credit(s): 3
- Humanities (H) Requirement Credit(s): 3
- OR
- Fine Arts (F) Requirement Credit(s): 3
Second Year Total: 29
Total Credits: 60 **
General Education Courses
Upper Division Courses to Complete at MSU-Northern
CJUS 125 | Fundamentals of Forensic Science | 3 |
CJUS 215 | Criminal Justice and Community Relations | 3 |
CJUS 236 | Introduction to Research Methods | 3 |
CJUS 325` | American Criminal Law | 3 |
CJUS 330 | Administration of Juvenile Justice | 3 |
CJUS 335 | Victimology | 3 |
CJUS 356 | Sociology of Violence | 3 |
CJUS 421 | Criminal Justice Ethics | 3 |
CJUS 427 | Deviance and Social Control | 3 |
CJUS 494 | Criminal Justice Seminar | 3 |
COMX 412 | Communication and Conflict | 3 |
SOCI 211 | Introduction to Criminology | 3 |
SW 423 | Addiction Studies | 3 |
Total credits completed at FVCC prior to transfer | 60 | |
Total credits of program courses taken at MUS-N | 39 | |
Minor credits | 21-24 | |
Upper Division Elective credits | 12 | |
Total credits for degree completion | 120 |
Advising Information:
Academic Advisor | Faculty Advisor |
---|---|
Jori Bullemer | Mike Skinner, M.S. |
LRC 129 | BSS 128 |
(406) 756-3905 | (406) 756-3870 |
jbullemer@fvcc.edu | mskinner@fvcc.edu |