Criminal Justice and Public Administration Degree
This degree has a Required General Education Core (GEC) totaling 44-47 hours.
The GEC includes courses in:
Area I: Foundation Skills (18-21 hours)
Area II: A Liberal Arts Education (26 hours)
Degree Requirements
Area I – Foundation Skills - 2 hours
| FSL 101 | Foundations of Scholarship and Learning | 2 |
* FSL 101 is required for first-year students. Transfer students who have earned 24 credit hours or more prior to
enrolling at Cumberland are not required to take the course.
Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 15 hours
Area I – Mathematics (choose one) - 3 or 4 hours
Area II - Arts and Humanities (choose one) - 3 hours
Area II - Literature in English (choose one) - 3 hours
Area II - The Social Sciences (choose two) - 6 hours
Area II - History (choose one of two sequences) - 6 hours
| HIS 191 | World Civilization to 1500 | 3 |
| | and | |
| HIS 192 | World Civilization since 1500 | 3 |
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| HIS 201 | History of the United States I | 3 |
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| HIS 202 | History of the United States II | 3 |
Area II - The Natural Sciences: Biology - 4 hours
Choose one from the following:
Area II - The Natural Sciences: Physical Sciences - 4 hours
Choose one from the following:
Criminal Justice Core Requirements - 30 hours
Criminal Justice Electives - 6 hours
* Choose two criminal justice electives at the 300 level or higher.
Political Science Requirements - 6 hours
| POLSC 223 | Introduction to American National Government & Politics | 3 |
| POLSC 224 | Introduction to American State and Local Government & Politics | 3 |
Public Administration Requirements - 18 hours
Required Social Science Electives - 6 hours
* Choose two social science courses at the 300 level or higher.
General Electives - 7 to 10 hours
* Select sufficient courses from any academic discipline to bring the total hours for graduation to a minimum of 120.
Total GEC Credit Hours (44-47 hours)
Total Required Criminal Justice Core Courses (30 hours)
Total Criminal Justice Electives (6 hours)
Total Political Science Requirements (6 hours)
Total Public Administration Requirements (18 hours)
Total Social Science Electives (6 hours)
Total General Electives (7-10 hours)
* FSL 101, ENG 101, ENG 102, and all criminal justice, political science, public administration, and social science elective courses require a “C” or higher.
120 minimum hours required for graduation.