College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Social Sciences Department
Associate of Applied Science in Criminal Justice

Graduation Requirements

Prospective Students should be aware that all requirements to graduate with an AAS Degree in Criminal Justice can be completed on either UVI campus, or online (if available).  Efforts are currently underway to increase our online CJU course offerings.

Courses required for students to graduate with an AAS Degree in Criminal Justice are as follows (does not include general education requirements):

Course Credits
COM 120 Public Speaking 3
CJU 110 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3
CJU 205 Administration of Justice 3
CJU 207 Criminal Law 3
CJU 240 Constitutional Law 3
CJU 250 Criminal Justice Internship 3
POL 120 Introduction to Political Science 3
PSY 120 Introduction to Psychology 3
SOC 121 Introduction to Sociology 3
SPA 131 Functional Elementary Spanish I 4
SPA 132 Functional Elementary Spanish II 4

For electives, the student must choose a minimum of six credits from the following courses:

Accounting: ACC 121, ACC 122
Biology: BIO 141, BIO 142, BIO 245, BIO 295
Business: BUS 112
Chemistry: CHE 151, CHE 152, CHE 251, CHE 252
Communication: COM 110, COM 223, COM 225
Computer Science: CSC 111 or CSC 101, CSC 119, CSC 239
Criminal Justice: CJU 120, CJU 222, CJU 223, CJU 224, CJU 265
Economics: ECO 221, ECO 222
Humanities: HUM 210
Military Science: MSL 101, MSL 102, MSL 201, MSL 202
Political Science: POL 121, POL 122, POL 129
Psychology: PSY 202, PSY 203, PSY 223
Sociology: SOC 124, SOC 223