Community Policing, AS

Associate Degree Requirements:

• Minimum 61 Credit Hours
• Writing Intensive Course
• Minimum Cumulative G.P.A.: 2.00
• 15 Credit Hours of Residency Courses
• 9 Credits of Major Residency Courses
• Minimum G.P.A. in the Major: 2.00

Program Major Requirements (36 Credit Hours):

• HUS 125 - Introduction to Substance Use Disorder  3 CR
• HUS 218 - Community Mental Health  3 CR
• JUS 103 - Foundations of Criminal Justice  3 CR
• JUS 121 - Criminal Law  3 CR
• JUS 271W - Due Process in Criminal Justice  3 CR
• JUS 302 - Juvenile Justice  3 CR
• JUS 307 - Violence in the Family  3 CR
• JUS 352 - Community Policing  3 CR
• JUS 363 - Comparative International Justice Issues  3 CR
• JUS 392 - Hate Crimes  3 CR
•  3 CR
•  3 CR

Other Program Requirements (25 Credit Hours):

• Complete one of the following Computer Sciences electives (3):
  •  3 CR 
  •  3 CR
• Complete any 100-level Communications course (3)
• Complete one of the following Humanities electives (3):
  •  3 CR
  •  3 CR
• Complete any 100-level or higher Mathematics course (3)
• Complete one of the following Laboratroy Science electives (4):
  •  3 CR
  •  3 CR
•  3 CR
•  3 CR
• Complete one of the following Fine Arts electives (3):
  •  3 CR
  • ARH XXX any Art History course
  • ART XXX any Art course
  • DRA XXX any Drama course
  •  3 CR
  •  3 CR
  • MUH 1XX any 100-level Music History course
  • MUS 1XX any 100-level Music course

General Education:

It is the intention of the University of Maine at Augusta that every degree graduate will be prepared to function in our society as an effective and informed citizen. To this end, the faculty has designed a set of minimum expectations that students are expected to satisfy. The aspirations are defined by core skills, competencies, and abilities as well as knowlege based learning experiences that are grounds for the General Education Requirements. To learn more, visit http://www.uma.edu/academics/general-education/.