Program: MiTransfer Pathway Criminal Justice Associate of Science - Montcalm Community College

2024-2025 Catalog

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Apr 06, 2025

(Code 1120)

The MiTransfer Pathway Criminal Justice Associate of Science program is intended to set students up to transfer for a bachelor’s degree to a participating college or university through the MiTransfer Pathways Project agreement. Students interested in pursuing this program are strongly encouraged to meet with an MCC counselor in addition to a counselor from the college or university they intend to transfer to determine their plan.

Upon completion of this program [CIP: 43.0102], graduates should be able to:

demonstrate understanding of the criminal justice system.
demonstrate understanding of the corrections system.
transfer to a four-year institution.

Special Considerations:

Students must earn a grade of C or better in each course.
Students must apply and be admitted to the intended transfer college or university. Also subject to secondary admits.
Receiving institutions agree to accept the Remaining Degree Requirements as outlined in the receiving institutions’ agreements.
Not all institutions are participating with this agreement. To determine participating institutions, click here.
The agreement and list of participating institutions is subject to change.

Please Note:

Prerequisite courses may apply to this program. A minimum of 60 unduplicated credits (100 level or higher) are required for all associate degree programs.

General Education Requirements

Life Skills

The following course prepares students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Life Skills (the skills needed to succeed in work-life including critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, professionalism, self-awareness, and self-management) and is required in the students’ first semester at MCC:

GNST 100 - Success Skills for the 21st Century 3 Credit:

Written Communication

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Written Communication, both required:

ENGL 100 - Freshman English I 3 Credit:
ENGL 101 - Freshman English II 3 Credit:

Oral Communication

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Oral Communication, choose one:

COMM 210 - Speech 3 Credit:
COMM 215 - Introduction to Human Communication 3 Credit:
COMM 220 - Interpersonal Communication 3 Credit:

Laboratory Science

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Application of Scientific Methodologies, choose two from different disciplines:

BIOL 100 - Biological Science 4 Credit:
BIOL 107 - Human Biology 4 Credit:
BIOL 121 - College Biology I 4 Credit:
BIOL 122 - College Biology II 4 Credit:
BIOL 201 - Microbiology 4 Credit:
BIOL 202 - Anatomy & Physiology I 4 Credit:
BIOL 203 - Anatomy & Physiology II 4 Credit:
CHEM 105 - Survey of General Chemistry 4 Credit:
CHEM 220 - College Chemistry I 5 Credit:
ENVR 101 - Environmental Science (Lecture and Lab) 4 Credit:
ENVR 102 - Environmental Science (Lecture Only) 3 Credit:
PHYS 101 - Physical Science 4 Credit:
PHYS 230 - College Physics I 4 Credit:

Mathematics

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Course prepares students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Basic Computational Methods and Mathematical Concepts and Applications, one required:

MATH 190 - Introductory Statistics 4 Credit:

Global and Cultural Awareness

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Global and Cultural Awareness, three courses are required in total; divided amongst the subgroups below.

SOCIAL SCIENCE: Take:

POLI 240 - American Political System 3 Credit

AND

HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS: Take both:

PHIL 221 - Philosophy of World Religions 3 Credit:
SPAN 130 - Elementary Spanish I 4 Credit:

Program Requirements

CRIM 100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 Credit:
CRIM 110 - Introduction to Corrections 3 Credit:
PSYC 120 - General Psychology 3 Credit:
SOCI 230 - Sociology 3 Credit:
Elective credits as needed (100 level or higher)