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Wharton Campus
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, Texas 77488
1-800-561-WCJC (9252)
979-532-4560
Ft. Bend Tech Center
5333 FM 1640
Richmond, Texas 77469
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281-239-1500
Sugar Land Campus
550 Julie Rivers Drive
Sugar Land, Texas 77478
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281-243-8447
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4000 Avenue F
Bay City, Texas 77414
979-244-4552
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G. G. Hunt
Division Chair, Social and Behavioral Science
Wharton County Junior College
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, TX 77488
Ph: (979) 532-6344
FAX: (979) 532-6473
Email: gghunt@wcjc.edu

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Program Curriculum

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This is a recommended course of study for students who plan to pursue a baccalaureate degree offered in conjunction with Criminal Justice at a four-year institution of higher education in Texas.  Students who fully complete this course of study will be eligible to apply for the Associate of Arts degree at WCJC.  Courses that must be taken in order to satisfy AA degree requirements are listed with the corresponding WCJC Core Curriculum Component.  Required courses that are part of a Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s approved Field of Study curricula are listed as “FOS”.  Courses listed as” Recommended” are electives that will contribute to AA degree requirements. Different electives may be chosen, but must be selected from academic rather than technical courses, as indicated in the course description.

The Field of Study curricula are intended to facilitate transferability of courses among Texas public colleges and universities.  These public institutions of higher education are required to accept approved Field of Study courses in fulfillment of lower-division requirements for a bachelor’s degree in corresponding majors.

WCJC’s AA degree requires 60 hours, and students should be aware they may not be able to transfer more than 60-66 hours.

Course

Course Title

Degree Requirements

Sem. Hours

Freshman Year, First Semester

CRIJ 1301

Introduction to Criminal Justice

FOS

3

CRIJ 1310

Fundamental of Criminal Law

FOS

3

ENGL 1301

Composition I

Core 010

3

Science

BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, PHYS

Core 030

4

HIST1301

US History I

Core 060

3

 

16 sem. hrs

Freshman Year, Second Semester

CRIJ 1306

The Courts and Criminal Procedure

FOS

3

CRIJ 2301

Community Resources in Corrections

Recommended

3

ENGL 1302

Composition II

Core 010

3

Science

BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, PHYS

Core 030

4

HIST 1302

US History II

Core 060

3

 

16 sem. hrs

Sophomore Year, First Semester

CRIJ 2323

Legal Aspects of Law Enforcement

Recommended

3

CRIJ 2328

Police Systems & Practices

FOS

3

MATH 1314

College Algebra or above

Core 020

3

GOVT 2301

Constitutions, Federalism, & Participation

Core 070

3

Social/Behavioral Science or  
CRIJ 1307

Any Social/Behavioral Science
or
Crime in America


Core 080


3

PHED activity

PE Activity course

Core 090

1

                                                

                  16 sem. hrs

Sophomore Year, Second Semester

CRIJ 2313

Correctional Systems & Practices

FOS

3

Humanities

Any Humanities course

Core 040

3

Perf/Visual Arts

ARTS, MUSI or DRAM course

Core 050

3

GOVT 2302

Institutions, Rights & Public Policies

Core 070

3

SPCH 1315

Fundamentals of Speech

Core 011

3

COSC 1301

Microcomputer Applications

Recommended

3

 

                  18 sem. hrs

         
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