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Academics at Penn State Altoona

Arts & Humanities Business & Engineering Education, Human Development, & Social Sciences Mathematics & Natural Sciences

Education, Human Development, & Social sciences

B.A. in Criminal Justice (CJBA)

Recommended Academic Plan

Semester 1Credits
CRIMJ 1003
Arts (GA)3
Quantification (GQ)3
Health and Physical Activity (GHA)1.5
ENGL 015 or 030 (GWS)3
CRIMJ 083S or other First-Year Seminar FYS11 or 3
Total Credits14.5-16.5
Semester 2Credits
CRIMJ 2203
PHIL 103 (GH)3
STAT 200 (GQ)4
Foreign Language4
CAS 100 (GWS)3
Total Credits17
Semester 3Credits
CRIMJ 2103
CRIMJ 2303
Foreign Language4
Natural Sciences (GN)3
MIS 1033
Total Credits16
Semester 4Credits
SOC 012 GS3
Humanities (GH/IL or USI)3
Natural Sciences (GN)3
SOC 119 (GS/US)3
Health and Physical Activity (GHA)1.5
Foreign Language4
Total Credits17.5
Semester 5Credits
Arts (GA)3
CRIMJ 2901
Natural Sciences (GN)3
Knowledge Domain23
Elective3
Other Cultures3
Total Credits16
Semester 6Credits
SOC 0073
CRIMJ 400 level3
Knowledge Domain23
ENGL 202 A or D (GWS)3
Elective3
Total Credits15
Semester 7Credits
CRIMJ 400 level3
CRIMJ 4953 to 12
Elective (depending on internship credits)3
Elective (depending on internship credits)3
Elective (depending on internship credits)3
Knowledge Domain23 to 12
Total Credits18
Semester 8Credits
CRIMJ 450W3
CRIMJ 400 level3
Elective3
Elective3
Total Credits12

Bold type indicates courses requiring a quality grade of "C" or better

Bold Italics indicates courses that satisfy both major and General Education requirements

GWS, GHA, GQ, GN, GA, GH, GS, FYS are codes used to identify General Education requirements

US and IL are codes used to designate courses that satisfy university United States/International Cultures requirements

W is the code used to designate courses that satisfy university Writing Across the Curriculum requirements


Program Notes:

1Students who have earned at least 18 credits in an associate's degree program or who have transferred from another university with at least 18 credits are exempt from this requirement.

2Courses used to fulfill the Knowledge Domain requirements may not be taken in the area of the student's primary major.

Courses used to fulfill the Knowledge Domain requirements may not be simultaneously counted toward general education requirements. Foreign Language courses applied to the Knowledge Domain requirement must be in a second foreign language or beyond 12th credit level proficiency in first foreign language.

A list of courses that fulfill Knowledge Domain requirements is available at: http://www.psu.edu/bulletins/bluebook/gened/bad.html