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Mar 10, 2026
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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Criminal Justice, A.A.
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For more information contact:
Rita Dondlinger, Program Chair
402-323-3459, 800-642-4075 ext. 3459,
rdondlinger@southeast.edu
or the College Admissions Office
Beatrice 402-228-8214, 800-233-5027 ext. 1214
Lincoln 402-437-2600, 800-642-4075 ext. 2600
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Criminal Justice Associate of Arts Degree Requirements
The Associate of Arts degree is for students who plan to complete their first two years of a bachelor’s degree before transferring to a four-year institution. For more specific information based on the institution to which you want to transfer, please visit: https://www.southeast.edu/transfer-information/ And choose one of the following:
Total: 6 hours
NOTE: These courses meet UNL’s Criminology & Criminal Justice program ACE 1 requirement. Total: 3 hours
NOTE: UNL’s Criminology & Criminal Justice program requires one of the courses to fulfill the ACE 2 requirement. Total: 3 hours
NOTE: UNL’s Criminology & Criminal Justice program requires MATH 2170 or BSAD 2170 to fulfill the statistics requirement as an ACE 3. Natural Science with Lab
Choose two of the following, including one lab course (4 or 5 credit hours). Total: 7 hours
NOTES:
* Denotes a course qualifying as an ACE 4 requirement for UNL’s Criminology & Criminal Justice program. Cannot receive credit for both CHEM 1050 and CHEM 1090 . Cannot receive credit for more than one of these: PHYS 1150 , PHYS 1410 and PHYS 2110 . Check with a SCC advisor, as well as an advisor at your receiving institution, for recommendations. Some four-year schools require science courses to be taken from two different disciplines. Humanities
NOTES: Choose at least one course from ACE 5 and ACE 7. UNL’s Criminology & Criminal Justice program requires the completion of a 1020 level course in a foreign language in order to meet the foreign language admission requirement (unless you completed 2 years in high school). Choose three courses from two different groups. Group 1: Literature/Journalism/Philosophy
The following courses fulfill UNL’s ACE 5 requirement in the Criminology & Criminal Justice program. Group 2: Creative/Fine/Performing Arts
* Denotes courses that will fulfill the ACE 7 requirement for UNL’s Criminology & Criminal Justice program. All the other courses will transfer as a Humanities Elective. Group 3: Language
NOTE: UNL’s Criminology & Criminal Justice program requires the completion of a 1020 level course in a foreign language in order to meet UNL’s foreign language admission requirement - unless you have completed two years of high school foreign language. If taken in high school then choose another course from group 1 or 2. - xxxx 1010 - Beginning Language I Credits: 5 (Chinese, German, Spanish, or Sign)
- xxxx 1020 - Beginning Language II Credits: 5 (Chinese, German, Spanish, or Sign)
Social Sciences
Choose one course from each of the following three groups. Group 1: Economics/Political Science
Group 2: Anthropology/Psychology/Sociology
Group 3: Geography/History
Culture & Gender Studies
Check with a SCC advisor, as well as an advisor at your receiving institution, for recommendations. Choose one course. Electives
NOTE: The following courses are standard requirements for Criminal Justice majors at many, but not all, four-year schools. Schedule an appointment with an advisor for more specific advice. All Criminal Justice Associate of Arts students are required to take ACFS 1015 Success@SCC in their first semester of the program. Choose 7 additional courses to meet the 62 credit requirement. |
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