AAS 911 Communications and Operations to BS Homeland Security


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Transfer Guide

Gardner-Webb University

BS Homeland Security

Transfer Guide for AAS 911 Communications and Operations

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Delivery Method: Online

Program Admission Notes:

 

See Gardner-Webb general education requirements for online programs. All transfer students are required to take Old and New Testament (REL 300 and REL 301).

 

First-year online students must be enrolled in UNI 111 University Life their first semester at the university if they transfer fewer than 15 credits from an institution other than a high school.

 

Entrance requirements to the Bachelor program include official transcripts from accredited institutions showing a GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. To receive credit for a course, a student must have earned a “C” 2.0 or better in that course.

 

Students transferring from accredited two-year institutions may transfer up to 76 credit hours. Students transferring from accredited four-year institutions may transfer up to 90 credit hours. Students transferring from a combination of two- and four-year institutions may transfer a maximum of 90 credit hours with no more than 76 of the 90 hours coming from two-year institutions. All transfer students must complete at least the final 30 credit hours with Gardner-Webb.

 

See the most recent course equivalencies through Gardner-Webb University Registrar Services.

Students who do not have transfer credit for ENG 101 will need to register for this course during their first semester.

Contact:

admissions@gardner-webb.edu

704-406-4000

 

Revised: 12.8.25

 

 

 

 

 

College Level Foreign Language Requirements:

No foreign language requirement for this program.

 

Major-Specific Course Recommendations:

Students are encouraged to build the Community College course recommendations below into the associate degree to best prepare for the intended major.

North Carolina Community College Courses 

 

CREDIT 

HOURS 

Gardner-Webb University Courses 

 

CREDIT 

HOURS 

BUS 115 Business Law I

3

BUS 300 Legal Environment for Business

3

BUS 137 Principles of Management

3

MGT 316 Principles of Management

 3

BUS 153 Human Resource Management

3

MGT 400 Human Resource Management

3

BUS 217 Employment Law & Regulations

3

BAD 2XX

3

CTI 120 Network & Security Foundation

3

CSC 222 Network Defense

3

EME 111 911 Communications & Operations I

3

Elective

3

EME 112 911 Communications & Operations II

3

Elective

3

EME 211 Adv 911 Communications & Operations

3

Elective

3

GIS 110 Survey of GIS/GPS

1

Elective

1

GIS 111 Intro to Geographic Info System

3

Elective

3

HSE 225 Crisis Intervention

3

HUS 426 Crisis, Trauma, and Intervention Strategy

3

PAD 151 Intro to Public Admin

3

PAD 205 Public Administration

3

PAD 152 Ethics in Government

3

PAD 320 or CJC 320 Ethics in Criminal Justice

3

PAD 251 Public Finance & Budgeting

3

Elective

3

PAD 252 Public Policy Analysis

3

PAD 401

3

SOC 210 Intro to Sociology

3

SOCI 201 Intro to Sociology

3

SOC 213 Sociology of the Family

3

SOCI 203 Marriage and Family

3

SOC 220 Social Problems

3

SOCI 202 Social Problems

3

SOC 225 Social Diversity

3

SOCI 400 Minority Groups

3

SOC 240 Social Psychology

3

SOCI 310 Social Psychology

3

 

 

Remaining Associate Degree Requirements:

In addition to major-specific course recommendations above, students should work with a community college advisor to select additional community college courses to fulfill the remaining associate degree requirements identified below. See Gardner-Webb general education requirements for online programs.

Recommended CC Course

Credit Hours

University Equivalent

Credit Hours

University Requirement Fulfilled

ACA 122 College Transfer Success Elective  1  
COM 120 Interpersonal Communication  COM 1XX 3  
COM 231 Public Speaking  BAD 325 Business Communications Applications General Education 

ENG 111: Writing and Inquiry

3

ENG/ENGL 101 English Composition I

3

General Education

ENG 112: Writing/Research in the Discipline

3

ENG/ENGL 102 English Composition II

3

General Education

HUM 115 Critical Thinking

3

Elective

3

 

HUM 120 Cultural Studies

3

Elective 

3

 

MAT 152 Statistical Methods I

4

MTH 105 Fundamentals of Statistics and Probability

3

General Education

PHI 215 Philosophical Issues

3

PHIL 2XX

3

 

PHI 240 Intro to Ethics

3

PHIL 2XX

3

 

PMT 110 Intro to Project Management Elective 3  
 POL 120 American Government  3 PSC 302 American Government  3  
PSY 150 General Psychology HUS 201 or PSY 201 General Psychology  General Education
REL 110 World Religions   3 REL 346 World Religions  
WBL 111 Work-Based Learning I 1      
WBL 115 Work-Based Learning Seminar I       

 

 

Additional Information from Gardner-Webb University:

 

 

 

Remaining Bachelor Degree Requirements at University:

 

Required Courses for Homeland Security

CREDIT HOURS

HSE 410 Philosophy of Criminal Justice

3

HSE 420 Administrative Decision making in Public Safety

3

HSE 430 Criminal Justice Theory and Research

3

HSE 440 Trends in Criminal Justice

3

HSE 450 International Issues in Public Safety

3

Supportive Elective Hours

14