AAS Criminal Justice Technology to BS Homeland Security


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Transfer Guide

Gardner-Webb University

BS Homeland Security

Transfer Guide for AAS Criminal Justice Technology 

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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 

CIS 110 Introduction to Computers 

MIS 379 Introduction to Computer Concepts 

CJC 111 Introduction to Criminal Justice

Elective

CJC 112 Criminology

3

SOC 411 Criminology

3

CJC 113 Juvenile Justice

3

SOC 425 Juvenile Delinquency

3

CJC 120 Interviews and Interrogations

3

HSE 310 Interviews & Interrogations

3

CJC 121 Law Enforcement Operations or

3

Elective

3

CJC 122 Community Policing

3

HSECJC 440 Trends in Criminal Justice

3

CJC 131 Criminal law

3

HSE 210 Criminal Law

3

CJC 132 Court Procedures and Evidence

3

Elective

3

CJC 141 Corrections

3

CJC 425 American Corrections

3

CJC 160 Terrorism Underlying Issues

3

HSE 471 Terrorism and Intelligence

3

CJC 161 Intro to Homeland Security

3

Elective

3

CJC 170 Critical Incident Management

3

Elective

3

CJC 212 Ethics and Community Relations

3

HSE 320 Ethics in Criminal Justice

3

CJC 213 Substance Abuse

3

CJC 448 Substance Use and Abuse

3

CJC 214 Victimology

3

Elective

3

CJC 215 Organization & Administration

3

Elective

3

CJC 221 Computer Crime Investigations

4

HSE 460 Cybercrime

4

CJC 221 Investigative Principles

4

Elective

4

CJC 222 Criminalistics

3

Elective

3

CJC 223 Organized Crime

3

HSE 475 Organized Crime

3

CJC 225 Crisis Intervention

3

Elective

3

CJC 231 Constitutional Law

3

Elective

3

CJC 232 Civil Liability

3

HSE 426 Civil Liability for the Public Service Official

3

CJC 255 Issues in Criminal Justice App.

3

Elective

3

PSY 118 Interpersonal Psychology

3

Elective

3

PSY 281 Abnormal Psychology or PSY 231 Forensic Psychology

3

Elective

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. Gardner-Webb general education requirements for online programs.

Recommended CC Course

Credit Hours

University Equivalent

Credit Hours

University Requirement Fulfilled

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

POL 120 American Government & POL130 State & Government

3

PSC 302 American Government

3

General Education

 PSY 150 General Psychology; Recommended Elective  HUS 201/PSY 201 General Psychology  3 General Education 
 SOC 210 Introduction to Sociology  SOCI 201 Introduction to Sociology  

 

 

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