Need help developing a plan. CJ

[evanmonast]

Actually, I noticed you have an AAS from Pierpont... get the UMPI BAS with a minor in something OTHER than CJ, then finish a Masters in CJ at Walden instead, use up all your credits through transfer into the UMPI and see if it comes through - including your WVDMAPS academy credits.  There are so man providers of Bachelors in CJ, it's going to be better to ladder up to a Masters instead...

In this scenario what is your major? Are you majoring in applied science and minoring in CJ? Does UMPI even have a CJ minor? You are blowing my mind right now I don't know what to make of this lol.

UMPI does NOT have a CJ minor. There's the BA in CJ only. The only minors are:

Educational Studies
Accounting
Project Management
Management
Management Information Systems

That's what I thought, I got confused when he said "minor in something other than CJ" as if it was an option in the first place. But still, say with a BAS in Management Information Systems do you not have a major at all or is Applied Sciences your major?

[ss20ts]

With the BLS and BAS degrees you don't have a major. BAS is Bachelor of Applied Science which is type type of degree like the Bachelor of Arts.

[evanmonast]

With the BLS and BAS degrees you don't have a major. BAS is Bachelor of Applied Science which is type type of degree like the Bachelor of Arts.

Right, so you just have no major then.. Is this unique to UMPI? I could swear you normally had to declare a major by your junior year even if it was in general studies but you still technically need a major.

[ss20ts]

Every college is different. They all have their own policies.

[Crunyon33]

Yup, that's what I was thinking, get a BAS with some other minor other than CJ... and if you really want a CJ, do that at the Masters level.  Further to that, your BOG AAS at Pierpont should ladder up to a RBA at Marshall or WVU... they need 24 credits residency though... You can always go for a Walden BSCJ, they may take most of those credits and the application is free!

Hi, I spoke with WVUTech RBA program admin today. He said as long as I take 1 Class at WVUTech the other 21 credits UL can be from any WV State school. He also told me I can receive around 32 Credit Hours from my Corrections Academy with my On-The-Job pre-academy training as an internship. So it is looking like I will go with this option. I am so glad I found this forum when I was 16/17. Now I should have a bachelor's by December at 23.

[bjcheung77]

Yup, that's what I was thinking, get a BAS with some other minor other than CJ... and if you really want a CJ, do that at the Masters level.  Further to that, your BOG AAS at Pierpont should ladder up to a RBA at Marshall or WVU... they need 24 credits residency though... You can always go for a Walden BSCJ, they may take most of those credits and the application is free!

Hi, I spoke with WVUTech RBA program admin today. He said as long as I take 1 Class at WVUTech the other 21 credits UL can be from any WV State school. He also told me I can receive around 32 Credit Hours from my Corrections Academy with my On-The-Job pre-academy training as an internship. So it is looking like I will go with this option. I am so glad I found this forum when I was 16/17. Now I should have a bachelor's by December at 23.

That's great news! Awesome, WVU is a nice flagship/research state institution with multiple campuses. Yes, take just the required at the school and transfer anything in from the community colleges if you needed. I am looking forward to your year end graduation! Good work, keep trucking along and have fun!

[dfrecore]

TESU BACJ following a similar plan as joeman200, use your active service person status to complete 18 credits through TECEPS and complete the Cornerstone/Capstone at TESU.  A bulk of the courses can be done alternatively, but not all... here's an example plan: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Jo...ice_(2018)

Half that stuff doesn't exist now. Propero is gone and Penn Foster doesn't just let you take individual classes any more. A more up-to-date plan is here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...stice_Plan but that's still tenuous and expensive.

Penn Foster does still allow for individual classes: https://www.pennfoster.edu/college/individual-courses $399 each.  The only issue is there are a lot fewer ACE-recommended courses than there were in the past.

[rachel83az]

Ah, so they do! I've been on their site multiple times and never found that page.

[MDela3]

Here's my credits I have currently which I used for my AAS. I would like to have a BA in CJ within the next year or sooner. I'm 22 and need it for career progression for the National Guard and the state agency I work for. I also have the Post 9/11 36 months and MGIB 12 months for funding. Thanks in advance.

I am assuming CJ as in Criminal Justice. 

I have a few questions, what state do you live in and what is your career goals?

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Here's my credits I have currently which I used for my AAS. I would like to have a BA in CJ within the next year or sooner. I'm 22 and need it for career progression for the National Guard and the state agency I work for. I also have the Post 9/11 36 months and MGIB 12 months for funding. Thanks in advance.

Here are my resources: 

If you are open to a Bachelor's degree in Security Management. CUNY John Jay has an online program for people with an associates degree. They also have the masters in CJ too. http://online.jjay.cuny.edu/programs

Then there are these state school online options:

SUNY Delhi - B.S. in Criminal Justice
SUNY Oswego - B.A. in Criminal Justice
LSU - B.S. in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Criminology 
UCF - B.A./B.S./M.S. in Criminal Justice 
Florida State University - BS/MS in Criminal Justice 
University of Idaho - B.S. in Criminology 

There are waaay more state schools online with this program or unique variations of it.  

Here is a link to online college rankings > https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-degrees/
Here is a link to the Criminal Justice rankings > https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-...-programs/

I like Intelligent.com because they are editorially independent compared to a lot of other ranking articles, where they clearly pay for their rankings. Other ranking articles like to push certain schools hard in their advertisements as well. 

[Crunyon33]

Hi Guys, so I got my evaluation figured out with Concord College. The advisor at WVUTech retired so I decided to go with Concord. They gave me credits for my surface mining card (3 LL) and surface mining truck driver certification (1 LL). CPR First Aid instructor (2 LL) Corrections Academy (29 LL). They were also evaluating my FEMA transcript at this time. My plan is to take 2 CLEPS that they accept for UL credit then all I need to do is to complete my residency at Concord. So in total they are accepting 117 Hours of electives and General Education plus the CLEPS then I just need 24 hours to finish residency requirements.