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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINOLOGY
NEW CLASSES BEGIN VERY FEBRUARY, APRIL, AUGUST AND OCTOBER
No classes during the months of December, January, June and July
Location: Depending on the class and room availability, classes meet at the training Room of the Fresno County Sheriff's Office at 2200 Fresno Street or at the Clovis Police Department. Map and directions at:
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~haralds/downtowndirections.htm
DETAILS ON THE CRIMINOLOGY B.S. DEGREE PROGRAM
The downtown criminology upper division bachelors degree program is offered to employees of any local/state/federal government agency . Spouses of government employees and persons recently laid off from area government agencies due to budget cutbacks are eligible for the program on a "space available" basis. The program is made possible through the assistance of the city and county of Fresno, who offer facilities and related logistical assistance, the Division of Global and Continuing Education of CSU Fresno, and the Department of Criminology at CSU Fresno.
The program provides for a set of two required courses being taught over a two months period, with courses offered at government facilities in downtown Fresno. Students taking both courses during each two month cycle will complete their upper division criminology degree requirements in the Law Enforcement option within two years and two months. The program provides 55 units of coursework. Forty three units are in criminology and consist of 42 upper division units and 1 lower division unit, along with the required 12 units of upper division general education coursework (GE). One of the GE courses is a W course to fulfill the university-wide upper division writing requirement. Students with fewer than 70 units at the time of entry into the downtown program must make up the remaining transferable units at a junior college. This can be done concurrently with the downtown classes. Such students should consult with Dr. Schweizer about the best approach for completing any remaining units needed for the degree.Eligible students may join the program at any point and will be able to complete all of their upper division criminology and General Education courses during a 26 month cycle, beginning with the first set of courses when they join the program. Students with lower division college coursework or a junior college degree that is not related to criminology can also join the program but may have to complete up to two lower division criminology related courses at a junior college.
The cost of a three (3) unit course is $870, and all course costs are calculated at $290 per unit. Other than the cost of books, there are no other fees. Students may register and pay for downtown courses on line AFTER they have been given the permission number that must be entered in order to register for the course/s. This number may be obtained from Dr. Schweizer. The registration is done via the Division of Continuing and Global Education website at: http://www.fresnostate.edu/cge/registration/howtoregister.html
Registering on line also allows students to obtain their CSU Fresno student email address and student ID number, if they do not already have one. This is necessary to access Blackboard and student portfolios containing registration information, grades, etc.
TRANSFER ADMISSION ISSUES
Courses in the downtown (off campus) degree completion program are open to all government employees regardless of how many college units they have already completed and persons can sign up any time new classes begin after contacting Dr. Schweizer and explaining their individual circumstances and prior college attendance. To obtain a B.S. degree, however, students must either have or be in the process of completing their first two years General Education (GE) coursework, which is usually done at a junior college.
To be classified as a “degree seeking” student, one has to fulfill the official university transfer admission requirements, which consist of about 54 units of lower division coursework, to include the completion of courses in English, Math, Statistics/Quantitative reasoning, Speech, Physical Science, Biology, Arts, Humanities, History, Political Science.
A typical junior college transcript in California will indicate which courses are transferable to the CSU System. Attached is a sample sheet of the transfer requirements. While students with an A.A.S. degree generally have met the transfer requirements, it is not always the case. Some private institutions do not require all of the courses listed above, and junior colleges with police academy training classes count those classes towards a two year degree, but then the student typically lacks some of the General Education courses described above.
Many students who enroll in our off campus/downtown program still lack anywhere from 1-4 lower division GE courses but they can still complete their upper division course requirements through the program while finishing their lower division GE courses during summer when the downtown program is not in session, during winter break (no downtown courses in Dec/Jan), or they take some of the JC classes on line and concurrently with our downtown classes.
Some students complete all of their upper division coursework through the downtown program and AFTER they are done with the program, they finish their lower division GE at a JC. Once they have done so, they then file for ADMISSION to the university since they have completed their transfer requirements. After they are admitted, they can then file for graduation since they already completed all of their upper division coursework through the downtown program.
Applicants who have previously been admitted to our university and subsequently not been disqualified, you do not have to worry about the transfer requirements. You simply apply for readmission as a former student after contacting the downtown program coordinator (Dr. Schweizer: haralds@csufresno.edu)
FINANCIAL AID:
While any government employee can enroll in our off campus courses, financial aid is only available to students who have already met the transfer requirements and, as a result, have been admitted to the university as a degree seeking student.
Admission for students taking our off campus courses is not as restricted as for students wanting to attend school on campus. Regular on campus admission has cut off dates and once admission is closed students cannot apply for another 6 or more months. Since the off campus program is self-supporting, students who qualify for transfer admission can be processed as late as a week or two before the start of an actual spring or fall semester.
If you are going to be paying your own way through college and do not qualify or are not interested in financial aid, you can simply start taking our classes while we guide you through the transfer admission process and direct you to any additional JC classes you might still need.
Our Course dates/times and locations are posted at:
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~haralds/downtowndegreeoverview.htm
General program requirements are at: http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~haralds/downtownprogramrequirements.htm
Directions to classroom locations are at:
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~haralds/downtowndirections.htm
GENERAL TRANSFER AND ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR CSU FRESNO
GE TRANSFER SHEET FOR AREA JUNIOR COLLEGES
GE REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFER CERTIFICATION FROM OTHER STATE COLLEGES:
http://ccctransfer.org/ccc/ccc-general-education-sheets-for-csu-and-uc#S
LAW ENFORCEMENT OPTION CRIMINOLOGY DEGREE REQUIREMENTS AT CSU FRESNO
Students MUST also apply for Admission to the University at: http://www.csumentor.edu/admissionapp/undergrad_apply.asp as soon as practical but does not have to occur before taking classes downtown.
The admissions application can be accessed directly at http://www.csumentor.edu/admissionapp/undergrad_apply.asp
NOTE: If the on-line admissions program will not let you apply for admission, do not be concerned. The admissions process can be opened up for you as long as you have met the transfer requirements. In either case, however, you can still register for the downtown classes and complete the admissions process once you have completed the required GE courses for admission as a transfer student. You can make up the needed GE coursework while at the same time taking our off campus classes. These courses can typically be taken at an area junior college during summers when downtown classes do not meet, or concurrently on line.
To qualify for financial aid, however, you must first be admitted as a degree seeking student, meaning you have completed the transfer requirements and filed for admission.
CLICK HERE FOR THE OFF CAMPUS PROGRAM APPLICATION PAGE
This program is designed to allow students who have already completed or close to completing their lower division (60+ units) general education and criminology coursework, to finish the additional upper division coursework for the bachelors degree in criminology during the evenings and some Saturdays at training rooms of either the Fresno County Sheriff's Office or the Clovis Police Department.
The courses required for the bachelors degree are delivered over a two year period, with each course lasting two months. Students joining the program in mid-stream can continue their courses at the end of the current two year cycle to complete any courses they missed at the beginning.
Students who
have completed most, but not all, of their lower division coursework may register
for courses in the downtown program on a case by case basis, depending on their prior coursework. All new students to the downtown
program should bring a copy of their college transcript/s when enrolling in
the off-site courses.
Students who have completed nearly all of their required criminology degree coursework as a regular ON CAMPUS student, may take some of the remaining coursework in the downtown program, provided that:
- The student will not have more than 24 Extended Education units after the course completions
- The student is an employee of any federal, state, municipal or other governmental agency.
ONCE THE DOWNTOWN PROGRAM COORDINATOR DETERMINES THAT YOU MEET THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROGRAM, YOU MAY REGISTER FOR DOWNTOWN CLASSES EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN FORMALLY ADMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY. THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS IS SEPARATE FROM THE COURSE REGISTRATION.
| When applying for university admission, be sure to select CRIMINOLOGY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFF CAMPUS |
If you cannot find the above program category (Criminology Law Enforcement Off Campus), contact Dr. Schweizer for further instructions.
Transfer Requirements
Students who have completed fewer than 60 transferable semester college units
(fewer than 90 quarter units) are considered lower division transfer students.
Student who have completed 60 or more transferable semester college units
(90 or more quarter units) are considered upper division transfer students.
Students who complete college units during high school or through the summer
immediately following high school graduation are considered first-time freshmen
and must meet those admission requirements. Transferable courses are those
designated for baccalaureate credit by the college or university offering
the courses and accepted as such by the campus to which the applicant seeks
admission.
Lower-Division Transfer Requirements. Generally, applicants will qualify for admission as a lower-division transfer student if they have a grade point average of at least 2.0 (C or better) in all transferable units attempted, are in good standing at the last college or university attended, and meet any of the following standards:
Meet the freshman admission requirements (G.P.A. and subject requirements) in effect for the term to which you are applying (see Undergraduate Admissions Requirements section); or were eligible as a freshman at the time of high school graduation except for the subject requirements, and have been in continuous attendance in an accredited college since high school graduation, and have made up the missing subjects. Applicants who graduated from high school prior to 1988 should contact the Admission Office to inquire about alternative admission programs.
Upper-Division Transfer Requirements.Generally, applicants will qualify for admission as upper-division transfer students if the following apply:
They have completed a minimum of 60 transferable semester units and have
a GPA of at least 2.0* (C or better) in all transferable units attempted,
and they are in good standing at the last college or university attended,
and
they have completed at least 30 semester units of college coursework with
a grade of C or better in each course at a level at least equivalent to courses
that meet General Education requirements. (Courses are to be selected from
English, arts and humanities, social science, science, and mathematics.) The
30 units must include all the General Education requirements in communication
in the English language and critical thinking (at least 9 semester units)
and the requirement in mathematics/quantitative reasoning (usually 3 semester
units) or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
requirements in English communication and mathematical concepts and quantitative
reasoning.
Adult Students. As an alternative to regular admission criteria, applicants who are 25 years of age or older may be considered for admission as adult students if they meet all of the following conditions:
Possess a high school diploma (or have established equivalence through either the Tests of General Educational Development or the California High School Proficiency Examination).
Have not been enrolled as a full-time student for more than one term during
the past five years. (Part-time enrollment is permissible. )
Have earned a C average or better in all college coursework attempted in the
last five years
First time freshman: completion of at least high school level intermediate
algebra and high school college prep level English.
Lower-division transfer: completion of at least intermediate algebra at the
college level and completion of English composition at the college level.
Upper-division transfer: a student with 56 or more transferable units does
not qualify for special admission through this program and must meet all regular
admission requirements.
Review additional variations to the admissions criteria in the admissions section of the current catalog.
Students who are not admitted to the university due to a deficiency involving just a few lower division courses, may still attend the downtown program, but must remedy their deficiencies by either taking the courses they lack at a junior college or by exploring independent study alternatives with the downtown program coordinator. If the courses are lower division criminology courses (Crim 2, 20, 35/50) some alternatives other than completing the course/s at a junior college may be possible...i.e. independent study through the criminology department, but the cost is substantially higher than at a junior college..At times, other courses already completed and not used for a specific degree requirement may be substituted for the lower division criminology courses not offered in the downtown program.
The following criminology related courses from Reedley/Fresno City/COS are the equivalent of lower division criminology courses in the law enforcement option at CSU Fresno as indicated below:
Articulation Agreement by Major
Effective during the 04-05 Academic Year (is also acceptable for current Academic
Year)
====Criminology (B.S.)====
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A. LOWER DIVISION MAJOR REQUIREMENTS AT CSU
FRESNO
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CRIM 1 Introduction to Criminology (CAN AJ 2)at junior college is the same
as CRIM 2 Administration of Justice at CSU
Fresno
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CRIM 6 Concepts Of Criminal Law (CAN AJ 4) | (CAN AJ 4) is the same as CRIM
20 Criminal Law at CSU Fresno
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CRIM 5 Community Relations is the same as CRIM 35 Communications and
Technology in CJ at CSU Fresno
MATH 11 or any other statistics course is acceptable for CRIM 50 at CSU Fresno
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If you completed freshman
or sophomore level criminology/criminal justice/law enforcement/administration
of justice courses at OTHER colleges, including junior colleges in California
or elsewhere, the criminology downtown program coordinator will review them
with you to determine if any of these courses can be substituted for lower
division criminology courses at CSU Fresno.
CREDIT BY EXAMINATION INFORMATION for students interested in completing required lower division criminology courses not offered in the downtown program.
Math Success Website (http://www.csumathsuccess.org)
English Success Website (http://www.csuenglishsuccess.org)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE DOWNTOWN PROGRAM CAN BE OBTAINED FROM:
Dr. Harald Otto Schweizer, haralds@csufresno.edu