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How to Earn Your Criminal Justice Degree … FAST!

By James Collister on August 24th, 2008
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Criminal Justice Courhouse and U.S. FlagAn accelerated degree is generally meant to define the step from an associate’s degree to a bachelor’s. Many of the accredited online universities provide accelerated criminal justice degree programs that will jump you from an associate’s degree to the bachelor’s in twelve months. The usual time frame is two years. These programs are based on the assumption that you have met certain core requirements during your earlier studies and are free to focus on the criminal justice element of the degree.

Kaplan University is one of those schools with an accelerated online degree in criminal justice. Kaplan has a network of seventy campuses nationwide, as well as the online program so there are also opportunities to take onsite classes for this program as well, depending on your location. Kaplan’s bachelor’s program for criminal justice includes several specialized areas of focus. You can achieve an accelerated bachelor’s in criminal justice and opt for one of these areas of specialization: corrections; crime analysis; forensics; fraud investigation and examination; law enforcement; and private security.

Warren National University offers a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice that is geared toward helping individuals in the field upgrade their professional status. They have a status evaluator on their website that will automatically tabulate how many credits you have earned toward their criminal justice degree and how quickly you will be able to complete your bachelor’s.

In order to accelerate the graduation process they can provide an instant analysis of the holes in your academic record and determine the most efficient method of completing the requirements. One other interesting feature at Warren National University is their e-global library, which is an online resource for the areas of study they provide.

University of Phoenix Online has a bachelor’s degree available in criminal justice. They will accept credits from prior accredited institutions, provided they are applicable to the course of study. Students can complete the entire bachelor’s criminal justice program at Phoenix in two to three years, an accelerated pace compared to the traditional four year university. Phoenix accomplishes this by teaching one class at a time at an accelerated rate, allowing a student to complete more credits over a year than in a traditional academic environment. Of course, ambitious students can take on more than one course at a time.

American Intercontinental University has an online program for an accelerated criminal justice degree that can be completed quickly. This projection is based on the assumption that the student has completed an associate’s degree on entering the program or met equivalency requirements. Equivalency for an associate’s program means 48 credits in general education courses and 42 credits in electives.

Accelerated degrees are achievable more readily online and through continuing education programs because many of those programs are geared to the working adult who either wants to advance in his or her chosen field or who wants to alter courses and break into a new profession. The accelerated course in criminal justice is designed to help a beat cop become a lieutenant or an investigator become an administrator. Leadership requirements in the law enforcement field are in line with other professions these days: they require advanced education.

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