To earn an associate of arts or associate of science degree you must meet all of the following requirements:

• Complete at least 64 semester credit-hours with a GPA of 2.0 (4.0 scale) or better.
• Complete 12 of the last 15 hours of the degree through John Wood. These courses may be taken on-campus, from our distance learning offerings or from a combination of these options.
• Satisfy the college’s General Education requirement (Complete list coming soon).
• Successfully complete all courses by the graduation processing date and satisfactorily meet all financial obligations to the college.

Click on the following links for suggested degree models for  the AS degrees in Homeland Security and in Law Enforcement; and the AAS degrees in Fire Science and Law Enforcement. For questions about these programs contact Tom Bentley, Fire Science Program Coordinator, at tbentley@jwcc.edu.

Please note that there is room within all of our A.A. and A.S. transfer degrees for electives that may be awarded to you as a result of a JWCC evaluation of your military credit and/or training. See the Evaluation of Military Credit/Training section of this web site for more information.