Southeastern, BRCC sign articulation agreement on Criminal Justice Program
Friday, March 6, 2020
by: Tonya Lowentritt
SOUTHEASTERN, BRCC SIGN ARTICULATION AGREEMENT FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM - Officials from Southeastern Louisiana University and Baton Rouge Community College signed an agreement Friday to officially align resources that will provide successful BRCC students with the opportunity to progress directly into Southeastern’s bachelor of arts program in criminal justice. Attending the signing are, from left, BRCC Dean of Business, Social Sciences and History Todd Dozier, BRCC Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs Laura Younger, BRCC Interim Chancellor Willie E. Smith, Southeastern President John L. Crain, Southeastern Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Tena Golding, and Southeastern Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Karen Fontenot.
HAMMOND – Officials from Southeastern Louisiana University and Baton Rouge Community
College signed an articulation agreement Friday to officially align resources that
will provide successful BRCC students with the opportunity to progress directly into
Southeastern’s bachelor of arts program in criminal justice.
An articulation agreement is a cooperative endeavor between a two-year community
college program that offers associate degrees and a four-year institution that provides
students with an easy transition through the sharing of application and admissions
information, transcripts and other records.
The agreement will facilitate transfer to Southeastern’s bachelor’s degree program
in criminal justice upon the student’s completion of the Associate of Arts Louisiana
Transfer, Criminal Justice concentration at BRCC.
Participating in the signing ceremony on behalf of Southeastern were Southeastern
President John L. Crain, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Tena L. Golding
and Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Karen Fontenot; signing
for BRCC were BRCC Interim Chancellor Willie E. Smith, Vice Chancellor for Academic
and Student Affairs Laura Younger and Dean of Business, Social Sciences and History
Todd Dozier. Also participating in the signing event were Ken Bolton, head of the
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Southeastern, and Chandra Joseph,
chair of the Department of Social Sciences and History at BRCC.
“This agreement represents another sign of cooperation between Louisiana institutions
intended to advance the success of higher education students at both the community
college and university levels,” said Southeastern President John L. Crain.
“Baton Rouge Community College is deeply committed to helping our students succeed.
This includes strengthening our transfer pathways and forging new agreements with
four-year institutions,” said BRCC Interim Chancellor Willie E. Smith. “This agreement
with Southeastern will not only allow a seamless transfer for our students, but will
create a clear pathway for success.”
BRCC students will take 60 credit hours, which include all of their general education
coursework and introductory coursework in criminal justice. The remaining 60 hours
at Southeastern will focus specifically on criminal justice topics.