External Credit for Public Safety Personnel
External credit is granted for non-collegiate education programs that the College has judged comparable in content and quality to specific courses or areas taught in its departments.
New York City Police Department officers may receive external credit for the following courses completed with a grade of C or better at the New York City Police Department Academy, provided that these courses have not previously been completed as regular college courses. Twenty-nine total credits will be completed using the following: Police Science 101 (4 credits) Police Science 207 (4 credits), Law 203, (4 credits), Law 204 (4 credits), Psychology 221, (4 credits), Sociology 201 (3 credits), Physical Education 103 (3 credits), Physical Education 113 (3 credits), an additional physical education course (3 credits), and 3 credits for field training.
New York City Department of Corrections recruit training qualifies for external credit for: Criminal Justice 101, Corrections 101, Corrections 201 and Corrections 282, as well as blanket credit for a course in Sociology, Physical Education, and another course in Corrections. Each course is worth 3 credits, totaling 21 credits.
New York City Fire Department personnel completing recruit training may receive external credit for: Fire Science 101 (3 credits), a Fire Science blanket credit (2 credits), a Police Science, blanket credit (3 credits), and a Physical Education blanket credit (2 credits), totaling 10 credits.
Credit for additional New York City Fire Department courses may be granted if the courses have been recommended for the award of credit by the American Council on Education (ACE) not to exceed a total of 30 external credits. Graduates of the New York City Police Academy, New York City Fire Academy, or New York City Correction Academy who have earned at least 28 credits in liberal arts courses will be exempt from the CUNY Common Core portion of the College's General Education Program. These students will still need to complete six credits of the John Jay College option (3 credits in the Justice Core 300-level and 3 credits in either the Learning from the Past or Communications categories) to complete their general education requirements.
Students who have successfully completed a training program that has been evaluated by the College for the award of credit, or a program that has been recommended for the award of credit by the American Council on Education (ACE), must apply to the Testing and Evaluation Office for the application of this credit toward their undergraduate degree. Applicants must provide documentation in support of their requests. A statement or transcript indicating subjects taken, grades received, dates of attendance, and the number of hours of participation must be sent directly to the Testing and Evaluation Office from the agency that has provided the training.