Law Enforcement Transfer Options

Complete your Associate of Applied Science in Law Enforcement at CNM and transfer to ENMU, NMHU, or UNM.

Transfer Pathways

Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU)

The ENMU BAAS program is a transfer pathway for all AAS students. Your AAS degree will transfer and apply in full to the ENMU BAAS program. Here are additional courses that you can complete pre-transfer. Completion of these courses make you NM General Education complete.

The following courses meet New Mexico General Education requirements and their completion satisfies the ENMU Gen Ed requirements:

  • Laboratory Science - One Lecture and One Lab
  • One Creative and Fine Arts course

Please select two courses from the options below to fulfill your elective and General Education requirement:

  • COMM 2120 - Interpersonal Communication
  • PHIL 1130 - Contemporary Moral Issues 
  • SOCI 2120 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems 
  • SOCI 2250 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
  • SOCI 2310 - Contemporary Social Problems

In order to confirm that you have completed the General Education requirements, please schedule a meeting with your academic advisor.

New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU)

The NMHU BAS program is a transfer pathway for all AAS students. The BAS program will receive a total of 30 credit hours of CTE coursework and the 31 credit hours NM General Education Core. With your AAS, you will complete the 30-credit hour CTE requirements. For students that would like to transfer with the 31 NM General Education requirement, please complete the following courses.

The following courses meet the New Mexico General Education requirements. The following courses, in addition to your AAS degree requirements, will satisfy the NMHU Gen Ed requirements:

  • Laboratory Science - One Lecture and One Lab
  • One Creative and Fine Arts course

Please select two courses from the options below to fulfill your elective and General Education requirement:

  • COMM 2120 - Interpersonal Communication
  • PHIL 1130 - Contemporary Moral Issues 
  • SOCI 2120 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems 
  • SOCI 2250 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
  • SOCI 2310 - Contemporary Social Problems

In addition to earning your AAS degree, these are additional courses that directly fulfill NMHU BAS requirements before transferring:

  • BLAW 2110 - Business Law I
  • MKTG 2110 - Principles of Marketing
  • MGMT 2110 - Principles of Management
  • ECON 2110 - Macroeconomic Principles
  • ECON 2120- Microeconomics Principles

In order to confirm that you have completed the General Education requirements, please schedule a meeting with your academic advisor.

University of New Mexico (UNM)

The UNM OILS program is a transfer pathway for all AAS students. The OILS program will receive a total of 30 credit hours of CTE coursework and the 31 credit hours NM General Education Core. With your AAS, you will complete the 30-credit hour CTE requirements. For students that would like to transfer with the 31 NM General Education requirement, please complete the following courses.

The following courses meet New Mexico General Education requirements and their completion satisfies the UNM Gen Ed requirements:

  • COMM 2120 - Interpersonal Communication
  • Laboratory Science - One Lecture and One Lab
  • One Creative and Fine Arts course

Please select one course from the options below to fulfill your elective and General Education requirement: 

  • PHIL 1130 - Contemporary Moral Issues 
  • SOCI 2120 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems 
  • SOCI 2250 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
  • SOCI 2310 - Contemporary Social Problems

In addition to earning your AAS degree, these are additional courses that directly fulfill UNM OILS requirements before transferring:

BUSA 1110 - Introduction to Business

In order to confirm that you have completed the General Education requirements, please schedule a meeting with your academic advisor.

Learn About the Law Enforcement Program at CNM

The Law Enforcement program studies law enforcement, corrections, and the courts. Earn an Associate of Applied Science and pursue work as a Police Officer, Deputy Sheriff, Corrections Officer, Crime Scene Investigator, Border Patrol Agent, Probation Officer, Juvenile Detention Officer, and more.