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Local college ties up with UOG program
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Posted on Mar 18 2006
The cash-strapped Northern Marianas College has recently firmed ties with the University of Guam Criminal Justice and Public Administration Programs.
NMC president Tony V. Deleon Guerrero said NMC officials Danny Wyatt, Eric Plinske, Lynda Rowe and David Attao met last week with Jamie Mason, UOG Director of International Program Development on Saipan, and Dr. Ron McNinch, UOG Associate Professor of Public Administration. McNinch also oversees the UOG Criminal Justice Program.
Deleon Guerrero said that “ambitious” goals were set the during the meeting to offer the UOG bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice on Saipan with a target start off date this Fall 2006 semester.
“All 100 and 200 level courses in the program would be taught by NMC resulting in an associate degree in Criminal Justice,” said Guerrero.
The NMC associate degree will place graduates at junior level standing in the UOG Criminal Justice program, with all credits and courses transferring to UOG through articulation, he added.
In this tie up, UOG will use its own faculty, as well as certify local faculty in the CNMI, to serve as instructors for the bachelor’s level courses to be taught on Saipan at the 300 and 400 levels.
The meeting last week also focused on linking NMC’s General Education and Liberal Arts degree to the UOG Public Administration degree program so students at NMC could complete an AA in Liberal Arts and be placed at junior level standing in the UOG Public Administration degree program.
Deleon Guerrero said UOG expressed plans to offer this degree on Saipan, rather than requiring students to move to Guam.
Graduates of the Criminal Justice and Public Administration bachelor’s programs will then have the opportunity to pursue their Master of Public Administration degree through UOG on Saipan. Other UOG bachelor and master’s degree programs are also being reviewed for possible implementation on Saipan, added the president.
