Criminal Justice


The curriculum for Criminal Justice is designed to provide students with an understanding of the criminal justice system, its agencies, personnel, and historical foundation. The program offers a broad blend of courses intended to prepare students for both academic and professional success with the framework of a strong liberal arts education. A fundamental element of the criminal justice program is experiential learning; students must complete an internship with a social science related agency. The liberal arts focus of the program prepares students for graduate school in criminal justice and for careers at the local, state, and federal levels in law enforcement, corrections, and court-related agencies. Following is the Degree Plan for the major in Criminal Justice.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEGREE PLAN

AREA, COURSE CODE AND NUMBER

COURSE NAME

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General Core Education Requirements

See separate degree plan

44

Institutional Requirements

See separate degree plan

15

SOCIOLOGY Required Courses

 

61

Social Science Electives

 

15

CRJU 1301

Introduction to Criminal j=Justice

3

CRJU 1313

Juvenile Delinquency

3

CRJU2393

Fundamentals of Criminal Law

3

CRJU2394

Criminal Evidence & Court Procedures

3

CRJU 2395

Criminal Justice Research

3

CRJU 3391

Methods in Criminal Justice & Criminal Procedures

3

CRJU 3392

Ethics in Criminal justice

3

CRJU 3393

Minorities, Crime, Police, & Social Policies

3

CRJU 3394

American Correctional Systems

3

CRJU 3395

Criminalists (Scientific Evidence)

3

CRJU 3397

Treatment, Testing, & Evaluation in Correction

3

CRJU 4341

Internship in Criminal Justice

3

CRJU 4391

The Abnormal and Crime

3

CRJU 4393

Law Enforcement & the Legal Process

3

CRJU 4394

Organization & Administration in Criminal Justice

3

CRJU 4396

Law Enforcement, Intelligence Operations, & Criminal Investigation

3

CRJU 4397

American Crime

3

MATH 1342

Applied Statistics

3

SOCI 2361

Criminology

3

CHEM 1471

General Chemistry I

4

Social Sciences Electives

3000 and 4000 Levels

15

 

 

 

Total

125