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
CREDIT HOURS
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