Criminal Justice (B.A.)

Foundation Required Outside the Major (13 credits)

• PS 123 - The American Political System 3 cr
• PSYC 100 - General Psychology 4 cr
• SOC 111 - Introduction to Sociology 3 cr

Core Courses (18 credits required)

• CJ 201 - Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 cr
• CJ 301 - Criminal Justice System in the U.S.A. 3 cr
• CJ 302 - Policing 3 cr
• CJ 303 - Criminal Courts 3 cr
• CJ 304 - Corrections 3 cr
• CJ 491 - Seminar in Criminal Justice Administration 3 cr

Major Electives (18 credits required)

Students may elect to take any of the following criminal justice electives or any of the outside major electives.

• CJ 250 - Forensic Science 4 cr
• CJ 305 - Criminal Law 3 cr
• CJ 315 - Private Security 3 cr
• CJ 326 - Research Methods 3 cr

• [strongly recommended]

• CJ 330 - American Constitutional Law 3 cr
• CJ 340 - Crime and Punishment 3 cr
• CJ 341 - Community Corrections 3 cr
• CJ 350 - The Juvenile Justice System 3 cr
• CJ 360 - Evidence & Criminal Procedure 3 cr
• CJ 370 - Federal and State Courts 3 cr

• [cross-listed with PS 370]

• CJ 381 - Human Relations & Diversity in Criminal Justice 3 cr
• CJ 385 - Comparative Criminal Justice Systems 3 cr
• CJ 388 - Elderly Offender 3 cr
• CJ 410 - Criminology 3 cr
• CJ 420 - Criminal Justice Management 3 cr
• CJ 490 - Selected Topics in Criminal Justice (1-4) cr
• CJ 493 - Directed Reading in Criminal Justice (1-4) cr
• CJ 494 - Directed Research in Criminal Justice (1-4) cr
• CJ 496 - Field Work 3 cr
• CJ 497 - Police Academy Training 12 cr
• PHIL 210A - Applied Ethics in Law & Society 3 cr
• PHIL 230 - Introduction to Social & Political Philosophy 3 cr
• PHIL 331 - Law, Liberty and Morality 3 cr
• PS 225 - Statistics [CI] 4 cr
• PS 370 - Federal and State Courts 3 cr

• [cross-listed with CJ 370]

• SOC 300 - Social Inequality & Human Diversity 3 cr
• SOC 346 - Juvenile Delinquency 3 cr
• YS 300 - Child Welfare Policies & Procedures 3 cr
• YS 330 - Child Abuse & Neglect 3 cr

Interdisciplinary Requirement (21 credits required–no more than 12 credits from any one discipline)

(This requirement does not apply to students who elect  to complete a disciplinary minor.)

• ENGL 300 - Writing in the Professions 3 cr
• PHIL 210A - Applied Ethics in Law & Society 3 cr
• PHIL 230 - Introduction to Social & Political Philosophy 3 cr
• PHIL 331 - Law, Liberty and Morality 3 cr
• PS 118 - Introduction to Political Science [CI] 3 cr
• PS 260 - Understanding and Managing the Bureaucracy 3 cr
• PS 262 - State & Local Government – Politics/Public Policy 3 cr
• PS 339 - Political Ideologies 3 cr
• PSYC 370 - Theories of Personality 3 cr
• PSYC 372 - Abnormal Psychology 3 cr
• SOC 112 - Introduction to Anthropology 3 cr
• SOC 236 - Social Problems 3 cr
• SOC 300 - Social Inequality & Human Diversity 3 cr
• SOC 327 - Social Psychology 3 cr
• SOC 328 - Group Dynamics 3 cr
• SOC 345 - Urban Sociology 3 cr
• SOC 346 - Juvenile Delinquency 3 cr
• SOC 351 - Interpersonal Communication 3 cr
• SOC 352 - Organizational Communication 3 cr
• SW 215 - Introduction to Social Welfare/Social Work 3 cr

Recommended minor in public administration for criminal justice majors:

Complete 18 credits in the following courses:

• CJ 491 - Seminar in Criminal Justice Administration 3 cr
• PS 118 - Introduction to Political Science [CI] 3 cr
• PS 123 - The American Political System 3 cr
• PS 260 - Understanding and Managing the Bureaucracy 3 cr
• PS 262 - State & Local Government – Politics/Public Policy 3 cr
• PS 345 - Public Policy Making in the U.S. 3 cr
• PS 365 - Public Human Resource Management 3 cr
• SOC 331 - Population 3 cr