Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice

Degree Type

Bachelor of Science

Program length: 48 months (based on full-time enrollment)

In addition to required coursework, students of Criminal Justice Majors must select one of the three included tracks.

Program Requirements

Notes:

• Recommended electives CSEC 225, PHIL 320, 380, PSYC-406, SOC-201
• General Education Commons required course in Criminal Justice Majors is GSCI 101
• Required General Education Commons Mathematics course for Criminal Justice Majors is MATH-122

Criminal Justice Core

CRIM-110	Criminal Justice I	3
CRIM-111	Criminal Justice II	3
CRIM-220	Criminal Law	3
GSCI-101	Forensic Science	4
CRIM-230	Victimology	3
CRIM-312	Criminology	3
CRIM-250	Writing & Reading in Criminal Justice	3
CRIM-315	Terrorism & Political Violence	3
CRIM-400	Rsrch Methods in Soc. Science	3
CRIM-415	Senior Sem in Criminal Justice	3
CRIM-452	Career Intern. in Criminal Jus	3
Total Credit Hours:		34

Crime and Society Track

(Option 1)

CRIM-251	Family Abuse	3
SOC-303	Sociology of Deviance	3
CRIM-350	Organized Crime	3
PSYC-405	Child & Adolescence Deviance	3
SOC-407	The Dynamics of Urban Society	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Criminal Psychology Track

(Option 2)

*CRIM 390 must be taken in required courses instead of (or as well as) SOC 315

CRIM-312	Criminology	3
CRIM-390	Profiling in Criminal Psychology	3
PSYC-305	Psychometric Theory & Practice	3
PSYC-306	Criminal Risk Assessment	3
CRIM-401	Criminal Justice Management	3
CRIM-403	Combined Theoretical Applications	3
Total Credit Hours:		18

Police Studies Track

(Option 3)

CRIM-112	Police in America	3
CRIM-210	Fund.Of Criminal Investigation	3
CRIM-235	Juvenile Deliquency	3
CRIM-300	Police Administration	3
CRIM-340	Cyber Crime	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Homeland Security/Emergency Management Track

(Option 4)

CRIM-260	Intro to Homeland Security	3
CRIM-265	Crisis Intervention	3
CRIM-315	Terrorism & Political Violence	3
CRIM-340	Cyber Crime	3
CRIM-410	Emergency Prep. Plan.& Mgt.	3
Total Credit Hours:		15