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Criminal Justice B.A.
Degree Requirements - 120 Credits
Required Major Credits - 24 hours
CRJ 110 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3)
CRJ 240 Correctional Systems (3)
CRJ 250 Introduction to Victim Studies (3)
CRJ 370 Justice Professionalism and Ethics (3)
CRJ 380 Justice Research and Statistics (3)
CRJ 410 Comparative Justice Systems (3)
Required Supporting Credits - 18 hours
Choose one of the following courses:
SOC 340 Juvenile Delinquency (3)
And select one content area below- 6 hours (all 6 hours at the 300 or 400 level).
Students, in consultation with their advisor, will select courses appropriate for their content area. Courses are likely to come from programs such as those listed with each content area.
Law Enforcement: Africana Studies (AFS), Anthropology (ANT), Community Health (CH), Criminal Justice (CRJ), Geography (GEOG), Hispanic Studies (HISP), Multicultural Studies, Philosophy (PHIL), Psychology (PSY) and Sociology (SOC).
Correctional Services: Africana Studies, Anthropology, Community Health, Criminal Justice, Geography, Hispanic Studies, Human Rehabilitation Services (HRS), Multicultural Studies, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology.
Justice Administration: Accounting (BAAC), Criminal Justice, Management (BAMG), Philosophy, Political Science (PSCI) and Sociology.
Victim Advocacy/Services: Sociology (SOC), Psychology (PSY), Human Services (HUSR), Criminal Justice (CRJ), Human Rehabilitative Services (HRS).
Select from one or several Skills areas below - 9 hours (at least 6 hours at the 300 or 400 level).
Students, in consultation with their advisor, will select courses that develop or expand their skills in the following areas. Courses are likely to come from programs such as those listed with each skills area.
- Computer Information Systems: Select courses from: Business Administration (BA), Computing (CG, CED), and Educational Technology (ET)
- Critical Thinking: select courses from: Philosophy and Communication Studies (COMM)
- Oral Communication: select courses from: Communication Studies and Foreign Languages.
- Research: select courses from: Geography, Interdisciplinary Studies, Psychology, Sociology and Statistics (STAT)
- Written Communication: English (ENG)
Required Specified LAC Credits - 3 hours
LAC area 2. Mathematics
STAT 150 Introduction to Statistical Analysis (3)
Elective LAC Credits - 37 hours
Elective University-Wide Credits - 38 hours
Note(s): The Criminal Justice degree requires a grade of "C" or better for all courses (regardless of prefix) counting toward the major.
No more than three semester credit hours of internship (including field experience, practicum, etc.) from a prefix other than CRJ may be used toward the major.
Students must provide a written rationale for their selection of elective courses for content (6 hrs) and skills (9 hrs) and receive written approval from their advisors for the courses. Modifications to the selection are permissible but must be documented. All written rationales and approvals will be held in the student's file in the Criminal Justice program office.
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