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.
| CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEGREE PLAN | ||
| AREA, COURSE CODE AND NUMBER | COURSE NAME | CREDIT HOURS |
| General Education Requirements (See separate degree plan) | 44 | |
| Institutional Requirements (See separate degree plan) | 15 | |
| Criminal Justice Required Courses | 61 | |
| CRIMINAL JUSTICE REQUIRED COURSES | ||
| CRJU 1301 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CRJU 1313 | Juvenile Delinquency | 3 |
| CRJU 2393 | Fundamentals of Criminal Law | 3 |
| CRJU 2394 | Criminal Evidence & Court 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 | Criminalistics | 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 4395 | Criminal Justice Research | 3 |
| CRJU 4396 | Law Enforcement, Intelligence Operations, & Criminal Investigation | 3 |
| CRJU 4397 | American Crime | 3 |
| SOCI 4306 | Criminology | 3 |
| MATH 1342 | Statistics | 3 |
| CHEM 1471 | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| Social Sciences Electives | 3000-4000 Levels | 8 |
| TOTAL | 125 | |
