Criminal Justice, B.S.

Curriculum

A. General Education Requirememts (35 hours)

B. Major Core Requirements (52 hours)

1. Core Courses (34)

CJ 201	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
CJ 203	Criminal Justice Ethics	3
CJ 204	Corrections	3
CJ 206	Police in American Society	3
CJ 311	Advanced Criminal Law and Jurisprudence	3
CJ 316	Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Lab	4
CJ 391	Criminological Theory	3
CJ 392	Statistics in Criminal Justice	3
CJ 400	Juvenile Delinquency	3
CJ 492	Public Policy in Criminal Justice	3
CJ 489	Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice	3

2. Core Electives (18 hours)

Select 18 credit hours from the courses below.

CJ 208	Substance Abuse	3
CJ 210	Juvenile Justice System	3
CJ 211	Diversity in Criminal Justice	3
CJ 212	Women and the Criminal Justice System	3
CJ 217	Victimology	3
CJ 310	American Constitution Law	3
CJ 312	Criminal Evidence	3
CJ 314	Criminal Procedure	3
CJ 381	Crime Myths and Moral Panic	3
CJ 410	Prosecution and the Courts	3
CJ 495	Special Topics	3
CJ 496	Comparative Criminal Justice	3
CJ 498	Directed Study in Criminal Justice	3
CJ 499	Criminal Justice Internship	6

C. Related Courses (12 hours)

(Related area courses may not be used to satisfy General Education Requirements)

Select 12 semester hours from the following:

BUAD 190	Management Information Systems I	3
COM 200	Interpersonal Communication	3
ENGL 317	Advanced Composition	3
HIST 251	African American History since 1877	3
HMLS 215	Introduction to Homeland Security	3
SOC 207	Race and Ethnic Relations	3
SOC 305	Sociology of the African-American	3
SOC 330	Sociology of Deviant Behavior	3
POLS 298	American National Government	3
SPAN 101	Elementary Spanish	3
	or
SPAN 102	Elementary Spanish	3

D. Free Electives (21 hours)

Total Credit Hours: 120

Curriculum Guide for Majors in Criminal Justice

Freshman Year

First Semester

UNIV 110	Freshman Seminar I	1
ENGL 102	Composition I	3
	Natural Sciences and Mathematics - A	3
	Social & Behavioral Sciences A	3
HLTH 185	Health Concepts	2
	Humanities & Fine Arts (A) 2	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Second Semester

UNIV 120	Freshman Seminar II	1
ENGL 103	Composition II	3
	Physical Education Activity	1
	Social & Behavioral Sciences (B) 1	3
	Natural Sciences and Mathematics - B	4
	Free Elective 1	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Sophomore Year

First Semester

	Social & Behavioral Sciences (B) 2	3
	Humanities & Fine Arts (A) 1	3
CJ 203	Criminal Justice Ethics	3
	Humanities & Fine Arts B	2
CJ 201	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
	Free Elective 2	1
Total Credit Hours:		15

Second Semester

	Related Area 1	3
CJ 204	Corrections	3
CJ 206	Police in American Society	3
CJ 392	Statistics in Criminal Justice	3
	or
SOC 346	Social Statistics	3
	Related Area 2	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Junior Year

First Semester

	Related Area 3	3
CJ 311	Advanced Criminal Law and Jurisprudence	3
	Core Elective 1	4
CJ 316	Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Lab	4
	Core Elective 2	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Second Semester

	Related Area 4	3
	Core Elective 3	3
CJ 391	Criminological Theory	3
CJ 400	Juvenile Delinquency	3
	Core Elective 4	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Senior Year

First Semester

	Free Elective 3	3
CJ 492	Public Policy in Criminal Justice	3
	Free Elective 4	3
	Free Elective 5	3
	Core Elective 5
Total Credit Hours:		15

Second Semester

	Core Elective 6	3
CJ 489	Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice	3
	Free Elective 6	3
	Free Elective 7	3
	Free Elective 8	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Total Credit Hours: 120