Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

Criminal Justice (BA)

Bachelor of Arts Degree

General Education

Category I: The Individual (9 to 10 hours)

IA: Rhetoric

ENGL 1101

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

IB: Mathematical Reasoning

MATH 1300

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elementary Statistics

3

IC: Critical Thinking 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

ID: Scientific Method

 

           

Choose course from approved list

0 to 1

Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)

IIA: Freshman Composition

ENGL 1102

           

Literature and Composition

3

IIB: Speaking

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

3

IID: Humanities 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

IIE: Government 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list

3

Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)

IIIA: Modern Language

 

           

Choose sequence from approved list

6

IIIB: History of Other Cultures

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIIC: Fine Arts

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category IV: The Natural World (6 to 9 hours)

 IVA: Natural Science

 

           

Choose course from approved list

6 to 9

Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)

VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

VIA: First-Year Experience

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:46-50

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Criminal Justice Major

CRJU 1290Introduction to Criminal Justice

3

CRJU 2335Criminal Investigation

3

CRJU 3331Juvenile Justice

3

CRJU 3390Criminology

3

CRJU 3500Race and Policing in America

3

CRJU 4430Homeland Security and Terrorism

3

FRSC 1101Criminalistics

3

POSC 3370Adjudication Processes

3

POSC 4415Criminal Law and Procedure

3

SOSC 3310Research Methods

3

SOSC 3398Internship

1-6

SOSC 4480Senior Seminar

3

Total Credit Hours:34-39

Criminal Justice Electives

Students may take CRJU 1300 (Introduction to Cyber Investigations) and CRJU 3200 (Cyber Investigation) as electives, or they may choose six hours of electives from the following courses:

CRJU 3330Police and Society

3

CRJU 3380Victimology

3

CRJU 3385Punishment in the United States

3

CRJU 4000Women and Crime

3

CRJU 4100Serial Killers

3

CRJU 4475Special Topics

3

POSC 4500Constitutional Law

3

PSYC 4415Abnormal Psychology

3

SOSC 3398Internship

1-6

Total Credit Hours:6

General Electives

 
General Electives

26-35

Total Credit Hours:26-35

Total Credit Hours: 121