2014-2015 Undergraduate Bulletin

Police Studies, Bachelor of Science

The major in Police Studies is designed for students who intend to pursue careers in law enforcement or who currently serve as law enforcement professionals in operations, management, teaching, or research. The major is also appropriate for students who plan to attend graduate or professional school.

Credits required. 39

Prerequisites. SOC 101 and POL 101 (or GOV 101). These courses fulfill the College’s general education requirements in the Flexible Core: Individual and Society and Flexible Core: U.S. Experience in its Diversity areas. In addition, PSC 101 must be taken by students without law enforcement experience.

Coordinator. Professor John DeCarlo, Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration (212.393.6375, jdecarlo@jjay.cuny.edu)

Baccalaureate/Master’s Program in Police Studies. Qualified undergraduate students may enter the Baccalaureate/Master’s Program and thereby graduate with both a bachelor’s in police studies and a master’s in criminal justice. For additional information, please contact Professor Chitra Raghavan, Department of Psychology (212.237.8417, bamadirector@jjay.cuny.edu).

Part One. Core Courses

Required

Students with law enforcement experience may obtain an exemption for PSC 101

LAW 203Constitutional Law

3

PHI 321/CRJ 321Police Ethics

3

PSC 101Introduction to Police Studies

3

PSC 201Police Organization and Administration

3

Total Credit Hours: 12

Part Two. Computer Skills

Select one

CRJ 255Computer Applications in Criminal Justice

3

PSC 216Crime Mapping

3

PSC 220/FIS 220/MAT 220Survey of the Concepts of Operations Research

3

SEC 270/CSCI 270Security of Computers and Their Data

3

Total Credit Hours: 3

Part Three. Police Science

Select four courses. One must be at the 300-level.

PSC 202Police and Community Relations

3

PSC 204The Patrol Function

3

PSC 205The Traffic Control Function

3

PSC 207The Investigative Function

3

PSC 210Colloquium on Criminal Justice Literature

3

PSC 213Survey of Criminalistics

3

PSC 223Personnel Administration and Supervision

3

PSC 227Police Training Programs: Goals, Content and Administration

3

PSC 230/COR 230Sex Offenders in the Criminal Justice System

3

PSC 235Women in Policing

3

PSC 245Community Policing

3

PSC 250Criminal Justice in Eastern Europe

3

PSC 271/PSY 271Psychological Foundations of Police Work

3

PSC 301The Police Manager

3

PSC 306Police Work with Juveniles

3

PSC 309Comparative Police Systems

3

PSC 315/ECO 315An Economic Analysis of Crime

3

PSC 340Planning for Police Operations and Management

3

PSC 350Police Labor Relations

3

PSC 355Money and the Police Manager

3

Total Credit Hours: 12

Part Four. Law

Select two

LAW 202Law and Evidence

3

LAW 204Criminal Law of New York

3

LAW 206The American Judiciary

3

LAW 209Criminal Law

3

LAW 212The Criminal Process and the Criminal Procedure Law

3

LAW 301Jurisprudence

3

LAW 313/POL 313The Law and Politics of Race Relations

3

LAW 320Seminar in the Law of Search and Seizure

3

LAW 340Employment Discrimination Law, Affirmative Action and Police Organization

3

Total Credit Hours: 6

Part Five. Interdisciplinary Skills and Foundations

Select one

AFR 215Police and Urban Communities

3

ANT 208Urban Anthropology

3

ECO 170Crime, Class, Capitalism: The Economics of Justice

3

ENG 235Writing for Management, Business and Public Administration

3

LLS 241Latina/os and the City

3

PED 230Stress Management in Law Enforcement

3

PSY 213/SOC 213Race and Ethnic Relations

3

SEC 310Emergency Planning

3

SOC 203Criminology

3

SOC 206The Sociology of Conflict and Dispute Resolution

3

SPE 204Group Discussion and Conference Techniques

SPE 218Managerial Communication

SSC 325Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences

3

STA 250Principles and Methods of Statistics

3

Total Credit Hours: 3

Part Six. Senior Requirement

Select one

PSC 401Seminar in Police Problems

3

PSC 405Organized Crime in America

3

PSC 415Seminar on Terrorism

3

Total Credit Hours: 3

Total Credit Hours: 39