Criminal Justice
B.A. Criminal Justice
Dr. Patrick McManimon, Criminal Justice Coordinator
Location: J104E
Contact Phone Number: (908) 737-0564
Email: pmcmanim@kean.edu
Criminal Justice is an interdisciplinary field with students provided a background in criminal law, criminology, policing, corrections, and victimology with additional background in race and gender issues. The filed is highly practical with experiential and service learning encouraged through the department.
The curriculum of the Criminal Justice major is interdisciplinary, which provides great advantages in academic and career choices. The major provides students with a background in various aspects of criminal law, criminology, policing, corrections, and victimology as well as issues of diversity. Some courses include observations of court proceedings and police functions as well as visits to correctional institutions and programs. A broad background in the social sciences is integrated with specialized criminal justice courses. Experiential learning is also available to criminal justice students enrolled in Service Learning (1-credit) courses and internships, and the major offers a Travel Learn course (1-credit) for students interested in international travel. The criminal justice major also allows students to concentrate their studies in one of four tracks: law, corrections, policing, and general. The Criminal Justice Major must attain a 2.5 grade point average (GPA) to be admitted to the major and must maintain the 2.5 GPA to continue in the major and graduate.
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