Students majoring in criminal justice will participate in the planned sequence of the liberal arts core to prepare them with an understanding of the moral, philosophical, historical and scientific base from which to understand and make decisions and judgments when presented with criminal justice topics. The program in criminal justice provides basic preparation that relates the criminal justice area to liberal arts education and forms a foundation for employment opportunities in such fields as corrections, institutional security, police work, probation and for graduate studies.
Program Requirements
- Adult general education core requirements (48/49)
- Criminal justice core requirements (33)
CJ 101 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (3) CJ 201 Law Enforcement and Society
(3) CJ 202 Corrections (3) CJ 214 Law, Courts and Justice (3) CJ 294 Statistics and Research Design I (3) CJ 295 Statistics and Research Design II (3) CJ 312 Criminology (3) CJ 368 CJ Senior Seminar (3) CJ XXX Criminal Justice Electives, two of which must be 300 level (9)
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