Criminal Justice Emphasis

Degree: Bachelor of Science

Emphasis: Criminal Justice

The Criminal Justice emphasis allows students who are more interested in law enforcement, corrections, and other law related careers to pursue their interests within the Justice Studies major. Our Criminal Justice emphasis gives students a substantive base of criminal justice experience such as interviewing and interrogation while building on the Justice Studies major that emphasizes critical thinking skills, ability to handle statistical data, and student understanding of the broader meanings and practice of justice. This emphasis is not designed to be the equivalent of police academy training rather it will allow students whose career interests are oriented toward law related careers to pursue their goal within a broad liberal arts approach to justice.

Required Core (22-23) ^{See notes *1}

JUST-104 Introduction to the Justice System (3 hours)

JUST-309 Principles of Justice Studies (3 hours)

JUST-322 Ethics and Justice Policy (3 hours)

SOSCI-387 Social Research Design (3 hours)

SOSCI-388 Social Research Analysis (4 hours)

or
PSYCH-389 Research Methods in Psychology I (3 hours)

JUST-501 Criminal Procedure (3 hours)

or
POLS-662 Constitutional Law II (3 hours)

JUST-695 Senior Seminar in Justice Issues (3 hours)

^*1

Students can use no more than 6 hours of Psychology in their Criminal Justice major.

Replaces 18 hour electives under the Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice.

Required

JUST-223 Basic Interviewing and Counseling Skills (3 hours)

Select 9 hours of Criminal Justice electives from: ^{See notes *2}

JUST-328 Police Administration (3 hours)

SWK-401 Social Work in the Criminal Justice System (3 hours)

JUST-475 Community Policing (3 hours)

JUST-501 Criminal Procedure (3 hours)

JUST-502 Bias-Based Profiling (3 hours)

JUST-518 Serial Killers (3 hours)

JUST-521 Special Topics in Justice Studies (____) (1-3 hours)

JUST-522 Crime Scenes and the Law of Evidence (3 hours)

JUST-528 White Collar Crime (3 hours)

SOC-547 Criminology (3 hours)

SOC-548 Juvenile Delinquency (3 hours)

POLS-562 Law and Politics (3 hours)

PSYCH-571 Abnormal Psychology (3 hours)

JUST-671 Internship (3 hours)

PSYCH-771 Psychology and the Law (3 hours)

PSYCH-773 Criminal Psychopathology (3 hours)

^*2

Plus 6 hours chosen from Society and Justice Issues, Theories and Philosophy of Justice, or Criminal Justice sections of the no emphasis major.

General Education

General Education requirements consist of 34-35 credit hours of course work. All baccalaureate students must successfully pass these requirements:

Discipline area #4 must be from one subject and must include a lab.
Discipline areas #5 and #6 must each include two different subject areas. Prefix cannot be duplicated in either area.
Discipline area #7 course prefix may be a repeat of areas 4, 5, or 6.

General Education Requirements