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2010–2012 Undergraduate Catalog

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice

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The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree, including the Core Curriculum requirements, is 120. Thirty-nine of the total semester credit hours required for the degree must be at the upper-division level. Criminal Justice majors, through consultation with faculty advisors, should choose elective courses from Core Curriculum requirements that will enhance their awareness of the complex social and cultural issues confronting contemporary American society.

All candidates for this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the degree requirements, which are listed below.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students may need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements see pages 5–9 of this catalog.

Core Curriculum Component Area

Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements

Communications

English Rhetoric/Composition (6 semester credit hours)
All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:
WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II

Mathematics

Mathematics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Natural Sciences

Science (6 semester credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.

Humanities & Visual and Performing Arts

Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

The Arts (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Social and Behavioral Sciences

United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Political Science (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 Introduction to American Politics, plus three additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Social and Behavioral Science (3 semester credit hours)
CRJ 1113 The American Criminal Justice System or
CRJ 2813 Introduction to Courts and the Legal System
will satisfy this core requirement.

Economics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

World Society and Issues

(3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Degree Requirements

  1. 15 semester credit hours of core criminal justice coursework:

    CRJ  1113  The American Criminal Justice System
    CRJ  2153  Nature of Crime and Justice
    CRJ  3013  Research Design and Analysis in Criminal Justice
    CRJ  3213  Managing Criminal Justice Organizations
    CRJ  3623  Substantive Criminal Law

  2. 18 semester credit hours of justice studies, at least 15 of which must be upper division, chosen from the following courses:

    CRJ  2213  Introduction to Policing
    CRJ  2513  Introduction to Corrections
    CRJ  2813  Introduction to Courts and the Legal System
    CRJ  3233  Introduction to Forensic Science
    CRJ  3533  Probation, Parole and Intermediate Sanctions
    CRJ  3563  Juvenile Justice
    CRJ  3573  Restorative Justice
    CRJ  3613  Legal Research and Writing
    CRJ  3633  Trial and Evidence
    CRJ  3713  Ethics in Criminal Justice Practice
    CRJ  4113  Intimate and Family Violence
    CRJ  4123  Investigations
    CRJ  4143  Legal Issues in Forensic Science
    CRJ  4303  Victimology
    CRJ  4403  Race, Ethnicity, and Criminal Justice
    CRJ  4413  Contemporary Police Practices
    CRJ  4443  Special Topics in Policing and Crime Prevention
    CRJ  4453  Drugs and Crime
    CRJ  4463  Gender and Crime
    CRJ  4523  Special Topics in Forensic Science
    CRJ  4563  Special Topics in Juvenile Justice
    CRJ  4613  Supervising the Correctional Client
    CRJ  4633  Constitutional Criminal Procedure
    CRJ  4653  White Collar Crime
    CRJ  4663  Special Topics in Corrections
    CRJ  4833  Violent Crime
    CRJ  4853  Sex Crimes and the Law
    CRJ  4863  Special Topics in Legal Issues and Adjudication
    CRJ  4913  Independent Study  
    CRJ  4953  Special Studies in Criminal Justice
    CRJ  4993  Honors Thesis

  3. 3 semester credit hours of CRJ 4933 Internship in Criminal Justice taken in consultation with the Department’s internship coordinator. 3 semester credit hours of appropriate upper-division coursework may be taken in lieu of the internship if a student has relevant and documented full-time employment of at least one year in duration in a justice-related agency. May be repeated for an additional 3 credit hours with a different internship work site in a subsequent semester.

  4. 15 semester credit hours of upper-division support work, chosen in consultation with an academic advisor

  5. 27 semester credit hours of electives

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