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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice

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 will 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 on 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.
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 Sciences (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.
Humanities & Visual and Performing Arts Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed below 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.
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.

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Degree Requirements

  1. 18 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 3313 Critical Thinking Applications to Criminal Justice
    CRJ 3623 Substantive Criminal Law

  2. 12 semester credit hours in one of the following concentrations:

    1. Policing and Crime Prevention

      CRJ 2213 Introduction to Policing
      CRJ 3233 Introduction to Forensic Science
      CRJ 4123 Concepts of Investigation
      CRJ 4413 Contemporary Police Practices
      CRJ 4433 Police and National Security Intelligence
      CRJ 4443 Special Topics in Policing and Crime Prevention

    2. Corrections and Juvenile Justice

      CRJ 2513 Corrections: Theory and Practice
      CRJ 3533 Probation, Parole and Intermediate Sanctions
      CRJ 3563 Juvenile Justice
      CRJ 3573 Restorative Justice
      CRJ 4303 Victims and the Justice System
      CRJ 4613 Supervising the Correctional Client
      CRJ 4663 Special Topics in Corrections and Juvenile Justice

    3. Legal Issues and Adjudication

      CRJ 2813 Introduction to Courts and the Legal System
      CRJ 3413 Cybercrimes and the Law
      CRJ 3613 Legal Research and Writing
      CRJ 3633 Trial and Evidence
      CRJ 4253 Legal Advocacy
      CRJ 4633 Constitutional Criminal Procedure
      CRJ 4863 Special Topics in Legal Issues and Adjudication

    4. Economic Crime Investigation

      CRJ 3323 Law of Economic Crime
      CRJ 3423 Applications of Investigative Technology
      CRJ 4323 Fraud Examination
      CRJ 4633 Constitutional Criminal Procedure
      CRJ 4643 Organized Crime
      CRJ 4653 White Collar Crime
      CRJ 4673 Special Topics in Economic Crime Investigation

    5. Forensic Science

      CRJ 3233 Introduction to Forensic Science
      CRJ 4123 Concepts of Investigation
      CRJ 4143 Legal Issues in Forensic Science
      CRJ 4633 Constitutional Criminal Procedure
      CRJ 4683 Special Topics in Forensic Science

  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. 15–26 semester credit hours of support work, depending upon the student’s concentration:

    Policing and Crime Prevention
    Corrections and Juvenile Justice
    Legal Issues and Adjudication

    15 semester credit hours of support, to include 6 hours of upper-division criminal justice courses not used to fulfill other degree requirements and 9 hours of upper-division coursework, chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor.

    Economic Crime Investigation

    22 semester credit hours of support work:

    ACC 2013 Principles of Accounting I
    ACC 2033 Principles of Accounting II
    ACC 3023 Intermediate Accounting I
    ACC 3033 Intermediate Accounting II
    FIN 3014 Principles of Business Finance
    IS 1403 Business Information Systems Fluency
    IS 3003 Principles of Information Systems for Management

    Forensic Science

    26 semester credit hours of support work:

    ANT 3513 The Human Skeleton
    ANT 3823 Applied Anthropology
    BIO 3513 Biochemistry
    BIO 3913 Molecular Biology
    CHE 1103 General Chemistry I
    CHE 1113 General Chemistry II
    CHE 1132 General Chemistry II Laboratory
    CHE 2604 Organic Chemistry I
    CHE 2612 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory

  5. 19–30 semester credit hours of electives, depending upon the student’s concentration:

    Policing and Crime Prevention
    Corrections and Juvenile Justice
    Legal Issues and Adjudication

    30 semester credit hours of electives

    Economic Crime Investigation

    24 semester credit hours of electives

    Forensic Science

    19 semester credit hours of electives

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