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1. Bachelor's Degree Regulations
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- Criminal Justice
- Public Administration
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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 enable them to become fundamentally aware 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 in the same manner as
other students. 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 9-13 of this catalog.
Degree Requirements
A. 30 semester credit hours of criminal justice coursework:
1. 18 semester credit hours:
CRJ 1113 The American Criminal Justice
System
CRJ 2153 Nature of Crime and Justice
CRJ 3013 Research Methods in Criminal
Justice
CRJ 3213 Managing Criminal Justice
Organizations
CRJ 3313 Critical Thinking Applications
to Criminal Justice
CRJ 3623 Substantive Criminal Law
2. 9 semester credit hours from one of the following areas of emphasis:
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
Corrections and Juvenile Justice
CRJ 2513 Corrections: Theory and Practice
CRJ 3533 Probation, Parole, and Intermediate
Sanctions
CRJ 3563 Juvenile Justice
CRJ 4613 Supervising the Correctional
Client
CRJ 4663 Special Topics in Corrections
and Juvenile Justice
Courts and Adjudication
CRJ 2813 Introduction to Courts and
the Legal System
CRJ 3613 Legal Research and Writing
CRJ 3633 Trial and Evidence
CRJ 4633 Criminal Procedure
CRJ 4863 Special Topics in Courts
and Adjudication
3. 3 semester credit hours of CRJ 4933
Internship in Criminal Justice taken in consultation with the student's
faculty advisor. Three 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 at least one year in duration in a
criminal justice agency. May be repeated for an additional 3 semester
credit hours with a different internship work site.
B. 15 semester credit hours of upper-division support work chosen in consultation
with the student's advisor
C. 33 semester credit hours of electives
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