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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 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 in this catalog.

Core Curriculum Requirements	Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Rhetoric (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
Domain I: Mathematics and Science	*Mathematics* (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. *Science* (6 semester credit hours) Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.
Domain II: Society and Culture	*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 Studies* (6 semester credit hours) POL 1013 plus 3 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 *Economics* (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Domain III: Literature and the 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.
Domain IV: 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

A. 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

B. 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 3613 Legal Research and Writing
CRJ 3633 Trial and Evidence
CRJ 3413 Cybercrimes and the Law
CRJ 4253 Legal Advocacy
CRJ 4633 Constitutional Criminal Procedure
CRJ 4863 Special Topics in Legal Issues and Adjudication

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4. Economic Crime Investigation

CRJ 3323 Law of Economic Crime
CRJ 3423 Technology in Criminal Justice
CRJ 4323 Forensic Accounting
CRJ 4633 Constitutional Criminal Procedure
CRJ 4643 Organized Crime
CRJ 4653 White Collar Crime

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

C. 3 semester credit hours of CRJ 4933 Internship in Criminal Justice taken in consultation with the Department's internship coordinator. 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 justice-related agency. May be repeated for an additional 3 semester credit hours with a different internship work site.

D. 15-26 semester credit hours of support work depending upon the student's concentration:

1. Policing and Crime Prevention

15 semester credit hours of support work, 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.

2. Corrections and Juvenile Justice

3. Legal Issues and Adjudication

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4. Economic Crime Investigation

21 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 3013 Principles of Business Finance
IS 1403 Business Information Systems Fluency
IS 3003 Principles of Information Systems for Management

5. 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 1303 General Chemistry II
CHE 1312 General Chemistry II Laboratory
CHE 2204 Organic Chemistry I
CHE 2242 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory