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Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Criminal Justice

The minimum number of semester credit hours for the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree in Criminal Justice is 128.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences 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 under the appropriate sections in the list of core courses 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) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses 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.
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. 36 semester credit hours in an organized technical program completed at a two-year college

B. 42 semester credit hours of Core Curriculum courses (see table above)

C. 9 semester credit hours of criminal justice courses (For students whose associate degree is not in Criminal Justice. Students whose associate degree is in Criminal Justice should go to Item D.)

6 semester credit hours:

CRJ 1113 The American Criminal Justice System
CRJ 2153 Nature of Crime and Justice

3 semester credit hours from the following:

CRJ 2213 Introduction to Policing
CRJ 2513 Corrections: Theory and Practice
CRJ 2813 Introduction to Courts and the Legal System

D. 9 semester credit hours:

CRJ 3013 Design and Analysis in Criminal Justice
CRJ 3213 Managing Criminal Justice Organizations
CRJ 3313 Critical Thinking Applications to Criminal Justice

E. 15 semester credit hours of upper-division criminal justice electives, chosen from the following:

CRJ 3323 Law of Economic Crime
CRJ 3233 Introduction to Forensic Science
CRJ 3413 Cybercrimes and the Law
CRJ 3423 Technology in Criminal Justice
CRJ 3533 Probation, Parole, and Intermediate Sanctions
CRJ 3563 Juvenile Justice
CRJ 3573 Restorative Justice
CRJ 3613 Legal Research and Writing
CRJ 3623 Substantive Criminal Law
CRJ 3633 Trial and Evidence
CRJ 3713 Ethics in Criminal Justice Practice
CRJ 4113 Intimate and Family Violence
CRJ 4123 Concepts of Investigation
CRJ 4143 Legal Issues in Forensic Science
CRJ 4253 Legal Advocacy
CRJ 4303 Victims and the Justice System
CRJ 4313 Minorities and Women in the Criminal Justice System
CRJ 4323 Forensic Accounting
CRJ 4413 Contemporary Police Practices
CRJ 4453 Drugs, Drug Laws, and Crime
CRJ 4613 Supervising the Correctional Client
CRJ 4633 Constitutional Criminal Procedure
CRJ 4643 Organized Crime
CRJ 4653 White Collar Crime
CRJ 4663 Special Topics in Corrections and Juvenile Justice
CRJ 4723 The Media and Criminal Justice
CRJ 4743 Crime in Fiction
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 4933 Internship in Criminal Justice
CRJ 4953 Special Studies in Criminal Justice