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Requirements to Major in Criminal Justice

A. Collegium Requirements

  • CJ 4000 - Issues in Professional Practice: Criminal Justice 
  • KGA 1000 - Prejudice and Discrimination 

B. Criminal Justice Core Courses

  • CJ 1110 - Introduction to Criminal Justice 
  • CJ 1130 (SO 1130) - Criminology 
  • CJ 2320 (PA 2320) - Criminal Justice Ethics 
  • CJ 2410 - Alternative Dispute Resolution 
  • CJ 3010 - Corrections 
  • CJ 3140 - Criminal Law 
  • CJ 3210 - Contemporary Law Enforcement 
  • One of the following courses:
  • MT 2310 - Statistics 
  • SO 4220 (PS 4220) - Research Methods 

C. Criminal Justice Concentration
Students may complete either a general major in criminal justice or one of the concentrations (18-19 credits) listed below.

General Concentration
Students must complete the Collegium and Core program (30 credits) and six courses (18 credits) from the following list, three of which (9 credits) must be at the 3000-level or higher. 

  • CJ 2110 - Criminal Justice Administration 
  • CJ 3110 (PS/SO 3110) - Juvenile Delinquency
  • CJ 3120 (PS 3120) - Criminal Behavior and the Law 
  • CJ 3130 (PO 3130) - Judicial Processes: Courts, Law, Politics in the U.S. 
  • CJ 3310 - Comparative Criminal Justice 
  • CJ 3990 - Topics in Criminal Justice 
  • CJ 4110 (PS/SO 4110) - Aggression Prevention 
  • CJ 4910 - Internship (1 – 15 credits)
  • PO 4310 - Constitutional Law 
  • PS 2170 - Youth at Risk 
  • PS 3150 (SO 3150) - Deviance 
  • PS 3170 (CJ 3170) - Forensic Psychology 
  • SO 2040 - Social Problems 
  • SO 2110 - Social Action 
  • SO 3060 - Social Inequality 

Criminal Justice Administration Concentration

  • BU 2220 - Management Accounting (4 credits)
  • BU 2410 - Management Principles 
  • BU 2420 - Organizational Behavior
    or BU 3420 - Human Resource Management 
  • CJ 2110 - Criminal Justice Administration 
  • CJ 3990 - Topics in Criminal Justice
    or CJ 4910 - Internship (3 – 15 credits)
    (Internship must be at least 3 credits)
  • PO 3120 - Congress and the Legislative Process
    or PO 4310 - Constitutional Law 

Psychopathology Concentration

  • CJ 3990 - Topics in Criminal Justice
    or CJ 4910 - Internship (1 – 15 credits)
    (Internship must be 3 credits or more)
  • PS 1110 - Introduction to Psychology 
  • PS 2150 - Human Development II - Cross-Cultural Perspectives 
  • PS 3110 (CJ/SO 3110) - Juvenile Delinquency 
  • PS 3650 - Theories of Personality
    or PS 3660 - Social Identity Development 
  • PS 3210 - Abnormal Psychology 

 

Pre-Law Concentration

·         CO 3410 Freedom of Speech

·         PO 1110 U.S. Politics

·         PO 2110 State and Local Government and Politics

·         PO 3130 Judicial Processes- Courts, Law, and Politics in the United States

·         PO 4310 Constitutional Law

Social Work Concentration

·         One social work elective (3 credits)

·         SO 2040 Social Problems

·         SW 1110 Introduction to Social Work

·         SW 2110 Social Work Methods

·         SW 3750 Non-Profit Organizations

·         SW 3850 Social Welfare Policy

Requirements to Minor in Criminal Justice

·         Three CJ electives 2000+

·         CJ 1110 - Introduction to Criminal Justice

·         CJ 1130 (SO 1130) – Criminology

·         CJ 2320 (PA 2320) - Criminal Justice Ethics