Programs of Study
Criminal Justice
Faculty
Harry R. Dammer, Ph.D., Chair
Thomas E. Baker, M.S.
Joseph F. Cimini, J.D.
David O. Friedrichs, M.A.
Michael Jenkins, Ph.D. candidate
Meghan Ashlin Rich, Ph.D.
James C. Roberts, Ph.D.
Loreen Wolfer, Ph.D.
Overview
The Bachelor of Science degree program in Criminal Justice has the following objectives:
To prepare students for careers in law enforcement at the local, state or federal level.
To prepare students for careers in the field of correction and rehabilitation: parole, prisons, juvenile justice, etc.
To provide students with academic preparation for advanced study in law, criminology, public administration and related fields. The Criminal Justice major is administered by the Department of Sociology/Criminal Justice. An advisory board of community leaders working in the field of criminal justice has been established to work with University students, faculty and administrators.
Minor in Criminal Justice
The minor in Criminal Justice requires 18 credits. There are three required courses:
SOC 110: Introduction to Sociology, CJ 110: Introduction to Criminal Justice and S/CJ 213: Criminology. The following elective courses are strongly recommended by the department in the Criminal Justice sequence: S/CJ 212: Criminological Research, S/CJ 214: Juvenile Delinquency, S/CJ 210: Law and Society, and CJ 312: Criminal Law.
Criminal
Justice Curriculum |
| Dept. and
No. |
|
Descriptive Title of
Course |
Credits |
|
|
|
|
FIRST YEAR |
FALL |
SPRING |
| MAJOR |
 |
CJ 110 - S/CJ 213 |
|
Intro. to Criminal Justice–Criminology |
3 |
3 |
| COGNATE |
|
SOC 110 |
|
Intro to Sociology |
3 |
|
| GE C/IL |
|
C/IL 102 |
|
Computing & Information
Literacy |
|
3 |
| GE WRTG - SPCH |
|
WRTG 107 - COMM 100 |
|
Composition–Public Speaking |
3 |
3 |
| GE PHIL-T/RS |
|
PHIL 120 - T/RS 121 |
|
Intro. to Philosophy–Theology I |
3 |
3 |
| GE HUMN |
|
HUMN ELECT |
|
Humanities Electives |
3 |
3 |
| GE FSEM |
|
INTD 100 |
|
Freshman Seminar |
1 |
|
| GE PHED |
|
PHED ELECT |
|
Physical Education |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
16 |
|
|
|
|
SECOND YEAR |
|
|
| MAJOR |
|
S/CJ 219 |
|
American Policing |
3 |
|
| MAJOR |
|
S/CJ 218 - S/CJ 220 |
|
American Court System–Penology |
3 |
3 |
| COGNATE |
|
S/CJ 212 |
|
Criminological Research |
3 |
|
| GE QUAN |
|
S/CJ 215 |
|
Statistics for the Social
Sciences |
|
3 |
| GE S/BH |
|
PSYC 110 |
|
Fundamentals of
Psychology |
|
3 |
| GE HUMN |
|
HUMN ELECT |
|
Humanities Electives |
3 |
3 |
| GE PHIL-T/RS |
|
PHIL 210 - T/RS 122 |
|
Ethics–Theology II |
3 |
3 |
| GE PHED |
|
PHED ELECT |
|
Physical Education |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
16 |
|
|
|
|
THIRD YEAR |
|
|
| MAJOR |
|
S/CJ 210 |
|
Law & Society |
3 |
|
| MAJOR |
|
CJ ELECT |
|
Criminal Justice Electives |
3 |
6 |
| COGNATE |
|
SOC 224 |
|
Race and Ethnic Relations 1 |
3 |
|
| GE S/BH |
|
PS 131 |
|
American National
Government II |
|
3 |
| GE NSCI |
|
NSCI ELECT |
|
Natural Science Electives |
3 |
3 |
| GE ELECT |
|
FREE ELECT |
|
Free Electives |
6 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
18 |
|
|
|
|
FOURTH YEAR |
|
|
| MAJOR |
|
CJ ELECT |
|
Criminal Justice
Electives |
3 |
3 |
| MAJOR |
|
CJ CAPSTONE (300/400) |
|
Internships, Independent Study or course |
|
3 |
| GE PHIL-T/RS |
|
PHIL-T/RS ELECT |
|
Philosophy or T/RS Elective |
3 |
|
| GE ELECT |
|
FREE ELECT |
|
Free Elective |
9 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total:
130 Credits |
1 Or appropriate substitute as determined by advisor or chair.
2 Students in the five-year College of Arts and Sciences MBA program should take the series of 1-credit MBA prep courses here.
Students considering this CAS/MBA program must take MATH 108 and any prerequisites before the last semester of the senior year.
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