Criminal Justice, BA

48 credit hours

Core Requirements

36 credit hours

All students seeking the Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice must successfully complete the following core courses:

CJ 11000Criminal Justice Systems

3

CJ 20000Criminology

3

CJ 30000Policing in America

3

CJ 30100Criminal Procedure

3

CJ 30500Corrections

3

CJ 31000Criminal Law

3

CJ 31100The Juvenile Justice System

3

CJ 31500Victimology

3

CJ 32000Race, Crime, and Punishment

3

CJ 33100Criminal Investigation

3

CJ 35500 Criminal Justice Ethics

3

CJ 44000 Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice

3

Elective Courses

12 credit hours

Students seeking the criminal justice degree without an emphasis area must complete the CJ core requirements and 12 credit hours of electives selected from the following:

ACCT 21010Principles of Financial Accounting

3

MGMT 26032Principles of Management

3

CJ 20500Criminal Justice Observation

1

CJ 22500Comparative Criminal Justice Systems

3

CJ 24000-24999Special Topics in Criminal Justice

1-3

CJ 32100White-Collar Crime

3

CJ 33800Criminal Minds

3

CJ 34000-34999Special Topics in Criminal Justice

3

CJ 35005Women, Crime, and the Law

3

CJ 45000Practicum

3-6

PSY 20800Child Psychology

3

PSY 30300Abnormal Psychology

3

SOC 22000Social Problems

3

SOC 31500Alcohol, Drugs, and Society

3

SOC 31800/ANT 31800Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: A Global Perspective

3

SOC 32200Social Deviance

3

SW 27000Human Behavior in the Social Environment I

3