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2016-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

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2016-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Criminal Justice, B.A.

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Successful completion of the Criminal Justice program requires a criminal background check prior to an internship placement. The presence of any criminal conviction on a student’s record may affect his/her eligibility for participating in the internship, completing the degree and/or securing a job in the field.

Lower Division Requirements:

CJ 1000 - Introduction to Criminal Justice (3)
CJ 2000 - Criminology (3)
CJ 2100 - Juvenile Delinquency and Justice (3)
CJ 2500 - The Courts and Criminal Procedure (3)
PA 2000 - Legal Theory and Practice (3)
PY 2100 - Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (3)

Total lower division credit hours: 18

Upper Division Requirements:

CJ 3000 - Law Enforcement and Policing (3)
CJ 3100 - Corrections (3)
CJ 3500 - Criminal Law (3)
CJ 3700 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice (3)
CJ 4940 - Criminal Justice Capstone (2)
CJ 4970 - Criminal Justice Internship (2)

Ethics Focus:

(completion of one the following two courses):

PA 3400 - Ethics and Professionalism (3)
PL 4500 - Ethical Problems (3)

Completion of two of the courses listed below:

CJ 3600-3699 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice (3)
CJ 3601 - Sex Crimes: Theory, Practice and Policy (3)
EC 3750 - Law and Economics (3)
LS 3000 - Leadership Theory and Practice (3)
LS 4600 - Conflict Resolution (3)
PS 3130 - American State and Local Politics (AP) (3)
PS 3600 - Principles of Public Administration (PA) (3)
PS 3710 - Legal Process and Systems (CL) (3)
PS 3715 - Law and Popular Culture (CL) (3)
PS 3720 - The Supreme Court (CL) (3)
PS 3725 - The Supreme Court and Race (CL) (3)
PS 3750 - Civil Rights (CL) (3)
PY 3810 - Psychology and Law (3)
PY 4510 - Psychopathy (3)

Total upper division credit hours: 25

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