Criminal Justice, B.A.

Criminal Justice Curriculum Outline

Bachelor of Arts Degree

General Education

Total Credit Hours:

46

Piedmont University Requirement (1 hour)

Criminal Justice Major

Total Credit Hours:

42-45

Required Courses

CRJU 1290	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
CRJU 2335	Criminal Investigation	3
CRJU 3330	Police and Society	3
CRJU 3390	Criminology	3
CRJU 4430	Homeland Security and Terrorism	3
FRSC 1101	Criminalistics	3
MATH 2100	Elementary Statistics	3
POSC 3370	Adjudication Processes	3
POSC 4415	Criminal Law and Procedure	3
SOSC 3398	Internship	1-6
SOSC 3310	Research Methods	3
SOSC 4480	Senior Seminar	3

Major Electives

Students must select six hours of coursework from the following courses or they may take the two courses in the Technology and Crime Concentration listed below:

CRJU 3380	Victimology	3
CRJU 3385	Punishment in the United States	3
CRJU 4475	Special Topics	3
PSYC 4415	Abnormal Psychology	3
SOCI 4410	Race and Ethnic Relations	3
SOSC 3398	Internship	1-6

Technology and Crime Concentration

ENVS 2200	Introduction to Geographical Information Systems	3
ENVS 3300	Geographical Information Systems Applications	3

General Electives

Total Credit Hours:

31

Total Credit Hours: 120

MATH 2100: This course also satisfies a general education requirement and appears in the number of hours for both general education and the major; in reality, criminal justice majors may have up to 31 additional hours to use for electives. Students may use elective hours to earn a minor or another major, as well as to develop additional marketable skills. The number of elective hours students may take will depend on the courses taken to satisfy general education requirements.