Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018

Criminal Justice, B.A.

Criminal Justice Curriculum Outline

Bachelor of Arts Degree

General Education

Total Credit Hours:46

Piedmont College Requirement

PDMT 1101Intro to College Life and Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:1

Students who have not completed a minimum of 24 semester credit hours of college-level coursework upon admission to Piedmont College must meet this college requirement.

Criminal Justice Major

Total Credit Hours:45

Required Courses

CRJU 1290Introduction to Criminal Justice

3

CRJU 2335Criminal Investigation

3

CRJU 3330Police and Society

3

CRJU 3331Juvenile Justice

3

CRJU 3390Criminology

3

CRJU 4430Homeland Security and Terrorism

3

FRSC 1101Criminalistics

3

MATH 2100Elementary Statistics

3

POSC 3370Adjudication Processes

3

POSC 4415Criminal Law and Procedure

3

SOSC 3398Internship

1-6

SOSC 3310Research Methods

3

SOSC 4480Senior 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 3380Victimology

3

CRJU 3385Punishment in the United States

3

CRJU 4475Special Topics

3

PSYC 4415Abnormal Psychology

3

SOCI 4410Race and Ethnic Relations

3

SOSC 3398Internship

1-6

Technology and Crime Concentration
ENVS 2200Introduction to Geographical Information Systems

3

ENVS 3300Geographical 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.