Criminal Justice (BA)

Bachelor of Arts Degree

General Education

Category I: The Individual (9 to 10 hours)
IA: Rhetoric	ENGL 1101							Rhetoric and Composition	3
IB: Mathematical Reasoning	MATH 1300							Elementary Statistics	3
IC: Critical Thinking								Choose course from approved list	3
ID: Scientific Method								Choose course from approved list	0 to 1
Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)
IIA: Freshman Composition	ENGL 1102							Literature and Composition	3
IIB: Speaking								Choose course from approved list	3
IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences								Choose course from approved list	3
IID: Humanities								Choose course from approved list	3
IIE: Government								Choose course from approved list	3
Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)
IIIA: Modern Language								Choose sequence from approved list	6
IIIB: History of Other Cultures								Choose course from approved list	3
IIIC: Fine Arts								Choose course from approved list	3
Category IV: The Natural World (6 to 9 hours)
IVA: Natural Science								Choose course from approved list	6 to 9
Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)
VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics								Choose course from approved list	3
Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)
VIA: First-Year Experience	PDMT 1101							Introduction to University Life and the Liberal Arts Tradition	1

Total Credit Hours:

46-50

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Criminal Justice Major

CRJU 1290	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
CRJU 2335	Criminal Investigation	3
CRJU 3331	Juvenile Justice	3
CRJU 3390	Criminology	3
CRJU 3500	Race and Policing in America	3
CRJU 4430	Homeland Security and Terrorism	3
FRSC 1101	Criminalistics	3
POSC 3370	Adjudication Processes	3
POSC 4415	Criminal Law and Procedure	3
SOSC 3310	Research Methods	3
SOSC 3398	Internship	1-6
SOSC 4480	Senior Seminar	3
Total Credit Hours:		34-39

Criminal Justice Electives

Students may take CRJU 1300 (Introduction to Cyber Investigations) and CRJU 3200 (Cyber Investigation) as electives, or they may choose six hours of electives from the following courses:

CRJU 3330	Police and Society	3
CRJU 3380	Victimology	3
CRJU 3385	Punishment in the United States	3
CRJU 4000	Women and Crime	3
CRJU 4100	Serial Killers	3
CRJU 4475	Special Topics	3
POSC 4500	Constitutional Law	3
PSYC 4415	Abnormal Psychology	3
SOSC 3398	Internship	1-6
Total Credit Hours:		6

General Electives

 

	General Electives	26-35
Total Credit Hours:		26-35

Total Credit Hours: 121