Criminal Justice Undergraduate Curriculum

Criminal Justice Curriculum

Degree Requirements include 30 hours of core courses, and 18 hours of criminal justice electives.

Graduates of the Criminal Justice program will:

• Identify and apply the major theoretical perspectives in criminology and criminal justice and apply the social and policy implications of these approaches.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the components and functions of the criminal justice system (police, courts, and corrections).
• Apply knowledge of the operation of the criminal justice system to practical problems in the field and understand the role of ethical decision making in the process.
• Demonstrate the ability to identify, analyze, and interpret data on and related to crime.
• Illustrate how gender, race, ethnicity, age, social class, and sexual orientation function at both the macro and micro level in the criminal justice system.
• Students will experience a curriculum that requires them to think about issues of race, class, gender, sexual orientation and ethnicity.
• For more information, check the course catalog and ClearPath

Criminal Justice Minor

Criminal Justice is an excellent minor for a variety of majors on campus including Communications, Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, and Social Work. 

Requirements

• CRMJ 1100 (Introduction to Criminal Justice)
• CRMJ 2100 (Criminology)
• 12 hours of criminal justice electives (with at least 9 hours at the 3000/4000 level -- excluding 4780/4790, 4105, 4110, 4850, 4950, 4970, 4980)
• It also requires a minimum 2.0 average in the minor.