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Criminal Justice
Bachelor of Arts
Major Code: 59
Major–Minor
39 Semester Hours
Required Courses
27 semester hours
- CJ 2533 Introduction to Criminal Justice
- CJ 3113 Introduction to Policing in the U.S
(Prq. CJ 2533, SOC 4333)(3hrs.) - CJ 3123 Introduction to Law & the Legal System
(Prq. CJ 2533, SOC 4333)(3hrs.) - CJ 3133 Introduction to U.S. Corrections
(Prq. CJ 2533, SOC 4333)(3hrs.) - CJ 4333 Capstone in Criminal Justice
(Prq. CJ 2533, SOC 4333, CJ 3113),(3hrs.)
(CJ 3123, CJ 3133, SOC 3523, SOC 3003)
(SOC 3123 & 9 elective hours)
(Prq. CJ 2533, SOC 4333) - SOC 3523 Juvenile Delinquency
(Prq. SOC 1113, CJ 2533, SOC 4333)(3hrs.) - SOC 3003 Introduction to Social Research
(Prq. SOC 1113, CJ 2533, SOC 4333)(3hrs.) - SOC 3123 Methods of Social Research
(Prq. SOC 1113, CJ 2533, SOC 4333)(3hrs.) - SOC 4333 Criminology
(Prq. SOC 1113, CJ 2533)(3hrs.)
Electives
12 semester hours selected from the following courses
(6 hrs. from:)
- CJ 3333 Administration of Criminal Justice
- CJ 3323 Criminal Investigations & Forensics
- CJ 3343 Victimology
- CJ 3433 Criminal Law and Procedures
- CJ 4253 Contemporary Issues in Policing
- CJ 4283 Correctional Law
- CJ 4403 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
- CJ 4543 Advanced Criminological Theory
- POSC 3513 U.S. Constitutional Law
- SOC 2213 Social Problems
- SOC 3623 Race, Gender, and Ethnic Relations
- SFTY 3133 Drugs and Society
- CJ 4970 Special topics
(3 hrs. from:)
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Note: The major–minor program is just one component of a baccalaureate degree.