Undergraduate Program
General
Information
Advising Handbook
Bachelor
of Arts
Recommended minors for Criminal Justice majors
Criminal
Justice Minor
Internship
Programs
Criminal Justice Learning Community
Justice Studies Abroad
Criminal Justice Honors Program
General Program Information
Undergraduate students pursuing the academic study
of the criminal justice system, a career in the criminal
justice field, or preparation for graduate study may
select the criminal justice curriculum leading to a
Bachelor of Arts degree. Transfer students must complete
31 hours of criminal justice coursework unless they
have completed the equivalent of CJUS
1100, CJUS 2000,
CJUS 2154, CJUS
2102, or CJUS 2120
at another institution. In this case, these classes
are waived. The Department also offers a minor. Students
may enroll in the B.A. program on either a full-time
or part-time basis. Evening classes are scheduled to
accommodate part-time students.
Transfer students who have an A.A.S. degree in a criminal
justice related discipline, may be awarded a maximum
of 15 semester hours of credit for criminal justice
coursework completed with a grade of C or better.
The Department also offers a Master of Science degree
program in Criminal Justice.
Bachelor of Arts
A major in criminal justice requires 31 semester
hours of criminal justice courses and a minor. Other required courses are
• STAT 1222 Elementary Statistics for SOCIAL
SCIENCES
•FOREIGN LANGUAGE Intermediate level with emphasis
in “conversational” knowledge
Core Coursework
• CJUS
1100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice. (Grade
of C or better).
• CJUS 3100
- Criminal Justice Theory (Grade of C or better)
• CJUS 3101
- Research Methods in Criminal Justice (Grade of
C or Better)
One course from each
of the following areas:
Law Enforcement Area
• CJUS
2000 - Introduction to Law Enforcement
• CJUS 3141
- Law Enforcement Behavioral Systems
• CJUS 3200
- Security & Loss Prevention
Corrections Area
• CJUS
2154 - Introduction to Corrections
• CJUS 3150
- Community Corrections
• CJUS 3151
- Institutional Corrections
• CJUS 3153
- Juvenile Corrections
Legal Area
• CJUS 3102
- American Criminal Courts
• CJUS 3110
- Criminal Justice and the Law
• CJUS 3111
- Criminal Procedure
• CJUS 3121
- Juvenile Law
• CJUS 3152
- Correctional Law
Plus 12 credit hours of Elective courses
in criminal justice.
A minimum of a 2.0 in all criminal
justice coursework and at least a C
in CJUS 1100, 3100,
and 3101 are required.
Criminal Justice
Minor
A minor in criminal justice is available to all undergraduates
except criminal justice majors and requires 18 approved
semester hours including: CJUS
1100, and 3100,
and 12 semester hours of upper-division (3000+) criminal
justice electives. A grade point average of at least
a 2.0 is required including at least a grade of C in
CJUS 1100 and 3100.
Minor Requirements Sheet -
Refer to the advising handbook for more information.
Internship Programs
While not required, students are encouraged to participate
in INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS
available through the department. Internships provide
opportunities to combine theory and practice in a realistic
setting, and to make more judicious career decisions. Students can receive 3 or 6 hrs. of CJ elective hours. Requires 2.25 GPA, CJ Major/Minor, completed Theory.
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