Criminal Justice
Chairpersons
Margot Kempers
Coordinator
Richard Wiebe
Associate Professor
Deon Brock
Richard Wiebe
Assistant Professor
Randall Grometstein
Elizabeth Walsh
Objectives for the Major in Criminal Justice
The Criminal Justice Major provides students with courses which lead to a Bachelor of Science Degree and provides a foundation for employment in the Criminal Justice field and graduate work.
Requirements for the LAS Criminal Justice Major
As part of their Liberal Arts and Sciences requirements, all students in the Criminal Justice Major must complete:
POLS 1000 United State Government or
POLS 1100 Introduction to Political Science
PSY 1100 General Psychology
PSY 2350 Abnormal Psychology
MATH 1700 Applied Statistics
SOC 1100 Introduction to Sociology
CJ 3130 Criminal Justice Research Methods
Core Requirements (27 credits)
CJ 2000 Introduction to Criminal Justice*
CJ 2050 Principles and Practice of
Law Enforcement
CJ 2650 Correctional Theory and Practice
CJ 2651 Ethics in Criminal Justice
POLS 2270 Introduction to Legal Process
SOC 2750 Criminology
CJ 3140 Criminal Justice Data Analysis
Elective Courses (18 credits)
In conjunction with the Criminal Justice Core, each student will select 18 hours of criminal justice electives to complete the 45 semester hours required in the Criminal Justice Major. From the list below, each student, in consultation with their advisor, should select a minimum of six courses.
Criminal Justice
CJ 2100 Introduction to Courts
CJ 2450 Women in Criminal Justice
CJ 2500 Correctional Law
CJ 2550 Criminal Law
CJ 2560 Race, Crime and the Law
CJ 2600 Juvenile Justice
CJ 3000 Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crime
CJ 3050 International Terrorism
CJ 3100 Organized Crime and Youth Gangs
CJ 3200 White Collar and Corporate Crime
CJ 3300 Community Based Corrections
CJ 3525 Comparative Justice Systems
CJ 4970
or 4990 Internship in Criminal Justice
Human Services
HMSV 2400 Crisis Intervention
HMSV 3500 Child Abuse and Neglect
Political Science
POLS 2550 Sex, Race, and the Constitution
POLS 2700 Criminal Procedure: The Rights of the Accused
POLS 3500 Constitutional Law
Sociology
SOC 2760 Juvenile Delinquency
SOC 3500 Law and Society
Selected topics courses in these disciplines may be allowable with the permission of your advisor. Criminal Justice electives from other colleges may be accepted as electives if approved by the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee.
* This course is a prerequisite to all classes.
Free Electives (to bring to a total of 120 credits for graduation)
It is the student's responsibility to fulfill accurately and completely all Liberal Arts and Sciences and departmental requirements for the degree.
Requirements for the Minor in Criminal Justice
An interdisciplinary minor in Criminal Justice is offered by the Departments of Behavioral Sciences and Social Sciences. Students will complete the Criminal Justice Minor as they fulfill the responsibilities of an academic major. There are nine semester hours of required courses and nine semester hours of electives. Students are reminded that they may use no more than two of their major courses toward the minor.
Note: Both POLS 2270 and SOC 3500 may be taken, in which case one counts as Required and the other as Elective.
Required Courses (nine semester hours)
CJ 2000 Introduction to Criminal Justice
SOC 2750 Criminology and
POLS 2270 Introduction to the Legal Process or
SOC 3500 Law and Society
Note: If both POLS 2270 and SOC 3500 are taken, one counts as Required and the other as Elective.
Electives (9 semester hours)
CJ 2100 Introduction to Courts
CJ 2450 Women in Criminal Justice
CJ 2500 Correctional Law
CJ 2550 Criminal Law
CJ 2560 Race, Crime and the Law
CJ 2600 Juvenile Justice
CJ 3000 Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crime
CJ 3050 International Terrorism
CJ 3100 Organized Crime and Youth Gangs
CJ 3200 White Collar and Corporate Crime
CJ 3300 Community Based Corrections
CJ 3525 Comparative Justice Systems
HMSV 2400 Crisis Intervention
HMSV 3500 Child Abuse and Neglect
POLS 2270 Introduction to the Legal Process
POLS 2550 Sex, Race, and Constitution
POLS 2700 Criminal Procedure: The Rights of the Accused
POLS 3500 Constitutional Law
SOC 2760 Juvenile Delinquency
SOC 3500 Law and Society
Course descriptions can be found listed within the following disciplines: Human Services, Political Science, and Sociology. Please refer to the course description section for more information.
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