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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Criminal Justice Online, B.S.
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Criminal Justice examines the structure, functions, and decision-making processes of agencies that deal with crime and criminal offenders. Faculty in this program provide expertise in law enforcement, investigations, corrections, criminal law and theory. Students with a B.S. degree in criminal justice qualify for employment in city, county, state and federal criminal justice agencies, and in the private industrial security field. A number of graduates continue their education in graduate programs in criminal justice, criminology or law.
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Core Curriculum (24-33 Credit Hours)
Major Courses (36 Credit Hours)
Criminal Justice Elective Credits (18 Credit Hours)
Students will be required to take 18 hours of Criminal Justice electives.
A Criminal Justice elective is any Criminal Justice course not listed as required for the major. Must include a minimum of 12 hours of 3300- 4400 level courses.
Social and Behavioral Sciences Credits (15 Credit Hours)
Students must choose 15 elective hours from 2200-4400 courses in Community Health Promotion, Geography, History, National Security and Intelligence, Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology, or Sociology. Courses must be chosen from at least three disciplines. It is highly recommended that students interested in pursuing a criminal justice master’s degree include PSYC 2240 /SOCY 2240 .
Free Electives (18-27 Credit Hours)
Students will be able to select between 18 and 27 free elective hours. The exact number of required free elective hours will depend on the courses students took to fulfill the core curriculum requirements.
Degree Total: 120 Credit Hours
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