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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog Program: Criminal Justice, Continuing Studies, B.A.

Criminal Justice, Continuing Studies, B.A.

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A minimum of 120 credit hours is required for a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice.

Mount St. Mary’s criminal justice program provides a rigorous and liberal arts education to those seeking a professional career in the criminal justice field, including law enforcement, probation and parole, corrections and other relevant fields.

A key feature of the criminal justice program is its emphasis on the connections between theory and practice. There are three guiding principles: (1) there can be no criminal justice without a commitment to the principles and practices of social justice, (2) technical proficiency is crucial to a well-run system of justice, and (3) a liberal education leads to both a greater level of professionalism as well as to a full and meaningful personal life. As such, this program aims to educate the whole person.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Mount St. Mary’s develops criminal justice professionals who are able to:

  • understand the basic concepts and theories of the discipline (proficient)
  • examine their own motivation for wanting to work in the field (reflective)
  • demonstrate commitment to the diversity, dignity, equality and rights of the individual (ethical)
  • demonstrate leadership as active participants in the criminal justice field(leading)
  • respond to the demands of an increasingly diverse technological and global society (adaptive)

Core Requirements

40 Credits:
Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
GE 200 - Mount Seminar Credits: (3)
ENGL 101 - College Writing Credits: (3)
ARTS - - Art, Literature, Music, Theatre Credits: (3)
HIST - - History Credits: (3)
ARHI - - Arts, Humanities, History, Language Credits: (3)

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SSCI - - Social Science Credits: (3)

Choose one from the following:

—- EDUC 100 Foundations of American Education (4)  Required for Education Majors

—- ECON 101 Foundations of Economics: Macroeconomics (3) 

—- SOC 100 Foundations of Sociology (3) 

—- CJUST 110 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3) 

  • GNSCI 1XX - Laboratory Science Credits: (4)
  • MATH XXX Credits: (3)

    • Choose one from the following:
    —- MATH 105 Elementary Statistics (3)  
    —- MATH 108 - Concepts of Mathematics for Teachers I (3) Required for Education Majors
    —- MATH 109 Concepts of Mathematics for Teachers II (3)  Required for Education Majors
    —- MATH 211 Mathematical Thinking (3) 
    —- BUS 320 Statistics (3) 

    PHIL 200 - Introduction to Philosophy * Credits: (3)
    PHIL 301 - Moral Philosophy ** Credits: (3)
  • XXNW/XXGE XXX - Non-West/Global Encounters Credits: (3)
    • THEOL 212 - Belief in Today’s World Credits: (3)
    THEOL 312 - Encountering Christ *** Credits: (3)

    Note:

    *PHIL 103 (is offered by the Emmitsburg campus & may be taken in place of PHIL 200)

    **PHIL 300 (may be taken in place of PHIL 301)

    ***THEOL 212 replaces THEOL 200 and THEOL 312 replaces THEOL 202. (THEOL 220 & THEOL 320 are offered by the Emmitsburg campus & may be taken in place of THEOL 212 &THEOL 312).

    Major Requirements

    42 Credits:
    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    CJUST 110 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Credits: (3)
    CJUST 105 - Law Enforcement Credits: (3)
    CJUST 303 - Intelligence Analysis Credits: (3)
    CJUST 317 - Criminal Law Credits: (3)
    CJUST 318 - Criminology Credits: (3)
    CJUST 310 - Media Relations & Oral Communication Credits: (3)
    CJUST 315 - Ethics in Criminal Justice Credits: (3)
    CJUST 400 - Criminal Justice Research Methods Credits: (3)
    CJUST 410 - Data Analysis Credits: (3)
    SOC 307 - Social Inequality Credits: (3)

    Electives - Choose 4 of the following:

    CJUST 319 - Cyber Forensics Credits: (3)
    CJUST 320 - ST: Special Topics in Criminal Justice Credits: (3)
    CJUST 321 - Environmental Crime Credits: (3)
    CJUST 335 - Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice Credits: (3)
    CJUST 340 - Law Enforcement Management Credits: (3)
    CJUST 342 - Crime Analysis Credits: (3)
    CJUST 345 - Criminal Investigation Credits: (3)
    CJUST 352 - Forensics Credits: (3)
    CJUST 360 - Crime Gun Interdiction Credits: (3)
    CJUST 365 - Drugs and Crime Credits: (3)
    CJUST 370 - Organized Crime Credits: (3)
    CJUST 380 - White Collar Crime Credits: (3)
    CJUST 405 - Social Deviance Credits: (3)
    CJUST 415 - Probation and Parole Credits: (3)

    Electives

    38 Credits

    Notes

    Six 300-400 level required CJUST courses (18 credits) must be taken at Mount St. Mary’s. 

    Of the four Criminal Justice Electives, at least two of them must be at the 300-400 level, and all 300-400 level electives must be taken at the Mount.

    To earn a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, students must complete a minimum of 120 credits hours. Students must also earn a major GPA of 2.0, and a cumulative GPA of 2.0.

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