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:

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:

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.