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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Criminal Justice, B.A.


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More information about the Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Human Services 

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

Major Requirements


39 credits:

Core Requirements (46 to 49 credits)


The First Year Symposium (3 credits)


Complete the First Year Symposium

World Language Requirement (3-6 Credits)


Complete either 6 credits at the 101 and 102 level or 3 credits at the 200 level or above

  • Introductory Language (For students beginning at the 101 level)
    • XXXX 101 (3)
    • XXXX 102 (3)
  • Advanced Language (For students who begin at the 201 level or above)
    • XXXX 201/301 (or higher).

Foundations of Philosophy (3 Credits)


Origins of the West (3 Credits)


Philosophy in the Modern Age (3 Credits)


Atlantic Encounters (3 Credits)


Mathematical Thinking (3 Credits)


Foundations of Theology: Faith and Revelation (3 Credits)


America in the World (3 Credits)


Theology: Made in God’s Image (3 Credits)


Modernity in Literature or the Arts (3 Credits)


Choose from among one of the following:

Laboratory Science (3-4 Credits)


Choose one laboratory science course:

Global Encounters (3 Credits)


Choose one Global Encounters course:

  • XXGE Global Encounters
    • Global Encounters courses are offered in many departments, including Business, Communication, English, Education, Foreign Language, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and Theology.

Ethics and the Human Good (3 Credits)


Complete one of the following:

Ethical Leaders (0 Credits)


The Ethical Leadership Experiential Learning Core Requirement invites students to integrate their own personal call to leadership with a mature reflection on one or more of the core virtues of Justice, Courage, Integrity, and Humility.  Students will accomplish this by engaging in and reflecting upon the practice of virtue ethics within the context of one or more experiential learning activities.

Note


The Sociology, Criminal Justice and Human Services department offers a wide variety of unique and timely electives in areas that are popular with students.  To encourage students to explore widely, ANY elective slot in the major/minor tree requirements for SOC CJ HS can be filled with ANY elective in the department, regardless of which area category it falls into (such as SOC, CJ, or HS).  So for example, a SOC elective can count toward an elective slot for a CJ major.  However, please note that electives DO NOT double count within the majors/minors.  For example, the four elective slots required for a sociology major DO NOT count as they are filled up again in any of the elective slots for something else, like the Human Services minor, or in similar situations.  Individual questions about any elective courses that count in the department should be directed to the chair person.

In close consultation with a faculty advisor, criminal justice majors also are required to complete four additional and integrated elective courses (may be criminal justice and/or sociology) that are most appropriate to their needs. SOC 100 Foundations of Sociology (3)   is a prerequisite for all criminal justice programs.

 

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

Sample Four Year Sequence


Freshman Year

Fall Semester 

FSYM 101 The First Year Symposium (3)  

World Languages I (3)

SOC 100 Foundations of Sociology (3)  

CJUST XXX Criminal Justice Elective (3)

Elective (3)

15 credits 

Spring Semester

PHIL 103 Foundations of Philosophy (3)  

World Languages II (3)

WCIV 102 Origins of the West (3)  

CJUST 110 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3)  

Elective (3)

15 credits 

 

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

PHIL 203 Philosophy in the Modern Age (3)  

WCIV 201 Atlantic Encounters: 1450-1850 (3)  

MATH 211 Mathematical Thinking (3)   (either semester)

CJUST 318 Criminology (3)  0(fall only-can be taken Sophomore, Junior, or Senior year)

CJUST 115 Corrections (3)  

15 credits 

Spring Semester

THEOL 220 Foundations of Theology (3)  

AMER 202 America in the World (3)  

CJUST XXX Criminal Justice Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

15 credits 

 

Junior Year

Fall Semester

THEOL 320 Made In God’s Image (3)  

XXMO 300 Modernity in Lit./Art/Music/Theatre (3)

SOC 307 Social Inequality (3)   (fall only, recommended Junior year)

SOC 403 Methods of Social Research (3)  (fall only, can be taken Junior or Senior year)

GNSCI XXX Lab Science (4)

16 credits

Spring Semester

THEOL/PHIL 300 Ethics and The Human Good (3)

XXGE 3XX Global Encounters (3)

CJUST 317 Criminal Law (3)  (spring only, can be taken Sophomore, Junior, or Senior year)

SOC 404 Statistics 3-4  (spring only, can be taken Junior or Senior year)

Elective (3)

16 credits 

 

Senior Year

Fall Semester

CJUST XXX Criminal Justice Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

15 credits 

Spring Semester

SOC 498 Senior Seminar (3)  (spring only, can be taken in senior year)

CJUST XXX Criminal Justice Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

15 credits 

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