Criminal Justice
Associate Professor: John Penny, Ph.D.; Assistant Professors: Wesley T. Bishop, J.D.; Darren Gil, Ph.D.; Raymond Delaney, DM; Franklyn J. Scott, Ph.D.; Darryl Roberts, Ph.D.
The University offers a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. This section focuses on the undergraduate program. Information on the Graduate Program in Criminal Justice can be found in the Graduate Studies section of this Catalog.
The Bachelor of Science program is designed to provide students with a thorough knowledge of the nature and operation of the Criminal Justice System. It includes courses in the following core areas as well as specialized electives: criminal justice and juvenile justice processes (law, crime, and administration of justice); criminology (the causes of crime, typologies, offenders, and victims); law enforcement (police organization, discretion, subculture, and legal constraints), law adjudication (criminal law, criminal procedure, prosecution, defense, and court procedures and decision-making), and corrections (incarceration, community-based corrections, and treatment of offenders). The program introduces concepts related to legal, legislative, and social processes and how they influence the criminal justice system. The program further addresses current methods in criminal justice processes and analyzes their strengths and weaknesses.
The Criminal Justice Program seeks to educate students in the skills required for a successful professional career. These skills include: critical thinking, the ability to communicate thoughts effectively in oral and written form, research methods, statistical and data analysis, and computer technology. In addition, the program teaches students to use ethical behavior in applying the knowledge acquired to factual situations and problems.
Curriculum in Criminal Justice
Freshman Year
Required
Required
Sophomore Year
Required
Required
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| Foreign Language 102 | 3 |
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| Or | |
CISP-
| Elective | 3 |
| CRMJ-210N | The Adjudication Function | 3 |
| ENGL-260N | Profess. and Technical Writing | 3 |
| PSYC-210N | General Psychology | 3 |
| CRMJ-220N | Corrections Process | 3 |
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| Course in Minor Area | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Junior Year
Required
| COMM-210N | Fund of Public Speaking | 3 |
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| Philosophy Elective | 3 |
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| Literature/Humanities | 3 |
| CRMJ-310N | Criminal Just Research Meths | 3 |
| CRMJ-350N | Criminal Investigation | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Required
| CRMJ-320N | Police Process | 3 |
| CRMJ-330N | Juvenile Justice and Delinq | 3 |
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| General Elective | 3 |
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| Course in Minor Area | 3 |
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| Course in Minor Area | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Senior Year
Required
| CRMJ-410N | Criminal Law and Procedure | 3 |
| CRMJ-415N | Crime and Social Causation | 3 |
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| Criminal Justice Elective | 3 |
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| Course in Minor Area | 3 |
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| Course in Minor Area | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Required
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| Criminal Justice Elective | 3 |
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| General Elective | 3 |
| CRMJ-430N | Criminal Justice Practicum | 3 |
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| Course in Minor Area | 3 |
| CRMJ-492N | Senior Seminar in CJ | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13 |
Total Credit Hours: 120
Requirements
Criminal Justice Electives (1 Criminal Justice Course Elective)
Suggested General Electives: