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The undergraduate program in Criminal Justice is designed to provide students with an understanding of the criminal justice process, its agencies, personnel, and historical foundations. Criminal Justice is an interdisciplinary study of crime in society-sociology, criminology, and law serve as a foundation for the program. As a specific discipline, Criminal Justice emphasizes studies to provide students with a succinct understanding of the key components of policing, corrections, juvenile justice, and the various judicial systems in the United States. In addition to the Social Sciences Core and CJ 499, students seeking a degree in Criminal Justice are encouraged to take 12 credit hours of Spanish.
To obtain a major in Criminal Justice, students complete the following six (18 cr) courses.
Students also complete an additional 18 credit hours of course work from within the Social Sciences Division. Nine of these credit hours are in Criminal Justice.
| Course Number |
Name | Credits |
| CJ 100 | Introduction to Criminal and Legal Justice | (3cr) |
| CJ 215 | Introduction to Criminology | (3cr) |
| CJ 300 | Criminal Law | (3cr) |
| CJ 380 | Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice | (3cr) |
| CJ 480 | Research Methods in Criminal Justice | (3cr) |
| CJ 499 | Final Project/Capstone Course | (3cr) |