Degree Requirements

The criminal justice major is comprised of 39 hours of course work. The major requires students to complete 27 hours of core courses plus 12 hours of electives. A 120 hour practicum is required of students as part of the core. The faculty practicum advisor and the student determine the selection of the practicum site.

Criminal justice majors must also complete an 18 hour minor in another social behavioral science or other discipline approved by their faculty advisor.

Core Courses :

•  Introduction to Criminal Justice

•  Crime and Society

•  Police and Society

•  Corrections

•  Sociological Statistics

•  Quantitative Sociological Research Methods

•  Theories in Criminal Justice

•  Practicum in Criminal Justice

•  One of these courses: Criminal Law or Criminal Procedure

•  12 hours of Additional Criminal Justice Course Work

•  Total: 39 hours

Examples of Electives

•  Criminal Investigation

•  Juvenile Delinquency

•  Juvenile Justice

•  Probation and Parole

•  Comparative Criminal Justice

•  Criminal Justice Administration

•  Professional Ethics

•  Law and Society

•  Crime and Deviance