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2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Criminal Justice, BS


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Degree Awarded:         Total Credit Hours:
Bachelor of Science        120
Career Opportunities:
Corrections, counseling, juvenile justice, probation and parole, victim advocacy, court reporting, forensics, internet security
Note(s):
• In order to meet University graduation requirements, each student must complete a minimum of 45 credit hours at the 300/400-level.

Modern Language (3 credit hours)


Choose from American Sign Language (ASL), Arabic (ARAB), French (FREN), German (GERM) or Spanish (SPAN) in consultation with academic advisor. All MODL course requirements must be completed in a single language.

  • MODL 101 - Elective Credit Hours: 3

Communication (3 credit hours)


Choose from:

Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credit hours)


Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of Social/Behavioral Science courses.

Sophomore Year (30 credit hours)


Modern Language (6 credit hours)


Choose from American Sign Language (ASL),1 Arabic (ARAB), French (FREN), German (GERM) or Spanish (SPAN) in consultation with academic advisor. All MODL course requirements must be completed in a single language.

  • MODL 102 - Elective Credit Hours: 3
  • MODL 201 - Elective Credit Hours: 3

Natural Sciences (6 credit hours)


Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of Natural Science courses.

Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credit hours)


Choose a 200-level or above course from the General Education Curriculum  list of Social/Behavioral Science courses.

History (3 credit hours)


Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of History courses.

Junior Year (30 credit hours)


Criminal Justice (6 credit hours)


Choose from 300/400 level Criminal Justice electives.

History (3 credit hours)


Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of History courses.

Fine Arts (3 credit hours)


Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of Fine Arts courses.

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)


Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of Natural Science courses.

Minor (9 credit hours)


Advisor approved electives; some of these must be used to complete an eighteen hour minor in an appropriate area. Six credit hours in the minor field must be at the 300-400 level. (See the College of Liberal Arts , Specific Degree Requirements for information regarding minors)

Senior Year (30 credit hours)


Criminal Justice (6 credit hours)


Choose from 400-level Criminal Justice electives.

Minor (9 credit hours)


Advisor approved electives; some of these must be used to complete an eighteen hour minor in an appropriate area. Six credit hours in the minor field must be at the 300/400-level. (See the College of Liberal Arts , Specific Degree Requirements for information regarding minors)

AHBS (3 credit hours)


Choose elective outside of major area from arts, behavioral sciences, communication, humanities.

Additional Elective (3 credits)


Choose in consultation with academic advisor.

General Education Curriculum


English
(6 cr)
Mathematics

(6 cr)
Natural Sciences
(9 cr)
Social/Behavioral Sci

(6 cr)
ENGL 101 
ENGL 102  
STAT 214 
and
Choose 3 cr from the list below
Choose from the
Gen Ed Course List  
Choose from the
Gen Ed Course List  
History
(3 cr)
Fine Arts
(3 cr)
Communication
(3 cr)
Literature
(3 cr)
Choose from the
Gen Ed Course List  
Choose from the
Gen Ed Course List  
CMCN 100 , CMCN 310 , ENGL 365 , or THEA 261   ENGL 201 , ENGL 202 , ENGL 205 , ENGL 206 , ENGL 210 , ENGL 211 , ENGL 212 , ENGL 215 , or ENGL 216  
 
Mathematics: MATH 102 , MATH 103 , or MATH 105  

 

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