Criminal Justice B.A. (Professional Education)
- Understand theories of crime, criminal justice, and reentry, including traditional and contemporary approaches.
- Use social science methods of data collection to investigate and document issues related to crime and victimization.
- Understand ways in which race, ethnicity, class, and gender are related to outcomes within criminal justice systems.
- Contrast theoretical and empirical models of crime prevention and suppression with the criminal justice system’s role and function.
- Integrate a Christian worldview in understandings of crime, victimization, and justice.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| General Educational Core Requirements 1 | 40 | |
| Major Core Requirements | 46 | |
| General Electives | 34 | |
| Total Units | 120 | |
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General education requirements not noted in major requirements below.
Criminal Justice Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Division: | ||
| CRMJ-225 | Courts and Criminal Procedures | 3 |
| SOC-265C | Introduction to Behavioral Statistics | 3 |
| Upper Division: | ||
| CRMJ-306 | Justice & Law Enforcement | 3 |
| CRMJ-309 | Race, Class, Gender and Crime | 3 |
| CRMJ-311 | Criminological Theory | 3 |
| CRMJ-490C | Faith and Justice Capstone | 3 |
| SOC-305 | Criminology/Criminal Justice System | 3 |
| SOC-362 | Juvenile Delinquency & Justice | 3 |
| SOC-369 & 369L | Research Design & Methods and Research Design & Methods Lab | 4 |
| SOC-378 | Prisons and Jails | 3 |
| Take 15 units from the following: | 15 | |
| Criminal Organizations | ||
| Terrorism and Homeland Security | ||
| Reentry | ||
| Community Impacts of Crime | ||
| Interview and Interrogation | ||
| Special Topic in Criminal Justice | ||
| Forensic Psychology | ||
| Deviant Behavior | ||
| Practicum | ||
| Human Trafficking | ||
| Total Units | 46 | |