Criminal Justice B.A. (Professional Education)

  1. Understand theories of crime, criminal justice, and reentry, including traditional and contemporary approaches. 
  2. Use social science methods of data collection to investigate and document issues related to crime and victimization. 
  3. Understand ways in which race, ethnicity, class, and gender are related to outcomes within criminal justice systems.
  4. Contrast theoretical and empirical models of crime prevention and suppression with the criminal justice system’s role and function.
  5. Integrate a Christian worldview in understandings of crime, victimization, and justice.
General Educational Core Requirements 140
Major Core Requirements46
General Electives34
Total Units120
1

General education requirements not noted in major requirements below. 

Criminal Justice Major Requirements

Lower Division:
CRMJ-225Courts and Criminal Procedures3
SOC-265CIntroduction to Behavioral Statistics3
Upper Division:
CRMJ-306Justice & Law Enforcement3
CRMJ-309Race, Class, Gender and Crime3
CRMJ-311Criminological Theory3
CRMJ-490CFaith and Justice Capstone3
SOC-305Criminology/Criminal Justice System3
SOC-362Juvenile Delinquency & Justice3
SOC-369
369L
Research Design & Methods
and Research Design & Methods Lab
4
SOC-378Prisons and Jails3
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 Units46