Curriculum

BA in Criminal Justice

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First Year

Fall Semester		Credits	Spring Semester		Credits
#CJ101	Introduction to CJ	3	#CJ102	Substantive Criminal Law	3
EN101	Comp. & Lit. I	3	EN102	Comp. & Lit. II	3
	*Foreign Language (or Lab Science & Sociology)	6-7		*Foreign Language (or Lab Science & Psychology)	6-7
				Math Elective (excludes MA103)	3
Total credits		12-13			15-16

Second Year

Fall Semester		Credits	Spring Semester		Credits
CJ209	Methods Soc. Sci. Research	3	#CJ202	Criminology	3
EN201	World Literature I	3	EN202	World Literature II	3
	*Lab Science & Sociolgy (** or Foreign Language)	6-7		*Lab Science & Psychology (** or Foreign Language)	6-7
MA232	Statistics (section CJ majors)	3		Political Science Elective	3
	Total credits	15-16		Total credits	15-16

Third Year

Fall Semester		Credits	Spring Semester		Credits
#CJ308	The Police	3	#CJ310	The Courts	3
#CJ301	Criminal Procedures	3	#CJ312	Corrections	3
	History Elective(preferable HI222)	3	#IS300	Management Information Systems	3
PH324	Criminal Justice Ethics	3		Humanities Elective	3
SO214	Race and Ethics Minorities	3		Free Elective	3
Total credits		15			15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester		Credits	Spring Semester		Credits
	#CJ Elective	3	#CJ410	Senior Seminar in CJ	3
PO321	US Con. Law (or free elect)	3	***PO324	Civ. Lib. (or free elect.)	3
	Humanities Elective(lit course)	3		#CJ Elective	3
	Humanities Elective	3		Free Elective	3
	Free Elective	3		Free Elective	3
Total credits		15			15

 

*Preference for SO201 Introduction to Sociology or SO202 Problems of Modern Society; excludes
SO214 Radical and Ethics relations
**If not taken freshman year.
***PO324 should be taken in spring only if PO321 was not taken in fall.
#Grade of “C” or higher required in these courses (CJ electives).
NOTE:In addition to the above, members of the Corps or Cadets are required to complete on ROTC course each semester through the third year.