Criminal Justice, B.S.

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Students are required to achieve a grade of C or above in all criminal justice courses.

Credit Requirements*

General Education: 45 credits
Major Requirements: 45-60 credits
Free Electives: 15-30 credits
Total Credits to Graduate: 120 credits

* All undergraduate degree programs require a minimum of 120 credits. Some courses meet multiple requirements, but are only counted once toward the 120 credit total required to graduate.

(60 crs.)

Required Core (21 crs.)

Capstone Course (3 crs.)

CRJU 454 - Policy, Professionalism, and Ethics Credits: 3

Criminal Justice Electives (21 crs.)

Students must complete Prerequiste courses (CRJU 100 ,CRJU 241 ,CRJU 261 & CRJU 309 ) before taking CRJU Electives

Interdisciplinary Courses (15 crs.)

Students must complete five courses, 200-level or above, or those for another major/minor. Criminal Justice courses will not fulfill this requirement.

Free Electives (15 crs.)

Students must complete five courses, 100-level or above. Criminal Justice courses will not fulfill this requirement. NOTE: only three credits of performance credits can be utilized (e.g. marching band, choir, etc.)

General Education

General Education Requirements

General Education Program (45 crs.)

General Education Requirements Specific for this major

Diversity (D): SOCI 101
Citizenship (S): POLI 100
Natural World (N): PSYC 101

Advising Notes:

Criminal Justice majors are limited to 45 credits of CRJU courses.
CRJU courses cannot be used for Free Electives or for Interdisciplinary Courses.
A Criminal Justice minor is available - 18 cr
A certificate in Victimology and Victim Services is available - 12 cr