Criminal Justice

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The Department of Criminal Justice offers an Associate of Science (A.S.) degree with a pathway in Behavioral Sciences and courses related to Criminal Justice, and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Criminal Justice. Students may choose a concentration within the BS Criminal Justice degree to narrow their focus.

The Criminal Justice Department offers a broad-based, social science curriculum reflecting the academic emphasis of the discipline and focusing on the complexities of human behavior. The program seeks to develop leaders in the field who are able to integrate and augment the knowledge of the discipline.

Students in the Associate of Science program are provided a strong foundational knowledge of the criminal justice system. Those pursuing the Bachelor of Science degree are also provided a foundational exposure to all important aspects of the discipline prior to selecting major elective courses that allow them to specialize in a specific field in the criminal justice discipline. Courses include in-depth investigations in policing, courts, corrections, or forensics. All students seeking a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice participate in a mandatory internship experience.

No grade below “C” will be acceptable in any Criminal Justice course or any course in the major area for Criminal Justice.

Programs

• Criminal Justice (B.S.)
• Criminal Justice with Forensics Concentration (B.S.)
• Criminal Justice with P.O.S.T. Certification and Forensics Concentration (B.S.)
• Criminal Justice with P.O.S.T. Certification Concentration (B.S.)

• Criminal Justice Minor
• Criminal Justice Minor Forensics Concentration
• Intelligence Minor

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