Criminal Justice Degree CRJS

ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND ACADEMIC PROGRESS

Only courses passed with grades of “C” or higher may be applied to the forty-two (42) semester hours constituting the Major Requirements for Criminal Justice.

 CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEGREE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Core Curriculum....................................................................................................42 SCH

College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology Language Requirements..................6 SCH

Foreign Language Electives (one language; one sequence). Criminal Justice

majors must complete 6 semester hours of one language to satisfy the

foreign language requirement.

Support Area Requirements................................................................................. 3 SCH

Statistics I

Major Requirements for Criminal Justice............................................................42 SCH

CRJS 1133, 2413, 2513, 2613, 2713, 3623, 3823, 4923, 4983 and 15 hours of

criminal justice electives

Minor Requirements for Criminal Justice Majors .............................................. 24 SCH

Twenty-four semester credit hours are required, even when the minor selected

requires less. The difference will be made up with unrestricted electives.

For minors that require more than 24 credit hours, the student is responsible

for ensuring that all of the requirements are met. Students are advised to select

minors in fields that are supportive of the criminal justice profession such as

business, economics, sociology, political science or foreign language.

If the minor requires less than 24 credit hours the difference should be made

up in unrestricted electives.

 

Unrestricted Electives................................................................................................ 3 SCH

If no minor is selected total unrestricted electives would be 27 hours.

Students are advised to select electives in fields that are supportive of the

criminal justice profession such as business, economics, sociology, political

science or foreign language.

 

Total Degree Requirements.......................................................................................120 SCH

Minor in Criminal Justice for Majors in other Disciplines…….…....................27 SCH

CRJS 1133, 2413, 2513, 2613, 2713, 3623, 4923, 4983 and three hours of criminal justice electives