Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice Classes
The Criminal Justice and Human Security (CJHS) program requires 39 semester credit hours including 27 credit hours in the program core, 15 credit hours in one of the concentrations, and an additional 6 credit hours in an elective requirement (one course from each of the other two concentrations). Students are required to complete 120 credit hours to graduate. Explore our criminal justice courses in CT below.
Criminal Justice program core courses
| Course | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| CJHS 118 OR SOC 118 | Introduction to Criminal Justice OR Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CJHS 218 | Human Security | 3 |
| CJHS 265 | Intro to Corrections | 3 |
| CJHS 271 | Law Enforcement & Society | 3 |
| CJHS 315 | Criminology | 3 |
| CJHS 330 | Court Systems and Practices | 3 |
| SOSC 300 | Research Methods | 3 |
| CJHS 395 | Senior Thesis* | 3 |
| CJHS 398 | Internship* | 3 |
| 27 |
* Subject to approval of the Department Chair, a student may choose an additional CJHS elective in lieu of the thesis.
5 required out of the following
| Course | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 270 | Sociology of Deviance | 3 |
| SOC 310 | Race, Class and Gender | 3 |
| SOC 311 | Juvenile Delinquency | 3 |
| SOC 355 | Globalization | 3 |
| CJHS 271 | Law Enforcement and Society | 3 |
| CJHS 312 | Victimology | 3 |
Other courses with Chair approval
5 required out of the following
| Course | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| PSCI 101 | American Government | 3 |
| CJHS 205 | Law and Economics | 3 |
| PSCI 233 | Intro to US Legal System | 3 |
| CJHS 343 | Constitutional Law | 3 |
| CJHS 350 | Legal Advocacy | 3 |
| CJHS 372 | Transnational Crime | 3 |
Other courses with Chair approval
5 required out of the following
| Course | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| PSCI 204 | Government and Politics Abroad | 3 |
| PSCI 209 | UN Studies | 3 |
| PSCI 207 | World Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 215 | International Human Rights | 3 |
| CJHS 371 | Terrorism | 3 |
| SOC 355 | Globalization | 3 |
| WREL 375 | Religion and Genocide | 3 |
Other courses with Chair approval
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