Criminal Justice Courses
The Criminal Justice and Human Security (CJHS) program requires 39 semester credit hours including 18 credit hours in the program core, 15 credit hours in one of the concentrations, and an additional 6 credit hours in a diversity requirement (one course from each of the other two concentrations). The program will require students to show modern language competency in Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, French or Spanish through the intermediate level (four semesters). Students are required to complete 120 credit hours to graduate. Explore our criminal justice courses in CT below.
Criminal Justice Program Core Courses
| CJHS 118 | Introduction to Criminal Justice |
| CJHS 218 | Human Security |
| SOC 315 | Criminology |
| SOSC 300 | Research Methods |
| CJHS 395 | Senior Thesis* |
| CJHS 398 | Internship |
*Subject to approval of the Department Chair, a student may choose an additional CJHS elective in lieu of the Senior Thesis.
5 required out of the following
| SOC 270 | Sociology of Deviance |
| CJHS 271 | Law Enforcement and Society |
| CJHS 275X | Criminal Investigations |
| CJHS 299X | Fraud Investigations |
| SOC 310 | Race and Ethnicity |
| SOC 311 | Juvenile Delinquency |
| SOC 355 | Globalization |
| CJHS 312 | Victimology |
5 required out of the following
| PSCI 101 | American Government |
| PSCI 208 | Public International Law |
| PSCI 233 | U.S. Legal System |
| CJHS 299X | Criminal Justice Communications |
| PSCI 299X | Judicial Process |
| CJHS 343 | Constitutional Law |
| CJHS 345 | Comparative Criminal Law |
| CJHS 350 | Legal Advocacy |
| CJHS 351X | Trial Skills and Advocacy |
| CJHS 371 | Homeland Security and Terrorism |
| CJHS 372 | Transnational Crime |
5 required out of the following
| PSCI 203 | U.S. Foreign Policy |
| PSCI 204 | Government and Politics Abroad |
| PSCI 206 | Political Economy of North-South Relations |
| PSCI 207 | World Politics |
| PSCI 209 | Introduction to United Nations Studies |
| PSCI 215 | International Human Rights |
| SOC 231 | Cultural Anthropology |
| WREL 299X | Christian, Muslim, Jewish Relations |
| PSCI 312 | Diplomacy and Foreign Policy |
| PSCI 329 | Political Economy of China |
| PSCI 330 | Political Economy of East Asia |
| PSCI 341 | Political Economy of the Middle East |
| CJHS 371 | Homeland Security and Terrorism |
| SOC 355 | Globalization |
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