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Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Recommended Course Sequence
The Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice provides graduates, in a traditional environment, with a basic understanding of various aspects of the criminal justice system and its component parts. The curriculum combines challenging CRJ courses at the basic level with upper level core courses, major electives, and optional concentrations. The degree is designed to prepare graduates for positions with local, state and federal government agencies such as city and state police and sheriffs’ departments, probation and parole departments, FBI, State Law Enforcement Division, drug enforcement agencies, the Secret Service, correctional institutions, juvenile justice agencies and in private, industrial security. No grade below “C” in a course required for the major or minor (including cognates and specified electives) will count toward satisfying that course requirement. This policy does not refer to general education requirements or elective courses. Concentration Specific Requirements: CRJ 310, 420, 475, PSY 350 First Semester Sem. Hr. ENG 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 CRJ 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PSY 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Foreign Language 131 . . . . . . . . . . . 5 FYE 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sub-total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Fifth Semester Sem. Hr. CHR 305 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 CRJ 251 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 CRJ 301 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SOC 202 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 General Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Sub-total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Second Semester ENG 102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SOC 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 CRJ 150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Natural Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 CHR 105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sub-total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-16
Sixth Semester SOC 310 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ENG 301 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRJ 350 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRJ 310 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sub-total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 3 3 3 3 15
Third Semester Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 CRJ 215 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Natural Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 FA 200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sub-total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-16
Seventh Semester MGT 341 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRJ 450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRJ 475 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PSY 350 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sub-total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 3 3 3 3 15
Fourth Semester MAT 108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KIN 135 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRJ 275 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRJ 230. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CIS 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PS 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sub-total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Eighth Semester CRJ 420 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRJ 490 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sub-total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 3 9 15
3 2 3 3 3 3 17
Total Number of Semester Hours Required for the Degree: 128