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Criminal Justice, History, and Social Sciences
105 Kyser Hall 318-357-6967 nsucjhss@nsula.edu Department Head: Mark O. Melder, Professor Professors: Granger, Gregory, Hailey, MacDonald, Pellegrin, J. Smith, K. Smith, Hare, Sinclair Associate Professors: Atherton, Dollar, Gilson, Green, Hall, Housel, Lange, Shaw Assistant Professors: Boudreaux, Holcomb, Jones, Manger, Marzoughi, Pardue, Riall Instructor: Gordy
The Criminal Justice, History, and Social Sciences Department at Northwestern State University is dedicated to the education of students for professional, leadership, academic, and research careers in the challenging fields of criminal justice, public safety, homeland security, public service and the social sciences. The Department provides instruction across a broad range of concepts, with the ultimate goals of student attainment of excellence in analytical and critical thinking abilities, effective interpersonal, communication, problem-solving skills, moral commitment, and the acquisition of substantive bases of knowledge, necessary to secure positions in criminal justice, all levels of government, public policy, and private organizations. Using active learning, participatory pedagogy, and a Global perspective, the Department holds a generalist orientation, through innovative analyses, in a student-centered, nurturing environment, and emphasizing an occupational context.
Bachelor of Arts programs in: Criminal Justice, with concentration in: pre-law and paralegal studies; History Bachelor of Science program in: Unified Public Safety
Administration, with concentrations in: emergency management administration, fire and emergency medical services administration, geo computation, law enforcement administration, nuclear surety management, public facilities management Master of Science program in: Homeland Security
Global Security and Intelligence (GSI) Certificate
Remote Systems Science and Technology Northwestern State University has been authorized by the Louisiana Board of Regents to offer the above certificate programs. Refer to the Department of Criminal Justice, History, and Social Sciences web page at https://cjhss.nsula.edu/ for detailed information on these programs.
Department Certificates and Certifications:
Pre-Law and Paralegal Studies Certificate of Completion Program Public Policy and Administration ProgramCertification
Graduate Homeland Security concentration:
In conjunction with the Gallaspy Family College of Education and Human Development, the Department ofCriminal Justice, History, and Social Sciences offers the Adult Learning and Development concentration in Homeland Security (545B). Refer to the Gallaspy Family College of Education and Human Development graduate programs section of this catalog for concentration requirements.
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Major Requirements: (51 semester hours) Students seeking a major in Criminal Justice must complete 51 semester hours within the 120 semester hour Criminal Justice curriculum, which include Criminal Justice 1100, 2300, 2400, 2500, 3040, 3090, 3355, 3360, 3380, 3900,4200, 4450, 4460, 4475, 4480, 4500; Sociology 4080. However, students seeking the Pre-Law and Paralegal Studies Concentration will take PLPS 4020 in lieu of CJ 4200 and PLPS 4090 in lieu of CJ 4480.
Available Concentration:
Pre-Law and Paralegal Studies (250B): (21 semester hours) to include 9 semester hours from PLPS 3010, 4020, and 4090, and (12) semester hoursofPLPS electives selected fromPLPS subject-area electives. PLPS subject-area electives include any other 3000- or 4000-level course as well as CJ 3070. Students must have sophomore status before adding and beginning the requirements for this concentration. Criminal Justice Minor Requirements: (21 semester hours) Criminal Justice 1100, 2300, 2400, 2500 and nine semester hours of advanced criminal justice. Pre-law and Paralegal Studies Minor Requirements: (21 semester hours) to include 9 semester hours from PLPS 3010, 4020, and 4090, and (12) semester hours of PLPS electives selected from PLPS subject-area electives. PLPS subject-area electives include any other 3000- or 4000-level course as well as CJ 3070. Students must have sophomore status prior to adding and commencing the requirements for this minor. (Two (2) courses are offered each semester.) • Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal
Justice (250) and have successfully completed the requirements set by the Louisiana Police Officer
Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.)* Council for the police academy will be given credit for the following courses once they presenttheircredentials to the University:
CJ 1100, 2300, and nine hours of electives.
*Other states equivalency certificates will be accepted in lieu of the Louisiana P.O.S.T. certificate. • Criminal Justice majors who have completed the Land
Management Police Training program through the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center will be given credit for Criminal Justice 2260, 4460, and 4475. • Criminal Justice majors who have successfully completed the Forensic Science: Principles of Investigation course will be given credit for Criminal Justice 3360.
Curriculum for Criminal Justice (250)
FIRST YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Criminal Justice 1100, 2300.............................................................6 English 1010, 1020...........................................................................6 Fine Arts 1040..................................................................................3
Mathematics1 ..........................................................................................................................................6 Natural Sciences1................................................................................................................................6 University Studies 1000 ...................................................................1 Sociology 1010.................................................................................3 31
SECOND YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Criminal Justice 2400, 2500.............................................................6
Electives3....................................................................................................................................................9 English1........................................................................................................................................................3 Political Science 2010......................................................................3 Psychology 1010..............................................................................3
Natural Sciences1................................................................................................................................3 27
THIRD YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Communication 2500.......................................................................3 Criminal Justice 3040, 33554, 3380, 3900, 4450 ............................15 English 3230 or Organizational Leadership 3170.............................3
Foreign language2...............................................................................................................................6 Psychology 2450..............................................................................3 30
FOURTH YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Criminal Justice 3090, 3360, 42004, 4460, 4475, 44804 , 4500 .......20
Electives3....................................................................................................................................................3 English or communication1 .......................................................................................................3 Political Science 3090......................................................................3 Sociology 4080.................................................................................3 32
Total Semester Hours for Degree.................................................120
Footnotes: 1 Must meet university core requirements. 2 All six semester hours must be in the same foreign language. 3 Pre-Law and Paralegal Studies concentration students must take PLPS 3010 and an additional 12 hours from PLPS subject-area electives. 4 Pre-Law and Paralegal Studies concentration students must take PLPS 4020 in lieu of CJ 4200 and PLPS 4090 in lieu of CJ 4480.
History
History Major Requirements: (42 semester hours). Students seeking a major in History must complete 42 semester hours within the120hour Historycurriculum, whichincludeHistory 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020, 3000, 4000, and 24 semester hours of advanced American and European/non-American history courses, twelve of which must be in one field and twelve in the other. Students must also complete UNIV 1000, and an approved minor. History Minor Requirements: (21 semester Hours) History 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020, and nine hours of advanced history. Creole Studies Minor Requirements: (18 semester hours) History 3040; Anthropology 4050; English 4770 or4873; Sociology 4080; 3 hours from Music 2000, Art 3600,Theater 4260, or Dance 4500; 3 hours from Art 4030, History 4080, Anthropology 4060, or English 3850. Political Science Minor Requirements: (21 semester hours) Political Science 2010, 2020, 2090 plus 12 credit hours of 3000 and/or 4000 level political science classes. Social Science Minor Requirements: (27 semester hours) 27 semester hours in the social sciences, with sixsemester hours in one field of social sciences and nine semester hours at the 3000 level or above. Social Sciences would include courses in the following disciplines: Addiction Studies, Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, Educational Psychology, Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Social Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Special Education, and Unified Public Safety Administration.
Curriculum for History (261)
FIRST YEAR
SEM. HRS.
English 1010, 1020...........................................................................6 Geography 1010...............................................................................3 History 1010, 1020...........................................................................6
Mathematics1..........................................................................................................................................6 Natural Sciences1................................................................................................................................6 University Studies 1000....................................................................1 28
SECOND YEAR SEM. HRS.
Behavioral Science1..........................................................................................................................3 Elective2......................................................................................................................................................9 English 2110.....................................................................................3
Foreign language3...............................................................................................................................6 History 2010, 2020...........................................................................6
Natural Sciences1................................................................................................................................3 30
THIRD YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Communication 1010 .......................................................................3
Electives2....................................................................................................................................................9 Fine Arts 1040..................................................................................3 History 3000.....................................................................................3 History electives.............................................................................12 30
FOURTH YEAR
SEM. HRS.
History 4000.....................................................................................3
Elective2...................................................................................................................................................17 History electives.............................................................................12 32 Total Semester Hours for Degree .................................................120
Footnotes: 1 Must meet University core requirements. 2 The electives must be chosen so as to complete a minor as defined by the department concerned. 3 All six semester hours must be in the same foreign language-1010, 1020.
Unified Public SafetyAdministration
(48 semester hours) Students seeking a major in Unified Public Safety Administration must complete 48 semester hours within the 120 semester hour Unified Public Safety Administration curriculum, which include Criminal Justice 4475, English 3230, SOC 3030, 4080 (SOWK 4450 may be taken in lieu of SOC 4080), Unified Public Safety Administration 2100, 2400, 2550, 2700, 3000, 3600, 3700, 4100, 4200 (CJ 4200 may be taken in lieu of UPSA 4200), 4400, 4480, 4700. Unified Public Safety Administration majors who have successfully completed the Forensic Science: Principles of Investigation course will be given credit for Criminal Justice 3360.
(21 semester hours) Unified Public Safety Administration 1500, 2100, 2400, 2700, and nine semester hours of advisor approved advanced Unified Public Safety Administration courses.
Available Concentrations:
Law Enforcement Administration (256A): (20 semester hours) CJ 1100, 2300, 3360; PSCI 4040; and 8 hours of
Sciences Collegeof Arts and
• Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science degree in Unified Public
SafetyAdministration,LawEnforcementAdministrationconcentration (256A) and have successfully completed the requirements set by the
Louisiana Police Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.)*
Council for the police academy will be given credit for the following courses once they present their credentials to the University: CJ 1100, 2300, and nine hours ofelectives. * Other states equivalency certificates will be accepted in lieu of the
Louisiana P.O.S.T. certificate.
(256B): (20semesterhours) UPSA2250,2400,2900,4300or 4350; and 8 hours of approved electives (UPSA 1500, 2500, 3400, 4000).
• Students enrolled in the Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Administration concentration (256B) and have completed their
National Registry Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic
(NREMT-P) will be given credit for the following courses once they present their credentials to the University: CJ 4475, UPSA 2000, 2100, 2250, 2400, 2500, 2700, 2900, 1 hour elective. • Students enrolled in the Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Administration concentration (256B) and have completed their
National Emergency Medical Service- Technician-(NEMS-T) will be given credit for the following course once they present their credentials to the University: UPSA 2250. • Students enrolled in the Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Administration concentration (256B) and have completed their
Louisiana certifications recognized by the Louisiana Office of the
State Fire Marshall (or other state's equivalent) as a Firefighter I
and IIand Hazardous Materialswillbegivencreditforthefollowing courses once they present their credentials to the University: UPSA 2250 and 2900.
Emergency Management Administration (256C): (20 semester hours) UPSA 1500, 2500, 2900, 3400; and 8 hours of approved electives (CJ 2300, 3360; PSCI 4040; UPSA 2250, 2900, 4000, 4300, 4350).
• Students enrolled in the Emergency Management Administration concentration (256C) and hold the Louisiana Emergency Manager
TechnicalCredentialwillbegivencreditforthefollowingcoursesonce they present their credentials to the University: UPSA 1500, 2100 and 2700. • Students enrolled in the Emergency Management Administration concentration (256C) and hold the Louisiana Emergency Manager
BasicCredentialwillbegivencreditforthefollowingcoursesoncethey presenttheircredentialstotheUniversity:UPSA1500,2100,2550,2700 and 2900. • Students enrolled in the Emergency Management Administration concentration(256C)andholdtheLouisianaEmergencyManagerPro
Credential will be given credit for the following courses once they presenttheircredentialstotheUniversity:UPSA1500,2000,2100,2550, 2700, 2900, and3700.
Public Facilities Management (256D): (20 semester hours) BUAD 3250, 3280; MKTG 3230, 4370; MGT 3220; 5 hours of advisor approved elective credit. Nuclear Surety Management (256E): (20 semester hours) PSCI 3060, 3090, 4080, 4090; HIST 3240, 4980: Special Topics (Section 06); 2 hours of advisor approved elective credit.
Geo Computation (256F): (20 semester hours) BUAD 1800, 3250; MKGT 3230; MATH 1090, 2050; PLPS 3060; 2 hours advisor approved elective credit. Students entering this concentration will possess a technical degree in civil surveying and mapping or equivalent.
FIRST YEAR
SEM. HRS.
English 1010, 1020...........................................................................6
Natural Sciences1.............................................................................................................................................6 University Studies 1000....................................................................1 Sociology 1010.................................................................................3 Unified Public Safety Administration 2400, 2550, 2700..................9 31
SECOND YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Communication 1010 or 2500..........................................................3 English 2110.....................................................................................3 Fine Arts 1040..................................................................................3 Unified Public Safety Administration 2100......................................3 Elective.............................................................................................3 Psychology 1010..............................................................................3
Natural Sciences1.............................................................................................................................................3 Unified Public Safety Administration concentration area.................9 30
THIRD YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Criminal Justice 4475.......................................................................3 Economics 2000 or Business Administration 1040 ..........................3 Electives...........................................................................................6 English 3230 or Organizational Leadership 3170.............................3 Unified Public Safety Administration 3000, 3600, 3700..................9 Unified Public Safety Administration 4200 (orCJ 4200) .................3 Unified Public Safety Administrationconcentration area.................3 30
FOURTH YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Sociology 3030, 4080 (or Social Work 4450) ..................................6 Unified Public Safety Administration 4100, 4400,4480, 4700.......12 Unified Public Safety Administrationconcentration area.................8 Elective.............................................................................................3 29
Total Semester Hours for Degree .................................................120
Footnote: 1 Must meet university core requirements.
The NSU Pre-Law and Paralegal Studies Program, offered through the Department of Criminal Justice, History, and Social Sciences, is an eight-course, 24-hour course of study designed to be completed in two years. Students may enroll at the beginning of any semester and follow the course rotation from that point. Courses should be taken in order. Meet with your advisor for registration each semester. The courses are taught by attorneys and will prepare the students to work in most legal venues. Enrollment is open to anyone with a high school diploma. ACT scores are not necessary.
The NSU Public Policy and Administration Certification, offered through the Department of Criminal Justice, History, and Social Sciences is a six course, 18-hour course of study designed to be completed in one year. Students may enroll at the beginning of their sophomore year and the courses need not be taken in order. A “C” or better average, in all six courses, is requiredtocompletethe certificate. The coursesare taught online and traditional lecture, and will prepare students to become leaders in government and corporate public service sectors. Requirements: ECON 2010, PSCI 2020, PSCI 3060, SOWK 4350, UPSA 3000, and UPSA 4400.
Graduate Program
Degree requirements: Minimum of 36 hours for non-thesis (coursework only), option A and 30 hours for PIL/thesis, option B.
A. Foundation (both options) (21 semester hours): HS 5000, 5050, 5150, 5200, 5350, 5500, 5600. B. Option Specific Courses (0-6 semester hours):
OptionA–non-thesis(6semesterhours):HS5300,5700.
Option B – PIL/thesis (0 semester hours) C. Electives (6 semester hours): (non-thesis): select 6 semester hours of electives from HS 5100, 5300, 5400, 5550, 5650, 5750, 5800. (PIL/thesis): select 6 semester hours of electives from HS 5100, 5300, 5400, 5550, 5650, 5700, 5750 or 5800. D. Application Area (3 semester hours): (non-thesis): HS 5850. (PIL/thesis): HS 5900.
