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University Undergraduate Catalog 2011-2013 
    
University Undergraduate Catalog 2011-2013 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Criminal Justice, B.S.


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Curriculum Requirements


Any student who plans to major in Criminal Justice must meet the following requirements before being admitted to the Department:

  1. Complete at least 18 credit hours of course work with a grade of “C” or better as follow: ENG 1110 , ENG 1210 , MATH 1110 , SOCI 2100 , PSY 2100 , CRJU 2250 .
  2. Have an overall Grade Point Average of 2.0 or better.

Major Course Requirements:


Complete all courses in the Criminal Justice Core Curriculum and courses in one of the Criminal Justice Concentrations with a grade of “C” or better.

2. Criminal Justice Concentrations (12 semester hours):


Complete one of the following:

Note(s):


Students must see their designated advisor at least once each semester prior to class registration and are responsible for knowing their requirements for graduation. Students should consider a second major consistent with their career interest.

Four-Year Curriculum Plan for Criminal Justice Majors


For key to symbols used, please see ‘key’ below. 

Freshman Year


 

Sophomore Year


 

Junior Year


 

Senior Year


 

Fall Semester


  • =  CRJU or HLS Concentration (3)
  • &  Elective (3)
  • &  Elective (3)
  • *  Humanities (3)
  • &  Elective (3)
Total: 15

 

Spring Semester


 

Total: 15

 

Total Semester Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 124


Key to symbols used:

** If this course is not required, credit hours are necessary.

Distribution of Hours
* General Education Curriculum (GEC) Requirements (39)
^ Non-GEC Requirements (6)
+ Criminal Justice Core Courses (35)
= Criminal Justice Concentration (12)
& Electives (32)


*Note: No more than 10 percent of the criminal justice major credits are completed through knowledge-based examinations (e.g., CLEP)

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