Criminal Justice with Declared Minor

Degree Requirements

Area I – Foundation Skills - 3 hours

FSL 101	Foundations of Scholarship and Learning	3
	or
HON 101	First Year Honors Seminar	3

FSL 101 is required for new and transferring freshmen with less than 24 credit hours. Students must earn a "C" or higher in FSL 101 and HON 101.

Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 9 hours

ENG 101	English Composition I	3
ENG 102	English Composition II	3
	or
HON 110	Honors English Seminar	3
BUA 251/ENG 251	Business Communications	3
	or
ENG 225	Spoken Word and Public Performance	3
	or
SPEE 220	Fundamentals of Speech	3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in ENG 101 and ENG 102 or HON 110.

Area I – Mathematics - 3-4 hours

Choose one from the following:

MATH 110	Mathematics for the Liberal Arts	3
MATH 111	College Algebra	3
MATH 119	Precalculus	3
MATH 121	Calculus I	4

Area I - Computer Literacy - 3 hours

CIS 170	Introduction to Microcomputer Applications	3
	or
ED 190	Introduction to Computers for Instruction	3

Area II - The Arts - 3 hours

Choose one from the following:

ART 191	Enhancing Art Understanding	3
ENG 210	Introduction to Film Studies	3
MU 129	Music Listening	3
THR 100	Introduction to Theatre	3

Area II - Literature in English - 3 hours

Choose one from the following:

ENG 215	Introduction to Literature	3
ENG 216	Topics in Literature	3

Area II - Social Science and Humanities - 6 hours

POLSC 223

Introduction to American National Government & Politics

Students must earn a "C" or higher in POLSC 223.

AND choose one from the following:

ANTH 210/SOC 210	Cultural Anthropology	3
ECON 241	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
ECON 242	Principles of Microeconomics	3
GEOG 200	World Regional Geography	3
HON 221	Humanities & Social Sciences Honors Seminar	3
PHIL 201	Introduction to Philosophy	3
PSY 201	General Psychology	3
PSY 211	Psychology of Human Growth & Development	3
SOC 221	Introduction to Sociology	3
SOC 223	Social Problems	3
SOC 243	Peoples and Cultures of the World in Sociological Perspective	3

Area II - History - 6 hours

Choose one sequence from the following:

HIS 111	History of Western Civilization I	3
	and
HIS 112	History of Western Civilization II	3
	or
HIS 191	World Civilization to 1500	3
	and
HIS 192	World Civilization since 1500	3
	or
HIS 201	History of the United States I	3
	and
HIS 202	History of the United States II	3

Area II - The Natural Sciences - 8 hours

Choose two different science disciplines from the following:

ASTR 100	Introduction to Astronomy	4
BIO 100	Principles of Biology	4
	or
BIO 111	General Biology I	3
	and
BIO 111L	General Biology I Lab	1
CHEM 103	Fundamentals of Chemistry	3
	and
CHEM 103L	Fundamentals of Chemistry Lab	1
	or
CHEM 111	General Chemistry I	3
	and
CHEM 111L	General Chemistry I Lab	1
HON 140	From Atoms to Evolution	4
PHY 201	College Physics I	4
	or
PHY 210	General Physics I	4
PS 100	Physical Science	4
SCI 105	Special Topics in Science	4

Criminal Justice Core Requirements - 36 hours

CRJ 111/SOC 111	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
CRJ 205	Research Methods and Intelligence	3
CRJ 210	Investigation	3
CRJ 222/SOC 222	Corrections	3
CRJ 225/SOC 225	Juvenile Delinquency	3
CRJ 305	Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice	3
CRJ 323/SOC 323	Criminology	3
CRJ 324	Ethics in Criminal Justice	3
CRJ 350	Effective Communication Skills for Criminal Justice Professionals	3
CRJ 408	Policing in Diverse Cultures	3
CRJ 411/POLSC 411	Constitutional Law	3
CRJ 421	Forensic Science	3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in all Criminal Justice core requirements.

Criminal Justice Electives - 12 hours

Choose four criminal justice electives at the 300 level or higher.

Students must earn a "C" or higher in Criminal Justice electives.

Political Science Requirements - 6 hours

POLSC 224

Introduction to American State and Local Government & Politics

AND choose any other Political Science course.

Students must earn a "C" or higher in all Political Science requirements.

Required Social Science Electives - 6 hours

Choose two social science courses at the 300 level or higher.

ANTH - Anthropology
ECON - Economics
GEOG - Geography
HIS - History
POLSC - Political Science
PSY - Psychology
SOC - Sociology

Students must earn a "C" or higher in all social science electives.

Declared Minor Requirements - 18-21 hours

Criminal Justice majors may choose only from the following minor programs of study:

Anthropology
Computational Finance
History
Mathematics
Psychology
Sociology

Any alternative minor program of study requires pre-approval by the Program Director for the Criminal Justice Program.

General Electives - 0-1 hours

Total GEC Credit Hours (41-45 hours)
Total Required Criminal Justice Core Courses (36 hours)
Total Criminal Justice Electives (12 hours)
Total Political Science Requirements (6 hours)
Total Social Science Electives (6 hours)
Minor Program of Study (18-21 hours)
General Electives (0-1 hours)

120 minimum hours required for graduation.