Criminal Justice, Bachelor of Science

Program Description:

The purpose of the Bachelor of Science Criminal Justice (CJBS) Program is to expand students' critical and analytical thinking skills, advance students' ability to communicate complex data, both verbally and written, and prepare students for higher-level positions within the criminal justice sector, or gain admission to graduate-level programs.

Program Requirements (120 Credits)

General Education (39 Credits)

Student Life Skills (1 Credit)

SLS 1501

College Study Skills

English and Communications (9 Credits)

ENC 1101	English Composition I	3
ENC 1102	English Composition II	3
SPC 1017	Fundamentals of Oral Communications	3

Humanities (6 Credits)

PHI 1600	Ethics	3
	Any Humanities Course	3

Social Sciences (6 Credits)

PSY 1012	General Psychology	3
	Any Social Science Course	3

Natural Sciences (7 Credits)

Any Two Natural Science Courses Including One Lab

Mathematics (7 Credits)

MAC 1105	College Algebra I	3
STA 2014	Introduction to Statistics	4

Information Literacy (3 Credits)

CGS 1030

Introduction to Information Technology

Core Requirements (48 Credits)

Lower Division Core (18 Credits)

CCJ 2001	Criminology	3
CJC 2000	Introduction to Corrections	3
CJE 2000	Introduction to Security & Law Enforcement	3
CJE 2600	Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation	3
CJJ 2002	Juvenile Delinquency	3
CJL 2100	Introduction to Criminal Law.	3

Lower Division Electives (9 Credits)

CJE 2005	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
CJL 2821	Psychology Applied to Law	3
CCJ 2940	Criminal Justice Internship	3
CJL 2400	Introduction to Criminal Procedures	3
CCJ 2488	Ethics in Criminal Justice	3
CJL 1102	Criminal Evidence and Procedure	3

Upper Division Core (30 Credits)

CJL 3063	Constitutional Law	3
CJL 4133	The Law of Evidence	3
CJC 4351	Correctional Operations	3
CCJ 4700	Research Methods for Criminal Justice	3
CJL 4412/PLA 3309	Criminal Law	3
CJE 4310	Police Administration	3
CJL 3410/PLA 3309	Criminal Procedure	3
CCJ 3461	Communications Skills for the CJ Professional	3
CCJ 4487	Ethics in the Criminal Justice System	3
CJE 4710	CJ Integrated Capstone Project	3

Upper Division Electives (24 Credits)

CCJ 4940	Criminal Justice Internship	3
CCJ 4905	Directed Independent Study in Criminal Justice	3
PLA 3803	Domestic Relations Law	3
CJL 4044/PLA 3274	Tort Law	3
CJE 3721	Forensic Psychology	3
CCJ 4662	Minorities and Crime	3
CCJ 3011	Juvenile Justice	3
CCJ 4661	Terrorism	3
CJE 4144	Private Security	3
CJC 4163	Community-Based Corrections	3
CCJ 4644	White Collar Crime	3
CJL 4074	Correctional Law	3
CJE 4694	Cyber-Crime	3

NOTE: A total of up to 60 credits may be transferred from the General Education and/or Elective courses taken during a degree program. FNU reserves the right to transfer the appropriate courses.