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+ Criminal Justice
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Health Center, 419-372-2326
The
criminal justice program integrates coursework and interaction
with professionals in various disciplines to prepare students
for graduate school, law school and careers throughout
the criminal and juvenile justice systems. Graduates of
the program work in local law enforcement, state and federal
investigative agencies, correctional institutions, adult
and juvenile probation and parole, victim's services,
private security and other human service-related fields.
The graduate of the program receives a bachelor of science
in criminal justice degree.
Admittance
to the program is restricted to those applicants meeting
the following requirements:
- Completion
of CRJU 210 or its equivalent with the grade of a "C"
or better;
- Have
a 2.5 GPA or higher on a total of at least 25 semester
hours of college coursework. Entering freshmen can be
admitted if they have an ACT composite score of 24 or
higher and high school GPA of at least 3.0.
The
program places emphasis on superior academic attainment,
ability to communicate verbally and in writing, and research
potential. Every student must complete a field internship
(practicum). The student is responsible for developing
the internship site. However, all internships are subject
to the approval and supervision of the program faculty.
It is anticipated that a large number of CRJU graduates
will go on to graduate school, law school or enter the
field of practice with a view to becoming supervisory-level
personnel.
All
core courses and core elective courses must be taken for
a grade and earn a "C" or higher.
Core
courses
- CRJU
210, 220, 320, 330, 420, 430, 480, CRJU elective
- DHS
300, 330
- PHIL
227
- POLS
303
- PSYC
405
- SOC
301 or PSYC 311
- SOC
441, 442
- SOC
316 or ETHN 312 or 301 or 302 or HDFS 408
- One
computer science course
- One
statistics course
Internship
480
agency hours for nine credit hours (CRJU 491) and practicum
seminar for three credit hours (CRJU 492)
Core
electives
20-21
hours selected from the list of approved courses and
those for which special permission is granted; should
be selected carefully to supplement and enrich the criminal
justice core courses
Learning
Outcomes
Upon
completion of the baccalaureate degree, students in criminal
justice are expected to:
- Identify,
investigate and propose solutions to problems/issues
facing the criminal justice system;
- Critically
evaluate policies and practices of the criminal justice
system;
- Communicate
effectively, both orally and in written form.
Required
courses
- POLS
110, 303
- PSYC
101, 405
- SOC
101, 441, 442
- CRJU
210, 220, elective, 320, 330, 420, 430, 480
- DHS
300, 330
- PHIL
327
- SOC
301 or PSYC 311
- SOC
316 or ETHN 301 or 302 or 312 or HDFS 408
- One
statistics course
- One
computer course
- 21-21
hours of core electives chosen from: ACCT (any); CS
(any); CRJU (any non-core); ECON 323; GEOG 321, 424;
GERO 101; HED 338; HIST 357; HDFS 221, 302, 328, 422;
IPC 306; KNS 313; LEGS 305; MEDT 205; MGMT 305, 360;
MIS (any); PHIL 318, 319; POLS 331, 421, 430; PSYC 303,
304, 306, 307, 440 (Forensic PSYC); REHB 401; SOC 317,
319, 340, 352, 361, 443, 444; WS 200, 300; any foreign
language; AERO 311, 312, 411, 412; MSL 301, 401, 402
- CRJU
491 and 492 (Practicum and Seminar)
- Additional
courses as necessary to complete remaining University
degree requirements (e.g., total credit hours, BG Perspective
requirements)
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