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Criminal Justice Program > Degree Requirements

Degree Requirements

• Requirements for Bachelor of Science Degree
• Requirements for a Minor in Criminal Justice

Requirements for Bachelor of Science Degree

In addition to the IUS General Education requirements the student must take the following requirements:

1. SOC-S 250/SOC-S 251 or PSY-P 250/PSY-P 251; or MATH-K 300 or ECON-E 280 and CSCI-C 106 or N 207
   
   
2. Two of the following:
   
   
   • PSY-P 324
     
     
   • SOC-S 325
     
     
   • SOC-S 328
     
     
3. One from:
   
   
   • ECON-E 100
     
     
   • POLS-Y 103
     
     
   • POLS-Y 105
     
     
   • POLS-Y 107
     
     
   • POLS-Y 109
     
     
4. Two of the following:
   
   
   • HIST-H 105
     
     
   • HIST-H 106
     
     
   • POLS-Y 304
     
     
   • POLS-Y 305
     
     
5. Public Affairs and Policy
   
   
   • Four of the following courses for a minimum of 12 credit hours:
     
     
     • E l62 Environment and People (3 cr.)
       
       
     • V 170 Introduction to Public Affairs (3 cr.)
       
       
     • V 263 Public Management (3 cr.)
       
       
     • V 264 Urban Structure and Policy (3 cr.)
       
       
     • V 272 Terrorism and Public Policy (3 cr.)
       
       
     • V 348 Management Science (3 cr.)
       
       
     • V 372 Government Finance and Budget (3 cr.) or Y 402 Politics of the Budgetary Process (May take one of these)
       
       
     • Y 373 Personnel Management in Public Sector (3 cr.) or Y 404 Political Issues in Public Personnel Administration (3 cr.) (May take ne of these)
       
       
     • V 376 Law and Public Policy (3 cr.) or Y 403 Legal Issues in Public Bureaucracy (3 cr.) (May take one of these)
       
       
6. Criminal Justice Concentration
   
   
   • Eleven courses for a minimum of 33 credit hours
     
     
   • SPEA-J 101 The American Criminal Justice System (3 cr.). (This is a required course and a prerequisite for all other criminal justice courses.)
     
     
7. The following seven courses:
   
   
   • SPEA-J 201 Theoretical Foundations of Criminal Justice Policies (3 cr.)
     
     
   • SPEA-J 202 Criminal Justice Data, Methods, and Resources (3 cr.)
     
     
   • SPEA-J 301 Substantive Criminal Law (3 cr.) or SPEA-J 401 Criminal Law and Procedure
     
     
   • SPEA-J 306 The Criminal Courts (3 cr.)
     
     
   • SPEA-J 321 American Policing (3 cr.)
     
     
   • SPEA-J 331 Corrections (3 cr.)
     
     
   • SPEA-J 439 Crime and Public Policy (3 cr.)
     
     
8. Three other criminal justice courses chosen from the following list:
   
   
   • J 301 Substantive Criminal Law
     
     
   • J 302 Procedural Criminal Law
     
     
   • J 303 Deviance
     
     
   • J 304 Correctional Law
     
     
   • J 310 Introduction to Administrative Processes
     
     
   • J 320 Criminal Investigation
     
     
   • J 380 Internship in Criminal Justice
     
     
   • J 433 Institutional Corrections
     
     
   • J 440 Corrections in the Community
     
     
   • J 460 Police in the Community
     
     
   • J 470 Seminar in Criminal Justice
     
     
   • J 480 Research in Criminal Justice
     
     
   • R 345 Crime and Society
     
     
   • R 346 Control of Crime
     
     
   • S 320 Deviant Behavior
     
     
   • S 325 Criminology
     
     
   • S 328 Juvenile Delinquency
     
     
   • S 420 Topics in Deviance
     
     
   • S 429 Crime and Community

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Requirements for Minor in Criminal Justice (15 credit hours)

1. Required:
   
   
   • J 101 American Criminal Justice Systems (3 cr.)
     
     
2. One of the following:
   
   
   • J 201 Theoretical Foundations of Criminal Justice Policies (3 cr.)
     
     
   • J 301 Substantive Criminal Law (3 cr.)
     
     
3. Three of the following:
   
   
   • J 201 Theoretical Foundations of Criminal Justice Policies (3 cr.)
     
     
   • J 301 Substantive Criminal Law (3 cr.)
     
     
   • J 306 The Criminal Courts (3 cr.)
     
     
   • J 321 Introduction to American Policing (3 cr.)
     
     
   • J 331 Introduction to Corrections (3 cr.)

Total number of hours required for the minor is 15. Note that J 201 and J 301 can count in only one of the above categories.

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