Criminal Justice Major at University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
Program Name: Criminal Justice
Program Designation: B.A.
Program Contact: Dr. Sam Fohr
Academic Division: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Program Description:
Do you want to help and protect people? Would you like to use some of the same investigative equipment that you see in those CSI TV shows? Then our criminal justice major is just what you’re looking for.
In our program, you’ll use forensic techniques to investigate “crime scenes” in our Crime Scene Investigation House. You’ll examine evidence in our crime lab. And, you’ll work with high-tech equipment that some professional law officers don’t have.
You’ll get real-world experience in our program and on an internship. Work alongside a police officer. Spend time at the local federal prison. You could even get an internship with the FBI, just like student Nathan Rhoades did this summer.
With your criminal justice degree, you’ll be prepared for many kinds of careers: Work as a crime scene investigator. Be a police, probation or correctional officer. Join federal or state law enforcement. Be a child welfare case worker. Or, you can go on to law schools, as some of our graduates have.
Learn more about our new CSI House. Read what students have to say about the new facility.
Students in our Criminal Justice Club are working with federal inmates to prepare them for their release. Read more.
Course Requirements in the Major
INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CRIMINOLOGY - ADMJ
POLICE AND SOCIETY
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS
RESEARCH METHODS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CAPSTONE: CRIMINAL JUSTICE
FIELD PLACEMENT IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE OR DIRECTED STUDY: CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Other Required Courses
Select Three Courses
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
AMERICAN POLITICAL PROCESS
LAW AND THE COURTS
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
Total Credits for the Major: 46-48
Course Requirements for Areas of Concentration - Law Enforcement
AMERICAN CORRECTIONS
LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS
INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC SCIENCE
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
CRIMINAL EVIDENCE AND INVESTIGATIONS
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TOPICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Course Requirements for Areas of Concentration - Corrections
AMERICAN CORRECTIONS
PROBATION AND PAROLE
SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANCE
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY(prerequisite: PSY 0101 Introduction to Psychology)
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN CORRECTIONS
PSYCHOLOGY AND CRIME
TOPICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Course Requirements for Areas of Concentration - Courts, Policy, and Justice
GREAT POLITICAL THINKERS
PUBLIC POLICY
PHILOSOPHY AND PUBLIC ISSUES
POVERTY AND SOCIETY (prerequisite: ANTH 0101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology)
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
LAW AND SOCIAL CONTROL IN SOCIETY
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN COURTS, POLICY, AND JUSTICE
TOPICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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