Criminal Justice Degree Online

Course requirements in the minor are organized into required and 1 criminal justice elective course. The required component includes courses to provide a general foundation in the discipline. The elective allows students to pursue one additional course of their particular interest.

The total minor consists of 6 courses, or 18 credit hours. A grade of C- or higher is required for each course in the minor.

Required Courses (15 credit hours):

CJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3 hrs)
CJ 203 Policing (3 hrs)
CJ 244 Corrections (3 hrs)
CJ 297 Criminal Law (3 hrs)
CJ 299 Criminal Justice Information, Communication, & Ethics (3 hrs)
- prerequisite: grade of C- in general education writing course

Elective Course (15 credit hours):

One (1) additional course from the criminal justice major curriculum.
(Students still must meet semester hour requirements and course prerequisites.)

Please see the admission section of our current college catalog (pdf) for more information about requirements and admission procedures.

Why do some people break the law?

USM’s Bachelor of Arts degree program in criminology attempts to answer this question and so much more. But how does it work?

As an applied discipline, criminology is a unique combination of sociology, law, psychology, social work and science that analyzes how laws are created, why laws are broken and eactions of society to broken laws.

As a criminology student at USM, you’ll gain the expertise necessary to enter a highly competitive, demanding, yet rewarding
career.

Experienced, quality and dedicated professors lead your discussion in a small-class size environment. In addition to 21 hours of core criminology courses, three areas of focus are available so you can make the program your own!

For further information contact:

Ryan Alexander
Criminology Program Director
(913-785-6154) or alexanderr@stmary.edu Choose between:

• Behavioral Science
• Criminology Administration
• Applied Criminal Science

Criminology and criminal justice at Keuka College offers a unique program encompassing both criminology and criminal justice to give you a more complete education and to better prepare you for your career. Criminology, a sub-field of sociology, is the scientific study of crime. It includes an examination of the social origins of criminal law, the causes of criminal behavior, and societal strategies to control and prevent crime. Criminal Justice involves the study of law-enforcement agencies, courts, corrections, and criminal law and the relationships among them. The core of our major in enhanced by the inclusion of courses in political science, sociology and psychology. Our small college environment allows out faculty members to spend the time that is needed to establish and maintain vital and effective advising relationships with our students. This allows our students to supplement their major with carefully chosen relevant courses, such as accounting, organizational management, biology, American Sign Language, and other social sciences. Many of our students also complete a minor in another discipline such as psychology, sociology, or Spanish. Some students are able to complete a double major.

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Students desiring a Bachelor of Arts degree in the field of Sociology may complete a Major, however, it is strongly recommended that the student also consider a minor in Psychology, Criminal Justice, or Political Science.

The Sociology Major is designed to allow individualized coursework through electives and is dependent upon areas of interest/potential employment.

Graduates with a Sociology Major have experienced excellent placement opportunities, acceptance to graduate school, and enjoy careers in the fields for which they were educated.

Students desiring a Bachelor of Arts degree in the field of Criminal Justice may complete a Major, a major in a related field with a minor in Criminal Justice, or a major in another discipline and an A.A. in Criminal Justice.

Students wishing a Criminal Justice Major are strongly encouraged to seek a minor in Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology.

Graduates with a Criminal Justice Major have experienced excellent placement opportunities, acceptance to graduate school, and enjoy careers in the fields for which they were educated.

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Specialist in Criminal Science Criminology Thesis

Graduate Profile
Trained professionals who can:
- Generate research applied to current criminal phenomena
- Analyze the problem from an interdisciplinary criminal
- Have an instrumental tool for dealing with the Criminal Sciences
- Diagnose, design, implement and evaluate policies in the criminal field.
- Promoting research applied to the resolution, prevention and improvement of levels of social conflict and violence

Career goals
- To provide theoretical knowledge in the conceptual and methodological scope of Criminal Sciences
- Training in professional practice through field work and practices in institutions and agencies related to the discipline
- Develop the methodology for cases dealing with criminal issues
- Linking the complex theoretical structures with practical elements for the formulation and implementation of strategies and policy design

The undergraduate program in Criminal Justice is designed to provide students with an understanding of the criminal justice process, its agencies, personnel, and historical foundations. Criminal Justice is an interdisciplinary study of crime in society-sociology, criminology, and law serve as a foundation for the program. As a specific discipline, Criminal Justice emphasizes studies to provide students with a succinct understanding of the key components of policing, corrections, juvenile justice, and the various judicial systems in the United States. In addition to the Social Sciences Core and CJ 499, students seeking a degree in Criminal Justice are encouraged to take 12 credit hours of Spanish.

To obtain a major in Criminal Justice, students complete the following six (18 cr) courses.

Students also complete an additional 18 credit hours of course work from within the Social Sciences Division. Nine of these credit hours are in Criminal Justice.Course
Number Name Credits
CJ 100 Introduction to Criminal and Legal Justice (3cr)
CJ 215 Introduction to Criminology (3cr)
CJ 300 Criminal Law (3cr)
CJ 380 Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice (3cr)
CJ 480 Research Methods in Criminal Justice (3cr)
CJ 499 Final Project/Capstone Course (3cr)

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Course requirements in the minor are organized into required and 1 criminal justice elective course. The required component includes courses to provide a general foundation in the discipline. The elective allows students to pursue one additional course of their particular interest.

The total minor consists of 6 courses, or 18 credit hours. A grade of C- or higher is required for each course in the minor.

Required Courses (15 credit hours):

CJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3 hrs)
CJ 203 Policing (3 hrs)
CJ 244 Corrections (3 hrs)
CJ 297 Criminal Law (3 hrs)
CJ 299 Criminal Justice Information, Communication, & Ethics (3 hrs)
- prerequisite: grade of C- in general education writing course