Criminal Justice Degree Online

At Saint Mary’s College, we are pioneers in teaching women. We will empower you to explore, lead, take intellectual risks, and challenge yourself as you prepare to challenge the world.

You will converse and collaborate with professors and students in small classes that average only 16 students. Our faculty will not only know you, they’ll listen to you, support you, and challenge you to perform your best. You’ll join a close-knit community committed to social justice as well as academic pursuits. For the second year in a row, U.S. News & World Report ranks Saint Mary’s as one of the Nation’s Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the magazine’s “2009 America’s Best Colleges” issue.

As a Saint Mary’s student, expect to:

Meet academically ambitious women who are eager for intellectual challenge and to make a difference in the world.

Learn from talented professors who will help you develop the creativity and critical assessment needed to solve complex problems. You’ll be taught by faculty, not teaching assistants.

Write with precision, skill, and style in any discipline. Saint Mary’s College focuses on writing across our curriculum.

Gain confidence as you master challenging concepts in math and science from faculty who listen and pay attention to the way you learn.

Discover rich intellectual experiences and opportunities for personal and social growth.

Discuss social justice and civic responsibility, then take action with more than half of the student body who volunteer in the local community.

Become a leader and pursue lifelong intellectual and cultural interests.

Here’s how you can gain the ability and sophistication to change the world, beginning at Saint Mary’s College:

As political leaders search for solutions to the crime problem, criminal justice professionals and criminologists have assumed a central role in researching, formulating, implementing, and evaluating public policy designed to control crime. To do so requires knowledge of individual and social factors that contribute to the cause of criminal behavior and strategies and practices established for the control of crime.

Both the Criminal Justice and Criminology degree programs prepare graduates for careers in corrections, law enforcement, probation and parole, the legal profession and other areas related to the justice system, such as dispute resolution and mediation. Students are encouraged to enroll in internships or mediation training courses. Both majors focus on building critical knowledge and effective professional skills. Each degree program focuses on developing students’ abilities in the areas of critical thinking, problem-solving, effective communications and effective use of technology tools to address problems and issues in the criminal justice field.

At Saint Mary’s College, we are pioneers in teaching women. We will empower you to explore, lead, take intellectual risks, and challenge yourself as you prepare to challenge the world.

You will converse and collaborate with professors and students in small classes that average only 16 students. Our faculty will not only know you, they’ll listen to you, support you, and challenge you to perform your best. You’ll join a close-knit community committed to social justice as well as academic pursuits. For the second year in a row, U.S. News & World Report ranks Saint Mary’s as one of the Nation’s Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the magazine’s “2009 America’s Best Colleges” issue.

As a Saint Mary’s student, expect to:

Meet academically ambitious women who are eager for intellectual challenge and to make a difference in the world.

Learn from talented professors who will help you develop the creativity and critical assessment needed to solve complex problems. You’ll be taught by faculty, not teaching assistants.

Write with precision, skill, and style in any discipline. Saint Mary’s College focuses on writing across our curriculum.

Gain confidence as you master challenging concepts in math and science from faculty who listen and pay attention to the way you learn.

Discover rich intellectual experiences and opportunities for personal and social growth.

Discuss social justice and civic responsibility, then take action with more than half of the student body who volunteer in the local community.

Become a leader and pursue lifelong intellectual and cultural interests.

Here’s how you can gain the ability and sophistication to change the world, beginning at Saint Mary’s College:

Develop an awareness of historical and contemporary justice issues with an interdisciplinary minor in Justice Studies. You will study social issues and a vision of justice inspired by a Christian tradition from a variety of perspectives, with courses in philosophy, religious studies, political science, business, sociology, and even social work and english. The program provides for the relation of theory, experience, reflection, and commitment to enhance character and perspective on issues of social justice.

Minor in Justice Studies (15 hours)
JUST 250 Christians in the World
One of the following:
PHIL 254 Social Justice
RLST 236 Faith in Action
RLST 240 Catholic Social Thought
Three of the following:
BUAD 241 Personal Ethics and Corporate Culture
ECON 354 Economic Development
ENLT 203 Studies in Literature
ENLT 204 Literature of Social Justice
ENLT 293 Chicana Literature
ENLT 374 Studies in World Literature
ENLT 490 Special Topics Seminar in Literature
JUST 260 Social Thought and the American Worker
JUST 301 The Quest for Human Rights
JUST 320 Faith and Justice
PHIL 245 Non-Western Philosophy
PHIL 254 Social Justice
PHIL 352 Political Philosophy
POSC 304 Latin American Politics
POSC 314 Political Participation
POSC 319 Politics of the Third World
POSC 324 American Civil Liberties
PSYC 354 Social Ecology
RLST 236 Faith in Action
RLST 240 Catholic Social Thought
SOC 203 Social Problems
SOC 355 Race, Ethnicity and Identity in the U.S.
SOC 360 Social Stratification: Class, Gender, Race
SW 332 Social Work Practice II: Mezzo Methods

Other courses may be substituted by permission.

As political leaders search for solutions to the crime problem, criminal justice professionals and criminologists have assumed a central role in researching, formulating, implementing, and evaluating public policy designed to control crime. To do so requires knowledge of individual and social factors that contribute to the cause of criminal behavior and strategies and practices established for the control of crime.

Both the Criminal Justice and Criminology degree programs prepare graduates for careers in corrections, law enforcement, probation and parole, the legal profession and other areas related to the justice system, such as dispute resolution and mediation. Students are encouraged to enroll in internships or mediation training courses. Both majors focus on building critical knowledge and effective professional skills. Each degree program focuses on developing students’ abilities in the areas of critical thinking, problem-solving, effective communications and effective use of technology tools to address problems and issues in the criminal justice field.