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BS in Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Concentration

Curriculum

The Criminal Justice student who wishes to specialize in the area of Law Enforcement is seeking to serve as a local, state, federal or private law enforcement agent.

GENERAL EDUCATION (60 hours)
Required general education courses are shown in red. Some courses appear in more than one category and may be used to meet more than one requirement. However doing so does not reduce the total number of credits required i.e. 60 hours of general education are required for a bachelor's degree.

Note that students are required to complete 39 hours within the four areas of focus in the categories below. This leaves 21 remaining credit hours. Students can choose general education electives to fulfill the remaining 21 credit hour requirement. These courses cannot be used to fulfill Core, Major, or Major Electives requirements.
 
Courses Credit
Hours*
OR100 Orientation Compass0
 
Written Communication (9 hours)
ENG110 English Composition 3
COM240 Principles of Business Communications3
ENG310 Technical Writing3
 
Humanities (6 hours)
BUS305 Business Research and Communication3
BUS230 Principles of Business Law I3
 
Behavioral & Social Sciences (15 hours)
IS101 Introduction to Computer Systems 3
MGT420 Leadership in Organizations 3
MGT460 Organizational Behavior3
SOC250 Technology and Society 3
ANTH302 Introduction to Anthropology3
 
Science/Math (9 hours)
MA105 Basic College Mathematics 3
MA115 Business Problem Solving3
CH125 Chemistry Fundamentals3
 
General Education Electives (21 hours)
Select 21 credit hours of the following courses:
HIS125 World Civilizations I 3
HIS225 World Civilizations II 3
ECN220 Principles of Macroeconomics 3
GEO307 Global Geography 3
CS105 Introduction to Computer Science 3
IS102 Microsoft Office Fundamentals 3
MGT210 Introduction to Management 3
MA120 College Algebra 3
BUS320 Quantitative Methods 3
 
MAJOR REQUIRED COURSES (60 hours)
 
Law Enforcement Concentration Core Courses (48 hours)
 
CRJ100 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3
CRJ110 Criminology 3
CRJ115 Police and Police Procedures 3
CRJ125 The Correction Process3
CRJ200 Criminal Procedure and Criminal Evidence 3
CRJ210 Criminal Investigations 3
CRJ215 Juvenile Justice 3
CRJ250 International Criminology 3
ENG340 Effective Report Writing 3
ENG390 Introduction to Critical Thinking and Logic 3
HIM103 Anatomy & Physiology I3
HIM107 Pharmacotherapy3
PSY140 Introduction to Psychology 3
PSY310 Psychology of Violence 3
SEC350 Risk Management3
SOC135 Introduction to Sociology 3
 
Law Enforcement Concentration Electives (12 hours)
Select 12 credit hours of the following courses:
 
BUS331 Business Law II 3
GIS210 Introduction to GIS 3
MGT470 Developing Human Resources 3
MGT405 Quality Management 3
SEC210 Introduction to Information Systems Security 3
SEC310 Security Operations 3
SEC470 Computer Forensics 3
 

 

*credit hours are equivalent to semester hours