Criminal Justice Program
The Criminal Justice program provides students with a broad, general education with emphasis on the social sciences. Opportunities for practical work experience are provided through internships.
Career Possibilities include:
- Local, state, and federal government agencies
- Private businesses and organizations
- Police agencies as officers, detectives, safety or security officers
- Juvenile detention and probation officers, adult probation officers, and correctional officers
- Attorneys
- Investigators
Degrees
Students may earn either a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) or a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Criminal Justice. The BA requires additional foreign language credits.
Degree Requirements and Curriculum Changes
Effective for students entering in Spring 2012, a foreign language is no longer required for the B.S. in Criminal Justice. 6 hours of foreign language are required for the B.A.
Effective in Spring 2010 degree requirements for the Criminal Justice major can be completed entirely in the classroom, entirely online, or through a combination of online and classroom based courses.
