Criminal Justice Administration Major

Note: In addition to completing the following required courses, students must fulfill the General Education Requirements. Major requirements and/or General Education Requirements may be changed by official action of the faculty.

Under “Recommended Sequence” below, a number indicates the year during which it is recommended that the course be taken (i.e., 1-first year; 2-second year, etc.); a letter indicates that the course should be taken during a particular semester (i.e., F-Fall; S-Spring). This is a recommended sequence which will be individualized based on the course rotation schedule and in consultation with the faculty advisor.

Required courses

Department	Course Number	Credits	Course Title	Recommended Sequence Year/Semester
COM	228	3	Business and Professional Speaking	2 or 3
CRJ	109	3	Criminal Justice Administration	1F
CRJ	115	3	Law and the United States Legal System	1S
CRJ	135	1	Career Development in Criminal Justice	1S
CRJ	209	3	Private Security Administration	2 or 3
CRJ	217	3	American Policing	2 or 3
CRJ	218	3	Criminal Investigation	2
CRJ	219	3	Criminal Law	2
CRJ	227	3	Corrections	2 or 3
CRJ	305	3	Use of Force or CRJ 349, Controlled Substances and Substance Abuse	3 or 4
CRJ	315	3	The Victim and the Justice System	3
CRJ	328	3	Criminal Procedure	3
CRJ	339	3	Juvenile Justice System	3
CRJ	406	4	Law and Evidence	4
CRJ	409	3	Current Issues in Criminal Justice	4S
CRJ	___	9	Any three Criminal Justice Administration courses other than CRJ 465.
CRJ	___	6	Any two Criminal Justice Administration courses other than CRJ 465 or any course from list of recommended courses
POL	105	3	American National Government	1
PSY	105	3	Introduction to Psychology	1
SOC	105	3	Principles of Sociology or SOC 106, Societies	1
SOC	327	3	Cultural Differences in 21st Century America	3 or 4

71 credits are required for this major. Prerequisite courses may be necessary and the General Education Requirements must be completed.

Recommended Courses (Complementary Disciplines)

Department	Course Number	Course Title
ACC	102	Principles of Financial Accounting
CSC	116	Computer Programming I
CSC	117	Computer Programming II
CSC	119	Computer Hardware and Architecture
LAN	195	Special Topics in Language
MAT	215	Applied Statistics I
MGT	205	Principles of Management
PHL	106	Logic
PHL	205	Ethics
POL	208	State and Local Government
POL	306	American Constitutional Law
POL	309	International Relations
PSY	106	Social Psychology
PSY	107	Human Development: A Life Span Perspective
PSY	215	Human Violence and Survival
SOC	205	Social Problems
SOC	308	Deviant Behavior
SOC	315	Juvenile Delinquency
SOC	316	Criminology
SOC	406	Social Science Research Methods
SPN	101	Elementary Spanish I
SPN	102	Elementary Spanish II
SPN	201	Intermediate Spanish I
SPN	202	Intermediate Spanish II