Criminal Justice, B.S.

Jeong Kim, Ph.D., Program Director

914-674-7372

jkim50@mercy.edu

Bachelor of Science: Criminal Justice

*Per New York State Education Department requirements, all students enrolled in a Bachelor of Science program must successfully complete 60 credits of Liberal Arts and Sciences coursework. If needed, students should use Open Elective credits to fulfill these requirements, beyond their General Education courses, and look for courses with the “LA” attribute when registering.

Students who choose the major concentration in Criminal Justice must complete:

• course - Intro Criminal Justice System

• course - Introduction to Corrections

• course - Criminology

• course - Criminal Court Process

• course - Policing

• course - Research Methods in CJ

• course - Senior Seminar

Total Credits: 21

In addition, students must select any five courses in total from criminal justice numbered 200 or above or from the following approved electives:

• course - Law of Evidence

• course - Managing Human Conflict I

• course - Managing Human Conflict II

• course - Intro to Forensic Psychology

• course - Social Psychology

• course - Abnormal Psychology

• course - Psychology of Crisis

• course - Law, Order & Justice

• course - Sociology of Violence

• course - Social Deviance

• course - Terrorism

• course - Stats Socl/Behv Sciences

• course - Internship Criminal Justice *

  * It is strongly recommended that students who have no experience in the criminal justice field enroll in CRJU 399.

Total Credits: 15

Total Major Credits: 36