Jeong Kim, Ph.D., Program Director

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Bachelor of Science: Criminal Justice

General Education Requirements*	42 credits
Major Concentration	42 credits
Open Electives	36 credits
Total Credits	120 credits

*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

Criminal Justice, B.S.

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