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Criminal Justice
Put your knowledge to work in one-on-one internships with keep professionals in the criminal justice system. Take courses in six key areas of criminal justice: crime theory, applied research, corrections, law, courts and policing. Learn from academics and professionals in the field. Prepare for law school, graduate school, public administration or field positions.
  • As a criminal justice student, you will understand how criminal behaviors occur and how society responds to crime. You will develop the critical thinking skills required to solve problems and form the policies that shape our system of justice.
 
The Criminal Justice program includes courses like:
FrIntroduction to Criminal Justice
Introduction to Sociology
Critical Issues in Crime & Justice
SoLaw-related course
Criminal Justice Research Methods I and II
Criminology
JrLaw enforcement-related course
Courts-related course
Diversity-related course
Crime Scence Investigation
SrCriminal Justice Internship
Crime & the Media
Organized Crime

 
Recent criminal justice graduates now work in federal, state and local law enforcement, forensics, law, probation, prisoner rehabilitation, victim services, corporate security and private investigation.
 

Criminal Justice program website
Criminal Justice in the Undergraduate Studies Bulletin

 

 

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