Nov 27, 2024

2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog

2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Criminal Justice, B.A.

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Requirements for the criminal justice major – law enforcement, courts, corrections/treatment, and juvenile justice specializations

To earn a Bachelor of Arts with a major in criminal justice and a specialization in either law enforcement, courts, corrections/treatment or juvenile justice, students must complete a minimum of 48 credits as listed below.

Field experience is an integral part of the criminal justice curriculum. Students must have an overall GPA of 2.0 and a GPA of 2.5 in the major, completed all required and core courses, and met with the field adviser to secure an internship placement prior to enrolling in CRJ 430.

1. Required courses

CRJ 100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice (4)
CRJ 200 - Criminological Theory (4)
SOC 202 - Introduction to Methods of Social Research (4)
SOC 203 - Social Statistics with Computer Applications (4)

2. Two core courses, one that corresponds with the chosen specialization plus one additional

CRJ 323 - Delinquency and Juvenile Justice (4) (required for the juvenile justice specialization)
CRJ 324 - Corrections and Rehabilitative Institutions (4) (required for the corrections/treatment specialization)
CRJ 327 - Police and Society (4) (required for the law enforcement specialization)
CRJ 329 - Criminal Law and the Courts (4) (required for the courts specialization)

3. Two criminal justice electives selected from

CRJ 300 - Alcohol, Drugs and Society (4)
CRJ 320 - Criminology and Public Policy in Criminal Justice (4)
CRJ 330 - Women, Crime and Justice (4)
CRJ 332 - Race/Ethnicity, Crime and Justice (4)
CRJ 340 - White-Collar Crime (4)
CRJ 341 - Cybercrime (4)
CRJ 342 - The Surveillance Society (4)
CRJ 346 - Profiling and Threat Assessment (4)
CRJ 348 - Terrorism and Homeland Security (4)
CRJ 360 - Criminal Careers and Career Criminals (4)
CRJ 365 - Critical Incident Analysis (4)
CRJ 395 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice (4)

4. Two interdisciplinary electives selected from

AN 320 - Law and Society (4) or SOC 320 - Law And Society (4)
AN 331 - Racial and Ethnic Relations (4) or SOC 331 - Racial and Ethnic Relations (4)
HST 301 - History of American Cities (4)
HST 304 - History of the American Industrial Economy and Society (4)
HST 318 - The Civil Rights Movement in America (4)
HST 356 - The Modern Middle East (4)
HST 357 - The Arab-Israeli Conflict (4)
HST 361 - History of American Families (4) or WGS 361 - History of American Families (4)
HST 392 - Working Detroit (4)
MIS 480 - Information Systems Privacy (3) (minimum grade of 2.0 required)
PHL 311 - Philosophy of International Relations: Law, War and Peace (4)
PHL 319 - Philosophy of Law (4)
PHL 320 - Global Justice (4)
PHL 321 - Political Philosophy (4)
PS 314 - International Politics: Theory and Practice (4)
PS 340 - U.S. Constitutional Law (4)
PS 341 - Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (4)
PS 342 - The Judicial Process (4)
PS 360 - International Terrorism: Causes, Consequences, Responses (4)
PSY 321 - Child Development (4)
PSY 322 - Adolescence and Youth (4)
PSY 341 - Introduction to Psychopathology (4)
PSY 343 - Psychopathology of Childhood (4)
SOC 207 - Human Sexuality (4) or WGS 207 - Human Sexuality (4)
SOC 222 - Sociology of Mental Illness (4)
SOC 301 - Social Stratification (4)
SOC 315 - Social Welfare Policies (4) or SW 315 - Social Welfare Policies (4)
SOC 326 - Family and Community Processes (4)
SOC 336 - Sociology of Gender (4) or WGS 336 - Sociology of Gender (4)
SOC 345 - Urban Sociology (4)
SOC 346 - Communities (4)

5. Internship

CRJ 430 - Internship in Criminal Justice (4) (consultation with field adviser required prior to enrollment)

6. Capstone

CRJ 490 - Capstone: Criminal Justice Policy Analysis (4)

Requirements for the criminal justice major – homeland security specialization

To earn a Bachelor of Arts with a major in criminal justice and a specialization in homeland security, students must complete a minimum of 59 credits, distributed as follows:

5. Internship

CRJ 430 - Internship in Criminal Justice (4) (consultation with field adviser required prior to enrollment)

6. Capstone

CRJ 490 - Capstone: Criminal Justice Policy Analysis (4)

Requirements for the criminal justice major - information security and assurance specialization

To earn a Bachelor of Arts with a major in criminal justice and a specialization in information security and assurance, students must complete a minimum of 61 credits, distributed as follows:

1. Required courses

CRJ 100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice (4)
CRJ 200 - Criminological Theory (4)
SOC 202 - Introduction to Methods of Social Research (4)
SOC 203 - Social Statistics with Computer Applications (4)

2. Core courses

CRJ 327 - Police and Society (4)
CRJ 329 - Criminal Law and the Courts (4)

3. Required MIS courses (minimum grade of 2.0 required in each)

MIS 301 - Survey of Management Information Systems (3)
MIS 305 - Information Technology Foundations (3)
MIS 314 - Business Database Systems (3)
MIS 315 - Business Systems Analysis and Design (3)
MIS 405 - Networks (3)
MIS 406 - Information Security Lab (3)

4. Two criminal justice electives selected from

CRJ 340 - White-Collar Crime (4)
CRJ 341 - Cybercrime (4)
CRJ 342 - The Surveillance Society (4)
CRJ 346 - Profiling and Threat Assessment (4)
CRJ 348 - Terrorism and Homeland Security (4)

5. One interdisciplinary elective selected from

MIS 480
- Information Systems Privacy (3) (minimum grade of 2.0 required)
PS 340 - U.S. Constitutional Law (4)
PS 341 - Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (4)
PS 360 - International Terrorism: Causes, Consequences, Responses (4)
PHL 320 - Global Justice (4)

6. Internship

CRJ 430 - Internship in Criminal Justice (4) (consultation with field adviser required prior to enrollment)

7. Capstone

CRJ 490 - Capstone: Criminal Justice Policy Analysis (4)

Note

Student will achieve a minor in management information systems upon completion of the information security and assurance specialization.

Additional information

Students using this catalog to meet criminal justice major requirements may also use any course subsequently approved as satisfying requirements in a particular electives group of courses and published in a later catalog.

Criminal Justice, B.A.

Requirements for the criminal justice major – law enforcement, courts, corrections/treatment, and juvenile justice specializations

1. Required courses

2. Two core courses, one that corresponds with the chosen specialization plus one additional

3. Two criminal justice electives selected from

4. Two interdisciplinary electives selected from

5. Internship

6. Capstone

Requirements for the criminal justice major – homeland security specialization

1. Required courses

2. Core courses

3. Criminal justice electives (select four courses)

4. Interdisciplinary electives (select three courses)

5. Internship

6. Capstone

Requirements for the criminal justice major - information security and assurance specialization

1. Required courses

2. Core courses

3. Required MIS courses (minimum grade of 2.0 required in each)

4. Two criminal justice electives selected from

5. One interdisciplinary elective selected from

6. Internship

7. Capstone

Note

Additional information