Criminal Justice, B.A., Specialization in Homeland Security

Requirements for the criminal justice, B.A., specialization in homeland security

To earn a Bachelor of Arts with a major in criminal justice and a specialization in homeland security, students must complete a minimum of 60 credits as listed below.  Students must earn a minimum grade of C+ in the following major courses: CRJ 1100 , CRJ 2100 , all CRJ core courses, all CRJ elective courses, CRJ 4950  and CRJ 4970 .

Field experience is an integral part of the criminal justice curriculum. Students must have an overall GPA of 2.0 and a GPA of 2.3 in the major, completed all required and core courses, and met with the director of field services and student support to secure an internship placement prior to be enrolling in CRJ 4950 .

Additional program 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.

Additional information

In addition to these major requirements, students must complete the Oakland University General Education Requirements, the College of Arts and Sciences College Exploratory Requirement, and an appropriate number of free elective classes to meet the overall credit requirement for the degree (in most cases 124; some degrees may require a greater number).

As a general rule, no more than eight credits of course work used to satisfy one major, minor or concentration may be applied toward another, but exceptions to this rule may be allowed with the written approval of the program coordinators.