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Department of
Criminal Justice
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The Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice program offers an appreciation of the full complexity of American criminal justice and permits students the opportunity to understand fully the social, legal, and technical processes within the various criminal justice agencies. The major requires the study of a variety of courses pertaining to the administration of criminal justice and an equal number of courses on the nature of criminal behavior, as well as its social and psychological causes. The concentrations require completion of the lower-division prerequisites, the required core courses, and the requirements of the concentration.
To prepare students for careers in highly competitive criminal justice positions, the department offers students (1) the courses rated by criminal justice alumni and professionals across the United States as being the most valuable in the broad criminal justice field; (2) the courses determined by the criminal justice faculty to be the most innovative, practical, and relevant to contemporary social and political criminal justice issues; and (3) internships in forensics science, law enforcement, prosecutorial, judicial, legal defense, corrections, and other branches of the criminal justice field.
Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice
The student may request that the criminal justice faculty waive up to 9 upper-division units of criminal justice coursework based on documented completion of related college coursework and/or work experience.
Requirements
- Complete the University General Education requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree (51 units minimum).
- Complete the following prerequisites to the major (15 units):
CJ 2250 Introduction to Criminal Justice, 3 units
CJ 2260 Evidence, 3 units
CJ 2270 Criminal Investigations, 3 units
CJ 2280 Criminal Law, 3 units
CJ 2450 Criminal Judicial Process, 3 units
- For the General concentration, or concentrations in Corrections and Law Enforcement, complete no less than 39 upper-division units in Criminal Justice and specific Sociology courses.
- For the Forensic Science concentration, complete no less than 47 upper-division units. The degree in Criminal Justice with a Forensic Science concentration requires the completion of no less than 62 units total.
- Maintain a grade point average of 2.00 or better in the major. Completion of a minor is not required.
The Major (39 upper-division units)
Complete these core courses required of all concentrations (21 units):
CJ 3100 Legal Research and Writing, 3 units
CJ 3120 Causes of Crime, 3 units
CJ 3170 Criminal Justice Research Methods (WP), 4 units
CJ 4141 Criminal Procedures I, 3 units
CJ 4151 Criminal Procedures II, 4 units
CJ 4230 Juvenile Justice, 4 units
General Concentration
(18 units minimum)
The following are required to complete the Criminal Justice major (54 units total) with a General concentration:
- a. Lower-division prerequisites, 15 units
b. Core courses, 21 units
c. Concentration courses, 18 units
- Complete the following courses (9 units):
CJ 3130 Administration of Corrections, 3 units
CJ 3160 Administration and Management in Law Enforcement, 3 units
CJ 4925 Historical and Contemporary Criminal Justice, 3 units
- Complete 3 of the following courses or other upper-division courses with approval of academic adviser (9 units minimum):
CJ 3230 Police Ethics and Civil Liability, 3 units
CJ 3235 Domestic Violence and Intimate Abuse, 3 units
CJ 3315 Hate Crimes, 3 units
CJ 3460 White Collar Crime, 3 units
CJ 3500 Jury Selection and Decision Making, 4 units
CJ 3800 Crime Prevention and Schools, 3 units
CJ 4030 Criminal Justice Research Analysis, 4 units
CJ 4135 Correctional Law, 3 units
CJ 4150 Probation and Parole, 3 units
CJ 4175 Capital Crimes and the Death Penalty, 3 units
CJ 4915 Sex Crimes and Gender Issues in Criminal Justice, 3 units
CJ 4940 Criminal Justice Internship, 3 units
CJ 4950 Selected Topics in Criminal Justice, 2-4 units
CJ 4960 Race, Ethnicity, and the Criminal Justice System, 3 units
SOCL 3130 Juvenile Delinquency, 3 units
SOCL 4170 Victimology, 3 units
Corrections Concentration
(18 units minimum)
The following are required to complete the Criminal Justice major
(54 units total) with a Corrections concentration:
- a. Lower-division prerequisites, 15 units
b. Core courses, 21 units
c. Concentration courses, 18 units
- Complete the following courses (9 units):
CJ 3130 Administration of Corrections, 3 units
CJ 4135 Correctional Law, 3 units
CJ 4150 Probation and Parole, 3 units
- Complete 3 of the following 18 electives (9 units minimum):
CJ 3235 Domestic Violence and Intimate Abuse, 3 units
CJ 3315 Hate Crimes, 3 units
CJ 3350 Organized Crime, 3 units
CJ 3460 White Collar Crime, 3 units
CJ 3800 Crime Prevention and Schools, 3 units
CJ 4030 Criminal Justice Research Analysis, 4 units
CJ 4175 Capital Crimes and Death Penalty, 3 units
CJ 4250 Psychology of Criminal Behavior, 4 units
CJ 4260 Criminal Justice Seminar, 3 units
CJ 4915 Sex Crimes and Gender Issues in Criminal Justice, 3 units
CJ 4925 Historical and Contemporary Criminal Justice, 3 units
CJ 4940 Criminal Justice Internship, 3 units
CJ 4950 Selected Topics in Criminal Justice, 2-4 units
CJ 4960 Race, Ethnicity, and the Criminal Justice System, 3 units
SOCL 3130 Juvenile Delinquency, 3 units
SOCL 3240 Social Deviance, 3 units
SOCL 4190 Treatment of the Offender, 3 units
SOCL 4920 Nutrition and Criminal Behavior, 4 units
Law Enforcement Concentration
(18 units minimum)
The following are required to complete the Criminal Justice major (54 units total) with a Law Enforcement concentration:
- a. Lower-division prerequisites, 15 units
b. Core courses, 21 units
c. Concentration courses, 18 units
- Complete the following courses (9 units):
CJ 3160 Administration and Management in Law Enforcement, 3 units
CJ 3230 Police Ethics and Civil Liability, 3 units
CJ 3420 Community and Problem Oriented Policing, 3 units
- Complete 3 of the following 19 electives (9 units minimum):
CJ 3235 Domestic Violence and Intimate Abuse, 3 units
CJ 3315 Hate Crimes, 3 units
CJ 3350 Organized Crime, 3 units
CJ 3460 White Collar Crime, 3 units
CJ 3800 Crime Prevention and Schools, 3 units
CJ 4030 Criminal Justice Research Analysis, 4 units
CJ 4175 Capital Crimes and Death Penalty, 3 units
CJ 4250 Psychology of Criminal Behavior, 4 units
CJ 4260 Criminal Justice Seminar, 3 units
CJ 4915 Sex Crimes and Gender Issues in Criminal Justice, 3 units
CJ 4925 Historical and Contemporary Criminal Justice, 3 units
CJ 4940 Criminal Justice Internship, 3 units
CJ 4950 Selected Topics in Criminal Justice, 2-4 units
CJ 4960 Race, Ethnicity, and the Criminal Justice System, 3 units
SOCL 3130 Juvenile Delinquency, 3 units
SOCL 3240 Social Deviance, 3 units
SOCL 4170 Victimology, 3 units
SOCL 4190 Treatment of the Offender, 3 units
SOCL 4920 Nutrition and Criminal Behavior, 4 units
Forensic Science Concentration
(25-26 units minimum)
- The following General Education-breadth courses or their equivalents are prerequisites to the major:
CHEM 1100 Principles of Chemistry I, 5 units
BIOL 2310 Human Genetics, 3 units
MATH 1600 Statistics, 4 units
PSYC 2030 Psychology of Adjustment, 3 units
- The following are required to complete the Criminal Justice major with a Forensic Science concentration (61-62 units total):
- Lower-division prerequisites, 15 units
- Core courses, 21 units
- Concentration courses, 25-26 units
ANTH 4420 Bodies of Evidence, 3 units
BIOL 4850 DNA Technology in Forensic Science, 2 units
CJ 3700 Criminalistics I, 4 units
CJ 3710 Criminalistics II, 4 units
CJ 4850 Scientific Evidence and the Law, 3 units
CJ 4940 Criminal Justice Internship, 3 units
PSYC 4320 Forensic Psychology, 3 units
One of the following:
CHEM 3050 Forensic Chemistry, 4 units
CJ 4250 Psychology of Criminal Behavior, 4 units
ENTO 4330 Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 4 units
Or other upper-division coursework as approved by the adviser, 3-4 units
Minor in Forensic Science
(19 units)
- Complete the following courses (13 units):
CJ 2280 Criminal Law, 3 units
CJ 3700 Criminalistics I, 4 units
BIOL 4850 DNA Technology in Forensic Science, 2 units
CHEM 3050 Forensic Chemistry, 4 units
- Complete 2 of the following upper-division courses or other upper-division courses with approval of academic adviser (6 units minimum):
ANTH 4420 Bodies of Evidence, 3 units
CJ 3710 Criminalistics II, 4 units
CJ 4250 Psychology of Criminal Behavior, 4 units
CJ 4850 Scientific Evidence and the Law, 3 units
CJ 4940 Criminal Justice Internship, 3 units
ENTO 4330 Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 4 units
PSYC 4320 Forensic Psychology, 3 units
Minor in Criminal Justice
(21 units)
Requirements
- Complete the following lower-division courses (9 units):
CJ 2250 Introduction to Criminal Justice, 3 units
CJ 2280 Criminal Law, 3 units
CJ 2450 Criminal Judicial Process, 3 units
- Complete 4 of the following upper-division courses or other upper-division courses with approval of academic adviser (12 units minimum):
CJ 3130 Administration of Corrections, 3 units
CJ 3160 Administration and Management in Law Enforcement, 3 units
CJ 3230 Police Ethics and Civil Liability, 3 units
CJ 4135 Correctional Law, 3 units
CJ 4141 Criminal Procedures I, 3 units
CJ 4150 Probation and Parole, 3 units
CJ 4230 Juvenile Justice, 4 units
CJ 4925 Historical and Contemporary Criminal Justice, 3 units
CJ 4960 Race, Ethnicity, and the Criminal Justice System, 3 units
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Competently challenge theories, philosophies, values and methods associated with traditional perspectives on Criminal Justice in oral and written discourse
- Separate things into their constituent elements in order to study or examine them, see relationships, draw conclusions, or solve problems
- Effectively articulate ideas orally and in writing, using appropriate language and writing styles as commonly practiced in legal and social environments
- Identify and describe the nature and operation of the various components of the criminal justice system
- Transform the pedagogical information from lectures, course materials, assignments and research into an integrated body of knowledge relevant to the Criminal Justice field
- Recognize and understand the roles that race, ethnicity, class, gender, disability, sexual orientation and other facets of diversity have in Criminal Justice in a global context
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