Criminal Justice- Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice, with concentrations in Law Enforcement, Corrections, Forensic Science, Juvenile Justice, and Criminal Legal Studies
- Minors in Forensic Science and Criminal Justice
- Those majoring in Social Sciences can complete their concentration in Criminal Justice.
- Master of Arts in Criminal Justice
- Probation Officer, $52,000
- Correctional Case Manager, $43,000
- Juvenile Courts Counselor, $55,000
- Police Officer, $50,000
- Court Reporter, $53,000
- Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld (Chair), Ph.D., J.D. Nebraska ('96)
- William Bourns, D.P.A., Oklahoma ('94)
- Chau-Pu Chiang, Ph.D., Washington State ('91)
- Hung Gao, Ph.D., Rutgers ('08)
- Timothy Helfer, J.D., Santa Clara ('74)
- Abu Karimu Mboka, Ph.D., Arizona State ('07)
- Gregory Morris, Ph.D., Mississippi State ('03)
- Peter Nelligan, Ph.D., Hawaii ('83)
- Steven Wood, Ph.D., City Univ. of New York ('08)
- Robert Werling, Ph.D., Sam Houston State ('06)
- Jane Younglove, J.D., San Joaquin College ('94)
The college offers 16 majors and 23 minors at the undergraduate level in addition to fi ve degrees and one certifi cate program offered at the graduate level.
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The Criminal Justice program offers an appreciation of the 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 offers a number of courses on the nature of criminal behavior, as well as its social and psychological causes.
Where can a Criminal Justice degree take you? Some possible career paths include: law enforcement, criminal law, correctional officer, school resource of?cer, forensic science, teaching, federal agent, probation, parole, private security, and research.
- Criminalistics
- Criminal Investigations
- Criminal Law
- Youth Violence
- Going to Prison
- Causes of Crime
- Administration of Corrections
- Hate Crimes
- Police Ethics and Civil Liability Go online to www.csustan.edu/CriminalJustice for more course descriptions.
CJ 3350: Organized Crime
Presents a study focused on the phenomenon of organized crime, commencing with an exploration of the definitions of organized crime and its characteristic crimes. Centers on historical and contemporary problems faced by those in criminal justice.
- To competently challenge theories, philosophies, values, and methods associated with traditional perspectives on criminal justice in oral and written discourse
- To identify and describe the nature and operation of the various components of the criminal justice system
- To understand the roles that race, ethnicity, class, gender, and other facets of diversity have in criminal justice.
Criminal Justice
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Turlock, CA 95382