School of Criminal Justice


Degree Program:  Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice degree

  • Course:  

    CRJ362

    -- White Collar Crime
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  NONE
  • Description:  
    This course explores white collar crime and its impact on society. It will include topics such as fraud, corporate crime, identity theft, internet crimes, and cyber security.


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Sampling of Additional Courses applicable to this degree program

  • Course:  ACC310 -- Accounting for Non-Accounting Majors
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  NONE
  • Description:  
    This accounting course is designed for non-accounting majors. Students learn the basic structure of accounting, how to maintain accounts, use account balances to prepare financial statements, complete the accounting cycle, and begin to learn about internal control and accounting for assets. Students will explore accounting examples from their major area of study.

  • Course:  CRJ301 -- Corrections Solutions
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  NONE
  • Description:  
    This course is a comprehensive examination of corrections. Students will explore the corrections process, alternatives, and the history and future directions in corrections.

  • Course:  CRJ302 -- Legal Aspects of Criminal Justice
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  NONE
  • Description:  
    In this comprehensive course, students will critically examine the court systems and processes as well as the influence of legislative and executive branches of government. They will explore how current social values influence courts and their decisions. The administrative structure of the courts and how a case moves through the system will be covered.

  • Course:  CRJ303 -- Criminal Law Today
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  CRJ302  
  • Description:  
    This course will provide a study in the essential elements of substantive criminal law in the court systems. The course includes in-depth study of case law, case citation, and case briefing.

  • Course:  CRJ304 -- Law Enforcement and the Community
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  NONE
  • Description:  
    In this comprehensive course, students investigate law enforcement in its various forms including the role of community policing as a viable option to traditional law enforcement. Students will review administrative structure of police organizations as well as practice and hone report writing skills.

  • Course:  CRJ310 -- Public Administration and Policymaking
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  NONE
  • Description:  
    This course offers an introduction to the field of public administration and related decision-making issues. Students will explore public policy, legal process and government institutions. They will focus on the interactions between government and non-government organizations.

  • Course:  CRJ345 -- Criminal Thinking
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  SOC345  
  • Description:  
    This course is a survey of relevant sociological theory and theories of cognitive restructuring used to explain the workings of the criminal mind. The course introduces students to criminal thinking, offers insight into the reasoning behind the commission of a crime, and provides methods for changing criminal behavior.

  • Course:  CRJ355 -- Laws of Evidence in Criminal Courts
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  CRJ370  
  • Description:  
    This course provides a thorough examination of the rules of evidence for criminal justice professionals. Students will explore hearsay, character evidence, relevancy and materiality, competency witnesses, privileged communications, the use of expert witnesses, objections to and exclusion of evidence and other relevant issues.

  • Course:  CRJ362 -- White Collar Crime
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  NONE
  • Description:  
    This course explores white collar crime and its impact on society. It will include topics such as fraud, corporate crime, identity theft, internet crimes, and cyber security.

  • Course:  CRJ370 -- American Criminal Procedure
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  CRJ302  
  • Description:  
    This course provides an in-depth study of the criminal court system and Constitutional law. The defendant's Constitutional rights are explored through case law study and include the basic underlying concepts of search and seizure, self-incrimination, right to counsel, identifying probable cause, and defendant's right to a speedy trial.

  • Course:  CRJ399 -- Advanced Topics in Criminal Justice
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  NONE
  • Description:  
    This course addresses issues of current interest in the field of criminal justice. The course content will vary based on the evolution of the discipline.

  • Course:  CRJ442 -- Juveniles and the Courts
  • Credits:  6
  • Prerequisites:  NONE
  • Description:  
    This course surveys the area of juvenile delinquency through the study of the causes and theories of juvenile misconduct, the juvenile court system and methods of rehabilitation.

  • Course:  CRJ445 -- Crime Scene Analysis
  • Credits:  6
  • Prerequisites:  CRJ467  
  • Description:  
    This course is designed to help develop an appreciation and understanding of how to document, collect, preserve, process physical evidence correctly, analyze it thoroughly and understand its relevance in a case. The course will cover topics of forensic science application, physical evidence recognition and collection.

  • Course:  CRJ467 -- Investigating Crime
  • Credits:  6
  • Prerequisites:  CRJ345  CRJ355  
  • Description:  
    In this course, students examine the criminal investigation skills and the procedures used to manage a criminal case. This course also introduces the student to interview and interrogation techniques.

  • Course:  CRJ485 -- Capstone in Criminal Justice
  • Credits:  6
  • Prerequisites:    
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  • Description:  
    The course facilitates the integration of the knowledge gained in other courses. It focuses on the application of the student's skills through case study, interviewing, application of law, and report writing.

  • Course:  PSY336 -- Abnormal Psychology
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  NONE
  • Description:  
    Abnormal Psychology is a general survey of the principal forms of mental abnormalities with particular attention to the functional disorders, causes, symptoms, course and treatment so far as the individual may control the restoration and prevention of these abnormalities.

  • Course:  PSY435 -- Forensic Behavior Analysis
  • Credits:  6
  • Prerequisites:  PSY336  
  • Description:  
    This course is intended to acquaint students with the analysis of behavioral evidence. The course will cover topics such as offender profiling, crime scene reconstruction, applied victimology, distinguishing between modus operandi and signature aspects of a crime, as well as the use of psychological evidence in criminal litigation. This course will prepare students to understand and cope with the use of forensic psychology in law enforcement and the court room.

  • Course:  SOC330 -- Social Problems
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  NONE
  • Description:  
    This course provides an overall view of a large number of social problems from a sociological perspective. Some of the problems considered in the course include urbanism, poverty, and delinquency.

  • Course:  SOC345 -- Psychology in the Social Environment
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  SOC330  
  • Description:  
    This course is a study of individual persons interacting with their environment. Topics such as conformity, aggression, prejudice and interpersonal attraction are examined.

  • Course:  SOC355 -- Cultural Diversity
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  NONE
  • Description:  
    This course explores race, class, gender, and sexual orientation in a global context. Descriptions and analysis of relevant historical context along with discussion of pertinent societal events are included. The student will be introduced to principal terms, concepts and theories in the field.



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