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Bachelor Degree
Marywood University
Social Sciences Department
Criminal Justice
B.A. With Optional Fifth Year M.S.
Curriculum Guide
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Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice (63 credits)
I. Required Courses – Twenty-Seven Credits (9 courses)
CJ 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CJ 220 Law Enforcement
CJ 303 Criminology
CJ 319 Criminal Law and Procedure
CJ 351 Social Research
CJ 433 The American Prison
CJ 454 Computer Applications in Social Research
CJ 460 Criminal Justice Internship
CJ 465 Coordinating Seminar in Criminal Justice
II. Electives - Fifteen Credits (choose at least 5 courses from the list below)
CJ 101 Shadow and Service
CJ/BIO 105 DNA Forensics (may be taken to satisfy LA science requirement)
CJ 200 Introduction to the Legal System
CJ 201 The Juvenile Justice System
CJ 206 Community Corrections
CJ 219 Drugs in America
CJ 224 Criminal Investigation
CJ/LE 318 Family Law
CJ 322 Criminalistics and the Crime Lab
CJ 330 Prosecuting Criminal Cases
CJ 405 Deviant Behavior in Society
CJ 410 Race, Crime & Poverty in America
CJ/SOC 411 The Family
CJ 425 Children’s Rights and Societal Responses
CJ 450 Current Trends and Issues in Criminal Justice
*CJ 503 Criminal Justice Administration
*CJ 522 Criminology
*CJ 544 Staff Supervision in Criminal Justice
*CJ 576 Corrections
* CJ graduate electives. Up to 12 graduate credits may be taken by CJ undergraduate students who have been accepted into the five-year CJ Masters program in the fourth year (UG) of their program. These courses are also open to seniors enrolled in the regular four-year undergraduate program with a QPA of 3.0 or better and the CJ Program Director’s permission.
III. Cognate Courses – Twelve Credits (4 courses)
ECON 210 Basic Economics
PS 210 American Government & Politics
PS 211 State & Local Government
SOC 214 Social Problems
IV. Electives - 9 Credits (3 courses)
Any three (3 credit) courses
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