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Criminology and Criminal Justice (Online)

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Criminology and Criminal Justice (Major & Minor Online)

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College
College of Arts & Sciences

Degree Type
Bachelor of Science (BS)

Program Type
Major, Minor

Program Delivery
Fully Online

Your interest in crime and justice shouldn’t have to fit into a traditional classroom schedule. Chaminade’s online Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice gives you the same rigorous curriculum and personalized faculty support as our on-campus program, with the flexibility to learn online.

Explore the causes and complexities of crime, the American criminal justice system, criminal law, public safety, and criminological research. You’ll develop the critical thinking, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills to understand complex issues and prepare for careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, public safety, criminology, and related fields.

Whether you’re starting your degree or building on your professional experience, you’ll have the flexibility to pursue your goals while staying connected to a supportive academic community.

Upon completion of the B.S. undergraduate program in Criminology & Criminal Justice, students will be able to:

  1. Describe the interrelated institutions and processes of the criminal justice system, including the basic rights guaranteed to each individual by both state and federal constitutions and laws.
  2. Apply theories of crime and criminal justice to explain actual and hypothetical scenarios, behaviors, and trends.
  3. Evaluate social, cultural, and technological change and its impact on the criminal justice system.
  4. Assess social inequities in crime and criminal justice processes by race, social class, gender, region and age.
  5. Articulate a working knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods by explaining the various social science methods of inquiry and use these to test specific criminological research questions.
  6. Engage the Marianist tradition of education for service, peace, and justice as it pertains to local and national social justice, injustices, and inequities in the criminal justice field.

In addition to the general education requirements, these are the pre-major and major requirements below:

Pre-Major Requirements

  • CJ 151 Criminal Justice Systems
  • CJ 201 Foundations in Criminology
  • CJ 220 Criminal Investigation
  • CJ 223 Introduction to Law
  • CJ 280 Techniques of Interviewing, Interrogation, and Report Writing
  • CJ 291 Juvenile Justice System

Major Requirements

  • CJ 315 Behavioral Sciences Statistics
  • CJ 321 Research Methods
  • CJ 375 Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice
  • CJ 399 Career Development in Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • CJ 423 Criminal Law
  • CJ 424 Criminal Procedures and Civil Liberties
  • CJ 432 Law Enforcement
  • CJ 435 Ethics In Criminal Justice
  • CJ 451 Corrections: Prisons and Community Alternatives
  • CJ 487 Internship OR CJ 499 Directed Study
  • CJ 490 Seminar in Criminal Justice Agencies

Choose one (1) elective from the following:

  • PSY 321 Psychology of Personality
  • PSY 424 Abnormal Psychology
  • SO 401 Race and Ethnic Relations
  • SO 407 Society and Mental Disorders

Upon completion of the Criminology & Criminal Justice minor, students will be able to:

  1. Describe the interrelated institutions and processes of the criminal justice system, including the basic rights guaranteed to each individual by both state and federal constitutions and laws.
  2. Articulate a working knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods by explaining the various social science methods of inquiry and use these to test specific criminological research questions.
  3. Engage the Marianist tradition of education for service, peace, and justice as it pertains to local and national social justice, injustices, and inequities in the criminal justice field.

Minor Requirements

  • CJ 151 Criminal Justice Systems OR CJ 201 Foundations in Criminology
  • CJ 315 Behavioral Sciences Statistics
  • Minimum of 12 additional hours of upper-division Criminology and Criminal Justice courses
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