Criminal Justice Option
Bachelor of Science
NSS BS 5404
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by major
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 9
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
- Take 1 course from:
- PSCI 100GS, Introduction to Political Science - 3
hours
- PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3
hours
- Take 1 course from:
- PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
- PSY 230GS, Human Development - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- SOC 100GS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
- SOC 124GS, Social Problems - 3 hours
- Personal Development minimum = 2
- BS Science-related course requirements = 0
- Major Option = 33
- Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24
- Minors are 24 hours, 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as
18 required hours to the program. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other
requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.
- The following Minors are suggested: Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer
Information Systems, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, or
Spanish.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 102
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 23
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Criminal Justice = 125
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for
all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above
taken at a 4-year college or university.
- A. Criminal Justice Requirements (21 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- CJUS 101GS, Introduction to Criminal Justice - 3 hours
- CJUS 201, The Juvenile Justice System - 3 hours
- CJUS 215, Correctional Services and Systems - 3 hours
- CJUS 230, The Police Service - 3 hours
- CJUS 421, Criminal Justice Planning and Research - 3
hours
- SOC 360, Criminology - 3 hours
- Take ONE of the following options:
- 1. Monograph
- Take 3 hours from:
- CJUS 471, Monograph - 3 hours
- 2. or Internship
- Take 6 to 9 hours from:
- CJUS 475, Internship - 6 or 9 hours
- *Either CJUS 471 Monograph (3 hours.), or CJUS 475 Internship (6-9 hours) must be
taken by all majors. Should CJUS 475 be taken, 3 hours will be counted towards the above
required 21 CJUS hours, with remaining hours counted as unrestricted Electives. However,
the remaining hours will not be counted as required Criminal Justice electives (C.).
Students normally take internship during the summer following their junior year, although
the course is offered at other times.
- B. Criminal Justice Electives (6 hours required)
- Take 6 hours from:
- CJUS 310, Community Based Corrections - 3 hours
- CJUS 320, Police Supervision - 3 hours
- CJUS 325, Correctional Agency Administration - 3 hours
- CJUS 330, Laws of Arrest, Search and Seizure - 3 hours
- CJUS 340, Criminal Evidence and Procedure - 3 hours
- CJUS 345, Criminal Law - 3 hours
- CJUS 350, Organized Crime - 3 hours
- CJUS 353, Crime Prevention and Security - 3 hours
- CJUS 375, Comparative Criminal Justice Systems - 3
hours
- CJUS 380, Minorities and Criminal Justice - 3 hours
- CJUS 390, Criminal Investigation - 3 hours
- CJUS 401, Issues in Criminal Justice - 3 hours
- CJUS 411, Readings in Criminal Justice - 1-3 hours
- CJUS 415, Correctional Casework - 3 hours
- CJUS 420, Police Organization and Management - 3 hours
- CJUS 425, Court Administration - 3 hours
- CJUS 451, Seminar in Criminal Justice - 3 hours
- CJUS 499, Independent Study - 3-6 hours
- C. Criminal Justice Social Science Electives (6 hours required)
- Take 6 hours from:
- PSCI 252, The Courts and the Judicial Process - 3
hours
- PSCI 300, American Constitutional Law - 3 hours
- PSCI 325, Individual Liberties and Civil Rights - 3
hours
- PSCI 400, Public Administration - 3 hours
- PSY 231, Abnormal Behavior and Society - 3 hours
- PSY 376, Psychology and Criminal Behavior - 3 hours
(Prereq: PSY 203GS)
- PSY 406, Theories of Personality - 3 hours
- SOC 225, Community and Human Diversity - 3 hours
- SOC 363, Juvenile Delinquency - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 100GS or SOC 250GS)
- SOC 461, Deviance and Social Control - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 100GS or SOC 250GS)
16 May 2005
