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Offered by Department of Criminal Justice and Social Work:

Criminal Justice Major

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
SOC 100GS, Introduction to Sociology - 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
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: Spanish, Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Social Work, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, or Sociology.
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. At least 15 hours (5 courses) of upper division credit in criminal justice must be taken from UNK.

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 480, Senior Seminar: Professional Ethics and Career Development - 3 hours
Take 1 of the following:
CJUS 421, Criminal Justice Planning and Research - 3 hours
SOWK 330, Fundamentals of Research in Social Welfare - 3 hours

Take ONE of the following options:
1. Internship (Strongly Recommended)
Take 6 to 9 hours from:
CJUS 475, Internship - 6 or 9 hours, permission of Department Chair required
*Should CJUS 475 be taken, 3 hours will be counted towards the above required 21 CJUS hours, with remaining hours counted as unrestricted electives. The remaining hours will not be counted toward Criminal Justice coursework.
Students normally take internship during the summer following their junior year, although the course is offered at other times.

2. Additional Coursework
Take 3 additional hours from any CJUS elective course.

B. Criminal Justice Electives (9 hours required)
Take 9 hours from:
CJUS 310, Community Based Corrections - 3 hours
CJUS 315, Victimology: Victims of Crime - 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, Special Topics - 1-12 hours
CJUS 411, Readings in Criminal Justice - 1-6 hours
CJUS 415, Correctional Casework - 3 hours (Prereq: CJUS 215)
CJUS 420, Supervision and Management in Criminal Justice - 3 hours
CJUS 430, Drugs and the Criminal Justice System - 3 hours
CJUS 431, Correctional Law and Administration - 3 hours
CJUS 435, Interviewing and Correctional Case Management - 3 hours
CJUS 476, Terrorism and Crisis Negotiations - 3 hours
CJUS 490, Advanced Criminal and Crime Scene Investigations (CSI) - 3 hours
CJUS 499, Independent Study - 3-6 hours

C. Criminal Justice Social Science Electives (3 hours required)
Take 3 hours from:
CSP 417, Counseling Skills - 3 hours
CSP 418, Introduction to Counseling - 3 hours
GEOG 315, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - 4 hours (Prereq: junior or senior standing)
GEOG 316, Advanced Geographic Information Systems - 3 hours
PE 260GS, First Aid, Responding to Emergencies - 2 hours
PSCI 252, The Courts and the Judicial Process - 3 hours
PSCI 300, American Constitutional Law - 3 hours (Prereq: PSCI 252)
PSCI 325, Individual Liberties and Civil Rights - 3 hours (Prereq: PSCI 300)
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 480, Advanced Seminar in Psychology: Psychology and Law - 3 hours
(Prereq: At least 12 completed hours of psychology coursework, junior/senior/graduate standing, permission of the instructor)
SOC 225, Community and Human Diversity - 3 hours
SOC 360, Criminology - 3 hours - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 100GS or SOC 124GS or SOC 250GS)
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)
SOWK 172, Human Service Ethics and Experience - 3 hours
SOWK 472, Substance Abuse and Addictions - 3 hours
SPAN 103, Spanish for Special Purposes (Law Enforcement) - 3 hours
Any SPAN course 200 or above - 3 hours

11 May 2006
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