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 elective 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
Take all of the following:
CJUS 101, Introduction to Criminal Justice - 3 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 their junior year.