Offered by Department of Criminal Justice:

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
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 101, 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)
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