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Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice

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Catalog Year: 2024- 2025

Major Requirements

Students must achieve a “C-” (1.7) or better in all courses in the curriculum and earn a minimum 2.0 GPA in the major to complete their bachelor’s degree. For the major, every student must complete the core courses (21 units) and a minimum of 15 units from the elective curriculum and three units of a approved writing course.

Criminal Justice Student Handbook

CRJU Major Roadmap

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Core Curriculum (21 Units)

  • CRJU 100: Myths and Realities of Crime and Justice (3)
  • CRJU 300: Foundations of Criminal Justice (3)
  • CRJU 310: Criminal Law: Substantive (3)
  • CRJU 315: Police and Society (3)
  • CRJU 330: Theories of Crime and Delinquency (3)
  • CRJU 340: Criminal Justice Research Methodology (3)
  • CRJU 345: Corrections (3)

Writing Requirement (3 Units)

Students should select one of the following courses:

  • English 301: Advanced College Writing (3)
  • English 365: Legal Writing (3)

Elective Curriculum (15 Units)
9 units at the 400 Level

Students should select five criminal justice elective courses (CRJU) of their choice, based on personal or career interests.

CRJU 303         Controlling Crime
CRJU 304         Criminal Courts
CRJU 320          Intro to Public Administration
CRJU 322          Leadership for Public Service
CRJU 325          Juvenile Justice Administration
CRJU 327          Victims of Crime
CRJU 360          Comparative and International Criminal Justice Systems
CRJU 370          Sex, Crime and Culture
CRJU 385          Race, Inequality and the Criminal Justice System
CRJU 404          Capital Punishment
CRJU 405          Criminal Justice Policy
CRJU 406          Crime & Popular Culture

CRJU 410          Restorative Justice
CRJU 415          Policing the City

CRJU 417          Mass Murder
CRJU 420          Drugs and Crime
CRJU 422          Human Resource Management
CRJU 430          Women and Crime

CRJU 434         Cutting Edge Criminology: New Theories  
                           and Methods 
CRJU 435          Civil Disobedience
CRJU 440          Correctional Rehabilitation
CRJU 455          Gangs & the Criminal Justice System
CRJU 465          Law, Punishment and Justice
CRJU 471          Moot Court: Legal Practicum (SPC)
CRJU 474          Civil Liberties 
CRJU 477          Mock Trial: Legal Practicum II (SPC) 
CRJU 478          Animals, Law, & Society

CRJU 480          Courtroom Evidence 
CRJU 485          Search, Seizure & Interrogation I 
CRJU 486          Search, Seizure & Interrogation II 

CRJU 487          Technology and Criminal Justice Rights 

CRJU 491          Applied Policy Research (SPC) 
CRJU 492          Pre-law Internship
CRJU 495          Criminal Justice Internship
CRJU 499          Independent Study (1, 2, or 3 units)

*More electives may be available in a semester. Please check the course listing when you register in a semester.

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