Criminal Justice Major and Minor Requirements

Requirements for a Major in Criminal Justice

The requirements listed below reflect Mount Union’s new curriculum for the 2012-2013 Academic Year.  For information regarding major or minor requirements for current students, please refer to the University Catalogue of your entering year.

Required Courses for All Concentrations

• Introduction to Criminal Justice
• Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice
• Criminal Law and Procedure
• Research Methods
• Senior Culminating Experience (SCE) for Criminal Justice
• Internship

Areas of Concentration

All Criminal Justice Majors must select at least one of the following areas of concentration: Law Enforcement or Applied Criminal Justice.

Law Enforcement

This concentration is for students who want to pursue a career in a variety of state and local law enforcement agencies.

Required Courses Semester Hours

• Introduction to Law Enforcement
• Law Enforcement Administration
• Juvenile Delinquency or
• Criminology

Any Two from the Following Courses

• Drugs and Crime
• Advanced Applied Criminal Justice Seminar
• Internship
• Forensic Psychology
• Introduction to Law and the Legal System
• White Collar Crime
• Family Violence

Applied Criminal Justice

This area of concentration is for students interested in pursuing a career in Corrections, Probation, or Parole.

Required Courses

• Introduction to Applied Criminal Justice
• Community Corrections and Treatment in Criminal Justice
• Corrections

Any Two from the Following Courses

• Crime, Society and Institutions of Law
• Drugs and Crime
• Advanced Criminal Justice Seminar
• Internship
• Introduction to Law and the Legal System
• Drugs and Behavior
• Forensic Psychology
• Juvenile Delinquency or
  
• Criminology
• Drugs and Society
• Family Violence

Requirements for a Minor in Criminal Justice

Required Courses

• Introduction to Criminal Justice
• Diversity Issues
• Criminal Law and Procedures
• Advanced Applied Criminal Justice Seminar

Any One from the Following Courses

• Crime, Society and Institutions of Law
• Drugs and Crime
• Community Corrections and Treatment in Criminal Justice
• Law Enforcement Administration
• Forensic Psychology
• Introduction to Law and the Legal System
• Juvenile Delinquency
• Criminology
• Corrections