Criminal Justice Concentration
Coordinator:
Jerry Joplin, Justice And Policy Studies Department
This concentration provides non-majors an opportunity to pursue an interest in criminal justice. It introduces students to the major problems of instituting legal control over criminal behavior and the complexity of making legal decisions in a moral context. It enables students to develop an appreciation of the social scientific method and to communicate their experience with criminal justice effectively in writing.
Requirements
Four courses (16 credit hours) are required:
- JPS 101: Introduction to Criminal Justice
- JPS 200: Criminal Procedure
- Two 300- or 400-level courses (excluding JPS 339, 366, 437)
In addition to the course work, students will be required to write a 5-10 page paper bringing together their diverse experiences in the concentration. This concentration summary must be submitted to the Justice and Policy Studies department during the semester in which a student completes her or his final course for the concentration. JPS faculty will grade the concentration summary CR/NC and CR is necessary for successful completion of the concentration.
The concentration in Criminal Justice is not available to criminal justice majors. Students majoring in Community Justice may not use their major coursework toward the Criminal Justice concentration.