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Bachelor of Arts:
Criminal Justice
Effective Fall 2011
  

The Criminal Justice degree program prepares students for professional careers in the criminal justice system. The career choices for criminal justice majors are diverse and may include jobs in local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, the court system, and in private and corporate businesses. This program also can be considered by students who are interested in graduate studies in the fields of law, criminal justice administration, political science and social work. The program focuses on two areas of criminal justice which relate directly to the current curricula at Goldey-Beacom College: business crime or white collar crime and computer crime as well as cyber-terrorism.

Suggested sequence of courses: 

FRESHMAN YEAR

Fall Semester  Credits Spring Semester Credits
  College Algebra (MAT 111) or
  GE Elective (110-299)
4 / 3   Critical Writing II (ENG 176) 3
Critical Writing I (ENG 175) 3 Desktop Apps - MS Excel (ITG 149) 4
Desktop Apps - MS Word (ITG 148) 4 Humanities II (HUM 104) 3
Humanities I (HUM 103) 3 Intro to Sociology (SOC 161) 3
Intro to Criminal Justice (CJ 150) 3 Precalculus (MAT 136) 4
  16 - 17   17

SOPHOMORE YEAR

Fall Semester  Credits Spring Semester Credits
  Applied Business Statistics (STA 326) 3   Advanced Business Statistics (STA 327) 3
Criminology (CJ 250) 3 Criminal Law (CJ 260) 3
Finite Math (MAT 234) 4 Macroeconomics (ECO 201) 3
Intro to Psychology (PSY 160) 3 GE Elective (110-299) 3
Microeconomics (ECO 200) 3 GE Elective (110-299) 3
  16   15

JUNIOR YEAR

Fall Semester  Credits Spring Semester Credits
  Comp. Crime & Cyber-Terrorism (CJ 320) 3   Business Crime (CJ 330) 3
Criminal Invest. & Forensics (CJ 310) 3 MIS w/ MS Access (ITG 325) 4
Management & Org Behavior (MGT 303) 3 Social Science Research (SOC 345) 3
Marketing Management (MKT 305) 3 GE Elective (300-400) 3
GE Elective (300-400) 3 SOC SCI Elective (300-400) 3
  15   16

SENIOR YEAR

Fall Semester  Credits Spring Semester Credits
  Criminal Justice Ethics (CJ 410) 3   Presentation & Debate II (ENG 486) 3
Human Resource Mgmt (MGT 428) 3 Research & Bus Writing II (ENG 466) 3
Presentation & Debate I (ENG 485) 3 Seminar in Criminal Justice (CJ 450) 3
Research & Bus Writing I (ENG 465) 3 SOC SCI Elective (300-400) 3
SOC SCI Elective (300-400) 3 SOC SCI Elective (300-400) 3
  15   15

Minimum credits required: 125-126

GE Electives include Business Courses; student can take 15 credits in business; 6 toward BA and 9 additional to earn a minor in Business (134-135 total credits).