The Criminal Justice Major prepares students for careers in a variety of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, and for graduate study in related fields.
Criminal Justice Program Student Outcomes
TRADITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Criminal Justice Major (42 units) BS
Lower Division Requirements
CJS 113 Introduction to Criminal Justice
POL 213 American Government
POL 223 State and Local Government
Upper Division Requirements
CJS 301 Fundamentals of Criminal Law
CJS 321 Courts and Criminal Procedure
CJS 331 Police Systems and Practices
CJS 341 Minorities in the Criminal Justice System
CJS 485 Methods of Research for Criminal Justice
CJS 496 Institutional and Community Corrections
CJS 499 Senior Project
POL 485 Constitutional Law II
Upper Division Elective Requirements
Nine (9) units from the following:
CJS 400 Special Topics in Criminal Justice
CJS 401 Crime and Delinquency
CJS 402 Hate Crime
CJS 441 Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation and Report Writing
CJS 497 Comparative Criminal Justice
This page was updated March 7, 2011.