Criminal Justice

Credit Hours: 63

Requirements

Recommended Sequence of Courses

The recommended course sequences listed here are for reference purposes only. Students should consult their academic adviser for the most up to date course selection and degree requirements.

FIRST YEAR
Dept and No.	Descriptive Title of Course	Credits
	Semester:	FALL	SPRING
CJ 102	Introduction to CJ	3
ENGL 101	College Writing I	3
IDS 101	The First-Year Seminar	1
MATH	Basic Algebra or higher level MATH	3
IT 105	PC Office Applications	3
SOCI 101	Introduction to Sociology	3
PSYC 101	General Psychology		3
CJ 110	Introduction to Policing		3
CJ 115	Survey of Corrections		3
ENGL 102	College Writing II		3
SCI ELECT LAB	Science Elective - Laboratory Course		4
	Total Semester Credits	16	16

 

SECOND YEAR
Dept and No.	Descriptive Title of Course	Credits
	Semester:	FALL	SPRING
ARHM ELEC	Arts/Humanities Elective¹	3
CJ 201	Criminology	3
CJ 223P	Field Experience Prep2,3	3
POSC 201	State & Local Government	3
PHED 105	Wellness and Fitness	2
PSYC 202/202/230	Adolescence and Adulthood/Developmental Psych/Psych of Adolescence	3
COMM 107	Speech Communication		3
POSC 310	Public Policy		3
CJ 210	Juvenile Delinquency		3
CJ 223	Field Experience I/Curricular Elective2,3		3
ELECTIVE	Arts/Humanities Elective4,6		3
MATH ELEC	Math Elective		3
	Total Semester Credits	17	18

Footnotes:

Students must either take or test out of ENGL 050: Critical and Analytical Reading, in their first semester at Keystone College. The credits and quality points earned are included in student averages; however, these credits do not count toward fulfilling graduation requirements.

¹ Recommended: MATH 102 or 111.

² Internships are limited to those with a 3.0 GPA in their major and recommendation of curriculum coordinator.

³ Students who are eligible for a field experience must attend field experience preparation workshop (CJ 223P) before their field experience (CJ 223).

⁴Please refer to pages 72 and 73 for a list of courses fulfilling the distribution requirements.

⁵Students considering the Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice are strongly encouraged to select courses in a respective minor area or a 300-400 level CJ course.

⁶Students intending to continue the Criminal Justice Bachelor's of Science program should consider taking a 200-level Arts and Humanities course.

The academic advisor assists the student in planning his/her curriculum and in preregistration; however, the student is ultimately responsible for meeting the requirements of the curriculum selected. Not every course is offered every semester at every location. Course offerings are dependent on enrollment.