Criminal Justice

Credit Hours: 120 credits

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	Science Elective - Laboratory Course		4
	Total Semester Credits	16	16

 

SECOND YEAR
Dept and No.	Descriptive Title of Course	Credits
	Semester:	FALL	SPRING
ELECTIVE	Arts/Humanities Elective¹	3
CJ 201	Criminology	3
ELECTIVE	Mathematics Elective²	3
POSC 201	State & Local Government	3
PHED 105	Wellness and Fitness	2
PSYC 202/230	Adolescence and Adulthood or Psych of Adolescence	3
ELECTIVE	Arts/Humanities Elective (200-level or higher)¹		3
COMM 107	Speech Communication		3
POSC 310	Public Policy		3
CJ 210	Juvenile Delinquency		3
MC ELECT	Minor Elective5		3
	Total Semester Credits	17	15

 

THIRD YEAR
Dept and No.	Descriptive Title of Course	Credits
	Semester:	FALL	SPRING
CJ 330	Professional Ethics	3
CUR EC	Curricular Elective4, 6	3
MATH 205	Statistics	3
MC ELECT	Minor Elective5	3
SOCI 301	Sociology of Diversity	3
CUR EC	Curricular Elective4, 6		3
MC ELECT	Minor Elective5		3
MC ELECT	Minor Elective5		3
FREE	Free Elective (if needed)		3
PSYC 311	Quantitative Methods for the Social and Behavioral Sciences		3
	Total Semester Credits	15	15

 

FOURTH YEAR
Dept and No.	Descriptive Title of Course	Credits
	Semester:	FALL	SPRING
CUR EC	Curricular Elective4, 6	3
FREE	Free Elective (if needed)
MATH 314/SOSC 450	Statistics and Research or Research Implementation and Analysis	3
MC ELECT	Minor Elective5	3
MC ELECT	Minor Elective5	3
PSYC 401/BUSN 401	Organizational Behavior	3
CJ 423/CUR EC	Field Experience II/Curricular Elective³		3
FREE	Free Elective (if needed)		3
CJ 450	Senior Seminar		3
CUR EC	Curricular Elective4, 6		3
PSYC 402/LEAD 402/CJ 430	Supervision and Leadership or Lead Strategies or Police Operations and Management		3
	Total Semester Credits	15	15

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.

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.

Footnotes:

¹See page 72-73 for a list of courses fulfilling this requirement.

²Recommended: MATH 102 (College Algebra) or MATH 111 (College Mathematics).

³Internships are limited to those students with a 3.0 GPA in the major and recommendation of the curriculum coordinator. Students eligible for an internship must take CJ 423P (Field Experience Preparation) before taking CJ 423.

⁴Students must select courses from 200, 300, 400 level CJ, SOCI, PSYC or POSC courses. The courses cannot be used as part of the minor in a student's respective area. BUSN 333 (Business Law) and SRM 313 (Facilitation of Leadership Activities) are also considered curricular electives.

⁵Students must take courses (18 credits) in a respective minor area. Six credits must be at 300-400 level.

⁶Students are strongly encouraged to utilize curricular electives to meet the requirement of 36 credits at the 300-400 level.