College of St. Joseph

Total required Criminal Justice Major credits: 51
Total Criminal Justice Elective credits 6
Total required General Education credits: 45
Total General Elective credits: 25
Total credits required for BS degree in criminal justice: 127

Required Criminal Justice Core Courses (51 credits)*
CRJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CRJ 210 Law and Society
CRJ 230 Drugs and Society
CRJ 240 Professional Writing for CRJ
CRJ 250 Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class
CRJ 270 Victimology
CRJ 280 Juvenile Justice
CRJ 281 Policing in America
CRJ 282 Corrections
CRJ 283 Criminal Justice Administration
CRJ 285 Research Methods
CRJ 310 Criminology
CRJ 311 Interpersonal Skills for CRJ
CRJ 312 Criminal Law
CRJ 320 Internship I in CRJ
CRJ 340 Corporate and White Collar Crime
CRJ 440 Criminal Justice Seminar (Capstone course)

Required College Core Courses (45 credits)
ENG 101 College Writing
ENG 102 Reading and Writing about Literature
SCI 101 Biology w/lab
COM 101 Speech Communication
CIS 101 ABD Computer Literacy
PSY 102 Introduction to Psychology
PHI 301 Ethics for the Professional
CRJ 300 Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
CRJ 350 Forensic Science
Social Science (6 credits)
Fine Arts
Math Elective (MAT 101 or BUS 102)
Philosophy or Religion Elective
English Elective

General Elective Courses (Select 8-9 for 25 credits)***
Recommended:
ACC 101, 102
BUS 101
CIS 242, 410
HIS 204
LAN 105, 106
POS 102, 400
REL 201, 202, 342
SOC 101
A variety of Psychology and Human Services courses.

CRJ Elective Courses (Select two for 6 credits)**
CRJ 261 Deviance and Social Control
CRJ 262 Mass Murders and Serial Killers
CRJ 263 Cops and Robbers on Film
CRJ 313 Community Corrections
CRJ 314 Defensive Tactics/Skills for CRJ
CRJ 315 Criminal Justice Ethics and Professionalism
CRJ 316 Emergency Preparedness
CRJ 361 Law and Psychology
CRJ 370 Advanced Criminal Law
CRJ 400 Advanced Professional Writing for CRJ
CRJ 420 Internship/Co-op II
CRJ 420A Internship/Co-op III
CRJ 430 Current Issues in Criminal Justice

* Six credits may be used to satisfy core social science requirements.

** At least one course must be at the upper (300-400) level.

** No CRJ courses may be used to satisfy this requirement.

A minimum of 33 credits must be taken at the College of St. Joseph (regardless of the number of credits transferred), 18 of which must be upper level courses (3/400); 12 of these must be in the criminal justice major with at least 9 credits at the upper level.

At the time of matriculation, students may request to transfer credits completed at a regionally accredited college or university if they earned a grade of “C” or better in the course(s).

Note: In-service students should discuss these requirements with their Criminal Justice Advisor. Transfer students from criminal justice programs in other schools are urged to review their transcript evaluation with their advisor or the Registrar’s Office. They must satisfy the general education and academic major requirements, regardless of the number of criminal justice credits transferred.

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