Criminal Justice
The Criminal Justice major provides comprehensive coverage of the criminal justice system including the law, law enforcement, the courts, and corrections. All of this is framed within the larger context of society today and the history of Western civilization. Themes addressed in this broad context include the concept of community, the nature of human nature, punishment vs. rehabilitation, victimology, and civil rights. Criminal Justice majors pursue careers in all sectors of the criminal justice system, sometimes after additional graduate study in criminology or public administration.
| Courses |
Credits |
Prerequisites/Corerequisites
See course descriptions |
| CRJ 105 The Criminal Justice System |
4* |
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| CRJ 230 The Law, Society and Polity |
4* |
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| CRJ 352 Research Methods |
4* |
MTH 140; Junior standing |
| CRJ 365 Criminology |
4* |
CRJ 105 |
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| Choose one (pre-service students
only) |
4 |
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| CRJ 497 Internship (4) |
|
Junior standing; 4 courses in area of concentration |
| PJU Field Work in Social Justice (4) |
|
Senior standing; 2.500 GPA |
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| CRJ 498 Seminar: Issues in Criminal
Justice |
4* |
Senior standing; 2 courses in CRJ |
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| Required Correlatives: |
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| POL 101 The Great Issues of Politics |
4* |
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| Choose one: |
4 |
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| SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (4) |
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| SOC 215 Deviance and Institutional
Problems (4) |
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| CRJ electives (12 credits for pre-service
students) |
16* |
See course descriptions |
| Social Science Electives |
12 |
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| Senior Comprehensive Examination |
-- |
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| Total Credits Required |
60 |
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| *used to calculate the Major GPA
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Transfer credit will be evaluated by course basis. Credit will be granted towards requirements in the Criminal Justice major/minor only for courses detremined to be equivalent to criminal justice courses in the Ohio Dominican University catalog. Technical courses in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections and related areas will not be awarded credit towrads requirements for the Criminal Justice major/minor. These courses will transfer to ODU as elective credits.
| Courses |
Credits |
Prerequisites/Corerequisites
See course descriptions |
| CRJ 105 The Criminal Justice System |
4 |
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| Choose one of the following: |
4 |
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| CRJ 230 The Law, Society and Polity
(4) |
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| CRJ 231 History of U.S. Constitution (4) |
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POL 101 or CRJ 230 |
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| CRJ electives (12 credits) |
12 |
See course descriptions |
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| Total Credits Required |
20 |
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