B.S. In Criminal Justice Degree Requirements


General Education Requirements (38 credits)

Criminal Justice Program Requirements (42 credits)

 
  • CRJU 300 Criminal Justice Ethics
  • CRJU 301 The Contemporary Criminal Justice System 
  • CRJU 302 Criminal Justice Research Methods 
  • CRJU 306 Criminological Perspectives
  • CRJU 485 Criminal Justice Capstone, prerequisites: CRJU 300, 301, 302, 306, and MATH 115

Law Enforcement
Choose one of the following:

  • CRJU 320 Police Administration 
  • CRJU 420 Special Problems in Policing 

Courts and Law
Choose one of the following:

  • CRJU 330 Criminal Law 
  • CRJU 430 Juvenile Justice 
  • CRJU 432 Criminal Courts 

Corrections
Choose one of the following:

  • CRJU 341 Correctional Perspectives 
  • CRJU 441 Special Problems in Corrections 
  • CRJU 442 Community Corrections  

Complete four 300- or 400-level CRJU courses, and you may select from among the Area Courses you did not complete as requirements. Of these 12 credits, you make take up to 6 credits of 300- or 400-level FSCS courses. If you have not worked in the field and you have not previously taken a criminal justice internship, you must complete CRJU 490 Criminal Justice Internship as a discipline elective.

  • IDIS 101 First Year Seminar: Introduction to University Learning 
    freshmen only; transfer students replace this with a different elective

Complete as many courses as necessary from any discipline to fulfill your 120-credit requirement to graduate.

Meet the UBalt Information Literacy graduation requirement by successfully completing one of the following:

  • INFO 110 Introduction to Information Literacy 
  • CRJU 304 Criminal Justice Professional Studies