Criminal Justice Major

Program Director: Dr. Chad Litton

Degree Types: Bachelor of Science (default) or Bachelor of Arts (alternative)

Outcomes

After completing the required curriculum in the criminal justice program, graduates will be able to:

• Evaluate the relative strengths of various approaches to criminal justice.
• Show an understanding of the major areas in criminal justice, to include:
  • Criminal justice and juvenile justice process
  • Criminology
  • Law enforcement
  • Law adjudication
  • Corrections
  • Facility and community corrections
  • Homeland security
  • Probation and parole
  • Private security
• Display ethical and professional behavior while applying this knowledge to problems and changing fact situations.
• Communicate this knowledge effectively in written and oral form.
• Process and apply information reliably.
• Demonstrate research skills to include statistics and computer methods.
• Demonstrate logic, critical thinking, and ethical decision-making.
• Display an understanding of the impact of issues of diversity on themselves and their communities.