Criminal Justice (B.S.)

Students first entering college in Fall 1999 or after should see section on “New Core Curriculum” under “General Requirements for a Bachelor’s Degree.”

Satisfy Core Curriculum Requirements for students entering college in Fall 1999 or after.  See “General Requirements for a Bachelor’s Degree.”

Satisfy the requirements for the Bachelor of Science.

General Requirements:  Lower or Upper Division (10 semester hours)

3 s.h. of speech; 3 s.h. of computer literacy; and 4 s.h. of natural science with a lab.

1. Plan Requirements (26 upper division semester hours)

   ENG 3430 Professional Writing  CJS 3310   Foundations of Criminal Justice

   CJS 3314   Criminal Justice Administration CJS 3316   Ethics of Social Control

   CJS 3318   Criminology   CJS 3324   Research Methods in Criminal Justice I

   CJS 4320   Senior Seminar   CJS 4424   Research Methods in Criminal Justice II

   Notes:

   1. No more than one grade below “C” in these 26 s.h. will be accepted toward graduation.
   2. CJS 3310 and CJS 3318 are gateway courses and must be taken within the first two semesters of upper level coursework.
   3. All requirements for CJS 4320 Senior Seminar, including the CJ Senior Exam, must be passed with a letter grade of “C” or better for a student to be certified for graduation.  CJS 4320 must be taken at the University of Houston-Victoria.

2. Plan Electives (15 upper division semester hours)

   1. Students transferring under the 2+2 agreement with articulated lower division coursework take 15 s.h. of upper division courses in Criminal Justice or Nonprofit Leadership.
   2. Students without 18-21 s.h. of lower division Criminal Justice courses take
      CJS 3321, CJS 4313, CJS 4321, and 6 s.h. of upper division Criminal Justice courses.

3. Support Courses (6 upper division semester hours)
1. 3 s.h. from PSY 4311, PSY 4312
2. 3 s.h. from ANT 3311, COM 4314, HUM 4323,  HUM 4324
4. Free Electives.  To satisfy 122 s.h. degree requirement and 54 s.h. upper division requirement.

 

These requirements are summarized in the following table:

Criminal Justice Plan
I.  CORE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS (42 total core hours required.)
II.  PLAN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS	LD	LD/UD	UD	TOTAL
A.  General
ENG 3430 Professional Writing			4	4
Computer Literacy / Proficiency	3			3
Natural Science with Lab	4			4
SPCH	3			3
CJS 3310 Foundations of Criminal Justice			3	3
CJS 3314 Criminal Justice Administration			3	3
CJS 3316 Ethics of Social Control			3	3
CJS 3318 Criminology			3	3
CJS 3324 Research Methods in Criminal Justice I			3	3
CJS 4320 Senior Seminar			3	3
CJS 4424 Research Methods in Criminal Justice II			4	4
B.  Plan Electives (15 s.h. of Upper Division CJS courses)			15	15
C.  Support Courses			6	6
III.  FREE ELECTIVES (to fulfill hours requirements)
*TOTAL				122

*Total must be minimum of 122 s.h. with minimum of 54 s.h. at upper division level.