First Year
First Semester
CJSA 1322/CRIJ 1301 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CJCR 2325 Legal Aspects of Corrections
CJSA 1313/CRIJ 1306 Court Systems and Practices
CJSA 1312/CRIJ 1307 Crime in America
ENGL 1301 Composition I
KINE 1125 Physical Conditioning I
Second Semester
CJSA 1327/CRIJ 1310 Fundamentals of Criminal Law
CJCR 1304 Probation and Parole
CJSA 1348 Ethics in Criminal Justice
ENGL ENGL 1302 or 2311
MATH MATH...
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Required General Education Courses (18 credits) CM101 - English Composition I ...................................................3
CM115 - Public Speaking ...............................................................3
MA105 - Survey of Math or MA110 Intermediate Algebra or
MA111 - College Algebra .................................................3
Science Gen. Ed ...................................................................................
A program that prepares individuals to study the theories and principles, of correctional science and to function as professional corrections officers and other workers in public and/or private incarceration facilities.
Corrections counselors work with corrections facilities, law enforcement, courts, institutions and the overall criminal justice system to provide behavioral modification and cognitive training treatment for adult and juvenile offenders.
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The Corrections Major trains students for careers in probation, parole, correctional institutions, community-based correctional programs, and social service agencies.
The Criminal Justice & Criminology program prepares the student to work in a public or private agency in corrections. Upon successful completion of this program, graduates will be able to:
identify each component of the criminal justice system and explain its purpose and function;
recognize the functional operation of the juvenile justice system and identify moral dilemmas in the criminal justice field;
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