Updated 2013-14 Undergraduate Catalog

Criminal Justice, B.S. major

ALERT:  To be licensed by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board in order to practice law enforcement in Minnesota, a student must be certified in crash injury management, as an emergency medical technician, or obtain a Red Cross Advanced Certificate by taking HLTH 3600. In addition, CRJS 3359 Criminal Investigation, CRJS 3360 Criminal Procedure and Evidence, CRJS 4480 Police and Community Relations, and a course in Traffic Code must be completed. A psychological examination and background investigation are also required.

Required Credits: 66
Required GPA: 2.25

I REQUIRED CORE COURSES

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• CRJS 1120 Criminal Justice and Society (4 credits)
• CRJS 3201 Research Methods and Statistics for Criminal Justice (4 credits)
• CRJS 3304 Police Process (4 credits)
• CRJS 3305 Judicial Process (4 credits)
• CRJS 3306 Correctional Process (4 credits)
• CRJS 3358 Criminal Law (4 credits)

COMPLETE 4 SEMESTER CREDITS FROM THE FOLLOWING COURSE:

• CRJS 4920 Directed Group Study (4 credits)

 

II REQUIRED TRACK

Select 1 of the following tracks A. Law Enforcement with Internship B. Corrections with Internship C. Criminal Justice with Internship D. Criminal Justice (non-internship) All tracks will display until a specific track(s) is declared. To declare a track, contact the Records Office.

A. LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH INTERNSHIP

A. Law Enforcement with Internship
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• CRJS 3315 Criminology and Delinquency (4 credits)
• CRJS 3359 Criminal Investigation (4 credits)
• CRJS 3360 Criminal Procedure and Evidence (4 credits)
• CRJS 4103 Criminal Justice Diversity (3 credits)
• CRJS 4480 Police and Community Relations (4 credits)

COMPLETE 12 CREDITS IN THE FOLLOWING COURSE:

• CRJS 4970 Internship (12 credits)

REQUIRED ELECTIVES
COMPLETE 7 SEMESTER CREDITS:

• CHEM 2210 Criminalistics (3 credits)
• CHEM 2270 Criminalistics Laboratory (1 credit)
• CRJS 1000 The American Legal System (3 credits)
• CRJS 2200 Systems Dynamics (3 credits)
• CRJS 2221 Comparative Justice (3 credits)
• CRJS 3319 Topics In Criminal Justice (1-2 credits)
• CRJS 3334 Criminal Justice Planning (3 credits)
• CRJS 3344 Criminal Justice and Domestic Violence (3 credits)
• CRJS 3351 Criminal Profiling (3 credits)
• CRJS 3355 Drugs and Criminal Justice (3 credits)
• CRJS 3356 Introduction to Homeland Security (4 credits)
• CRJS 3357 Applied Civil Law (3 credits)
• CRJS 3359 Criminal Investigation (4 credits)
• CRJS 3360 Criminal Procedure and Evidence (4 credits)
• CRJS 3380 Community Corrections (3 credits)
• CRJS 4103 Criminal Justice Diversity (3 credits)
• CRJS 4420 Legal Aspects of Corrections (3 credits)
• CRJS 4480 Police and Community Relations (4 credits)
• CRJS 4487 Offender Intervention (3 credits)
• HLTH 3600 Emergency Response (3 credits)
• INST 1107 Introduction to Indian Studies (3 credits)
• SOC 2230 Race and Ethnic Relations (3 credits)

B. CORRECTIONS WITH INTERNSHIP

B. Corrections with Internship
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• CRJS 3315 Criminology and Delinquency (4 credits)
• CRJS 3360 Criminal Procedure and Evidence (4 credits)
• CRJS 3380 Community Corrections (3 credits)
• CRJS 4103 Criminal Justice Diversity (3 credits)
• CRJS 4420 Legal Aspects of Corrections (3 credits)
• CRJS 4480 Police and Community Relations (4 credits)

COMPLETE 12 CREDITS IN THE FOLLOWING COURSE:

• CRJS 4970 Internship (12 credits)

REQUIRED ELECTIVES
COMPLETE 5 SEMESTER CREDITS:

• CHEM 2210 Criminalistics (3 credits)
• CHEM 2270 Criminalistics Laboratory (1 credit)
• CRJS 1000 The American Legal System (3 credits)
• CRJS 2200 Systems Dynamics (3 credits)
• CRJS 2221 Comparative Justice (3 credits)
• CRJS 3319 Topics In Criminal Justice (1-2 credits)
• CRJS 3334 Criminal Justice Planning (3 credits)
• CRJS 3344 Criminal Justice and Domestic Violence (3 credits)
• CRJS 3351 Criminal Profiling (3 credits)
• CRJS 3355 Drugs and Criminal Justice (3 credits)
• CRJS 3356 Introduction to Homeland Security (4 credits)
• CRJS 3357 Applied Civil Law (3 credits)
• CRJS 3359 Criminal Investigation (4 credits)
• CRJS 3360 Criminal Procedure and Evidence (4 credits)
• CRJS 3380 Community Corrections (3 credits)
• CRJS 4103 Criminal Justice Diversity (3 credits)
• CRJS 4420 Legal Aspects of Corrections (3 credits)
• CRJS 4480 Police and Community Relations (4 credits)
• CRJS 4487 Offender Intervention (3 credits)
• HLTH 3600 Emergency Response (3 credits)
• INST 1107 Introduction to Indian Studies (3 credits)
• SOC 2230 Race and Ethnic Relations (3 credits)

C. CRIMINAL JUSTICE WITH INTERNSHIP

C. Criminal Justice with Internship
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• CRJS 2200 Systems Dynamics (3 credits)
• CRJS 3315 Criminology and Delinquency (4 credits)
• CRJS 3334 Criminal Justice Planning (3 credits)

COMPLETE 12 CREDITS IN THE FOLLOWING COURSE:

• CRJS 4970 Internship (12 credits)

REQUIRED ELECTIVES
COMPLETE 16 SEMESTER CREDITS:

• CHEM 2210 Criminalistics (3 credits)
• CHEM 2270 Criminalistics Laboratory (1 credit)
• CRJS 1000 The American Legal System (3 credits)
• CRJS 2200 Systems Dynamics (3 credits)
• CRJS 2221 Comparative Justice (3 credits)
• CRJS 3319 Topics In Criminal Justice (1-2 credits)
• CRJS 3334 Criminal Justice Planning (3 credits)
• CRJS 3344 Criminal Justice and Domestic Violence (3 credits)
• CRJS 3351 Criminal Profiling (3 credits)
• CRJS 3355 Drugs and Criminal Justice (3 credits)
• CRJS 3356 Introduction to Homeland Security (4 credits)
• CRJS 3357 Applied Civil Law (3 credits)
• CRJS 3359 Criminal Investigation (4 credits)
• CRJS 3360 Criminal Procedure and Evidence (4 credits)
• CRJS 3380 Community Corrections (3 credits)
• CRJS 4103 Criminal Justice Diversity (3 credits)
• CRJS 4420 Legal Aspects of Corrections (3 credits)
• CRJS 4480 Police and Community Relations (4 credits)
• CRJS 4487 Offender Intervention (3 credits)
• HLTH 3600 Emergency Response (3 credits)
• INST 1107 Introduction to Indian Studies (3 credits)
• SOC 2230 Race and Ethnic Relations (3 credits)

D. CRIMINAL JUSTICE (NON-INTERNSHIP)

D. Criminal Justice (Non-Internship)
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• CRJS 2200 Systems Dynamics (3 credits)
• CRJS 2221 Comparative Justice (3 credits)
• CRJS 3315 Criminology and Delinquency (4 credits)
• CRJS 3334 Criminal Justice Planning (3 credits)

REQUIRED ELECTIVES
COMPLETE 25 SEMESTER CREDITS:

• CHEM 2210 Criminalistics (3 credits)
• CHEM 2270 Criminalistics Laboratory (1 credit)
• CRJS 1000 The American Legal System (3 credits)
• CRJS 2200 Systems Dynamics (3 credits)
• CRJS 2221 Comparative Justice (3 credits)
• CRJS 3319 Topics In Criminal Justice (1-2 credits)
• CRJS 3334 Criminal Justice Planning (3 credits)
• CRJS 3344 Criminal Justice and Domestic Violence (3 credits)
• CRJS 3351 Criminal Profiling (3 credits)
• CRJS 3355 Drugs and Criminal Justice (3 credits)
• CRJS 3356 Introduction to Homeland Security (4 credits)
• CRJS 3357 Applied Civil Law (3 credits)
• CRJS 3359 Criminal Investigation (4 credits)
• CRJS 3360 Criminal Procedure and Evidence (4 credits)
• CRJS 3380 Community Corrections (3 credits)
• CRJS 4103 Criminal Justice Diversity (3 credits)
• CRJS 4420 Legal Aspects of Corrections (3 credits)
• CRJS 4480 Police and Community Relations (4 credits)
• CRJS 4487 Offender Intervention (3 credits)
• HLTH 3600 Emergency Response (3 credits)
• INST 1107 Introduction to Indian Studies (3 credits)
• SOC 2230 Race and Ethnic Relations (3 credits)

SUGGESTED SEMESTER SCHEDULE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE MAJOR, B.S.

The following is a list of required Criminal Justice courses for the B.S. major, arranged by year. This schedule is intended to help students plan their courses in an orderly fashion; however these are only suggestions and this schedule is flexible.

Freshman

• Liberal Education requirements

Sophomore

• CRJS 1120 Criminal Justice and Society (4 credits)
• CRJS 3201 Research Methods and Statistics for Criminal Justice (4 credits)
• CRJS 3304 Police Process (4 credits)
• CRJS 3305 Judicial Process (4 credits)
• Liberal Education requirements

Junior

• CRJS 3306 Correctional Process (4 credits)
• CRJS 3358 Criminal Law (4 credits)
• CRJS 4970 Internship (12 credits)
• Selected track courses
• Minor/free electives

Senior

• CRJS 4920 Directed Group Study (4 credits)
• Selected track courses
• Minor/free electives