BS Criminal Justice

The criminal justice major is built upon a strong liberal arts base provided by the University's core curriculum. Course work in the major is structured in a manner that acquaints students with the basic concepts and content areas of the field of criminal justice including law enforcement, corrections, and the courts. The major introduces the criminal justice system as a concept that demonstrates the connectedness and the interdependence of making laws, breaking laws, and reacting to the breaking of laws. This process is referred to as justice, and its application as the criminal justice system. The criminal justice major acquires a basic understanding of the importance of the liberal arts to criminal justice, a sound knowledge base of criminal justice, and an understanding of the basic philosophical foundation and the major theories of the cause of crime and the application of law.