Criminal Justice, BA
Requirements
The major requires 39 hours of coursework and is divided into three components: a lower division 15 credit hour core that serves as a basis for the fundamentals of criminal justice and is consistent with Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) guidelines; an upper division 18 credit hour core requirement; and a six credit hour criminal justice elective component. The major includes a capstone course designed to identify and analyze real-life issues facing criminal justice agencies, as well as techniques for developing and proposing solutions to constituents.
Grade of C- and a minimum GPA of 2.0 is required for the major. At least 15 hours of coursework must be completed at Roosevelt.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Division Requirements (meets IAI guidelines) | 15 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE (IAI-CRJ901) | ||
| JUVENILE JUSTICE (IAI-CRJ914) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO CORRECTIONS (IAI-CRJ911) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY (IAI-CRJ912) | ||
| CRIMINAL LAW (IAI-CRJ913) | ||
| Upper Division Requirements | 18 | |
| POLICE & SOCIETY | ||
| RESEARCH METHODS | ||
| ETHICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE | ||
| CRIMINAL JUSTICE & THE CONSTITUTION | ||
| CRIME IN AMERICA | ||
| SENIOR SEMINAR | ||
| Electives | 6 | |
| Select two of the following: | ||
| VICTIMOLOGY | ||
| WOMEN AND CRIME | ||
| WHITE COLLAR CRIME | ||
| DEATH PENALTY IN AMERICA | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
| CORE General Education and Electives | 81 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
CORE Requirements (General Education)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| First Year Success Course or Transfer Success Course | ||
| FYS 101 | FIRST YEAR SUCCESS COURSE | 1 |
| or TRS 101 | TRANSFER SUCCESS 101 | |
| Communication Requirement | ||
| ENG 101 | COMPOSITION I: CRITICAL READING & WRITING | 3 |
| ENG 102 | COMPOSITION II: INTRODUCTION TO ACADEMIC RESEARCH | 3 |
| COMM 101 | PUBLIC SPEAKING (or program specific CORE communications course) | 3 |
| Ideas of Social Justice | ||
| 3 credits in coursework categorized as Ideas. | 3 | |
| Humanities and Fine and Performing Arts 2, 3 | ||
| 9 credits from the following subject areas: African-American Studies, Art History, English (excluding ENG 101 and ENG 102), History, Languages, Music, Philosophy, Theatre, Communication and Women's and Gender Studies | 9 | |
| Mathematics | ||
| MATH 110 | QUANTITATIVE LITERACY (or above) 1 | 3 |
| Science | ||
| One biological science and one physical science required (one must include a one credit lab). | 7-8 | |
| Social Sciences 2,3 | ||
| 9 credits from the following subject areas: African-American Studies, Criminal Justice, Economics, History, Journalism, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies | 9 | |
| Experiential Learning | ||
| 6 credits from coursework categorized as Experiential Learning. | 6 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 47-48 | |
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Higher level of Math may be required by major
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Coursework must come from outside of students' major discipline
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A maximum of 9 credits can be applied from a single discipline towards humanities and social science requirements
These quantitative requirements also apply to degrees.
- Students must earn a minimum of 120 semester hours.
- Students may apply no more than 60 credit hours of 100-level courses toward the degree.
- Students must apply no fewer than 60 credit hours of 200- and 300-level courses toward the degree.
- Students must have at least 18 credit hours (of the 60 credit hours above) at the 300 level.
- Students may transfer in no more than 70 credit hours from community colleges.
- Students earning less than 60 total hours in residence must take their final 30 hours at Roosevelt University. Note that some majors have additional requirements for RU hours.
- Students must have a grade point average of 2.0 or higher to graduate. Note that some majors have additional GPA requirements.
- Students may apply no more than 51 hours in the major (BA) or 57 hours in the major (BS)
| Year 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | Spring | Credit Hours |
| FYS 101 | 1 | ENG 102 | 3 |
| ENG 101 | 3 | CJL 220 | 3 |
| CJL 200 | 3 | Ideas of Social Justice | 3 |
| Social Science #1 | 3 | MATH 110 | 3 |
| Humanities #1 | 3 | BIOL 111 or 1124 | 4 |
| Physical Science4 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| Fall | Credit Hours | Spring | Credit Hours |
| CJL 240 | 3 | CJL 230 | 3 |
| Humanities #2 | 3 | CJL 250 | 3 |
| Social Science #2 | 3 | General Elective1 | 3 |
| COMM 101 | 3 | Humanities #3 | 3 |
| General Elective1 | 3 | Social Science #3 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Year 3 | |||
| Fall | Credit Hours | Spring | Credit Hours |
| CJL 300 | 3 | CJL 310 | 3 |
| CJL 305 | 3 | CJL 330 | 3 |
| Experiential Learning #12 | 3 | CJL 3XX3 | 3 |
| General Elective1 | 3 | General Elective1 | 3 |
| General Elective1 | 3 | General Elective 1 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Year 4 | |||
| Fall | Credit Hours | Spring | Credit Hours |
| CJL 355 | 3 | CJL 390 (Experiential Learning #2) | 3 |
| CJL 3XX3 | 3 | General Elective1 | 3 |
| General Elective1 | 3 | General Elective1 | 3 |
| General Elective1 | 3 | General Elective1 | 3 |
| General Elective 1 | 3 | General Elective1 | 1 |
| 15 | 13 | ||
| Total Credit Hours 120 | |||
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Or course towards an optional Minor.
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Experiential Learning class must be 200/300 level. Satisfies CORE Experiential Learning requirement. EXL courses can satisfy major requirements/electives or CORE requirement.
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Any course at the 300 level within the discipline.
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One Natural Science course must have a lab.