Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice
Degree Requirements
The Criminal Justice curriculum leads to a bachelor of arts degree and requires a minimum of 120 credits. To earn the degree, students must complete all of the degree requirements of the University described in the Degree Requirements section of the undergraduate catalog.
The program for Criminal Justice consists of 30 credits of 3000/4000-level course work. Students who begin FAU as freshmen are required to take CCJ 2002 as a prerequisite to 3000/4000-level criminal justice courses. In this case, CCJ 2002 will apply toward the 30-credit requirement. The remaining 30 credits may be taken from electives throughout the various colleges in the University. No more than 42 credits in the major may be counted toward the degree. Additionally, the last 30 upper division credits (3000/4000-level courses) must be earned in residence at FAU.
To earn a bachelor of arts degree from a state university in Florida, students must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language at the college level. Earning college credit at the Language II level (courses such as FRE 1121 or SPN 1121) satisfies this mandate. Students meeting the FAU foreign language admission requirement with two years of high school language have not satisfied the graduation requirement. Students must demonstrate additional proficiency either by earning Language II-level college credit or by satisfying the requirement through other means, such as the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exam.
A minimum grade of “C” is required for every CCJ-, CJC-, CJE-, or CJL-prefixed course. If a grade below a “C” (such as “C-”) is earned in a CCJ-, CJC-, CJE-, or CJL-prefixed course, the course will not count toward any portion of the 120-credit program.
| Required Criminal Justice Core (9 credits): | ||
|---|---|---|
| CCJ 3014 | Criminology | 3 |
| CCJ4054 | Ethics in the Justice System | 3 |
| CCJ4700* | Methods of Research In Criminology & Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CJE3692C | Criminal Justice Technology | 3 |
| * Requires STA 2023 or STA 3163 as prerequisites | ||
| Restricted Electives – 6 credits (Choose two of the following five restricted electives.) | ||
|---|---|---|
| CCJ4450 | Criminal Justice Management | 3 |
| CJC4310 | Corrections | 3 |
| CJE4352 | Policing in America | 3 |
| CJJ4010 | Juvenile Justice Administration | 3 |
| CJL4510 | Judicial Administration and the Criminal Courts | 3 |
| Free Electives – 12 credits (Choose four of the following 17 elective courses.) | ||
|---|---|---|
| CCJ3660 | Crime in the Schools | 3 |
| CCJ3666 | Victimology | 3 |
| CCJ4141 | Restorative Community Justice | 3 |
| CCJ4450 | Criminal Justice Management | 3 |
| CCJ4481 | Policing in America | 3 |
| CCJ4501 | Juvenile Justice | 3 |
| CCJ4623 | Studying Violence | 3 |
| CCJ4642 | Organized Crime and the Business of Drugs | 3 |
| CCJ4644 | White Collar Crime | 3 |
| CCJ4670 | Women and Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CCJ4905 | Directed Independent Study | 1-3 |
| CCJ4931 | Issues in Criminal Law | 3 |
| CCJ4934 | Special Topics | 3 |
| CCJ4940++ | Crim. Justice Field Experience | 3 |
| CJC4310 | Corrections | 3 |
| CJE4174 | Int’l. Criminal Justice System | 3 |
| CJE4412 | Problem Solving in Crime Situations | 3 |
| CJE4444 | Crime Prevention | 3 |
| CJE4610 | Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation | 3 |
| CCJ4663 | Crime Analysis | 3 |
| CJE4668 | Computer Crime | 3 |
| CJJ4010 | Juvenile Justice Administration | 3 |
| CJL4064 | Criminal Law & Constitution | 3 |
| CJL4510 | Judicial Administration and the Criminal Courts | 3 |
| DSC4012 | Terrorism | 3 |
| Out-of-Department Electives | 30 | |
| + Does not count toward graduation. ++ Grading: S/U. | ||
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