Program Details

Institution: Western New Mexico University
Level: Bachelors
Discipline: Criminal Justice
Credit Hours Required: 128
Cost:

Description:
This degree prepares you for careers in law enforcement, corrections, courts, the military and with civilian security contractors. It provides the multi-disciplinary education necessary for success in today`s diverse environment where law enforcement professionals are expected to deal with crime and disorder in sophisticated ways.

Delivery Method:
Criminal Justice

Requirements:
• The Bachelor of Applied Science in Criminal Justice degree is a 128 credit hour program. <br> • Students must pass all Criminal Justice and Chemical Dependency courses with a grade of C or higher. <br> • PHSC 171/173 and 172/174 (Forensic Science I and II) are considered to be the lab science sequence for Criminal Justice students. Other natural science lab courses may be substituted at the discretion of the program advisor is appropriate circumstances justify doing so. <br> • Forty-two hours of upper division coursework are required. Because this is a B.A.S. degree, upper division hours outside the major or minor are not required.

Required Courses:
Supporting Courses (41 credits) • ACAD 101 Student Success Seminar – 3 cr. (Not required for transfer students with 30+ hrs.)<br> • Writing Intensive credits – 12 cr. • MATH 111 Intermediate Algebra – 3 cr. • PHSC 171/173 & 172/174 Forensic Science I 7 II – 8 cr. • POLS 201 American National Government – 3 cr. • PSY 102 General Psychology – 3 cr. • SOC 101 Intro to Sociology or SOC 102 Social Problems – 3 cr. • SOC 302 Research Methods – 3 cr. • SOC 331 Criminology – 3 cr. Additional Math and Computer Science courses (required for a B.A.S. degree) – 6 cr. • MATH 321 Statistics or SOC 323 Social Statistics – 3 cr. • One Computer Science or Math course beyond General Education – 3 cr. Criminal Justice Core Courses (required by all concentrations) – 18 cr. • CJUS 111 Intro to Criminal Justice • CJUS 210 Police and Society • CJUS 230 Intro to Corrections • CJUS 250 Courts and the Criminal Justice System • CJUS 260 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency • CJUS 321 Criminal Justice and Minorities Corrections Concentration – 24 cr. • CJUS 251 Institutional Corrections – 3cr. • CJUS 331 Corrections Law – 3 cr. • CJUS 361 Community Based Corrections – 3 cr. • Upper division CJUS or Chemical Dependency coursework – 15 cr. Policing Concentration – 24 cr. • CJUS 205 Substantive Criminal Law – 3 cr. • CJUS 222 Constitutional Criminal Procedure – 3 cr. • CJUS 232 Criminal Investigation – 3 cr. • Upper division CJUS or Chemical Dependency coursework – 15 cr. <br> Upper Division Guided Electives – 15 cr.

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Program Web Site: http://www.wnmu.edu/VirtualCampus/index.html

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