BACCALAUREATE OF ARTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

DESCRIPTION: ACU offers Associates of Arts degrees in a broad range of content areas. The 60-credit curriculum provides a foundation and overview within the academic disciplines of communication arts, social sciences, mathematics, life sciences, and the humanities. Instruction focuses on the development of student skills in writing, critical thinking, and information utilization, as well as foundational competencies in the selected concentration. The completion of an Associate of Arts degree represents an important milestone for many students as they pursue their educational goals.

OBJECTIVES:The Criminal Justice Concentration focuses on policing practices, corrections, the criminal court system, and juvenile justice. Students take a comprehensive look at these topics through interactive assignments that not only develop their critical thinking skills, but also enable them to recognize the functions of the criminal justice professions within their communities. Students are required to formulate conclusions, evaluate decisions, and develop opinions based on learned topics. Students also analyze relationships between the citizens, the police, and the court systems.

Requirements: TWELVE (12) courses in the field of study - 48 Credits

General Education Courses - THIRTY SIX (36) of credits are required to be met within the sixty (60) credits transferred in at admission, or added to the Study Plan in lieu of some of the General and Major courses listed within each of the Baccalaureate Degree Programs here in. These will be nine (9) General Education courses in the fields of English, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences. Total of - 36 credits American Century University will give credit for any of the General Education courses tested by CLEP for students having taken and earned the equivalent grade of C or higher. Taking of a CLEP test can be arranged on the following Website: Universityboard.com/student/testing/clep/about.html. This is a national program with CLEP centers throughout the United States.

General Courses (UNITS)

CRJ 301 Introduction to Criminal Justice (4)
CRJ 302 Criminal Law (4)
CRJ 303 Juvenile Justice Administration (4)
CRJ 304 Evidence in Criminal Cases (4)
CRJ 305 Investigative Interviewing (4)
CRJ 306 Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections (4)

Major Courses (UNITS)

CRJ 401 Victims of Crime (4) 
CRJ 402 Domestic Violence (4)
CRJ 403 Substance Abusers and the Criminal Justice System (4)
CRJ 404 Mental Disturbances, Retardation, Psychopathic Behavior and Criminal Justice (4)
CRJ 405 Racial and Ethnic Considerations in Criminal Justice (4)
CRJ 406 Ethics and Criminal Justice (4)
CRJ 499 Final Project or Three Electives (12)