2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Criminal Justice, B.A. (SJNY Brooklyn and SJNY Long Island)

The interdisciplinary major in Criminal Justice requires students to complete one track (Juvenile Justice, Mental Health, Law and Justice, Community Correctional Alternatives, Criminal Justice and Technology) along with the required courses.

Core Courses:

For information about specific courses that fulfill core curriculum requirements, consult the current Core Curriculum Guide

Core Courses

All Criminal Justice majors must take the following CORE courses: BIO 225 , PHI 160 , SOC 100 or SOC 136 , POL 102 and PSY 100 in preparation for the major. Courses should be selected in consultation with a Criminal Justice advisor. A minimum average of C is required.

Required Courses

CJ 158 - Criminal Justice Administration 3 credits.
CJ 244 - Corrections 3 credits.
CJ 255 - Court and Civil Liberties 3 credits.
CJ 266 - Law Enforcement and Policing 3 credits.
CJ 277 - Criminal Procedure 3 credits.
CJ 324 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice 3 credits.
CJ 342 - Internship in Criminal Justice 3 credits.
CJ 400 - Capstone Seminar in Criminal Justice 3 credits.
SOC 243 - Criminology 3 credits.

Elective Tracks

Community Correctional Alternatives: 9 credits

Not all of the following courses are offered in the evening or Saturday.

Choose 3 of the following:

CJ 245 - Community Correctional Alternatives 3 credits.
CJ 246 - Restorative Justice 3 credits.
CJ 247 - Correctional Rehabilitation 3 credits.
CJ 248 - Women and Crime 3 credits.

Criminal Justice and Technology: 9 credits

Choose 3 of the following:
COM 150 - Introduction to Computer Programming 3 credits
CJ 161 - Introduction to Cyber Crime and Computer Security 3 credits.
CJ 272 - Geographical Informatory Systems 3 credits.
CJ 273 - Crime Analysis and Policy 3 credits.

Juvenile Justice: 9 credits

Take CJ 257, Juvenile Justice, and Choose 2 of the remaining courses:

CJ 257 - Juvenile Justice 3 credits. *Required.*
PSY 220 - Adolescent Psychology 3 credits
SOC 220 - Sociology of Deviant Behavior 3 credits
SOC 254 - Sociology of Youth 3 credits

Law and Justice: 9 credits

Take CJ 288, Race, Class and Gender, and Choose 2 of the remaining courses:

CJ 288 - Race, Class and Gender in Criminal Justice 3 credits. *Required*
CJ 270 - Criminalistics and Crime Scene Investigation 3 credits.
CJ 278 - Criminal Law 3 credits.
POL 280 - Constitutional Law 3 credits
PSY 290 - Forensic Psychology 3 credits.

Mental Health: 9 credits

Choose 3 of the following:

PSY 261 - Psychology of Personality 3 credits
PSY 271 - Abnormal Psychology 3 credits
PSY 290 - Forensic Psychology 3 credits.
PSY 360 - Counseling Psychology 3 credits.

Total: 36 credits