Programs

Criminal Justice Major

On-Campus and Online through NMU Global Campus

This major provides a basic understanding of the criminal justice system and its components. Students additionally complete a number of advanced criminal justice electives selected to address their individual interests and professional goals.

All criminal justice and loss prevention courses used for the criminal justice major must be completed with a grade of "C" or better.
 

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• Total Credits Required for Degree

  120
• General Education

  30-40

• Required Courses in Major

  42
• Criminal Justice Core

  22
• CJ 110 Introduction to Criminal Justice [PERS]

  4
• CJ 212 Introduction to Policing or

  4
•      CJ 220 Introduction to Corrections (4 cr.)
• CJ 213 Introduction to Criminal Courts

  4
• CJ 263 Criminology

  4
• CJ 315 Criminal Procedure

  4
• CJ 490 Professional Development and Assessment

  2

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• Criminal Justice Electives*

  20
• Choose from the following. At least 16 credits must be at the 300 level or above.
• CJ 214 Criminal Investigation (4 cr.)
• CJ 221 Roles of the Corrections Client (4 cr.)
• CJ 223 Use of Force and Less Lethal Weapons (4 cr.)
• CJ 245 Legal Issues in Corrections (4 cr.)
• CJ 250 Investigative Interviewing and Interrogation (4 cr.)
• CJ 255 Drugs, Crime and the Justice System (4 cr.)
• CJ 273 Environmental Conservation Criminology (4 cr.)
• CJ 280 Criminal Law (4 cr.)
• CJ 295 Special Topics in Criminal Justice (1-4 cr.)
• CJ 322 Institutional Corrections (4 cr.)
• CJ 323 Community-Based Corrections (4 cr.)
• CJ 340 Firearms and Violence (4 cr.)
• CJ 383 Environmental Conservation Law (4 cr.)
• CJ 412 Crisis Intervention and Stress Analysis (4 cr.)
• CJ 414 Advanced Criminal Investigation (4 cr.)
• CJ 426 International Crime and Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (4 cr.)
• CJ 429 Advanced Policing (4 cr.)
• CJ 432 Violent Crime and Victimology (4 cr.)
• CJ 435 Domestic and International Terrorism (4 cr.)
• CJ 440 Discretionary Justice (4 cr.)
• CJ 454 Wildlife Crime (4 cr.)
• CJ 460 Native American Justice (4 cr.)
• CJ 465 Problem Solving in Criminal Justice (4 cr.)
• CJ 470 Liability Law in Criminal Justice (4 cr.)
• CJ 480 Cybercrime (4 cr.)
• CJ 491 Internship in Criminal Justice (4-16 cr.)
• CJ 495 Special Topics in Criminal Justice ** (1-4 cr.)
• CJ 497 Teaching/Research Apprenticeship *** (1-4 cr.)
• CJ 498 Directed Study *** (1-4 cr.)

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• Minor

  20

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*Other approved CJ course work (e.g., transfer credit or newly approved CJ courses) at the 200-400 level, not listed, may be used to satisfy the requirements in the CJ elective area. Up to 4 credits of CJ 491 Internship may count toward the major. Additional CJ 491 credits will count in the general electives area.

**No more than 8 credits of CJ 495 may be counted toward the major.

***No more than 4 credits of CJ 497 and/or CJ 498 may be counted toward the criminal justice major.

Notes:

1.     This degree requires an overall 2.0 GPA.

2.     All criminal justice courses used in the major require a minimum grade of "C".

3.     CJ 191, CJ 298 do not apply toward the bachelor’s degree program.