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The Bachelor of Arts with a major in criminal justice studies, is a broadly structured interdisciplinary and criminological curriculum designed to introduce students to 1) a critical theory of criminal justice/criminology and 2) requisite knowledge for public service, e.g., law enforcement and/or investigative services at the local, state and national levels; careers in the correctional field, community programs, and other rehabilitative services, as well as staff positions in the judiciary system; and 3) preparation for pursuing advanced study in a criminological graduate program or law school. In addition to courses in criminal justice studies, students take courses in political science, psychology, sociology, and social work.
Those who enter the University of Dayton as first-year students, or as transfers without associate degrees, will be classified under Option A, a total program sequence. Students who transfer here with acceptable associate degrees in specific fields similar or closely related to criminal justice will be classified under Option B, a transfer program sequence. All students transferring into the curriculum must be in good academic standing and meet entry requirements.
A minor in criminal justice studies consists of eighteen semester hours. Students intending to major or minor in CJS should consult with the program director to begin planning their CJS program. It is the sole responsibility of students to inform themselves of whatever changes occur in the curriculum and to observe all the regulations, procedures, and requirements of the University and the criminal justice studies program.
Faculty
Arthur J. Jipson, Director Additional faculty who teach in the criminal justice studies program include several social sciences (sociology, psychology, political science, social work): Ahern (Political Science), Becker (Sociology), Cassiman (Social Work), Davis-Berman (Social Work), Donnelly (Sociology), Ingram (Political Science), Majka, L. (Sociology), Majka, T. (Sociology), Nelson (Political Science), Pierce (Political Science), Reeb (Psychology), Renzetti (Sociology). |
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Criminal Justice Studies1 |
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Liberal Studies Curriculum |
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Introduction to the University: ASI 150 |
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General Education courses/academic electives to total at least |
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1Internships and independent studies may be taken in CJS, POL, PSY, and SOC that have a Criminal Justice Studies emphasis. No more than six semester hours may be taken. Also to be offered is CJS 300 Criminal Justice Studies Career Development, CJS 399, Special Topics in Criminal Justice Studies and CJS 497, Service Learning Experience. This course work is in addition to the thirty-six hours required for a CJS interdisciplinary major in the Option A, total program sequence. They are not to be used as substitute courses for those listed in the areas of behavior, institutions, law and/or social structure, unless approved in advanced by the director of the Criminal Justice Studies program and the College of Arts and Sciences. |
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2CJS 207, Research Methods in Criminal Justice Studies, requires as a prerequisite MTH 207 or PSY 216 or SOC 308. Neither PSY 216 nor SOC 308 fills the three semester hours mathematics requirement for graduation. |
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Criminal Justice Studies1,2 |
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Law (select one) |
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Liberal Studies Curriculum |
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Humanities and Fine Arts |
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Philosophy and Religious Studies |
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12 |
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History |
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6 |
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Literature: English or Foreign Language |
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3 |
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Creative and Performing Arts |
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3 |
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Foreign Language and/or Additional Arts and/or Humanities |
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3-9 |
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ENG |
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272, (370 or 371 or 474) |
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Social Sciences |
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12 |
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Mathematics (excludes MTH 102, 204, 205)3 |
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Communication Competencies |
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General Education courses/academic electives to total at least4 |
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1To be admitted as a major in the program under Option B, a transfer student must have received an accredited associate degree in corrections, law enforcement, police administration, police science, or a similar field of criminal justice and must have a 2.5 cumulative grade-point average on a 4.0 grading system. For criminal justice studies majors who have completed the basic requirements for an accredited two-year criminal justice degree, sixty semester hours beyond the associate degree is suggested, which includes a minimum of twenty-one semester hours in the program. The Liberal Studies Curriculum is required for all criminal justice studies transfer majors in addition to the baccalaureate degree requirements if they were not included in the candidates' associate degree programs. |
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2Internships and Independent Studies may be taken in CJS, POL, PSY, and SOC that have a criminal justice studies emphasis. No more than six semester hours may be taken. Also to be offered is CJS 300 Criminal Justice Studies Career Development, CJS 399, Special Topics in Criminal Justice Studies and CJS 497, Service Learning Experience. This course work is in addition to the hours required for a CJS interdisciplinary major in the Option B, transfer program sequence. They are not to be used as substitute courses for those listed in the areas of behavior, institutions, law and/or social structure, unless approved in advance by the director of the Criminal Justice Studies program and the College of Arts and Sciences. |
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3CJS 207, Research Methods in Criminal Justice Studies, required as a prerequisite MTH 207 or PSY 216 or SOC 308. Neither PSY 216 nor SOC 308 fills the three semester hours mathematics requirements for graduation. |
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4To be considered a viable candidate for graduation, a student must have completed a minimum of 124 semester hours with accepted transfer credits. |
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Criminal Justice Studies |
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1One course from each of the four areas involving behavior, institutions, law, and social structure. |
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| *All material derived from the current issue of the University of Dayton Bulletin. |
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