The Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice will be awarded a student who has successfully completed the following:

1. A minimum of 140 semester hours of coursework is required for graduation. A minimum of 27 of these hours must be taken in the Criminal Justice (CJ) course sequence, six hours must be taken in the Political Science (GT) course sequence, and three hours in the Sociology (SY) course sequence. There are 68 hours of core courses and six hours of electives in the social sciences and/or psychology.
2. The satisfactory completion of each of the 27 hours of Criminal Justice courses and three hours of sociology courses with a 3.0 (B) or better grade is a basic requirement. Course requirements include: CJ 200, Introduction to Criminal Justice; CJ 230, Introduction to Law Enforcement; CJ 350, Courts and Criminal Justice; CJ 370, Corrections; CJ 393, Criminal Law; CJ 330, Criminal Investigations; CJ 411 Deviant Behavior; CJ 415, Criminal Justice Procedure and Evidence; CJ 470, Public and Private Security Systems; GT 322, Constitutional Law; GT 327, The Judicial Process. SY 365, Racial and Cultural Minorities. Also, the student must successfully complete SS 473, Social Sience Internship, and six hours of electives with a 2.0 (C) or better grade.
3. A minimum cumulative average of 2.5 is required for graduation.
4. Students must notify the coordinator of the Criminal Justice Program of their intention to graduate at least one semester in advance of the expected date of graduation. <\li>
5. The specific curriculum, which leads to the completion of the Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice are as follows:

Freshman Year

        First Semester       Cr. Hrs.            Second Semester      Cr. Hrs.
PY 111 Physical Science I......... 3      PY 112 Physical Science II....... 3
EN 111 Composition................ 3      EN 112 Composition............... 3
GT 101 American Government........ 3      GT 102 American Government....... 3
HI 111 World Civilization......... 3      BI 111 Biology................... 3
PE 100 Physical Education                 MA 121 College Algebra........... 3
       or                                 AR 214 Art Appreciation.......... 3
MS 111 Military Science I......... 1      PE 100 Physical Education
PE 122 Health..................... 3             or
ED 101 Adj. to Univ. Life......... 1      MS 112 Military Science II....... 1
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Sophomore Year

        First Semester       Cr. Hrs.            Second Semester      Cr. Hrs.
EN 213 Intro. Literature.......... 3      EN 214 Studies in Literature..... 3
EC 201 Prin. of Econ. I........... 3      EC 202 Prin. of Econ. II......... 3
SP 111 Spanish.................... 3      SP 112 Spanish................... 3
HI 225 United States History...... 3      HI 226 United States History..... 3
CJ 200 Intro. Criminal Justice.... 3      CJ 230 Intro to Law Enforcement.. 3
SA 223 Oral Communication......... 3      SY 235 General Sociology......... 3
PE 200 Physical Education                 PE 200 Physical Education
       or                                        or
MS 211 Military Science........... 1      MS 212 Military Science.......... 1
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                                  19                                       19

Junior Year

        First Semester       Cr. Hrs.            Second Semester      Cr. Hrs.
 CJ 350 Courts and Criminal               CJ 393 Criminal Law.............. 3
        Justice................... 3      GT 327 The Judicial Process...... 3
 SY 335 Juvenile Delinquency...... 3      SS 397 Ethics.................... 3
 SS 307 Statistical Methods....... 3      CJ 330 Criminal Investigation.... 3
 BA 233 Computer Applications I... 3      SY 330 Social Psychology......... 3
 CJ 370 Corrections............... 3      GT 332 Constitutional Law........ 3
 SY 365 Racial & Cultural Minor... 3                       
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                                  18                                       18

Senior Year

        First Semester       Cr. Hrs.            Second Semester      Cr. Hrs.
 SS 475 Research Methods.......... 3      SY 419 Criminology............... 3
 CJ 411 Deviant Behavior.......... 3      CJ 470 Public and Pri. Security.. 3
 CJ 415 Criminal Justice                  SS 473 Social Science
        Procedure and Evidence.....3             Internship................ 3
 PH 417 Abnormal Psychology....... 3      SS 476 Social Science Seminar.... 3
        Elective.................. 3             Elective.................. 3
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                                  15                                       15

Suggested Electives

   SY 428 The Community               SW 319 Human Behavior I
   SY 408 The Family                  SY 301 Rural Sociology
   SS 333 Introduction to Logic       BI 526 Introduction to Pharmacology
   SY 362 Interviewing                SY 367 Drugs, ALcohol, and Society
   PH 132 General Psychology          SY 361 Cultural Anthropology
   BI 114 Applied Anatomy             SS 347 Organizational Theory and Analysis
   CJ 443 Gender, Crime and Justice