Department: Criminology & Criminal Justice

Code Name Description
CJ151 Criminal Justice Systems Overview of criminal justice systems, processes, and personnel. Roles and relationships of various law enforcement agencies, court systems, and corrections agencies. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to d...
CJ201 Foundations in Criminology The study of crime; nature, types, causation theories, crime statistics, criminal law, the victim, punishment and crime prevention. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstrate an understanding of iss...
CJ220 Criminal Investigation Crime scene investigation. Collection and preservation of evidence. Admissibility of evidence, interrogations, and confessions. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstrate an understanding of integra...
CJ223 Introduction to Law The study of the American legal system and various subject areas of law. Areas include: criminal law, criminal procedure, contracts, property, torts, business and family law. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow stud...
CJ270 Supervision and Management Study of the major theories of management, organizing, motivation and leadership, and decision-making as applied to criminal justice personnel. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstrate an understa...
CJ280 Techniques of Interviewing, Interrogatio Techniques of Interviewing, Interrogation, and Report Writing This course will examine interview and interrogation procedures and techniques as performed in the United States. It will also serve as an introductory criminal justice professional writi...
CJ291 Juvenile Justice System Components of the juvenile justice system and the processing of the juvenile through the system; rights of the juvenile; criminological theories relevant to juvenile delinquency and criminal behaviors. This course provides competencies to meet the pr...
CJ315 Behavioral Sciences Statistics Introduction to the methods and rules for organizing and interpreting observations; descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, hypothesis testing, simple analysis of variance, estimation, and Chi-Square. Cross-listed w...
CJ321 Research Methods This course will introduce students to the research methodology used to assess practices and policies within the criminal justice system and in criminology overall. Students will be equipped with the range of quantitative and qualitative tools availa...
CJ327 Career Dev in the Behavioral Sciences This course examines vocational values, interests, and aptitudes in the identification and development of a career in the Behavior Sciences, specifically Behavioral Sciences programs, Criminal Justice, Anthropology, and Psychology. The vital role of...
CJ375 Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice An examination of issues currently faced by the criminal justice system focusing upon contemporary issues which are projected to have a major impact upon the quality of life for the community and the ability of the criminal justice system to provide...
CJ399 Career Development in C & Cj This course is designed to help students explore careers in criminal justice. There is a focus on career planning strategies along with pursuing future employment in the field of criminal justice.
CJ412 Crisis Intervention This course is designed to prepare students to understand the nature of crisis intervention, including the appropriateness of individual and team responses. It will utilize crisis intervention strategies for responding to calls pertaining to mental...
CJ423 Criminal Law Concepts of criminal law including elements, parties, liabilities and defenses. Constitutional limitations on police power and the administrative process of law enforcement. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow stud...
CJ424 Criminal Procedures and Civil Liberties The pre-trial and trial rights of the criminal defendant and society, including discussions of the law of arrest, search and seizure, confessions, identification procedures, self-incrimination, and right to counsel. Important civil liberty issues suc...
CJ426 Courtroom Advocacy in Criminal Justice Theory and practice of criminal case advocacy. Students will participate in various stages of criminal pre-trial and trial litigation in criminal case exercises. Corse topics include discovery, case preparation, motions, and trial advocacy. This cour...
CJ430 Legal Research and Writing Theories, strategies and techniques involved in legal research. Fundamentals of legal research and writing through classroom instruction and field exercises. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstra...
CJ432 Law Enforcement An examination of significant and controversial criminal justice topics involving law enforcement agencies, primarily the police; clarifying, interpreting, and identifying the role of discretion in the system. This course provides competencies to mee...
CJ435 Ethics and Criminal Justice Examines Christian perspectives on ethical issues in the field of criminal justice. The goals are to assist students to develop an understanding of the personal and social dimensions of these ethical perspectives, methods for dealing with relevant et...
CJ440 Underwater Forensic Investigation This course is an introduction to the underwater world of forensic evidence. Conventional wisdom has prevailed in determining that items of evidentiary significance lose their forensic value when submerged in water. This course is based on the dispel...
CJ451 Corrections: Prisons & Community Alternatives Analysis of trends in the functions and administration of institutions and community-based corrections programs; and processing of the convicted offender. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstrate...
CJ453 Organized Crime An examination of the impact upon and problems posed to the criminal justice system by organized crime in the United States and other countries. Prerequisites: CJ 151 or CJ 201.
CJ461 Women and Crime Subjects covered include mythical assumptions commonly held about women, minorities and crime. Examines the relationship of these factors to the context of policies in policing, corrections, and preventive programs. This course provides competencies...
CJ463 Sex Crimes Psychopathology of sexual deviation; developmental theories of sexual abnormality; and legal, social, psychological, and moral problems associated with sexual and character disorders. Examines the role and interaction of police, victim, offender, and...
CJ465 Narcotics and Drug Crimes An examination of the history of drugs, current trends of drug abuse and enforcement techniques. Examines both source and demand reduction strategies. Role of law enforcement agencies in detection and prosecution of drug offenses. This course provide...
CJ480 Special Topic: Selected topics in criminal justice and criminology. May be repeated for credit. Open to non-majors.
CJ487 Internship Field work experience in an approved criminal justice agency. A minimum of 40 clock hours per credit hour of work experience related to criminal justice is required. In addition to the field work, the student will be required to write a paper, be eva...
CJ490 Seminar in Criminal Justice Agencies This is a criminal justice capstone course. Students will complete an array of assignments that integrate contemporary knowledge and understanding of criminal justice agencies with course work completed in the major. As an integral part of the capsto...
CJ491 Juvenile Deviancy & Juvenile Justice Patterns of deviancy in youths, with particular emphasis on roles and relationships of the family, school, and peer groups; theories of causation and influence of middle-class culture on deviance. This course provides competencies to meet the program...
CJ499 Directed Study Individualized study on a topic arranged through the program advisor. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: CJ major, junior or senior standing and consent of program advisor prior to enrolment.
RE435 Ethics and Criminal Justice Examines Christian perspectives on ethical issues in the field of criminal justice. The goals are to assist students to develop an understanding of the personal and social dimensions of these ethical perspectives, methods for dealing with relevant et...