CJUS 121 Intro to Criminal Justice. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Summer

3cr. Introduces students to the criminal justice system in America and our official responses to the social problem of crime. Examines the various local, state and federal agencies that make up the system, with particular attention to the police, courts and corrections. Includes critical questions about the roles, responsibilities and challenges of today's criminal justice system.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 205 Intro Criminal Law and Courts. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Fall

Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and CJUS 121.

3cr. Introduces the United States legal system. Examines factors that shape criminal law and the legal framework governing careers of criminal justice professionals. Reviews the elements of crime and criminal defense.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 220 Introduction to Corrections. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Spring

Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and CJUS 121.

3cr. Introduces students to correctional systems in the United States, including community corrections. Examines laws pertaining to corrections and how they are applied to offenders and correctional personnel. Discusses correctional populations and corrections data.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 225 Careers in Criminal Justice. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Spring

Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and CJUS 121.

3cr. Introduces students to the range of careers in the field of criminal justice. Reviews skills and competencies needed for employment in the field of criminal justice. Teaches resume-development, interview skills, and professional networking techniques useful to criminal justice majors.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 226 Introduction to Probation. 3 Credits

Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and SOCI 221.

Provides an in-depth examination of the role of probation in the criminal justice system. Topics include caseloads, pre-sentence investigations, practices and procedures, and issues associated with supervising offenders in the community.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 227 Introduction to Policing. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Spring

Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and CJUS 121.

3cr. Examines the police as a component of the criminal justice system. Provides an overview of law enforcement agencies at the local, state, and federal levels. Reviews trends related to law enforcement. Highlights important contemporary discussions regarding law enforcement and the role of the police.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 294 Seminar/Workshop. 3 Credits

Provides freshman and sophomores an opportunity to investigate intensively topics pertinent to the field of Criminal Justice.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 305 Crit Issues in Law and Courts. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Fall

Prerequisite(s): CJUS 121 and SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and WRIT 201 or WRIT 220 or WRIT 221.

3cr. Examines a variety of critical issues in law and the American court system. Encourages critical thought and use of academic skills to investigate the role of law and the courts in democratic societies.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 320 Critical Issues in Corrections. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Spring

Prerequisite(s): CJUS 121 and SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and WRIT 201 or WRIT 220 or WRIT 221.

3cr. Examines a variety of critical issues in corrections. Encourages critical thought and use of academic skills to investigate the role of correctional systems in democratic societies.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 327 Critical Issues in Policing. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Spring

Prerequisite(s): CJUS 121 and SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and WRIT 201 or WRIT 220 or WRIT 221.

3cr. Examines a variety of critical issues in policing and law enforcement. Encourages students to think critically about these topics and use academic skills to investigate the relationship between police and citizens in democratic societies.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 335 Victimology. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Summer

Prerequisite(s): CJUS 121 and SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and WRIT 201 or WRIT 220 or WRIT 221.

3cr. Provides an introductory examination of criminal victimization in the United States. Gives an overview of current theory, research, and trends within the context of specific victimization types. Encourages examination of specific types of criminal victimization, the multiple impacts of crime, the role of victims within the criminal justice system, and victim rights and services.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 375 Inequality in Criminal Justice. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Spring

Prerequisite(s): CJUS 121 and SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and WRIT 201 or WRIT 220 or WRIT 221.

3cr. Explores the significance of social inequality for several crime and criminal justice issues. Examines inequality at each stage of the criminal justice system, including the unequal social conditions that foster crime, the creation of laws, inequality in arrests and the enforcement of laws, case processing and convictions, sentencing, and imprisonment and post-prison circumstances. This is a reading-intensive class.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 400 Applied Research Methods. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Spring

Prerequisite(s): CJUS 121 and SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and WRIT 201 or WRIT 220 or WRIT 221.

3cr. Teaches basic skills needed to plan and conduct research and analyze data. Skills include performing literature searches, identifying potential ethical concerns and gaining informed consent, quantitative and qualitative research design and data collection, data analysis, and data interpretation. Report writing and presentation will be components of the course, and opportunities to apply learned skills both inside and outside of academic settings will be emphasized.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 421 Criminal Justice Ethics. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Fall

Prerequisite(s): CJUS 121 and SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and WRIT 201 or WRIT 220 or WRIT 221.

3cr. Examines ethical issues in law enforcement, courts, and corrections. Students will learn moral and ethical standards that can be used to resolve dilemmas they encounter in the criminal justice system.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 427 Deviance and Social Control. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Fall

Prerequisite(s): CJUS 121 and SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and WRIT 201 or WRIT 220 or WRIT 221.

3cr. Examines deviant behavior in contemporary society. Explores why certain people and types of behaviors come to be defined as deviant. Introduces students to theoretical explanations of deviance.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 480 Crime Theory & Data. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Fall

Prerequisite(s): CJUS 121 and SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and WRIT 201 or WRIT 220 or WRIT 221.

3cr. Reviews important criminological and criminal justice theories. Examines commonly used crime data sources. Encourages use of theory and data to evaluate policy in today's criminal justice system.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 491 Special Topics. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Prerequisite(s): CJUS 121 and SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and WRIT 201 or WRIT 220 or WRIT 221.

3cr. Investigates contemporary issues relevant to the field of criminal justice. Provides students with the opportunity to engage in in-depth study of emerging issues or specialized content which are not represented in the main curriculum.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 494 Seminar/Workshop. 3 Credits

Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101 or SOCI 201.

Provides advanced students an opportunity to investigate intensively topics pertinent to the field of Criminal Justice.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 498 Internship/Cooperative Educ. 1-12 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Prerequisite(s): Must be junior or senior standing and receive permission from advisor.

V1-12cr. (1-12 other/wk) Provides university credit for work experience in an area relevant to criminal justice. Encourages student to connect academic training with real-world experiences. Internship is supervised by academic advisor but learning agreement must be completed with Career Services prior to registration. Offered ONLY Online.

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 499 Senior Thesis/Capstone. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Prerequisite(s): CJUS 121 and SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and CJUS 400 or SOCI 400 and CJUS 480 or SOCI 402 and WRIT 201 or WRIT 220 or WRIT 221.

3cr. Provides students with the opportunity to apply their knowledge of criminal justice and criminology to investigate social issues they have identified as holding importance to their local or regional communities. Relying on methodological and theoretical skills gained throughout the program, students will participate in a multi-step project in which they identify and research a problem, choose appropriate methods to assess the extent of the problem, and then based on the application of those methods report the findings from the project. Presentation is required.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL