MSU Billings Catalog

CJUS - Criminal Justice

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

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

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. Issues and trends in law enforcement will be examined.

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 362 Critical Issues in Policing. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Spring

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

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

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 375 Inequality in Criminal Justice. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Spring

Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101 or SOCI 102 and SOCI 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 421 Criminal Justice Ethics. 3 Credits

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

Corequisite(s): WRIT 201 or WRIT 221 if not previously taken.

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, Summer

Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101.

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. Offered ONLY Online.

Lecture Hours 3

Department: NAS/PS/SOCL

CJUS 491 Special Topics. 3 Credits

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101 or SOCI 201 and SOCI 400 and SOCI 402.

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: Spring

Prerequisite(s): Senior status and consent of instructor.

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