Mar 28, 2024  
2022 Undergraduate Catalog 1.1 (WINTER-SPRING) 
    
2022 Undergraduate Catalog 1.1 (WINTER-SPRING) [ARCHIVED CATALOG - Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Criminal Justice (B.S.) - Hegis Code 2105.00


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(Bachelor of Science Degree)

Criminal justice is the study of crime, its causes, and its effects on society. It is concerned with preventing and deterring criminal behavior, rehabilitating the offender, and providing a system where justice and rights are served. Graduates of the program have opportunities in a variety of criminal justice fields including policing, law, probation, juvenile services, private security, public administration/planning, counseling, research, and regulatory enforcement.

Utica College offers an on-ground undergraduate program in Criminal Justice; there is also an undergraduate online program for transfer students. The online BS in Criminal Justice degree is a completion program, which means that students must have an Associate’s degree from an accredited institution prior to enrolling in the program. Students transferring into this program without an Associate’s degree, but who have at least 57 transferable credits from a four-year institution may be considered. Additionally, students who show academic promise and don’t meet the prior 2 requirements may also be considered. However all students must meet the New York State Education Department’s mandated liberal arts requirements. A success coach will create an academic plan for students to ensure all core, liberal arts and graduation requirements are satisfied. Please see Utica’s Academic Requirements  for more information on Utica’s Core and liberal arts requirements for transfer students. 

In addition to entry level employment opportunities, graduates may pursue advanced study in fields such as public administration, criminal justice and criminology, management, and law.

Learning Objectives

A student who graduates from the program will be able to demonstrate the following:

  • Integrate key criminal justice and criminological concepts, processes, and issues, including landmark cases, technology, data, and skills within reality-based criminal justice scenarios.
  • Demonstrate competence, professionalism, and ethics with regard to diversity in the criminal justice system and the communities it serves. 
  • Evaluate theory, data, and other evidence to inform criminal justice policy and practice.   
  • Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, about crime and the criminal justice system, demonstrating critical thinking and statistical literacy. 

Special Requirements

Students in criminal justice are required to achieve a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5 (on a 4.0 scale) across major and major-related courses

Academic Requirements


See Core  section of this catalog.

Core: 34-55 Credit Hours


Major Course Requirements


55 Credit Hours


6 Credit Hours


Electives


The student must complete sufficient elective courses to earn at least the minimum credit hours required for this degree, and at least 60 credit hours of the 120 required must be in the liberal arts and sciences.

Program Credits


Core 34-55 Credits
Major Course Requirements 55 Credits
Major Related Course Requirements 6 Credits
College Electives 0-19 Credits
   
Total Credit Hours Required For Degree 120

 

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