2013-14 Undergraduate Catalog
Criminal Justice
Programs
- Criminal Justice, B.S. major
- Criminal Justice minor
Department of Criminal Justice
EA
Phone: (218) 755-2934
Fax: (218) 755-3787
Criminal Justice, B.S. major
ALERT: To be licensed by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board in order to practice law enforcement in Minnesota, a student must be certified in crash injury management, as an emergency medical technician, or obtain a Red Cross Advanced Certificate by taking HLTH 3600. In addition, CRJS 3359 Criminal Investigation, CRJS 3360 Criminal Procedure and Evidence, CRJS 4480 Police and Community Relations, and a course in Traffic Code must be completed. A psychological examination and background investigation are also required.
Required Credits: 66
Required GPA: 2.25
I REQUIRED CORE COURSES
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
- CRJS 1120 Criminal Justice And Society (4 credits)
- CRJS 3201 Research Methods and Statistics for Criminal Justice (4 credits)
- CRJS 3304 Police Process (4 credits)
- CRJS 3305 Judicial Process (4 credits)
- CRJS 3306 Correctional Process (4 credits)
- CRJS 3358 Criminal Law (4 credits)
COMPLETE 4 SEMESTER CREDITS FROM THE FOLLOWING COURSE:
- CRJS 4920 Directed Group Study (4 credits)
II REQUIRED TRACK Select 1 of the following tracks A. Law Enforcement with Internship B. Corrections with Internship C. Criminal Justice with Internship D. Criminal Justice (non-internship) All tracks will display until a specific track(s) is declared. To declare a track, contact the Records Office.
A. LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH INTERNSHIP
A. Law Enforcement with Internship
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
- CRJS 3315 Criminology and Delinquency (4 credits)
- CRJS 3359 Criminal Investigation (4 credits)
- CRJS 3360 Criminal Procedure and Evidence (4 credits)
- CRJS 4103 Criminal Justice Diversity (3 credits)
- CRJS 4480 Police and Community Relations (4 credits)
COMPLETE 12 CREDITS IN THE FOLLOWING COURSE:
- CRJS 4970 Internship
REQUIRED ELECTIVES
COMPLETE 7 SEMESTER CREDITS:
- CHEM 2210 Criminalistics (3 credits)
- CHEM 2270 Criminalistics Laboratory (1 credit)
- CRJS 1000 The American Legal System (3 credits)
- CRJS 2200 Systems Dynamics (3 credits)
- CRJS 2221 Comparative Justice (3 credits)
- CRJS 3319 Topics In Criminal Justice
- CRJS 3334 Criminal Justice Planning (3 credits)
- CRJS 3344 Criminal Justice and Domestic Violence (3 credits)
- CRJS 3351 Criminal Profiling (3 credits)
- CRJS 3355 Drugs And Criminal Justice (3 credits)
- CRJS 3356 Introduction to Homeland Security (4 credits)
- CRJS 3357 Applied Civil Law (3 credits)
- CRJS 3359 Criminal Investigation (4 credits)
- CRJS 3360 Criminal Procedure and Evidence (4 credits)
- CRJS 3380 Community Corrections (3 credits)
- CRJS 4103 Criminal Justice Diversity (3 credits)
- CRJS 4420 Legal Aspects Of Corrections (3 credits)
- CRJS 4480 Police and Community Relations (4 credits)
- CRJS 4487 Offender Intervention (3 credits)
- HLTH 3600 Emergency Response (3 credits)
- INST 1107 Introduction To Indian Studies (3 credits)
- SOC 2230 Ethnic And Minority Group Relations (3 credits)
B. CORRECTIONS WITH INTERNSHIP
B. Corrections with Internship
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
- CRJS 3315 Criminology and Delinquency (4 credits)
- CRJS 3360 Criminal Procedure and Evidence (4 credits)
- CRJS 3380 Community Corrections (3 credits)
- CRJS 4103 Criminal Justice Diversity (3 credits)
- CRJS 4420 Legal Aspects Of Corrections (3 credits)
- CRJS 4480 Police and Community Relations (4 credits)
COMPLETE 12 CREDITS IN THE FOLLOWING COURSE:
- CRJS 4970 Internship
REQUIRED ELECTIVES
COMPLETE 5 SEMESTER CREDITS:
- CHEM 2210 Criminalistics (3 credits)
- CHEM 2270 Criminalistics Laboratory (1 credit)
- CRJS 1000 The American Legal System (3 credits)
- CRJS 2200 Systems Dynamics (3 credits)
- CRJS 2221 Comparative Justice (3 credits)
- CRJS 3319 Topics In Criminal Justice
- CRJS 3334 Criminal Justice Planning (3 credits)
- CRJS 3344 Criminal Justice and Domestic Violence (3 credits)
- CRJS 3351 Criminal Profiling (3 credits)
- CRJS 3355 Drugs And Criminal Justice (3 credits)
- CRJS 3356 Introduction to Homeland Security (4 credits)
- CRJS 3357 Applied Civil Law (3 credits)
- CRJS 3359 Criminal Investigation (4 credits)
- CRJS 3360 Criminal Procedure and Evidence (4 credits)
- CRJS 3380 Community Corrections (3 credits)
- CRJS 4103 Criminal Justice Diversity (3 credits)
- CRJS 4420 Legal Aspects Of Corrections (3 credits)
- CRJS 4480 Police and Community Relations (4 credits)
- CRJS 4487 Offender Intervention (3 credits)
- HLTH 3600 Emergency Response (3 credits)
- INST 1107 Introduction To Indian Studies (3 credits)
- SOC 2230 Ethnic And Minority Group Relations (3 credits)
C. CRIMINAL JUSTICE WITH INTERNSHIP
C. Criminal Justice with Internship
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
- CRJS 2200 Systems Dynamics (3 credits)
- CRJS 3315 Criminology and Delinquency (4 credits)
- CRJS 3334 Criminal Justice Planning (3 credits)
COMPLETE 12 CREDITS IN THE FOLLOWING COURSE:
- CRJS 4970 Internship
REQUIRED ELECTIVES
COMPLETE 16 SEMESTER CREDITS:
- CHEM 2210 Criminalistics (3 credits)
- CHEM 2270 Criminalistics Laboratory (1 credit)
- CRJS 1000 The American Legal System (3 credits)
- CRJS 2200 Systems Dynamics (3 credits)
- CRJS 2221 Comparative Justice (3 credits)
- CRJS 3319 Topics In Criminal Justice
- CRJS 3334 Criminal Justice Planning (3 credits)
- CRJS 3344 Criminal Justice and Domestic Violence (3 credits)
- CRJS 3351 Criminal Profiling (3 credits)
- CRJS 3355 Drugs And Criminal Justice (3 credits)
- CRJS 3356 Introduction to Homeland Security (4 credits)
- CRJS 3357 Applied Civil Law (3 credits)
- CRJS 3359 Criminal Investigation (4 credits)
- CRJS 3360 Criminal Procedure and Evidence (4 credits)
- CRJS 3380 Community Corrections (3 credits)
- CRJS 4103 Criminal Justice Diversity (3 credits)
- CRJS 4420 Legal Aspects Of Corrections (3 credits)
- CRJS 4480 Police and Community Relations (4 credits)
- CRJS 4487 Offender Intervention (3 credits)
- HLTH 3600 Emergency Response (3 credits)
- INST 1107 Introduction To Indian Studies (3 credits)
- SOC 2230 Ethnic And Minority Group Relations (3 credits)
D. CRIMINAL JUSTICE (NON-INTERNSHIP)
D. Criminal Justice (Non-Internship)
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
- CRJS 2200 Systems Dynamics (3 credits)
- CRJS 2221 Comparative Justice (3 credits)
- CRJS 3315 Criminology and Delinquency (4 credits)
- CRJS 3334 Criminal Justice Planning (3 credits)
REQUIRED ELECTIVES
COMPLETE 25 SEMESTER CREDITS:
- CHEM 2210 Criminalistics (3 credits)
- CHEM 2270 Criminalistics Laboratory (1 credit)
- CRJS 1000 The American Legal System (3 credits)
- CRJS 2200 Systems Dynamics (3 credits)
- CRJS 2221 Comparative Justice (3 credits)
- CRJS 3319 Topics In Criminal Justice
- CRJS 3334 Criminal Justice Planning (3 credits)
- CRJS 3344 Criminal Justice and Domestic Violence (3 credits)
- CRJS 3351 Criminal Profiling (3 credits)
- CRJS 3355 Drugs And Criminal Justice (3 credits)
- CRJS 3356 Introduction to Homeland Security (4 credits)
- CRJS 3357 Applied Civil Law (3 credits)
- CRJS 3359 Criminal Investigation (4 credits)
- CRJS 3360 Criminal Procedure and Evidence (4 credits)
- CRJS 3380 Community Corrections (3 credits)
- CRJS 4103 Criminal Justice Diversity (3 credits)
- CRJS 4420 Legal Aspects Of Corrections (3 credits)
- CRJS 4480 Police and Community Relations (4 credits)
- CRJS 4487 Offender Intervention (3 credits)
- HLTH 3600 Emergency Response (3 credits)
- INST 1107 Introduction To Indian Studies (3 credits)
- SOC 2230 Ethnic And Minority Group Relations (3 credits)
SUGGESTED SEMESTER SCHEDULE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE MAJOR, B.S.
The following is a list of required Criminal Justice courses for the B.S. major, arranged by year. This schedule is intended to help students plan their courses in an orderly fashion; however these are only suggestions and this schedule is flexible.
Freshman
- Liberal Education requirements
Sophomore
- CRJS 1120 Criminal Justice and Society
- CRJS 3201 Research Methods and Statistics for Criminal Justice
- CRJS 3304 Police Process
- CRJS 3305 Judicial Process
- Liberal Education requirements
Junior
- CRJS 3306 Correctional Process
- CRJS 3358 Criminal Law
- CRJS 4970 Internship
- Selected track courses
- Minor/free electives
Senior
- CRJS 4920 Directed Group Study
- Selected track courses
- Minor/free electives