B.S. Criminal Justice

124 Credit Hours Beginning Fall 2019, Catalog Year 2020

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First Year, Semester 1
Course Name Hours
ENG 111 English Composition 3
CJS 101 Intro to Criminal Justice Studies 3
MPF IIA Creative Arts 3
MPF IV Natural Science 3
ELECTIVE Elective 3-4

Total Semester Credit Hours: 15-16

First Year, Semester 1
Course Name Hours
CJS 211 Policing in America 3
CJS 281 Corrections 3
CJS 125/225 Law & the Courts 3
STA 261 Statistics 4
ELECTIVE Elective 3

Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Year, Semester 1
Course Name Hours
CJS 282 Writing in Criminal Justice 3
CJS 271 Criminal Behavior 3
MPF IIB Humanities 3
MPF IV Natural Science 3-4
ELECTIVE Elective 3

Total Semester Credit Hours: 15-16

Second Year, Semester 2
Course Name Hours
CJS 231 Law & Individual Rights 3
MPT Thematic Sequence 3
MAJOR CJS Elective 3
MAJOR CJS Elective 3
ELECTIVE Elective 3

Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Third Year, Semester 1
Course Name Hours
CJS 220 CJS Field Experience 3
CJS 461 Applied Research Methods in CJS 3
MPT Thematic Sequence 3
MPF III Global Perspectives 3
ELECTIVE Elective 3

Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Third Year, Semester 2
Course Name Hours
CJS 451 Comparative Justice Systems 3
MAJOR CJS Elective 3
MAJOR CJS Elective 3
MPT Thematic Sequence 3
ELECTIVE Elective 3

Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year, Semester 1
Course Name Hours
CJS 485 Capstone: Seminar in CJS 3
MP-IP Intercultural Perspectives 3
ELECTIVE Elective 3
ELECTIVE Elective 3
ELECTIVE Elective 3

Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year, Semester 2
Course Name Hours
ELECTIVE Elective 3
ELECTIVE Elective 3
ELECTIVE Elective 3
ELECTIVE Elective 3
ELECTIVE Elective 3

Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Abbreviation Key

MP-EL = Experiential Learning

MPF I = English Composition

MPF IIC = Social Science

MPF V = Mathematics, Formal Reasoning, Technology

MPT = Thematic Sequence

MP-AW = Advanced Writing

MPF = Global Miami Plan Foundation

MPF IIB = Humanities

MPF IV = Natural Science

MP-IP = Intercultural Perspectives

MPF IIA = Creative Arts

MPF III = Global Perspectives