B.S. Criminal Justice
124 Credit Hours Beginning Fall 2020, Catalog Year 2021
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| 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 | 3-4 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15-16
MPF IIA Creative Arts
Recommended course options
- ART 187 Or ART 188 History of Western Art
Historical survey of Western art, including development of concepts necessary for analysis and appreciation of great works of art. - ART 181 Concepts in Art
Introduction to visual and thematic concepts as applied to art in various cultures and historical periods.
MPF IV Natural Science
Recommended course options
- MBI 131 Community Health Perspectives
Discussion of community health primarily from the perspective of leading causes of disease and death in the U.S. Exploration of the impact of environment, behavior, and disease, including prevention and treatment strategies, on human health, public resources, and quality of life for society. - BIO 121 Environmental Biology
Local, regional, and global environmental issues examined in the context of current ecological theory and principles of resource use and management. - PHY 101/111/121/141 + PHY 103L
- PHY 101 Physics and Society – Introduction of fundamental principles of physics and discussion of the interaction of science and society, both today and in the past. Provides skills in thinking critically about societal problems which have a scientific or technological component.
- PHY 111 Astronomy and Space Physics – Study of space exploration, astrophysics, astronomy, and cosmology.
- PHY 121 Energy and Environment – Application of physics principles and models to societal uses of energy. Includes mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, and atomic and nuclear physics. Energy topics include resources, environmental problems, global atmospheric challenges, nuclear power, solar energy, alternative energy systems, and energy conservation. Algebraic skills are required but no previous course in physics is needed.
- PHY 141 Physics in Sports – Various aspects of a dozen or more sports are treated using the laws of physics. Provides the non-science student with insight into principles governing motion, dynamics, and other elements of physics in sports.
- PHY 103L Concepts in Physics Laboratory – Laboratory course illustrating the basic concepts of physics. For the general student; complements physics lecture offerings at the nonspecialist level.
- GLG 111/121/141 +GLG 115L
- GLG 111 The Dynamic Earth – Earth as a geophysical-geochemical unit and its internal and external processes. Formation of minerals and their relationships in rocks. Earth stresses and rock deformation, mountain building, and earthquakes. Geomorphic (landscape) evolution by mass wasting and wave, stream, wind, ground water, glacial, and volcanic activity.
- GLG 121 Environmental Geology – A survey of introductory geology with a sub theme of human interaction with the geologic environment. Topics include flooding, earthquakes, volcanoes, water quality and availability, energy, use and abuse of natural resources and land-use planning.
- GLG 115L Understanding the Earth – Laboratory course exploring Earth from multiple perspectives. Earth in the solar system; Earth in time; the solid Earth; Earth's surface in flux; Earth's atmosphere and hydrosphere.
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: any 100-level, 3 credit hour GLG course (students enrolled in these courses are not required to take the lab).
| Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| CJS 211 Policing in America | 3 |
| CJS 271 Criminal Behavior | 3 |
| MPF V Math, Formal Reasoning & Technology recommended STA 261 Statistics | 3-5 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15-17
| Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| CJS 125 Law & the Courts | 3 |
| MP-AW Advanced Writing - recommended EGS 215 Workplace Writing | 3 |
| MPF IIB Humanities | 3 |
| MPF IV Natural Science | 3-4 |
| MAJOR CJS Elective | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15-16
MPF IIB Humanities
Recommended course options
- ART/AMS 183 Images of America
nvestigating the power and influence of visual art imagery, either about, targeted to, or made by diverse segments of historic and contemporary American society and how this imagery has helped or hindered our coming together as a diverse nation. Explores the use of art stereotypes as a basis for evaluation, how visual components help define culture, the decoding of cultural codes and how the idea of taste and aesthetics influences the way we see ourselves and others. - HST 111/112 Survey of American History
Survey of the interplay of forces that have brought about evolutionary development of American economic, cultural, and political history from 1492 to the Era of Reconstruction, 1877. A functional and synoptic treatment of America's great historical problems.
| Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| CJS 281 Corrections | 3 |
| MPT Thematic Sequence | 3 |
| MAJOR CJS Elective | 3 |
| MPF III Global Perspectives | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15
MPF III Global Perspectives
Recommended course options
- IDS 159-Strength Through Cultural Diversity
A primary goal of this course is to facilitate students' abilities to build their cultural competencies and their abilities to work toward a socially just and inclusive world by providing the conceptual tools and vocabulary to think about, discuss and experience diversity. Topics covered include multiculturalism, ethnocentrism, prejudice, discrimination, privilege, the impacts of social and cultural change, and the engagement of students in the global community. - SOC 153 Sociology in a Global Context (online only)
Designed to develop the sociological imagination - an imagination that allows students to place themselves in a larger, ever-changing global world.
| Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| CJS 220 CJS Field Experience | 3 |
| MAJOR CJS Elective | 3 |
| MPT Thematic Sequence | 3 |
| MPF III Global Perspectives | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15
| Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| CJS 231 Law & Individual Rights | 3 |
| CJS 461 Applied Research Methods in CJS | 3 |
| MP-IP Intercultural Perspectives - recommended POL 142 American Politics & Diversity | 3 |
| MPT Thematic Sequence | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15
| Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| CJS 451 Comparative Justice Systems | 3 |
| CJS 485 Capstone: Seminar in CJS | 3 |
| MAJOR CJS Elective | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15
| Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| MAJOR CJS Elective | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 4 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 16
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