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Criminal Justice (CJBS) - ARCHIVE

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Begin Date: Summer Session 1999
End Date: Fall Semester 2006 -UCA

Criminal Justice - ARCHIVE

Altoona College (CJBS)

PROFESSOR LORI J. BECHTEL, in charge

For the B.S. degree in Criminal Justice, a minimum of 128 credits is required.

Scheduling Recommendation by Semester Standing given like (Sem: 1-2)

GENERAL EDUCATION: 45 credits
(9-13 of these 45 credits are included in the REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR)
(See description of General Education in front of Bulletin.)

FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR:
(Included in ELECTIVES or GENERAL EDUCATION course selection)

UNITED STATES CULTURES AND INTERNATIONAL CULTURES:
(Included in REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR)

WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM:
(Included in REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR)

ELECTIVES: 33-37 credits

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR: 59 credits[1]
(This includes 9-13 credits of General Education courses: 3 credits of GH courses; 0-4 credits of GQ courses; 6 credits of GS courses.)

PRESCRIBED COURSES (34 credits)
CJ 100(3), M I S 103(3), PHIL 103 GH(3), SOC 007(3), SOC 012 GS(3), SOC 119 GS;US(4) (Sem: 1-4)
CJ 210(3), CJ 220(3), CJ 230(3) (Sem: 3-6)
CJ 450W(3), CJ 495(3) (Sem: 5-8)

ADDITIONAL COURSES (13 credits)
MS&IS 200(4) or STAT 200 GQ(4) (Sem: 1-4)
Select 9 credits from CJ 420(3), CJ 430(3), CJ 460(3), or any other 400-level CJ Course (except CJ 495) (Sem: 5-8)

SUPPORTING COURSES AND RELATED AREAS (12 credits)
Select 12 credits, in consultation with the adviser, in one or two of the following skill enhancement areas: accounting, computers, composition and rhetoric, counseling, education, law and legal studies, foreign language, management, public speaking, research methods and statistics, science and engineering, biobehavioral health; or in the following topics: adolescence, deviant behavior, drugs, minorities (Sem: 3-6)

[1] A student enrolled in this major must receive a grade of C or better, as specified in Senate Policy 82-44.

Last Revised by the Department: Summer Session 1999

Blue Sheet Item #: 27-01-013

Review Date: 1/15/02

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