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Criminal Justice Major

Criminal Justice Major

Description

Criminal justice is both a professional and a liberal arts program. Specifically, the criminal justice major consists of three components: non-criminal justice courses (corequisites), many in related liberal arts disciplines, which can be taken during the first two years of college; criminal justice proficiency courses; and criminal justice electives, which can be grouped into specialty areas or not, at the student’s option.

Admission to the Program

Students seeking acceptance into the criminal justice major must meet the following criteria:

  • Completion of an associate’s degree, or 54 credits toward a baccalaureate degree at another school, or 24 credits at The College at Brockport;
  • A cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or better.

Application by Brockport students for the major will ordinarily be made during the fall semester of the sophomore year.

Program Requirements

Students in the Criminal Justice major pursue a Bachelor of Science degree, and must complete the corresponding degree's requirements.

I. General Education Program courses required of all bachelor of science students.

II. Corequisite Courses (21 credits)

  • SOC100 Introduction to Sociology
  • PLS113 American Political Systems

AND ONE of the following:

  • PSH110 General Psychology
  • PSH112 General Psychology with Lab

An approved ethnic minorities course. (3 credits)

Two upper-division (300/400 level) courses, chosen from TWO of the following three disciplines: sociology, psychology or political science. (6 credits)

III. Criminal Justice Core Proficiencies (24 credits)

  • CRJ101 Introduction to Criminal Justice
  • CRJ203 The Police Process
  • CRJ207 The Corrections Process
  • CRJ311 Criminal Law
  • CRJ343 Juvenile Justice Process
  • CRJ471 Research Methods
  • CRJ494 Criminology

AND ONE of the following:

  • CRJ305 The Adjudication Process
  • PLS320 Law and Legal Process

At least FOUR courses must be completed from a wide variety of electives. These may include courses selected with the advice and approval of the student’s advisor in specialty areas of police, corrections, security administration, international criminal justice, or legal studies. The department encourages students to enroll in one of its three international programs in fulfillment of these criteria.

IV. Electives (FOUR required): Criminal Justice electives and/or International Criminal Justice Educational Experience: (12 credits)

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Study and understanding of:
    1. Prevention and control of crime.
    2. Theories and policies relative to the structure and operation of various police.
    3. Security.
    4. Correctional and judicial organizations.

Course Descriptions

Department of Criminal Justice

Department Chair: Korni Kumar
Location: Brown 166
Visit Website
Email: jhunt@brockport.edu
Phone: (585) 395-2665
Fax: (585) 395-2366

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Faculty & Staff

    


Ann W Bunch Ph.D
 (University Of Chicago)  
Associate Professor
Melchor C De Guzman Ph.D
 (University Of Cincinnati-Main Campus)  
Associate Professor
Julie D Hunt BS
 (Roberts Wesleyan College)  
Keyboard Specialist 1
Patricia A Huntington-Sigel MS
 (SUNY College At Brockport)  
Lecturer
Youngoh  Jo Ph.D
 (Sam Houston State University)  
Assistant Professor
Megan R Kienzle MED
 (Roberts Wesleyan College)  
Instructor
Moonsun  Kim Ph.D
 (SUNY At Albany)  
Assistant Professor
Swaroop K Korni Ph.D
 (Temple University)  
Associate Professor + Chair
Charles  Loray MPA
 (SUNY College At Brockport)  
Lecturer
Ingrid  McGuffog MSS
 (Queensland University of Technology)  
Instructor
Edward  Minardo MSED
 (SUNY College At Brockport)  
Lecturer
James J Ross Ph.D
 (SUNY At Buffalo)  
Assistant Professor
Noelle C Turner PSYD
 (Indiana University Of Pennsylvania-Main Campus)  
Assistant Professor
Daniel P Varrenti MPA
 (SUNY College At Brockport)  
Adjunct Lecturer
Beth  Wanzer MS
 (SUNY College At Brockport)  
Lecturer (csl)