Department of Professional Studies

Criminal Justice Concentration

The matrix below is a sample plan for all coursework required for this program.

Fall		Spring
ENGL 1013 Composition I¹	3	ENGL 1023 Composition II¹	3
Science with Lab¹	4	Science with Lab^1,2	4
Social Sciences¹	3	Social Sciences¹	3
Technical Course²	3	Mathematics¹	3
CJ 2003 Introduction to Criminal Justice	3	CJ 2043 Crime and Delinquency	3
TECH 1001 Orientation to the University	1
Total Hours	17	Total Hours	16

Fall		Spring
Communication¹	3	U.S. History/Government¹	3
Fine Arts & Humanities¹	3	Fine Arts & Humanities¹	3
Technical Course²	3	PS 3013 Professional Studies Seminar	3
Elective³	6	CJ/SOC 3083 Social Deviance	3
		Elective³	3
Total Hours	15	Total Hours	15

Fall		Spring
PS 3133 Applied Principles of Personnel Management	3	PS 3023 Professional Communications	3
CJ/POLS 3023 Judicial Process	3	PS 3143 Applied Professional Research	3
CJ/SOC 3033 The Criminal Mind	3	Elective³	6
Professional Studies Professional Core Electives⁴	6
Total Hours	15	Total Hours	12

Fall		Spring
PS 3003 Project Design	3	PS 4003 Capstone Project	3
CJ/SOC 3103 The Juvenile Justice System	3	Technical Courses²	9
Technical Courses²	6	Elective³	3
Elective³	3
Total Hours	15	Total Hours	15

¹See appropriate alternatives or substitutions in "General Education Requirements".
²Technical courses taken as part of an associate degree or from a community college may be transferred into the BPS degree.³At least 40 of the total hours required for graduation must be 3000 - 4000 level courses.
⁴Six hours from the following^:PS 4143 Nonprofit Governance, PS 4243 Planning for Adult Learners, PS 4343 Community Development, PS 4443 Professional Leadership, PS 4543 Workplace Supervision, PS 4643 Occupational Globalization and Diversity. Students enrolled in the Applied Leadership concentration must take PS 4543 and an upper division elective in order to meet the six (6) hours of electives requirement.