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2021-2022 Academic Catalog

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2021-2022 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Criminal Justice B.A.* (Degree Completion)

This program is currently offered at the Stanislaus State Stockton Campus(*). For more information about the Stockton Campus visit the Stanislaus State Stockton Campus page.

View information for the Department of Criminal Justice , including Learning Objectives for the department and its programs.

This program offers concentrations in either law enforcement or corrections, and is designed to be completed in 18 months. The Criminal Justice Degree Completion Program enables working criminal justice professionals to advance their education and professional careers. Students will have completed all or most of an Associate Degree in Administration of Justice, or a similar program, at a community college or P.O.S.T. Academy training. This program switches off between either a Law Enforcement concentration or Corrections concentration. It is built on a hybrid model with classes meeting live one evening per week along with Online instruction throughout the 5-week session. Some courses are fully online. Faculty for these courses will merge academic study of subject material with the application of those principles to real-life law enforcement and criminal justice situations, building on the experiences of the students in each class.

The student may request that the criminal justice faculty waive up to 9 upper-division units of criminal justice coursework based on documented completion of related college coursework and/or work experience.

Requirements

1. Complete the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements.

A student must comply with all University regulations and satisfy the following requirements:

Units and Residency (minimum of 120 units: 40 units of upper division coursework and 30 semester units at Stanislaus State. At least 24 of these 30 units must be earned in upper-division courses, at least 12 must be in the major, and at least 9 must be applicable to General Education-Breadth requirements)
Grade Point Average (minimum grade point average of 2.0 (C) or better)
General Education (minimum of 49 units)
Upper Division Writing Proficiency (minimum of 3 units)
- Writing Proficiency (WP) Course with a C- or better (may double count in the major)
United States Constitution and California State and Local Government (minimum of 3 units)
Multicultural Requirement (minimum of 3 units) (may double count with General Education requirements or in the major)

Subsequently all students must submit an application for graduation and receive approval from the major advisor, department chair, and Director of Academic Advising. For more information see the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements .

The following General Education courses are recommended for all Criminal Justice majors:

PHIL 2100 - Logic 3 unit(s)
MATH 1600 - Statistics 4 unit(s)
or MATH 1602 MATH 1602 - Statistics with Support II
SOCL 1010 - Introduction to Sociology 3 unit(s)
PSYC 2010 - Introduction to Psychology 3 unit(s)
PSCI 3225 - Civil Liberties 4 unit(s)
PSYC 4250 - Drugs and Behavior 3 unit(s)

2. Complete the following prerequisites to the major:

(15 units)

CJ 2250 - Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 unit(s)
CJ 2255 - Methods of Criminal Justice Inquiry 3 unit(s)
CJ 2270 - Criminal Investigations 3 unit(s)
CJ 2280 - Criminal Law 3 unit(s)
CJ 2450 - Criminal Judicial Process 3 unit(s)

3. For concentration in Corrections and Law Enforcement:

Complete no less than 40 upper-division units in Criminal Justice or specific Sociology courses.

4. Maintain a grade point average of 2.00 or better in the major.

Completion of a minor is not required.

The Major

(40 upper-division units)

Complete these core courses required of all concentrations:

(21 units)

CJ 3120 - Causes of Crime 3 unit(s)
CJ 3170 - Criminal Justice Research Methods (WP) 4 unit(s)
CJ 4141 - Criminal Procedures I 3 unit(s)
CJ 4151 - Criminal Procedures II 3 unit(s)
CJ 4230 - Juvenile Justice 4 unit(s)
CJ 4925 - Historical and Contemporary Criminal Justice 3 unit(s)

Law Enforcement Concentration

(19 units minimum)

The following are required to complete the Criminal Justice major (56 units total) with a Law Enforcement concentration:

Lower-division prerequisites, 16 units
Core courses, 21 units
Concentration courses, 19 units

1. Complete the following courses:

(13 units minimum)

CJ 3160 - Administration and Management in Law Enforcement 3 unit(s)
CJ 3230 - Police Ethics and Civil Liability 3 unit(s)
CJ 3250 - Leadership and Supervision in Law Enforcement 3 unit(s)
CJ 3420 - Community and Problem-Oriented Policing 4 unit(s)

2. Complete 2 of the following electives:

(6 units minimum)

CJ 3125 - Moot Court 3 unit(s)
CJ 3235 - Domestic Violence and Intimate Abuse 3 unit(s)
CJ 3315 - Hate Crimes 3 unit(s)
CJ 3350 - Organized Crime 3 unit(s)
CJ 3460 - White-Collar Crime 3 unit(s)
CJ 4175 - Capital Crimes and the Death Penalty 3 unit(s)
CJ 4200 - Crime Victims and the Criminal Justice System 3 unit(s)
CJ 4201 - Criminal Justice and Social Movements 3 unit(s)
CJ 4250 - Psychology Criminal Behavior 4 unit(s)
CJ 4340 - Interrogating the Criminal Justice System through Critical and Postmodern Criminology 3 unit(s)
CJ 4400 - Criminal Justice and The Media 3 unit(s)
CJ 4440 - Cyber Crime Forensic Investigation, Analysis, and Theory 3 unit(s)
CJ 4450 - Exploring the Criminalization of Mental Illness and its Impact on Incarceration 3 unit(s)
CJ 4500 - Comparative Criminal Justice 3 unit(s)
CJ 4600 - Terrorism and Homeland Security 3 unit(s)
CJ 4735 - Social and Legal Rights of Historically Disenfranchised People 3 unit(s)
CJ 4875 - Immigration and the American Criminal Justice System 3 unit(s)
CJ 4910 - Cooperative Education 2-4 unit(s)
CJ 4915 - Sex Crimes and Gender Issues in Criminal Justice 3 unit(s)
CJ 4920 - International Criminal Justice Systems 3 unit(s)
CJ 4940 - Criminal Justice Internship 2-4 unit(s)
CJ 4945 - Court Observer Program 3 unit(s)
CJ 4950 - Selected Topics in Criminal Justice 1-5 unit(s)
CJ 4960 - Race, Ethnicity and the Criminal Justice System 3 unit(s)
CJ 4980 - Individual Study 1-4 unit(s)
CJ 4985 - Crime Intelligence and Analysis 3 unit(s)
SOCL 3240 - Social Deviance 3 unit(s)
SOCL 4190 - Treatment of the Offender 3 unit(s)
SOCL 4920 - Nutrition and Criminal Behavior 4 unit(s)

Corrections Concentration

(19 units minimum)

The following are required to complete the Criminal Justice major (56 units total) with a Corrections concentration:

Lower-division prerequisites, 16 units
Core courses, 21 units
Concentration courses, 19 units

1. Complete the following courses:

(13 units minimum)

CJ 3130 - Administration of Corrections 3 unit(s)
CJ 3600 - Juvenile Corrections 4 unit(s)
CJ 4135 - Constitutional Rights Prisoner 3 unit(s)
CJ 4150 - Probation and Parole 3 unit(s)

2. Complete 2 of the following electives:

(6 units minimum)

CJ 3125 - Moot Court 3 unit(s)
CJ 3235 - Domestic Violence and Intimate Abuse 3 unit(s)
CJ 3315 - Hate Crimes 3 unit(s)
CJ 3350 - Organized Crime 3 unit(s)
CJ 3460 - White-Collar Crime 3 unit(s)
CJ 4175 - Capital Crimes and the Death Penalty 3 unit(s)
CJ 4200 - Crime Victims and the Criminal Justice System 3 unit(s)
CJ 4201 - Criminal Justice and Social Movements 3 unit(s)
CJ 4250 - Psychology Criminal Behavior 4 unit(s)
CJ 4340 - Interrogating the Criminal Justice System through Critical and Postmodern Criminology 3 unit(s)
CJ 4400 - Criminal Justice and The Media 3 unit(s)
CJ 4440 - Cyber Crime Forensic Investigation, Analysis, and Theory 3 unit(s)
CJ 4450 - Exploring the Criminalization of Mental Illness and its Impact on Incarceration 3 unit(s)
CJ 4500 - Comparative Criminal Justice 3 unit(s)
CJ 4600 - Terrorism and Homeland Security 3 unit(s)
CJ 4735 - Social and Legal Rights of Historically Disenfranchised People 3 unit(s)
CJ 4875 - Immigration and the American Criminal Justice System 3 unit(s)
CJ 4910 - Cooperative Education 2-4 unit(s)
CJ 4915 - Sex Crimes and Gender Issues in Criminal Justice 3 unit(s)
CJ 4920 - International Criminal Justice Systems 3 unit(s)
CJ 4940 - Criminal Justice Internship 2-4 unit(s)
CJ 4945 - Court Observer Program 3 unit(s)
CJ 4950 - Selected Topics in Criminal Justice 1-5 unit(s)
CJ 4960 - Race, Ethnicity and the Criminal Justice System 3 unit(s)
CJ 4980 - Individual Study 1-4 unit(s)
CJ 4985 - Crime Intelligence and Analysis 3 unit(s)
SOCL 3240 - Social Deviance 3 unit(s)
SOCL 4190 - Treatment of the Offender 3 unit(s)
SOCL 4920 - Nutrition and Criminal Behavior 4 unit(s)