Criminal Justice Degree Requirements
- These requirements apply to students entering this program in fall 2018 and thereafter. Students who enrolled earlier should consult the catalog in effect at the time they enrolled.
- Read the course descriptions.
General Education Requirements (38 credits)
General Education requirements for all new students entering UBalt in fall 2017 and after.
- General Education requirements for all students who entered UBalt in fall 2016 and spring 2017.
- General Education requirements for all students who entered UBalt between fall 2014 and spring 2016.
Criminal Justice Program Requirements (42 credits)
- MATH 115 Introductory Statistics
- CRJU 200 Criminal Justice
Core Courses (15 credits)
- CRJU 300 Criminal Justice Ethics
- CRJU 301 The Contemporary Criminal Justice System
- CRJU 302 Criminal Justice Research Methods
- CRJU 306 Criminological Perspectives
- CRJU 485 Criminal Justice Capstone, prerequisites: CRJU 300, 301, 302, 306, and MATH 115
Area Courses (9 credits)
Law Enforcement
Choose one of the following:
- CRJU 320 Police Administration
- CRJU 420 Special Problems in Policing
Courts and Law
Choose one of the following:
- CRJU 330 Criminal Law
- CRJU 430 Juvenile Justice
- CRJU 432 Criminal Courts
Corrections
Choose one of the following:
- CRJU 341 Correctional Perspectives
- CRJU 441 Special Problems in Corrections
- CRJU 442 Community Corrections
Major Electives (12 credits)
Complete four 300- or 400-level CRJU courses, and you may select from among the Area Courses you did not complete as requirements. Of these 12 credits, you make take up to 6 credits of 300- or 400-level FSCS courses. If you have not worked in the field and you have not previously taken a criminal justice internship, you must complete CRJU 490 Criminal Justice Internship as a discipline elective.
General Electives
- IDIS 101 First Year Seminar: Introduction to University Learning
freshmen only; transfer students replace this with a different elective
Complete as many courses as necessary from any discipline to fulfill your 120-credit requirement to graduate.
Information Literacy Requirement
Meet the UBalt Information Literacy graduation requirement by successfully completing one of the following:
- INFO 110 Introduction to Information Literacy
- CRJU 304 Criminal Justice Professional Studies
as of fall 2020