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BA (Hons) Criminal Justice

University of Hartford, United States
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Course Overview

Our criminal justice program focuses on the interdisciplinary view of crime and its control, including policing, crime prevention through personal change and community development. You develop broad skills and take classes in criminology, law, policing, sociology, and forensic studies.

Criminal justice courses are taught by faculty who have in-depth experience as criminal justice attorneys, gang unit and state police officers, medical examiners, and probation administrators. The program offers you opportunities to study within agencies dealing with crime and justice and take courses that study the full range of issues related to the social nature of crime, criminal law, and social control.

General Eligibility

Students must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in courses required to complete the major. All courses required for the major must be taken for a letter grade.

What You'll Study

1 Course Modules

Required courses

(seven courses, 22 credits)

  • SOC 170 - Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 242 - Methods of Social Research 4 credit(s)

  • SOC 271 - Deviance 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 318P - Internships 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 470 - Criminology 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 473W - Crime, Law, and Administration of Justice 3 credit(s)

  • POL 250 - Law and the Justice System 3 credit(s)Electives

Group A: Perspectives on Human Behavior

(three courses, 9 credits)

  • SOC 273 - International Organized Crime 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 278 - Drugs and Society 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 372 - Women and Crime 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 376 - Juvenile Delinquency 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 378 - Studies in Criminal Behavior 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 382 - Race and Ethnic Relations 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 475 - Race, Ethnicity, and Crime 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 476 - Street Gangs 3 credit(s)

  • PHI 233 - Organizational Ethics 3 credit(s)

  • POL 421 - Political Violence 3 credit(s)

  • PSY 262 - Abnormal Psychology 3 credit(s)

Group B: Law and the Response to Social Conflict

(three courses, 9 credits)

  • SOC 274 - Sociological Analysis of Prisons and Corrections 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 277 - Policing Society 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 319 - Internships 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 330 - The Law and Forensic Evidence 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 375 - Social Control 3 credit(s)

  • SOC 379 - Studies in Crime Control 3 credit(s)

  • POL 351 - Criminal Law and Procedure 3 credit(s)

  • POL 450 - Constitutional Law 3 credit(s)

  • POL 451 - Civil Rights and Liberties 3 credit(s)

  • POL 452 - Jurisprudence 3 credit(s)

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.5
  • TOEFL93
  • PTE65
  • Duolingo89

Minimun IELTS Score 6.5 overall.

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