Justice Systems Concentration

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Required Common Core: 15 Credits

JUST 200 Perspectives on Justice Studies I
JUST 201 Perspectives on Justice Studies II
JUST 221 Research in Justice Studies: Social Science Perspectives
JUST 310 Theoretical Issues in Justice Studies
JUST 497 Senior Seminar and Field Experience in Justice Studies *

* Variable credit allowed up to 8 credits.  Credits above 3 credits are free electives, not included in the semester hours toward the major.

CONCENTRATION: 25 Credits

I. Additional Required Courses: 10 credits

JUST 101 Criminology
JUST 232 Introduction to Criminal Justice
JUST/SOCI 240  Statistics for Social Research

II. Choice of 5 Courses from the Following: 15 Credits

JUST 203 Organized Crime
JUST 223 Ethnography in Justice Systems
JUST 230 Family Violence
JUST 250 Current Issues in Policing
JUST 314 Environmental Justice
JUST 315 Restorative Justice
JUST 317 Race & the U.S. Legal System
JUST 318 Animals & Justice
JUST 319 Hate Crimes
JUST 320 Women and Prison
JUST 321 White Collar Crime
JUST 322 Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice
JUST 325 Police and Society
JUST 326 Death Penalty Perspectives
JUST 351 Juries and Justice
JUST 353 Corrections
JUST 360 Rights, Liberties and American Justice
JUST 400 Drugs & Society
JUST 496 Peer Mentoring for Justice Studies
JUST 499 Selected Topics in Justice Studies  
PALG 301 Criminal Law and Procedure
PALG 317 Evidence
PSYC 330 Forensic Psychology

Justice Studies Major w/ Concentration in Justice Systems:
40 TOTAL CREDIT HOURS