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Social Science
Criminal Justice Major (46 credits plus 1-17 credit internship):
The criminal justice major is intended to provide an overview of criminal justice institutions, the causes
of crime, and issues relating to social control. The major is structured around a core of criminal justice
courses on such topics as law enforcement, the judicial process, drugs and crime, and correctional
processes. The course of study consists of a general overview of the components of the criminal justice
system with the overall goal of exposing students to a wide variety of academic disciplines: human
services, political science, psychology, and sociology.
The corrections track is designed for students who wish to work in a correctional setting for juveniles or
adults (e.g., probation officer, correctional caseworker, drug counselor, parole officer, or correctional guard).
The law enforcement track is designed primarily for students who wish to become local, state or
federal law enforcement officers (e.g., city police officers, state highway patrol officers, or Federal
Bureau of Investigations agents). In order to become a police officer in Minnesota, a student must be
licensed by the Minnesota Peace Officers Standards and Training Board (POST). This licensing is a twostep
process requiring certification of graduation by an accredited college or university with a POST
approved program and the passage of a statewide POST-administered examination. The peace officer
education program at the university is certified by the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards
and Training (POST Board), 1600 University Avenue, Suite 200, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104-3825;
telephone: (651) 643-3060.
Criminal Justice Core:
A. All of the following:
CJ111 Introduction Criminal Justice
CJ250 Police Process
CJ302 Correctional Processes
PS332 American Constitutional Law II
S110 Sociological Imagination
S250 Logic of Analysis
S301 Crime and Delinquency
S320 Children and the State
S350 Field Methods
B. One of the following:
ST132 Reasoning with Statistics
ST232 Introduction to Statistics
C. Section C or D:
CJ489 Thesis Development
CJ490 Research in Criminal Justice
D. Section C or D:
CJ496/497 Internship: Criminal Justice
CJ498 Internship Integration
Corrections Track:
A-D. Criminal Justice Core
E. All of the following:
CJ352 Drugs in American Society
CJ425 Ethnicity, Class & Gender
HS352 Public Policy
S305 Political and Social Thought II
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