1996-1997 Undergraduate Catalog

 NMSU
CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Professor L. Thomas Winfree, department head

Professors Mays, Pincomb; Assistant Professors Crowley, Gray, Gregware, Meyer; College Assistant professor Giever

(505) 646-3316

DEGREE:Bachelor of Criminal Justice
DEGREE: Associate in Criminal Justice

The criminal justice degree plan is broadly interdisciplinary in nature embracing the study of the humanities, law, natural, behavioral and social sciences. The curriculum seeks to balance theoretical inquiry with applied knowledge.

Students are prepared for careers in law enforcement, corrections, probation and parole, work with juveniles, and the related field of industrial and institutional security. Graduates have also been successful in law school and graduate programs in criminal justice. The undergraduate major consists of at least 34 credits in the major field, 22 of which must be numbered 300 or above (excluding C J 393, Internship in Criminal Justice).

DEGREE: Bachelor of Criminal Justice

FIRST AND SECOND YEARS (66 credits)

Nondepartmental Requirements
CS 110G or HON 111G 3
ENGL 111G, Rhetoric and Composition 4
MATH 115, Intermediate Algebra, plus one of the following:
MATH 210G, Mathematics Appreciation, or
HON 275G, Spirit and Evolution of Mathematics, or
MATH 112G, Fundamentals of Elementary Mathematics II
prerequisite: MATH111); or
2 math courses beyond MATH115 (6 cr.);
or one math course beyond MATH 185
 3-9
Basic Natural Sciences (with lab): one of the following:
ASTR 110G, BIOL111G/111L, CHEM 110G, PHYS 110G, GEOL 111G
 4
Critical Thinking/Analysis: 3 credits from the following:
COMM 253G, COMM 265G, PHIL 101G, PHIL 201G, HON 225G,
HON 226G, HON 227G, HON 265G
 3
Historical Perspectives: 3 credits from the following:
HIST 101G, 102G, 201G, 202G, 211G, 212G; HON 222G, 224G
 3
Human Thought and Behavior: 3 credits from the following:
ANTH 120G, 125G, 201G; HON 236G, LING 200G, PSY 201G, WS 202G
 3
Literature and Fine Arts: 3 credits from following:
ENGL 244G; HON 208G, 216G, 229G, 239G,244G, 231G,
270G; ART 101G, 110G; MUS 101G, THTR 101G
 3
Social Analysis: 3 credits from the following:
GEOG 201G, 241G; GOVT 100G, 110G, 150G, 160G;
HON 233G, 248G, 249G; SOC 101G, 201G, WS 201G
 3
Social Sciences: One social science course from a different area than those taken for "Human Thought and Behavior" and "Social Analysis" 3
Arts and Sciences Language Requirement 14

Departmental Requirements
C J 101, Introduction to Criminal Justice 3
C J 205, Criminal Law I 3
Two of the following Criminal Justice courses:
C J 210, American Law Enforcement Systems
 3
C J 230, Introduction to Corrections
 3
C J 250, Courts and the Criminal Justice System 3

General Electives: Sufficient to bring the total to 66 for the first two years.

Admission to upper-division criminal justice classes does not occur until all requirements for the associate in criminal justice (see First and Second Years) have been met, including the same grade point requirement as for the Bachelor's degree.

THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS (62 credits)

Nondepartmental Requirements
English: One of the following courses:
ENGL 203G, 211G, 218G, 311G, 318G
 3
Statistics: ESTAT 311G 3
Viewing a Wider World: Two upper division general education classes
from colleges other than Arts and Sciences
 6

Departmental Requirements
CJ 300, Introduction to Criminal Justice Research 4
CJ 449, Senior Seminar 3

Electives
Criminal Justice Electives:
5 upper-division criminal justice courses, two of which must be
numbered above 399 (not to include CJ 393, Internship in Criminal
Justice, or any criminal justice requirements)
 15

General Electives: Sufficient to bring the total credits to 128, including 55 upper-division credits.

ASSOCIATE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

The Department of Criminal Justice also offers an Associate in Criminal Justice degree. The requirements for this degree are identical to the first two years of the Bachelor of Criminal Justice degree with one exception: Students seeking the ACJ degree must fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences second language requirement by (1) completing a second language through the 112 level, (2) completing a second language through the 213 level, or (3) fulfilling one of the alternative methods (See "College Foreign Language Requirement" in the Languages and Linguistics section of this chapter).

Students must complete the last 15 semester credits at New Mexico State University (including branch campuses).



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