Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Catalog

Criminal Justice, B.S.


(no minor required)
(120 minimum credit hours required)

Faculty Mentors: Baca, Bullock, Gorman, Najar

Successful completion of the Bachelor of Science degree program in Criminal Justice requires the following:

Students must pass all Criminal Justice core and concentration area courses with a grade of C or higher;

University Requirements


  • General Education  Credit Hours: 31
  • Service Learning Credit Hours: 3
  • Upper Division Credit Hours: 42
  • Writing Intensive Credit Hours: 9

B.S. Requirements


(courses used for BS requirement will not count as General Education)

Credit Hours 26-27


Credit Hours 21


*** The Police Academy will cover CJUS 1120 , CJUS 2130 , CJUS 2235 , CJUS 2140 , and CJUS 2120  while PHSC 1130 /PHSC 1130L  must be taken concurrently. Students who plan to be in the academy should not take these courses.

Corrections Concentration


Subtotal of Corrections Concentration 24


Policing Concentration


Notes: For students in Policing Concentration: The WNMU Police Academy will cover CJUS 1120, 2130, 2235, 2140, and 2120 while PHSC 1130/1130L must be taken concurrently. Students who plan to be in the WNMU academy SHOULD NOT take these courses.

Subtotal of Policing Concentration 24


Guided Electives


Guided electives are upper division courses relevant to the student’s educational and career goals. Guided electives are chosen in consultation with the student’s academic advisor. Courses listed as “Supporting Courses” may not be used to fulfill the guided electives requirement.

Guided Electives 15


Professional Training Credits


There are two additional ways that credit can be given for professional training students obtained elsewhere. If the training has been transcripted by an accredited college, students may transfer that credit to WNMU. They may receive credit if their training programs are recommended for credit by the American Council on Education (ACE). Most Federal Law Enforcement Training Center basic academies are recommended as appropriate for college credit by ACE.