Undergraduate Program

Criminal Justice Bachelor of Arts Degree Program

The Major
The undergraduate degree program in criminal justice is broad-based in nature, stressing the interrelationships between the various components of the criminal justice system - police, courts, corrections - and familiarizing students with each of these components and their theoretical bases. The program also recognizes and builds upon the interdisciplinary nature of the field it seeks to address. Criminal Justice as a discipline draws together all the social and behavioral sciences, the natural sciences, the mathematical and computer sciences, and law and jurisprudence to focus on the problem of crime in society. Indeed, accreditation guidelines for post-secondary criminal justice education programs clearly specify that the curricula "must give explicit recognition to the multi-disciplinary character of the field." The UNF program is designed to comply with that standard.There are no specific criminal justice prerequisites at the lower level though CCJ 2002 or its equivalent and STA 2014 are prerequisites to some courses in the major.

Major: Criminal Justice
Track: Criminal Justice
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Foreign Lang / Foreign Cultures (8 SEMESTER HOURS)
Select 1 Sequence

CHI 1120 4.0 BEGINNING CHINESE I
CHI 1121 4.0 BEGINNING CHINESE II
FRE 1120 4.0 BEGINNING FRENCH I
FRE 1121 4.0 BEGINNING FRENCH II
GER 1120 4.0 BEGINNING GERMAN I
GER 1121 4.0 BEGINNING GERMAN II
POR 1120 4.0 BEGIN PORTUGUESE I
POR 1121 4.0 BEGIN PORTUGUESE II
RUS 1120 4.0 BEGIN RUSSIAN I
RUS 1121 4.0 BEGIN RUSSIAN II
SPN 1120 4.0 BEGINNING SPANISH I
SPN 1121 4.0 BEGINNING SPANISH II
SPA 4620 3.0 AMERICAN SIGN LANG I
SPA 4620 L 1.0 ASL LAB I
SPA 4623 3.0 AMERI SIGN LANG II
SPA 4623 L 1.0 ASL LAB II

Or (3000 - 4000 LEVEL)
3 foreign cultures (only if state requirement is satisfied) See list of foreign culture courses through the online schedule booklet. May not include cultural diversity courses unless CD-(FC) in the course title.

Major Requirements (21 SEMESTER HOURS)
*ELEMENTARY STATISTICS IS REQUIRED BEFORE TAKING RESEARCH METHODS.

CCJ 3023 3.0 INTRO TO CRIM JUST
CCJ 3603 3.0 EXPLANATIONS/CRIME
CCJ 3700 3.0 RES METH CRIM & CJ PREREQ: STA 2014
CJL 4310 3.0 CRIMINAL LAW & PROC
CJL 4510 3.0 COURT SYST & PROCESS
CJE 4017 3.0 LAW ENFOR SYS/PROCES
CJC 4015 3.0 CORR SYS & PROCESS

Major Electives (3000 - 4000 LEVEL) (9 SEMESTER HOURS)
In-service students select 4 courses; non-service select 3 courses

CCJ 3930 3.0 CJ JUNIOR SEMINAR
CCJ 3932 1.0 4.0 ST: CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CCJ 4283 3.0 PHIL OF LAW/JUSTICE
CCJ 4501 3.0 JUV DELINQ/JUSTICE
CCJ 4604 3.0 INSANITY & CRIME
CCJ 4662 3.0 MINORITIES & CRIME
CCJ 4663 3.0 WOMEN AND CRIME
CCJ 4664 3.0 WHITE COLLAR CRIME
CCJ 4680 3.0 FAMILY VIOLENCE
CJE 4144 3.0 SECURITY & SOCIETY
CCJ 4905 1.0 4.0 DIR INDVID STUDY
CCJ 4931 3.0 CNTRVRSL LEGL ISSUES
CCJ 4935 1.0 4.0 SPEC TOP:JUSTICE ADM
CCJ 4641 3.0 ORGANIZED CRIME
CJE 3281 3.0 WOMEN/LEGAL SYSTEM
CJE 4211 3.0 HATE CRIMES
CJC 4510 3.0 PUNISHMENT & SOCIETY
CCJ 4938 1.0 4.0 SPEC TOP:CRIMINOLOGY
CJE 4232 3.0 DRUGS & SOCIETY
CCJ 4990 AB 3.0 CHILD ABUSE/INCEST
CJC 3410 3.0 OFFENDER TREATMENT
CJL 4111 3.0 CRIM LAW/PROCDURE II
SYP 3570 3.0 DEVIANCE & SOC CONT

Required Capstone Experience (6 SEMESTER HOURS)
NON-SERVICE INTERNSHIP INTERNSHIP REQUIRES COMPLETION OF ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CORE COURSES WITH A GRADE OF "C" OR ABOVE: CCJ 3700, CCJ 3023, CCJ 3603, CCJ 3700, CJL 4310, CJL 4510, CJE 4017, AND CJC 4015.

CCJ 4939 3.0 PRE-INTERN IN CR JU
CCJ 4940 3.0 INTERNSHIP CRIM JUST

Required Minor _______________
(3000 - 4000 LEVEL) (15 SEMESTER HOURS)
All minors require 15 hours. Refer to catalog for list.

Free Electives (3 SEMESTER HOURS)

* Final free electives and upper level hours will depend on the major electives selected. Lower level courses may affect total upper hours that may need to be taken for graduation.

* Important note: students must earn the appropriate number of upper level and overall hours to graduate (even if the major requires lower level courses).

* A minimum of 120 semester hours is required for graduation (48 hours must be upper level).

* All prerequisites, major, minor, foreign language (if applicable), foreign culture and Gordon Rule courses require grades of “C” or higher.

* Third repeats of attempted courses, including W, WP, WF, F and courses in which passing grades were earned, will be assessed excess hour surcharges.

Exceptions include courses approved to repeat academic credit (students should consult their academic advisor).

* Students must pass or meet exemption criteria for all sections of the CLAST exam prior to earning an AA and before earning 36 upper level hours.

* Students who started at a state university prior to earning 60 semester hours must satisfy the 9 hour summer requirement before being approved for graduation.

* All students must apply to graduate during registration for the last semester of courses at UNF. Deadlines are published in the course schedule booklet.

* An approved dual/concurrent enrollment form is required prior to registering for courses at another institution.

* Students may not enroll at another institution during their last semester at UNF. Graduation will most likely be delayed for students who do attempt dual/concurrent enrollment in their last semester.

Students in other majors may select to minor in Criminal Justice as part of their overall program of study. The minor in Criminal Justice is recommended for those students who anticipate that their future career will involve them is some contact with the Criminal Justice System, its employees, victims or offenders, and who would therefore benefit from some knowledge about this area to complement their major area of interest.

Minor: Criminal Justice Minor
Minor Prerequisites (3 SEMESTER HOURS)

CCJ 2002 3.0 Crime In America

Minor Requirements (15 SEMESTER HOURS)

CCJ 3023 3.0 Justice Systems
CCJ 3603 3.0 Explanations/Crime
CJL 4310 3.0 Crim Law/Procedure I
(3000 - 4000 LEVEL)
Select two upper level courses with the following prefixes:
CCJ CJC CJL CJT

Conditions for the minor
1. No more than 6 semester hours, or 2 courses, may be transferred in to satisfy minor course requirements.
2. No more than 3 semester hours, or 1 course carring lower-level numbers may be used to satisfy any minor requirement.
3. A grade of "C" or better is required for all minor courses and prerequisites.

Outstanding undergraduate criminal justice majors who are interested in graduating with the designation of "Honors in Criminal Justice" may apply for admission to the Criminal Justice Honors Program. Application should be made at least two semesters prior to graduation. Admission to the program requires: an overall grade point average of 3.67 or better, junior or senior standing, and completion CCJ 3603 and SYA 3300; a letter of application to the Criminal Justice faculty, which includes a discussion of career plans and proposed research to be conducted for the Honors research project; and securing the sponsorship of a member of the Criminal Justice faculty to serve as the supervisor of the Honors research project.