51 units

A minimum 2.0 grade-point average is required in all major courses, and students must pass all required courses with a C or higher. Students must earn at least 50% of major course credits at Azusa Pacific University to graduate with a degree in criminal justice. No more than 50% of required criminal justice courses can be lower-division.

No more than 10 percent of the criminal justice major credits may be completed through knowledge-based examinations (e.g., CLEP). All credit earned through examination will be clearly documented on the student’s official transcript by specific course designations and numbers, including the source of the credit. Awarding blanket credit for criminal justice courses in a “block” is not allowed (e.g., “12 hours criminal justice credit”).

Course List

Code	Title	Units
Core Courses
MATH 130	Introduction to Statistics 1	3
or MATH 115	Mathematics in Society
CJ 110	Introduction to Criminal Justice 2	3
CJ 220	Police and Society	3
CJ 240	Introduction to Corrections: Jails and Prisons	3
CJ 250	Juvenile Justice	3
CJ 280	American Court System	3
CJ 310	Criminological Theories	3
CJ 340	Victimology	3
CJ 350	Race, Ethnicity and Crime	3
WRIT 262	Writing 2: Criminal Justice Research Methods 3	3
CJ 362	Writing 3: Criminal Justice Research Design 4	3
CJ 494	Senior Capstone in Criminal Justice 5	3
Elective Courses		15
CJ 200	Criminal Justice, Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility 6
CJ 251	Criminal Law
or POLI 250	Introduction to Criminal Law
CJ 255	The Criminalization of Youth
CJ 351	Criminal Procedure
or POLI 350	Constitutional Law: Fundamental Freedoms
CJ 355	Gender and Crime
CJ 395	Sex Crimes
CJ 450	Forensic Psychology for Criminal Justice Professionals
CJ 460	Criminal Justice Internship 7
CJ 495	Special Topics in Criminal Justice
POLI 380	Terrorism and Counterterrorism
SOCW 410	Family Violence
or SOCW 411	Intimate Relationship Violence: Assessment and Intervention
Total Units		51

¹

Meets the General Education Quantitative Literacy requirement.

²

Meets the General Education Social Sciences requirement.

³

Meets the General Education Writing 2 requirement.

⁴

Meets the General Education Writing 3 requirement.

⁵

Meets the General Education Integrative and Applied Learning requirement.

⁶

Meets the General Education Civic Knowledge and Engagement requirement.

⁷

Meets the General Education Integrative and Applied Learning requirement.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this program shall be able to:

1. Demonstrate comprehension of traditional and contemporary criminology theories.
2. Critique how major components of the criminal justice system respond to crime, criminals, and victims from theoretical and practical perspectives.
3. Employ data and methods of social science research to respond to contemporary criminal justice issues.
4. Illustrate ways in which race and ethnicity are linked to differential justice within criminal justice systems.
5. Students will be able to apply relevant Christian principles to the delivery of justice within the Criminal Justice system.