Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice

Graduates of the criminal justice program will be able to analytically evaluate, synthesize information, and use critical-thinking skills to develop appropriate solutions for important criminal justice issues. The program is designed to help you understand the coercive nature of criminal justice decision-making and the need to use logic, ethics, and critical-thinking skills in order to use your authority appropriately. This degree program prepares graduates for careers as a police officer, court clerk, court bailiff, correctional officer, probation officer, parole officer, and other federal law enforcement such as border patrol. Policing and institutional corrections employment will also require the completion of a training academy. If advancing in the criminal justice field is your goal, this program will help you achieve it.