Criminal Justice Online Bachelor’s Degree Dallas, TX
The criminal justice online bachelor’s degree provides students with the knowledge, skills and abilities needed for entry-level employment in policing, courts or corrections, as well as for career advancement to supervisory and administrative levels. The BS in criminal justice serves as a foundation for such positions as police officer, deputy sheriff, state highway patrol officer, court clerk, court bailiff, correctional officer, probation officer, and parole officer, as well as various federal law enforcement positions. Additional training will be required for policing and institutional corrections employment.
In addition to being an entry-level employment requirement in various criminal justice agencies, a criminal justice BS is often criteria for higher-skilled employment, higher pay scales, and promotions.
Graduates of the program will:
- Apply legal principles to the police, courts, and correctional components of the criminal justice system.
- Apply ethical decision-making models and professional standards to criminal justice situations.
- Utilize management and leadership skills to achieve organizational objectives.
- Communicate orally and in writing in a law enforcement environment.
- Integrate and apply substantive knowledge and analytical skills to criminal justice operations and issues.
Please Note:
Graphic images depicting violent crimes are utilized as teaching tools in various courses. Students should be prepared to view these images and to engage in discussions regarding these images as part of their required learning activities.
Course Listing (180 Credits)
CJ1000 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CJ1500 Criminological Theory
CJ2100 Criminal Law
CJ2150 Professionalism and Ethics in Criminal Justice
CJ2280 Communication for the Criminal Justice Professional
CJ2300 U.S. Courts
CJ2400 U.S. Corrections
CJ3100 Criminal Investigation
CJ3400 Constitutional Law
CJ4900 Criminal Justice Capstone
CJ6100 Law and Public Policy OR
CJ3000+ CJ Elective
CJ6200 Management Topics in Criminal Justice OR
CJ3000+ CJ Elective
CJ6300 Criminal Justice Planning and Innovation OR
CJ3000+ CJ Elective
Electives
3000+ Elective
CJ2200 Policing in U.S. Society
CJ3020/PL 3020 Serial Killers and the Law
CJ3200 Police Issues and Practices
CJ4430 Computer Forensic Investigations
INT315 Open Source Research
INT410 Weapons Systems
MGT344 Protective Security Law
MGT375 Workplace Violence, Workplace Security
MGT380 Conflict Resolution
MGT405 Consequence Management
PHIL400 Ethics of Security and Counterterrorism
PRO398 Fundamentals of Threat Assessment
PRO422 Building Security
PRO430 Travel and Hospitals
PRO500DC Advanced Executive Protection
PRO595 Advanced Protection Operations
PRO690 Advanced Threat Assessment
SEC326 Foundations of Vehicular Security
SEC366 Managing the Security Organization
SEC452 Infiltration Techniques
SEC665 Cyber Security
SOC385 Etiquette and Rapport
TCT306 Media and Terrorism
Communications
EN1150 Composition I
Science
SC Science Electives
Humanities
Humanities Electives
Behavioral/Social Science
Behavioral/Social Science Electives
Communications
EN1300 Composition II
EN2100 Speech OR
EN2150 Interpersonal Professional Communication
EN3050 Technical Communications
Mathematics
MA2000 Quantitative Reasoning
General Education
CS1201 Juggling College, Life, and Career: Set Up for Success!
CS1301 Do the Numbers! Achieving College and Career Success
CS2086 Career Path Planning
Specialty Courses
Choose Six of the Below:
CJ2250 Introduction to Forensic Investigations
CJ3400 Constitutional Law
CJ3500 Forensic Photography (3 hours)
CJ4430 Computer Forensic Investigations
CJ4200 Forensic Chemistry
CJ4400 Investigation of Sex Crimes
CJ4000 Psychology and the Law
CJ2700 Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism in Criminal Justice
CJ3005 Gangs in America
CJ3030 Societal Influences: Hate Crimes and the Law
CJ3050 Loss Prevention, Crime Prevention, and Hospital Security
CJ4450 Security Operations Theory
CJ4500 Homeland Security and Terrorism
CJ4500 Homeland Security and Terrorism
MGT405 Consequence Management
PRO398 Fundamentals of Threat Assessment
SEC366 Managing the Security Organization
CJ3050 Loss Prevention, Crime Prevention, and Hospital Security
PRO430 Travel and Hospitals
MGT380 Conflict Resolution
Choose Six of the Below:
CJ2230 Diversity & Criminal Justice
CJ3000 Victimology
CJ3300 Juvenile Justice & Delinquency
CJ3005 Gangs in America
CJ3700 Community Policing
CJ4000 Psychology and the Law
PS1050 Introduction to Psychology
PS2000 Human Growth & Development
PS2100 Human Relations
PS3100 Abnormal Psychology
SO1050 Introduction to Sociology
SO2150 Child Growth & Development
CJ2240 Introduction to Private Security
MGT344 Protective Security Law
MGT375 Workplace Violence, Workplace Security
SEC366 Managing the Security Organization
CJ2240 Introduction to Private Security
Three (3) PRO or SEC designated courses
CJ4450 Security Operations Theory
PHIL400 Ethics of Security and Counterterrorism
MGT380 Conflict Resolution
Course availability is subject to minimum class size requirements.
