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COD/ISU CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVISING

From the Desk of the
Criminal Justice Advisor

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
AT ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY and HOW College of DuPage Courses Transfer into CJS program at ISU
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

The major in CJS consists of 64 semester hours, including electives from other departments. English 145, SAS 106, and PSY 111 are required and meet university studies requirements and these MUST be taken for a grade. You must earn a grade point average of at least 2.4 overall and in all Criminal Justice Sciences program requirements to be eligible for Internship. All courses MUST be taken for a grade. Credit/No Credit options will NOT be allowed for ANY course listed on this sheet.

I would like to see a brief course description for Crimnal Justice courses.

REQUIRED COURSES (Core Courses): (42 hours)

COD COURSE

ENGLI 102
PSYCH 100
SOCIO 100
CRIMJ 100
CRIMJ 130
SOCIO 230
CRIMJ 110
CRIMJ 152
NONE
NONE


NONE
NONE
 ISU COURSE

___ENG 145Composition II
___PSY 111General Psychology
___SOC 106Introduction to Sociology
___CJS 101Introduction to Criminal Justice Sciences (3hrs)
___CJS 200Contemporary Corrections (3hrs)
___CJS 201Crime and Behavior (3hrs)
___CJS 207Contemporary Policing in American Society (3hrs)
___CJS 304Criminal Law (3hrs)
___CJS 300Evaluative Research of Programs in Criminal Justice (3hrs)
___CJS 395Criminal Justice Administration (3-4hrs)

INTERNSHIP (12 hours, usually one semester fall, spring or summer)
___CJS 398.01Criminal Justice Internship I 6 hours
___CJS 398.02Criminal Justice Internship II6 hours


MAJOR ELECTIVES: (22 TOTAL HOURS: Group I (12 hours minimum) + Group II(10 hours) = 22 hours)

Group I: ELECTIVE COURSES IN THE DEPARTMENT: (12 SENIOR hours REQUIRED)
(all course work in Group I must be senior course hours--this means that NO hours will come in from the community colleges for this group)

___CJS 206 Criminal Investigation (3hrs)
___CJS 212 Community Based Corrections (3hrs)
___CJS 215 Juvenile Justice (3hrs)
___CJS 240 History of Criminal Justice (3hrs)
___CJS 287 Independent Study (1 6 hours) 3.0 GPA required
___CJS 289 Social Justice (3hrs)
___CJS 303 Police Attitudes and Behavior(3hrs)
___CJS 305 Rules of Evidence in the Administration of Justice (3hrs)
___CJS 310 Correctional Institutions (3hrs)
___CJS 322 Correctional Counseling (3hrs)
___CJS 338 Alcohol, Drugs and Crime (3hrs)
___CJS 339 Women in Criminal Justice (3hrs)
___CJS 340 Organized and White Collar Crime( 3hrs)
___CJS 360 Issues in Criminal. Justice(repeated once if content is different) (3hrs)
___CJS 369 World Criminal Justice Systems (3hrs)


Group II: ELECTIVES FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
Can use up to 12 hours from this group
(students are encouraged to take elective from this list of courses)
COD COURSE

PSYCH 150
PSYCH 233
PSYCH 240
SOCIO 215
 ISU COURSE

___PSY 232Personality
___ELECTIVE
___PSY 131Social Psychology
___SOC 264Minority Relations


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