CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVISING
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From the Desk of the
Criminal Justice Advisor

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
AT ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE


The major in CJS consists of 55 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 Criminal Justice courses.

REQUIRED COURSES (Core Courses): (33 hours)

___CJS 101Introduction to Criminal Justice Sciences (3hrs)
___CJS 200Contemporary Corrections (3hrs)
___CJS 201Crime and Behavior (3hrs)
___CJS 207Contemporary Policing in American Society (3hrs)
___CJS 300Evaluative Research of Programs in Criminal Justice (3hrs)
___CJS 304Criminal Law (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 hours REQUIRED)
 (all course work 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 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: (3 courses required)
(check catalog for prerequisites)
___FOR 111, 112, 115, 116 for a maximum of 8 hours in a foreign language
___POS 215American Judicial Process (3hrs)
___POS 231Public Administration (3hrs)
___POS 201Introduction to Law for Paralegalism (3hrs)
___POS 330Problems of Public Administration (3hrs)
___POS 331Public Personnel Administration (3hrs)
___PSY 131Social Psychology (3hrs)
___PSY 232Personality (3hrs)
___PSY 302Developmental Psychology of the Adolescent (3hrs)
___PSY 350Psychopathology (3hrs)
___SWK 221Introduction to Social Welfare (3hrs)
___SOC 131Social Psychology (3hrs)
___SOC 263Deviant Behavior (3hrs)
___SOC 264Minority Relations (3hrs)
___SOC 367Criminology (3hrs)
___SED 362Basic Skills in Counselor Education (3hrs)
___FAL 208Legal Environment of Business (3hrs)
___MQM 220Business Organization and Management (3hrs)
___MQM 221Organizational Behavior and Administration (3hrs)


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