Criminal Justice—B.S.

New York State Registered Program Code: 20276

HEGIS Code: 2105.00 {Police Law Enforcement and Corrections}

Molloy Program of Study Code: CRJBS

Program Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

Identify and analyze the causes and consequences of crime in American society.
Identify and describe the structure and function of the numerous parts of the American justice system.
Examine current social trends and issues and analyze the ways in which they shape the law and public policy.
Express understanding of ethical practice and leadership in the field of criminal justice.
Use written and oral communication skills to demonstrate knowledge of the field, critical thinking and ability to present information in a professional setting.

Total Degree Credits: 120

Requirements

Major Requirements (33 Credits)

Transfer students must take at least half of their major requirements at Molloy College.

CRJ 1010	Foundations of Criminal Justice	3
CRJ 2030	Theories of Crime	3
CRJ 2800	Criminal Law	3
CRJ 2810	Criminal Procedure	3
CRJ 3500	Critical Issues in Criminal Justice	3
CRJ 4600	Criminal Justice Internship I	3
CRJ 4900	Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice	3

Complete 12 credits in CRJ/LGL Elective Courses (12 Credits)

	Criminal Justice
	Or
	Legal Studies

Related Requirements (27 Credits)

MAT 1150A	Elementary Statistics	3
POL 1010	American National Government	3
POL 3020	American Constitutional Law	3
PSY 1110	General Psychology	3

Complete one ETH Course (3 Credits)

ETH 2500	Ethics: Theory and Practice	3
ETH 2540	Ethics, Justice and Society	3
ETH 2900H	(Honors) Ethics and Contemporary Life	3

Complete one PSY course (3 Credits)

PSY 3260	Abnormal Psychology	3
PSY 3370	Criminal Profiling	3
PSY 3390	Forensic Psychology	3

Complete one SOC course (3 Credits)

SOC 1010	Introductory Sociology	3
SOC 2900H	(Honors) Sociological Imagination	3

SOC 2900: Honors Program Students Only

Complete one Research Methods Course (3 Credits)

PSY 3000	Basics-Social & Behavioral Research Methods	3
PSY 3110	Research Methods II: Experimental Designs	3
PSY 2130	Research Methods I: Behavioral Sciences	3

PSY 3110:- WITH Prerequisite: PSY 2130 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (Applies towards Electives)

Optional Recommended Corequisite for research courses:

SOC 3950: 1 credit towards electives

Complete one of the following PSY/SOC courses (3 Credits)

PSY 2040	Developmental Psychology	3
PSY 2050	Child Development I: Prenatal Through Middle Childhood	3
PSY 2060	Child Development II: Middle Childhood Through Adolescence	3
SOC 2350	Juvenile Justice	3
SOC 2540	Ancient Worlds	3
SOC 3000	Basics of Social and Behavioral Research Methods	3
SOC 3310	Race and Ethnic Relations	3
SOC 3330	Drugs and Society	3

General Education Requirements

Arts and Fine Arts: 2 out of 4 Disciplines (6 Credits)

Art History
Music
Speech Communication
Theatre Arts

English Composition (3 Credits)

Languages (3 Credits) – Spanish and Arabic languages are highly recommended

Languages or Literature (3 Credits)

Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 out of 4 Disciplines (9 Credits)

History
Political Science – POL 1010 satisfies this requirement
Psychology – PSY 1110 satisfies this requirement
Sociology – SOC 1010/SOC 2900H satisfies this requirement

Science (3 Credits)

Mathematics (3 Credits) – MAT 1150A satisfies this requirement

Theology and Religious Studies (3 Credits)

Ethics (3 Credits) – ETH 2500/ETH 2540/ETH 2900H satisfies this requirement

Philosophy (3 Credits)

Physical Education (1 Credit)

Core (Interdisciplinary) (4 Credits)

Liberal Arts, FST, and Elective Requirements

Liberal arts & sciences (LAS) credits: 60 credits – satisfied by completing above major, related, and general education requirements.

FST 1000: all students who start at Molloy with less than 30 transfer credits are required to take this one-credit course. It satisfies one credit of both LAS and elective credit.

Electives requirement: 31 credits or minimum to reach total degree credits.

Recommended Electives: 6 credits in related social sciences.