Savannah State University : College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Criminal Justice

Program Coordinator: Johnnie Myers, Ph.D.

Larry Stewart, Ph.D.
Larry Stokes, Ph.D.

Mission

The Criminal Justice Program is designed to graduate students with an understanding of the criminal justice structure and process, including personnel and historical foundation. The program seeks to educate pre-service as well as in-service students with the appropriate knowledge and skills for employment and advanced study. The mission of the criminal justice program at Savannah State University is in concert with the University and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences which states that the mission of an “undergraduate program in criminal justice is to educate students to be critical thinkers who can communicate their thoughts effectively. Programs should familiarize students with facts and concepts and teach students to apply this knowledge to related problems and changing situations.” Criminal justice at Savannah State University is the interdisciplinary study of the typology of crime and criminal behavior, crime prevention, crime causation, and crime control in society. Graduates are expected to have the necessary knowledge, skills and attitude for becoming a “change agent” in the criminal justice system.

Program Description

The Criminal Justice Program provides an understanding of how the criminal justice system functions, theory versus practice, and to introduce students to the basic knowledge that scholarship has produced concerning crime and the administration of justice. Our purpose is to prepare students with analytical, critical thinking, writing skills and technology skills in order to function in graduate and professional schools, and professional careers. Graduates usually assume professional careers within the criminal justice system or matriculate to the study of law or other graduate degrees.

Criminal Justice Coursework

CRIMINAL JUSTICE MAJOR GRID
CRIMINAL JUSTICE MINORhttp://www.savannahstate.edu/catalog/undergraduate/3890.htm

Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science

Core Curriculum (Areas A, B, C, D, E, and additional requirements)		47 hrs
Area F Courses Appropriate to the Program of Study		18 hrs
CRJU 1101 CRJU 2102 CRJU 3401 SOCI 2101	Intro to Criminal Justice Police and Society Social Research Methods Social Statistics	3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs
Foreign Language (Two courses at any level)		6 hrs
Major Requirements		18 hrs
CRJU 3111 CRJU 3121 CRJU 3510 CRJU 4301 CRJU 4311 CRJU 4901	American Court Systems American Corrections Theories of Criminal Behavior Jurisprudence of Criminal Law Juvenile Justice Senior Seminar	3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs
Major Electives (Any combination of 3000 and 4000 level courses)		18 hrs
CRJU 3301 CRJU 3321 CRJU 3361 CRJU 3432 CRJU 3502 CRJU 3521 CRJU 3901 CRJU 4101 CRJU 4111 CRJU 4331 CRJU 4411 CRJU 4420 CRJU 4521 CRJU 4601 SOCI 4135	Constitutional Law Race, Gender, Class, and Crime Human Behavior Community Policing Violence, Crime, and Justice Drugs, Alcohol, and Crime Internship Criminal Investigations Criminology Comparative Criminal Justice Systems Criminal Investigations Crime Analysis Criminal Justice Management Selected Topics in Criminal Justice Sociology of Law	3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 6 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs
General Electives		9 hrs
Minor Field		15 hrs
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS		125 hrs

MINOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLS 2101	Introduction to Political Science	3 hrs
Four other POLS courses (Note: Students who take POLS 2101 in the core curriculum will need an additional POLS elective in the minor)		12 hrs
Total Hours		15 hrs
* A minimum grade of "C" is required for this course * A minimum grade of "C" is required for all major courses