Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice

After completing 60 semester hours of lower division course work, a student is eligible to apply for admission into the Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice (BSCJ) program. Students who have met the General Education lower division requirements and who have a grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 and above will qualify for admission to the program. Students must complete 60 credit hours at the 3000 level or above. The 60 credit hours consist of 24 credit hours of required courses, 24 credit hours of criminal justice electives and 12 credit hours of general electives. The BSCJ program is available at both University Park and Biscayne Bay campuses and is also offered fully online (see http://online.fiu.edu).

 

Application: http://admissions.fiu.edu/application.htm

Catalog: http://www.fiu.edu/orgs/register/undergradCatalog.html

CURRICULUM

 

Required Courses (24 Credits). Students must obtain a grade of C or better in these courses. A C- is not acceptable.

CCJ 3011 Nature & Causes of Crime

CJC 3010 Corrections

CJE 3110 Law Enforcement

CJL 3512 The Courts

CJL 4064 Criminal Justice & the Constitution

CCJ 4497 Criminal Justice & Public Policy (senior standing required)

CCJ 4700 Research Methods in Criminal Justice

CCJ 4701 Measurement & Analysis in Criminal Justice

 

Criminal Justice Electives (24 Credits). Students may select any 3000 or 4000 level courses within criminal justice with the prefixes CCJ, CJC, CJE, CJJ, CJL and DSC. Only 9 semester hours of CCJ 4940 (Internship) will count in this academic area. The grade point average within the criminal justice electives must be 2.0 or higher.

 

General Electives (12 Credits). Students may select any 3000 or 4000 level courses within or outside of criminal justice. The grade point average within the general electives must be 2.0 or higher.  

1. Students entering FIU without an Associate of Arts degree from a Florida Community College must complete the "University Core Curriculum" requirements. (See http://undergrad.fiu.edu/advising/cv.html).

2. Independent research course may not be taken outside of criminal justice expect with written permission of the Director.

3. Any student who was admitted with a foreign language deficiency must successfully complete two semesters of instruction in one foreign language prior to graduation. Students who have successfully completed two years of a foreign language in high school will need to request that their transcript to be forwarded to FIU to waive this requirement.

4. All students entering any University within the Florida State University System with fewer than 60 credit hours are required to earn at least nine (9) credit hours prior to graduation by attending one or more summer terms at a university within the State University System.

5. Effective Fall 1984, the State Board of Education established minimum score standards (CLAST) for the awarding of the Associate of Arts degree and for admission to upper division status in Florida's state universities. Students admitted into the upper division status, but missing the completion of any section of this exam or any other lower division requirement must complete these requirement(s) or may face restricted enrollment in upper division courses.

6. The Board of Governors has mandated that all baccalaureate programs in the State of Florida public universities develop Academic Learning Compacts (ALCs) that are student learning outcomes in three areas: (1) discipline-specific knowledge, (2) communication, and (3) critical thinking. The expectation is that each program will assess those student learning outcomes. The ALCs for the Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice are available online at http://swjpa.fiu.edu/cj/ALC.pdf.