SUGGESTED COURSES FOR STUDENTS PURSUING A CAREER IN COURTS OR A GRADUATE DEGREE

Students interested in careers in the Courts or attending law school or graduate school should consider taking the following sequence of courses. 

                   Year 1
 
Fall Semester

Ø       CRJU 1113, Introduction to Criminal Justice

Spring Semester

Ø       CRJU 2213, Legal Aspects of Law Enforcement OR

Ø       CRJU 2223, Legal Aspects of Corrections

                  Year 2

 Fall Semester

Ø       CRJU 2233 Police Systems and Practices OR

Ø       CRJU 2243, Correctional Systems and Practices

Spring Semester

Ø       CRJU 2913, Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation OR

Ø       CRJU 2123, Police-Community Relations

Ø       CRJU 2000 Level Course

                  Year 3

 Fall Semester

Ø       CRJU 3213, Research Methods

Ø       CRJU Advanced Course

Spring Semester

Ø       CRJU Advanced Course

Ø       CRJU Advanced Course

Ø       CRJU 2213, Introduction to Criminal Law

Year 4

 Fall Semester

Ø       CRJU 4213, Criminal Law

Ø       CRJU Advanced Course

Spring Semester

Ø       CRJU Advanced Course

 CRJU advanced courses recommended for those interested in graduate school include:

Ø       CRJU 3933, The Judicial System and Process

Ø       CRJU 3443, Municipal Government & Metropolitan Problems

Ø       CRJU 4133, Public Administration

Ø       CRJU 4223, Criminal Procedure

Ø       CRJU 4233, American Constitutional Law I

Ø       CRJU 4253, Comparative Criminal Justice Systems

Note: Students interested in pursuing a graduate degree should strongly consider taking a statistics course.  Students interested in obtaining a graduate degree in the field of criminal justice should strongly consider taking both a criminology and statistics course.