Course Requirements
Community College Courses
Twenty hours of criminal justice courses at the community college level in a law enforcement or corrections/parole/probation track. Completion of this coursework is a prerequisite for continuing 30 hours of additional work in criminal justice at UM-Dearborn.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE COURSE REQUIREMENTS
- I - Required Core (9 hours)
CRJ 468 Criminology
Plus two courses from the following:
CRJ 363 Criminal Justice Policy & Administration
CRJ 469 Juvenile Delinquency
CRJ 470 Current Issues in Criminal Justice
- II - Social Issues (6 hours)
Required (3 hours)
CRJ 403 Minority Groups
Plus one additional course from the following:
CRJ 305 Race, Justice, Freedom
CRJ 322 Psychology of Prejudice
CRJ 323 Urban Politics
CRJ 350 Poverty and Inequality
CRJ 369 Civil Rights Movement
CRJ 384 Immigration in America
CRJ 390 Homeland Security
CRJ 423 American Social Classes
CRJ 435 Urban Sociology
CRJ 443 Gender Roles
CRJ 455 Immigrant Community in North America
CRJ 466 Drugs, Alcohol, and Society
CRJ 467 Drugs, Crime, and Justice
CRJ 472 Corrections
CRJ 473 Race, Crime, and Justice
CRJ 490 Topics in Criminal Justice
- III - Ethics (3 hours)
CRJ 240 Ethics
CRJ 302 Theory of the Law
CRJ 303 Justice
CRJ 308 Moral and Political Dilemmas
CRJ 335 Philosophy of Law
CRJ 445 Seminar in Contemporary Ethical Theory
CRJ 490 Topics in Criminal Justice
- IV - The Legal System (3 hours)
CRJ 316 American Judicial Process
CRJ 362 Women, Politics and the Law
CRJ 413 American Constitutional Law
CRJ 414 Civil Rights and Liberties
CRJ 416 Criminal Law
CRJ 453 Sociology of Law
CRJ 471 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
CRJ 490 Topics in Criminal Justice
- V - Human Behavior (3 hours)
CRJ 325 Psychology of Interpersonal Relations
CRJ 382 Social Psychology
CRJ 407 Psychology of Adolescence
CRJ 421 Group Processes
CRJ 440 Abnormal Psychology
CRJ 446 Marriage and Family Problems
CRJ 447 Family Violence
CRJ 465 Deviant Behavior and Social Disorganization
CRJ 490 Topics in Criminal Justice
- VI - Social Science Research
CRJ 300 Political Analysis
CRJ 383 Introduction to Statistics
CRJ 410 Social Research
CRJ 425 Lab in Social Psychology (4 cr. hrs.)
- VII - Internship or Co-op Experience (3 hours)
CRJ 478 Criminal Justice/Social Work Internship
CRJ 479 Women and Gender Studies Internship
CRJ 485 Psychology Internship
CRJ 494 Political Science Internship Seminar (3 cr. Hrs.)
CRJ 495 Political Science Internship (3 – 6 cr. Hrs.)
CRJ 497 Washington, DC Intenship (3 – 6 cr. Hrs.)
LIBS 300 Co-op Seminar (1 cr. Hr.)
LIBS 395 Co-op Education Work Assignment (1 – 3 cr. Hrs.)