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Criminal Justice-Criminal Justice Generalist Concentration CRJU

Required Courses		Credit Hours
Junior-Senior Level
Entrance into the junior year of the criminal justice program is on a grade point competitive, space available basis.
By the end of the sophomore year winter semester, students must choose one of the three program concentrations: (1) law enforcement specialist, (2) criminal justice corrections, or (3) criminal justice generalist.
Criminal Justice Generalist Concentration
Major Courses
CRIM 305	Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice	4
CRIM 310	Corrections & Society	3
CRIM 311	Police & Society	3
CRIM 322	Report Writing for Corrections* W	3
CRIM 385	Current Issues in CJ	3
CRIM 391	Criminal Justice Internship	4
CRIM 411	Crime Control Policy	3
CRIM 425	Michigan Criminal Law	4
CRIM 430	Michigan Criminal Procedure	4
CRIM 499	CJ Assessment Course	1
LITR 343	Crime & Violence in Lit * WC	3
SOCY Elective
Choose one:	SOCY 340, SOCY 341, SOCY 344, SOCY 345, SOCY 443, SOCY 450 or SOCY 460
Select one or more concentrations:
Accounting (minor)		18
Communication		15
Computer Information Systems		15
Forensics/Clinical Crime Investigation (minor)		26
Human Resources Management		15
Military Science		23
Spanish (minor)		19
Social Science		15
Electives to bring total hours to 68
Minimum semester credit hours required for criminal justice BS degree-criminal justice generalist concentration:		128

Criminal Justice Generalist Concentration

This concentration provides general education in criminal justice as well as allowing students (at their choice) to obtain technical skills by enrolling in clusters of courses in the areas of accounting, communications, computer information systems, forensics/clinical crime investigation, management, military science, Spanish, or social sciences. Coursework is designed to provide an understanding of criminal justice, while allowing students to obtain special work-related skills to work in a variety of criminal justice agencies (police, courts, and corrections) or pursue the Bachelor of Science with the intent of further graduate or professional study.

Classes for the Generalist concentration are also being held at off-campus sites in Flint, Grand Rapids and Lansing.

Admission Requirements

A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required for admission into the Generalist concentration.