Justice Studies - B.A. Program Requirements

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (45 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	JUS	12000	Introduction to Justice Studies	3
		22300	Police Role	3
		26701	Corrections	3
KSS		26704	Issues in Law and Society	3
WIC		32400	Research Methods in Justice Studies*	3
		36702	Criminology	3
DD		37311 37411	Minorities in Crime and Justice (3) or Women in Crime and Justice	3
		47211	Court Functions	3
	Major Electives: minimum 12 credit hours must be JUS courses; the remaining 9 credit hours may be selected from the following:**			21
	JUS	Justice studies elective (12-21)
	PHIL	31035	Philosophy and Justice (3)
	POL	30130	Courts (3)
		30301	Introduction to Public Administration (3)
		40183	Constitutional Law Civil Rights and Liberties (3)
	PSYC	40111	Abnormal Psychology (3)
		40383	Psychological Interventions (3)
	SOC	32570	Inequality in societies (3)
		32762	Deviant Behavior (3)
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (75 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Foreign Language			14-20
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			6
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			9-10
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)			9
	Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning			3-5
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			6
	General Electives (upper division)			22
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

*A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

** Minimum 15 credit hours must be upper-division. A maximum 6 credit hours of the following courses may be used to fulfill the 21 major elective credit hours:
JUS 45093 Variable Title Workshop, JUS 45096 Individual Investigation, JUS 46792 Internship and/or JUS 46798 Research in Justice Studies. JUS 36792 Internship in Paralegal may not be used as a major elective.

To fulfill the global diversity requirement , Justice Studies majors must take one diversity course that is a not a JUS course.