Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice (B.S.C.J.) Major in Criminal Justice Law Enforcement (Internship Option)

Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours

General Requirements

1. If two years of the same modern language are taken in high school, then no additional language hours will be required for the degree. In the absence of modern language taken in high school, then two semesters of the same modern language (1410 and 1420) must be taken at the college level, and the requirement will be added to the student's degree audit.

2. 15 credit hours in criminal justice core curriculum (or their equivalents) may be transferred from a Texas public two-year college as agreed by Texas public institutions for the criminal justice field of study. If transferring additional criminal justice courses please contact the College of Applied Arts Academic Advising Center for assistance.

   Course List

   Code	Title	Hours
   CJ 1310	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
   CJ 2310	Police Systems and Practices	3
   CJ 2350	The Courts and Criminal Procedure	3
   CJ 2355	Correctional Systems and Practices	3
   CJ 2360	Fundamentals of Criminal Law	3
   Total Hours		15

3. A student must meet the following requirements before being allowed to enroll in an internship course: Texas State GPA of 2.25, CJ GPA of 2.50, completion of 90 college course work hours (including 21 in CJ courses), and the following courses. Permission of Internship Coordinator is also required. 

   Course List

   Code	Title	Hours
   ENG 1310	College Writing I	3
   ENG 1320	College Writing II	3
   CJ 3346	Research in Criminal Justice	3
   HIST 1310	History of the United States to 1877	3
   HIST 1320	History of the United States, 1877 to Date	3
   COMM 1310	Fundamentals of Human Communication	3
   MATH 1315	College Algebra	3
   MATH 1316	Survey of Contemporary Mathematics	3
   or MATH 1319	Mathematics for Business and Economics I
   Select one of the following:		3
   CJ 3347	Statistics For Criminal Justice
   MATH 2328	Elementary Statistics
   SOCI 3307	Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
   PSY 2301 & PSY 2101	Introduction to Statistics and Introduction to Statistics Laboratory
   POSI 2310	Principles of American Government	3
   POSI 2320	Functions of American Government	3
   6 hours of Life and Physical Sciences		6

4. Majors must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
5. Nine semester credit hours must be writing intensive (WI).

6. The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses.

Course Requirements