The University of North Texas is now offering a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. The degree prepares students for training in a police academy or other law enforcement academy. It also prepares them for work in the corporate world as security officers or contingency managers who work on internal investigations of theft or fraud. And, graduates will also be prepared to work as juvenile or adult correction officers and probation or parole officers.
With additional training, graduates may become criminal lawyers, victims' advocates, administrators of criminal justice agencies or researchers of crime, delinquency and law enforcement.
Required courses include the administration of criminal justice agencies, criminal justice and public policy, criminal law, criminal procedure, criminology, ethical issues in criminal justice and research methods in criminal justice. Electives include courses in alcohol and drug abuse, community corrections, corporate security, correctional case management, juvenile justice, offender behavior and rehabilitation and organized crime. There also will be seminars in juvenile gangs, serial homicide, terrorism, victims' issues and violence.
The program will include field trips to jails, prisons and courtrooms. Internships will also be available at parole, police and probation departments; federal law enforcement organizations; jails and prisons; and alcohol and drug abuse programs.
For more information, contact Jesse Senderson, the program's criminal justice lecturer at: (940) 565-3672.