刑事司法理学学士学位

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By earning an bachelor degree in 刑事司法, you prepare yourself for an exciting career in public service, earning more money than those who work in similar jobs without a degree. 我们的一些毕业生继续在当地担任执法人员。 You could be hired as a police, probation, or corrections officer at a local or county jail, or as a local criminal investigator. Other graduates work as rape prevention counselors or victim advocates. On the state level, our graduates work as fish and wildlife, state highway patrol, or corrections officers at the state prison or at state crime lab. 有些人在法院担任书记员或法警。

On the federal level, graduates work as FBI, DEA, CIA or border patrol agents or for the US Marshall’s Service as well. Many of our graduates choose to work in the private sector. 银行雇佣我们的毕业生做金融犯罪报告和调查。 公司雇佣毕业生从事私人安保和防损工作。 Insurance companies hire graduates as fraud investigators and claim adjusters. You could also use your degree to launch yourself into graduate studies. Some of our graduates attend law school and later become attorneys, judges and politicians. Other graduates go on for advanced degrees in 刑事司法 or a variety of other fields. Regardless of what you choose as your occupation, you will earn more money and be able to go further if you have completed a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. It is estimated that our graduates with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice earn somewhere between $40,000 and $80,000 a year.

项目学习成果

  • 学生s should acquire general knowledge about the criminal justice system, including familiarity with the criminal law, victimization, the adjudication process, corrections options, police-community relations, evidence, ethics and theory.
  • 学生s will demonstrate the skills necessary to communicate effectively in writing, solve complex problems demonstrating they can see problems from multiple perspectives and still support their final conclusions with persuasive arguments.
  • 学生可以描述和实施美国宪法的主要原则。 Specifically, they will demonstrate they can properly apply Constitutional principles relating to individual rights and due process to actual criminal justice problems
  • 学生s will be able to discuss the complexity of cultural diversity and ethical issues within the criminal justice system.
  • 学生s will design and conduct an original research study on a topic related to the study of CJ.