BSCJ Curriculum
The 24-month Online Bachelor of Science degree completion program consists of 120 credits. The core curriculum consists of 51credits in 17 courses, all offered online. A minimum of college 69 credits (possibly more) may be transferred in from other accredited colleges or universities. Becker College offers you other online courses to help meet any general education and/or other course requirements.
This sample curriculum sequence illustrates how you might progress through this 24-month program. Course sequencing may vary as long as prerequisites are met. Check with an academic advisor for more information.
| Year |
Semester |
Course Credits Offered |
Suggested Sequence of Courses by Semester |
|
One
|
Fall Semester
|
3
3
3
|
FORE3100 Criminal Investigation
ENFO3001 Police Administration and Management
ENFO3200 Criminal Procedure and Evidence
|
|
|
Spring Semester
|
3
3
3
|
JUST2204 Victimology & Victim Services
LGLS3200 Topics in Law & Society
FORE3400 Computer Crime: Legal Issues & Investigations Procedures
|
|
|
Summer Semester
|
3
3
3
|
GOVT4100 American Constitutional Law
PSYC3400 Abnormal Psychology
ENFO1101 Homeland, Private & Public Security
|
|
|
Total Courses & Credits
|
9 courses & 27 credits
|
|
|
Two
|
Fall Semester
|
3
3
3
|
FORE4001 Internet Investigations and Computer Forensics
JUST2202 Crisis Intervention in Criminal Justice
SOCI3100 Juvenile Delinquency
|
|
|
Spring Semester
|
3
3
3
|
SOCI3200 Deviance & Social Control
LGLS3292 Conflict Resolution
PHIL3001 Ethics
|
|
|
Summer Semester
|
3
3
|
SOCI4001 Data Analysis
JUST4001 Research in Criminal Justice
|
|
|
Total Courses & Credits
|
8 courses & 24 credits
|
|
|
|
Total Credits
|
51 credits
|
|
A student who is accepted in the program with sixty-nine or more credits may expect to complete the fifty-one credits/17 courses within two years, depending on the general education and basic business courses previously taken.
Basic Structure of the Criminal Justice Administration Program
- General Education Requirements – 50 credits
- Criminal Justice Administration – 51 credits
- Other Credits – 19 credits
- Total Credits – 120 credits needed for degree
