Criminal Justice Minor Xavier University

Can you tell me about the Majors, Minors, and Certification under Criminal Justice Undergraduate Program offered by Xavier University?

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The details of Majors, Minors, and Certification under Criminal Justice Undergraduate Program offered by Xavier University are as follows:

Criminal Justice

Criminal justice majors may graduate with either a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in criminal justice or an Associate (A.S.) degree in criminal justice.

Upon graduation, sone in criminal justice and/or corrections will be equipped with knowledge of basic criminal justice and corrections, its current and specific areas and problems within the system.

One majoring in criminal justice must complete 39 hours in the major of which 30 hours are in required courses. These courses include Introduction to Criminal Justice, Introduction to Law Enforcement, and Introduction to Corrections, Constitutional Law, and Criminology.

In addition, one must complete 3 hour practicum consisting of supervised placement in criminal justice agencies, and Methods of Criminal Justice Research, providing exposure to applied research in the subject area.

Practicum areas include police agencies, courts and corrections environments at local, state and federal levels. Practica also exist in the areas of counselling treatment and casework at halfway houses and runaway shelters.

In addition, one select an additional 9 hours from elective courses such as Women in Criminal Justice, Legal Aspects of Corrections, and Terrorism and Homeland Security.

Criminalistics
Criminalistics concentrations include areas of forensic science/criminalistics. Areas of study are: fingerprinting, crime scene investigation, DNA testing, drug testing procedures, etc. 15 hours are required for the concentration.

Required courses for the concentration in criminalistics includes Introduction to Criminal Justice, Introduction to Law Enforcement, Criminalistics I, Criminalistics II and Criminalistics III.

Criminal Justice Minor
A minor in criminal justice is earned by completing 15 credit hours of required criminal justice courses. One should consult the department chair concerning specific requirements for the minor.

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Xavier University
3800 Victory Parkway Cincinnati,
Ohio 45207 513-745-3000