Criminal Justice Program
About the Program
What can a person do with a B.S. or
B.A. degree in criminal justice from Lincoln University? Just about anything.
The career choices for criminal justice majors are diverse and can include work
in local, state, and federal
law enforcement agencies, the
court system, correctional
institutions, probation,
and parole agencies. These traditional employment
possibilities are being greatly expanded with opportunities in private
sector.
Majoring in criminal justice also provides excellent preparation
for students interested in pursuing graduate work in the fields of law, public
and criminal justice system administration, political science and social work.
Criminal Justice majors may elect to pursue either a Bachelor of
Arts degree, which is recommended for students considering postgraduate,
professional or academic study, or a Bachelor of Science degree, which is
generally career-oriented. The four-year program combines the technical,
theoretical, and social science aspects of the criminal justice system with a
broad liberal arts education.
The criminal justice major is designed to provide students with
substantial knowledge of how the criminal justice system works on the local,
state, and federal level; an understanding of the changing nature of
interactions between criminal justice institutions and the people in these
environments; and an awareness of the impact of different social forces on the
types and rates of criminal conduct.
Criminal Justice major
offers program minors in three areas, Law Enforcement, Legal Studies and
Forensic Science. The Department offers options combining coursework in
Criminal Justice with Biology, Business, English, Philosophy, Political
Science, and Chemistry for the Forensic Science minor.
The Law
Enforcement minor
focuses on criminal law and law enforcement and require
students to complete the Criminal Justice major course work.
The Legal
Studies minor requires Criminal Justice students to complete the Pre-Law
Certification courses along with the Criminal Justice major course work.
The
Forensic Science minor prepares students to meet the growth in careers that relate
to criminal investigation and evidence analysis. Students will be required to
complete Criminal Justice major course work along with additional courses in
the science departments.
All options will take Critical
Reasoning, Legal Analysis, and Race and American Law along with other courses
in the Criminal Justice core.
Requirements for Criminal Justice Majors