Criminal Justice Administration (BS)

College of Arts & Sciences

Major Requirements

Major Requirements (36 credit hours)

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• CJAC 314 The Criminal Justice System and Society

  This course provides a historical and contemporary view of criminal justice administration in American society. The historical development of criminal justice/law enforcement and contemporary response to societal issues provides a framework for future developments in criminal justice. A review and analysis of each of the components of the criminal justice system will be conducted through case studies, class discussion, and written analysis assignments. Students will use course material to improve their writing, research, analysis, and teamwork competencies.

• CJAC 324 Fundamentals of Personnel Development in Criminal Justice Agencies

  This course examines the allocation of personnel resources in organizational structures. Particular attention is paid to the evaluation of performance, collective bargaining, and the development of organizational priorities and structure. The curriculum includes case studies and current world applications.

• CJAC 334 Management Principles for Criminal Justice

  This course examines current management practice and philosophy. Self-assessment of the students’ leadership style for the development of additional skills is examined. Leadership styles and management philosophies are reviewed in depth. Analysis of conflict resolution methodologies and the “police culture” is conducted. The curriculum includes study of theory, case studies, and current case applications.

• CJAC 344 Ethics, Policy, and Administrative Law in Criminal Justice

  Through the study of theory and using current case applications, students examine issues related to ethics and discretion. The development of ethics and limiting discretion is addressed through policy development and administrative law.

• CJAC 354 Criminal Justice Strategic and Fiscal Planning

  This course examines the budgeting process in a public sector organization. It links budget preparation with the organization’s strategic planning process. Additional fiscal planning activities are examined, such as, outsourcing, sub contracting, “civilianization”, and grant writing.

• CJAC 414 Training in Criminal Justice Organizations

  Examines the advantages of in-depth planning to respond to contemporary law enforcement issues. A focus is placed on law enforcement training and contingency preparations, extensive use of case studies, and real world applications.

• CJAC 424 Community Policing

  The focus of this course is an examination of the contemporary system of law enforcement known as community oriented policing. The course examines this philosophical approach in modern day society. Through the extensive use of case studies and real world applications, students link philosophy with practice. Additional development of the framework for the final Capstone Project is conducted.

• CJAC 434 Operations Management in Criminal Justice Organizations

  This course will examine the operations management function in a criminal justice organization. Students will analyze various qualitative and quantitative approaches to scheduling, planning, resource allocation and process analysis as components of operations strategies. Emphasis will be placed on modeling and decision-making techniques as aids in determining the best operational strategies for organizations to use. The use of case studies and current applications will be a primary learning tool in the course. The application of the techniques learned in this course will be linked to further development of the Capstone Project.

• CJAC 444 Criminal Justice Capstone Project

  Students are asked to demonstrate competency from the perspective of a criminal justice manager/leader in conducting an analysis of a topic germane to a criminal justice agency. Analysis must take into consideration financial constraints, technology, organizational dynamics, etc. Using the results of this analysis, students prepare and present an approach to resolve an organizational problem that they have identified.