University Catalog

Curriculum in Criminal Justice
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts

(see footnotes at bottom)

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

††CJ 101	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3	hours
Fine Arts4,G		3	hours
ENGL 101 or ENGL 101HG	Freshman Composition Freshman Composition Honors	3	hours
HistoryG		3	hours
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2	hours
LS 102	Introduction to Information Research	1	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††CJ 2012	Criminal Law	3	hours
SOC 101	Introduction to Sociology	3	hours
ENGL 102 or ENGL 102HG	Critical Reading and Writing Critical Reading and Writing Honors	3	hours
MathematicsG		3	hours
Foreign Language1		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

††CJ 2022	The American Judicial Process	3	hours
PSYC 101	General Psychology I	3	hours
English LiteratureG		3	hours
Foreign Language1		3	hours
Mathematics or Analytical ReasoningG		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††CJ 2042	Contemporary Law Enforcement	3	hours
Social Science Elective5,G		3	hours
Natural Science3,G		3	hours
POLI 201 or POLI 202	American Politics State and Local Politics	3	hours
††CJ 2052	The Correction Process	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

SOC 305	Data Analysis and Statistics for the  Social Sciences	3	hours
CJ 296	Deviance and Social Control	3	hours
Natural Science3,G		3	hours
††CJ Elective		3	hours
Speech Communication7  or PhilosophyG		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††CJ Elective		3	hours
††CJ Elective		3	hours
Natural Science3,G		3	hours
SOC 310	Methods of Social Research	3	hours
††CJ Elective		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Elective		3	hours
††CJ Elective		3	hours
Elective		3	hours
GEOG 322	Geography of Louisiana	3	hours
††CJ Elective		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††CJ Elective		3	hours
Social Science Elective5,G		3	hours
††CJ 412 or SOC 412	Criminology Criminology	3	hours
Elective		3	hours
SOC 411 or ANTH 411	Race and Ethnic Relations                             Race and ethnic Relations	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Total semester hours required 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 or more hours. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.

^GGeneral Education Courses
^††Indicates courses required in major. A grade of "C" or better is required.
¹Six hours in one foreign language. 
²CJ 201, 202, 204, and 205, may be taken in any sequence.
³Nine hours, to include a 6-hour sequence of either biological or physical sciences, and the opposite for the other 3 hours.
⁴Music 151, Theatre 131, Art 105, Art 106, DNC 100, or HONR 191.
⁵Anthropology, Economics, Geography , Political Science, Psychology or Sociology.
⁶Sociology, Political Science, Psychology, Economics, Anthropology, or Geography.
⁷Communications 210, 211, 211H, 213, 215, or 270.