Careers

• Police officer 
• Corrections officer 
• Law enforcement teacher or trainer 
• FBI, CIA, or Secret Service agent 
• Immigration and customs enforcement agent 
• US Postal Inspector 
• Court clerk 
• Crime scene investigator 
• Private security officer 
• Compliance manager

Degree Requirements

To graduate with the BS in Criminal Justice, you must complete a total of 120 credit hours. A minimum of 36 credits must be taken at the 300 level or above, with at least 18 in the major. No course with a grade below a 2.0 (C) will be accepted in the major/concentration area. You may be able to transfer an associate degree or up to 64 credit hours from a regionally accredited two-year college and up to 90 credit hours from a regionally accredited four-year college or university.

Requirements are broken down as follows: 

• General education courses (30 credit hours) 
• Criminal justice core courses (27 credit hours) 
• Criminal justice elective courses (9 credit hours) 
• First-Year seminar (0-3 credit hours) 
• Ethics course (3 credit hours) 
• Information literacy course (3 credit hours) 
• Diversity course (3 credit hours) 
• Social work course (3 credit hours recommended) 

Admissions

To be accepted to this program, you must have:

1. Admissions requirements vary.

NOTE: This program is authorized, exempt, or not subject to state regulatory compliance and may enroll students from all 50 states.

To apply to this program:

• Complete application for admission.  
• Submit high school transcript or equivalent (applicants with fewer than 12 credit hours).  
• International applicants may be asked for additional materials.  
• Submit official transcripts to applynow@iue.edu or: 
  • Office of Admissions, Indiana University East, Whitewater Hall, Room 151, 2325 Chester Boulevard, Richmond, IN 47374-1289

Courses

Core courses:

• CJUS-P 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3 Credits
• CJUS-P 200 Theories of Crime and Deviance (3 Credits
• CJUS-P 295 Criminal Justice Data, Methods and Research (3 Credits
• CJUS-P 301 Police in Contemporary Society (3 Credits
• CJUS-P 302 Courts and Criminal Justice (3 Credits
• CJUS-P 303 Corrections and Criminal Justice (3 Credits
• CJUS-P 370 Legal Aspects of Criminal Justice (3 Credits
• CJUS-P 411 Criminal Justice Management (3 Credits
• CJUS-P 470 Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice (3 Credits

Elective courses:

• CJUS-P 210 Service Learning Experience in Criminal Justice (3 Credits)
• CJUS-P 300 Topics in Criminal Justice (3 Credits)
• CJUS-P 320 Foundations of Criminal Investigation (3 Credits)
• CJUS-P 330 Criminal Justice Ethics (3 Credits)
• CJUS-P 372 Evidence (3 Credits)
• CJUS-P 375 American Juvenile Justice System (3 Credits)
• CJUS-P 376 Procedural Criminal Law (3 Credits)
• CJUS-P 422 Crime in the Mass Media (3 Credits)
• CJUS-P 457 Seminar on White-Collar Crime (3 Credits)
• CJUS-P 458 Wrongful Conviction (3 Credits)
• CJUS-P 481 Field Experience in Criminal Justice (3 Credits)
• CJUS-P 493 Seminar in Criminal Justice (3 Credits)
• CJUS-P 496 Research Internship (3 Credits)