2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
    Dec 03, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

TSAP - Vincennes - Criminal Justice, BA


Purdue University Northwest – Program Major Courses (60 credits)


SOC 10000 – Introductory Sociology is a pre-requisite for upper division courses.

Vincennes University – Associate of Science in Law Enforcement (60 credits)


  • COMM 143 Speech or COMM 148 Interpersonal Communication (3 Credits)
  • ENGL 101 English Composition I (3 Credits)
  • ENGL 102 English Composition II (3 Credits)
  • Humanities (3 Credits)
  • Humanities, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, or Writing Elective (5 Credits)
  • Laboratory Science (4 Credits)
  • LAWE 100 Survey of Criminal Justice (3 Credits)
  • LAWE 101 Basic Police Operations (3 Credits)
  • LAWE 145 Ethics and Professionalism in Criminal Justice or LAWE 201 Current Trends, Issues, and Topics in Law Enforcement (3 Credits)
  • LAWE 150 Criminal Minds and Deviant Behavior (3 Credits)
  • LAWE 155 Substantive Criminal Law (3 Credits)
  • LAWE 202 Advanced Police Operations or LAWE 270 Internship in Law Enforcement (3 Credits)
  • LAWE 205 Procedural Criminal Law (3 Credits)
  • LAWE 215 Police Administration and Organization or LAWE 160 Criminal Investigation or Certification (LAWE 281 or LAWE 282)  (3 Credits)
  • LAWE 250 Juvenile Delinquency (3 Credits)
  • LAWE 260 Crime Scene and Criminal Investigation (3 Credits)
  • MATH 102 College Algebra (3 Credits)
  • Social Science [Note: PNW requires Introductory Sociology.] (3 Credits)
  • Social Science Elective [Note: PNW requires Social Problems.] (3 Credits)

Sample Semester Sequence at Purdue University Northwest


Semester 6 (15 Credits)


Semester 7 (15 Credits)


Semester 8 (15 Credits)


  • (Spring Only)
  • Free Elective/Minor Requirement 
  • Free Elective/Minor Requirement 30000-level or above
  • Free Elective/Minor Requirement 30000-level or above
  • World Language Level IV