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.

• CRJU 30700 - Victimology (3 Credits)
• CRJU 38500 - Ethics In Criminal Justice (3 Credits)
• CRJU 44300 - Field Experience In Criminal Justice (3 Credits)
• CRJU Elective 30000-level or above (3 Credits)
• Free Elective/Minor Requirement - at least 5 credits must be at 30000-level or higher (12 Credits)
• HDFS 21000 - Introduction To Human Development (3 Credits)
• SOC 22000 - Social Problems (3 Credits)
• SOC 33100 - Inequality And Crime (3 Credits)
• SOC 38200 - Introduction To Statistics In Sociology (3 Credits)
• SOC 38300 - Introduction To Research Methods In Sociology (3 Credits)
• Chess Core Electives (6 Credits)
• Technology - select from Gen Ed Core List  (3 Credits)
• World Language Levels I-IV (12 Credits)

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