Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Technology
Bachelor of Science Degree
The Bachelor of Science program in Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Technology is a technical program that prepares students for careers in law enforcement on the local, state, and federal levels. Other career opportunities exist with private police and military police forces.
The program blends courseware in computers, forensics, crime prevention, and technology to provide students with the necessary skills to control crime as well as to conduct investigations of crimes committed on a computer or at a crime scene. Students are provided with a legal foundation in the study of digital evidence, which is an essential element of cyber investigations.
The program will provide graduates with technical skills to pursue careers in the protective services as well as for in-service personnel who may seek career advancement. Students are also provided with a broad based educational experience that draws from the deep reservoirs of knowledge of the arts and sciences. Graduates who wish to continue their education will find that the program will adequately prepare them for graduate studies in criminal justice and related fields.
Students majoring in Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Technology will take a total of 122 credits of which 61 credits are in criminal justice and 61 credits are in liberal arts and sciences, with 33 credits as free electives. In the first two years of the program, students will have completed basic courses in criminal justice with acquired competencies in criminal and procedural law, criminal investigation and criminalistics. In the third year of study, students will take the more advanced technology courses. The advanced technology courses will provide students with skills in computer forensics, forensic imaging and video analysis, criminal justice database management, crime analysis and mapping, and crime prevention technology. The program concludes with a senior project capstone course which may involve the analysis of a discipline-related technical problem or the development of a research project.
Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Technology (BS) Program Outcomes:
- Graduates will have knowledge of criminal investigations and criminalistics and be able to analyze the elements that constitute crimes and effectively apply scientific methods towards crime scene investigations.
- Graduates will have knowledge of the technologies used in a variety of criminal justice and law enforcement applications ranging from crime scene investigations to digital forensic investigations.
- Graduates will gain competencies in evidence collection, documentation, analysis and maintenance of chain of custody as well as the laws and guidelines associated with these matters.
- Graduates will take specialized courses to gain knowledge in areas such as geographical information systems, crime analysis and prevention, security, and law enforcement technologies.
Admission to Farmingdale State College - State University of New York is based on the qualifications of the applicant without regard to age, sex, marital or military status, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.
Contact Information
Center for Criminal Justice Studies
934-420-2692
crimjustice@farmingdale.edu
Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm
Fall 2024
Subject to revision
| College Requirement | (1 credit) |
| FYE 101 First Year Experience* | 1 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences | (61 credits) |
|---|---|
| EGL 101 Composition I: College Writing (GE) | 3 |
| EGL 102 Composition II: Writing About Literature | 3 |
| PSY 101 Intro to Psychology (GE) | 3 |
| PSY 315 Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 122 Intro to Sociology (GE) | 3 |
| SOC 366 Sociological Research Methods | 3 |
| World Languages (GE) | 3 |
| The Arts (GE) | 3 |
| MTH 110 Statistics (GE) | 3 |
| Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning (GE) | 4 |
| US History and Civic Engagement/World History and Global Awareness(GE) | 3 |
| Humanities (GE) | 3 |
| Oral Communication | 3 |
| Upper Division Technical Electives** | 21 |
| Required courses in the Major | (61 credits) |
|---|---|
| CRJ 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CRJ 101 Law Enforcement Community Relations | 3 |
| SST 115 Computer Forensics | 3 |
| CRJ 200 Criminal Investigation | 3 |
| CRJ 201 Criminalistics | 3 |
| CRJ 203 Criminology | 3 |
| CRJ 204 Criminal Law | 3 |
| CRJ 205 Criminal Procedure Law | 3 |
| SST 217 Computer Forensics II | 3 |
| SST 218 Computer Forensics III | 3 |
| CRJ 307 Criminal Justice Database Operation | 4 |
| CRJ 308 Forensic Technology | 4 |
| CRJ 406 Crime Analysis and Mapping | 4 |
| CRJ 407 Crime Prevention Systems | 4 |
| CRJ 460W Senior Project | 3 |
| Free Electives | 12 |
| Total Credits: | 122-123 |
Curriculum Summary
*FYE 101 First Year Experience is required for all first time full time students
Degree Type: BS
Total Required Credits: 122-123
**Upper Division Technical Electives
CRJ 316 Victimology
CRJ 300/PSY 300 Forensic Psychology
CRJ 325 -Fraud Examination
CRJ 354 - Police Leadership
CRJ 360 - Probation and Parole
CRJ 380 - Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
CRJ 405 - Corrections and Reentry
CRJ 425 - Policy and Program Evaluation
CRJ 430 - Forensic DNA Analysis
CRJ 450 - Privacy and Equality
CRJ 454 - Ethics and Leadership in Criminal Justice
CRJ 458 Criminal Justice Internship
CRJ 490 - Topics in Criminal Justice
SOC 325 Social Inequality
SOC 342 Deviance: Crime, Sex and Drugs
STS 300 Special Topics: Science, Technology and Society
GEO 323 Urban Geography
SOC 329 Social Movements
CRJ 350 - Courts and the Judiciary
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