Criminal Justice: Police, Courts and Corrections
Bachelor of Science Degree
The Bachelor of Science program in Criminal Justice: Police, Courts, and Corrections prepares students for careers in law enforcement and corrections on the local, state, and federal levels. Career opportunities for graduates also exist with the courts, as well as with private police and military police forces.
The program blends coursework in patrol operations, homeland security and counterterrorism, courts and the judiciary, probation and parole, privacy law, civil rights and liberties, law enforcement administration, leadership and ethics, intelligence operations, and intelligence analysis to provide students with the ability to develop tactical and strategic plans to reduce crime and protect society.
The goal of this program is to produce graduates with a critical understanding of criminal justice agency operations, theories, and practices, crime and its causes, how intelligence operations and analysis can improve the ability of the police to counter terrorism and crime and who are prepared to use modern criminal justice agency operations and specialized approaches in the design of crime reduction programs.
Typical Employment Opportunities:
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
Transit and Railroad Police
New York Detectives and Criminal Investigators
New York State Probation Office and Correctional Treatment Specialist
Criminal Justice: Police, Courts, and Corrections (BS) Program Objectives:
- Graduates will be able to utilize intelligence operations and analysis in the design of police strategic and tactical planning efforts.
- Graduates will be able to undertake and complete the design and implementation of criminal justice agency programs aimed at reducing crime.
- Graduates will be able to develop an assessment program which measures and evaluates criminal justice agency performance.
- Graduates will be able to formulate and interpret policies the impact the criminal justice system in its efforts toward public safety.
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
criminaljustice@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 | (37 credits) |
|---|---|
| EGL 101 Composition I: College Writing (GE) | 3 |
| SPE 130 Public Speaking (GE) | 3 |
| MTH 110 Statistics (GE) | 3 |
| Humanities (GE) | 3 |
| The Arts (GE) | 3 |
| US History and Civic Engagement/World History and Global Awareness(GE) | 3 |
| Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning with a lab (GE) | 4 |
| PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology (GE) | 3 |
| SOC 122 Introduction to Sociology (GE) | 3 |
| World Languages (GE) | 3 |
| SOC 229 Race and Ethnic Relations (GE) OR | |
| SOC 231 Multiculturalism (GE) | 3 |
| EGL 102 Composition II: Writing About Literature | 3 |
| Required: Lower Division | (39 credits) |
|---|---|
| GEO 110 Maps and Map Analysis | 3 |
| CRJ 100 Intro to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CRJ 101 Law Enforcement and Community Relations | 3 |
| CRJ 102 Juvenile Delinquency | 3 |
| CRJ 105 Corrections in America | 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 |
| CRJ 211 Law Enforcement Administration | 3 |
| Free Electives | 3 |
| Required: Upper Division | (47 credits) |
|---|---|
| SOC 366 Sociological Research Methods | 3 |
| HIS 341 Terrorism & Modern World | 3 |
| PSY 315 Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| Upper Division Technical Elective | 6 |
| CRJ 350 Courts and the Judiciary | 3 |
| CRJ 360 Probation and Parole | 3 |
| CRJ 370 Patrol Operations | 4 |
| CRJ 374 Intelligence Operations | 4 |
| CRJ 380 Homeland Security and Counterterrorism | 3 |
| CRJ 405 Corrections and Reentry | 3 |
| CRJ 425 Policy and Program Evaluation | 3 |
| CRJ 450 Privacy and Equality | 3 |
| CRJ 454 Ethics and Leadership in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CRJ 460W Senior Project (Capstone) | 3 |
| Total Credits | 123-124 |
Curriculum Summary
*FYE 101 First Year Experience is required for all first time full time students
Degree Type: BS
Total Required Credits: 123-124
Please refer to the General Education, Applied Learning, and Writing Intensive requirement
sections of the College Catalog and consult with your advisor to ensure that graduation
requirements are satisfied.
As a part of the SUNY General Education Framework, all first-time full time Freshman
at Farmingdale State College (FSC) beginning Fall 2023, are required to develop knowledge
and skills in Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (DEISJ). Students will
be able to fulfill this requirement at FSC by taking a specially designated DEISJ
course that has been developed by faculty and approved by the DEISJ Review Board.
DEISJ-approved courses may meet other General Education Knowledge and Skills areas
and/or core competencies and thus be dually designated. DEISJ-approved courses may
also earn other special designations such as those for Applied Learning or Writing
Intensive.
Technical electives may be selected from the following list:
Any 100, 200, 300 or 400-level CRJ or GEO course from an accredited program
CRJ 309 Crime, Justice, and the Media
CRJ 316 Victimology
CRJ 354 Police Leadership
CRJ 355 Mental Health and Criminal Justice
CRJ 380 Organized Crime
CRJ 444 Intelligence Analysis
CRJ 458 Criminal Justice Internship
PSY 300/CRJ 300 Forensic Psychology
PSY 304 Multicultural Psychology
PSY 311 Organizational Behavior
PSY 331 Industrial/Organizational Psychology
GEO 323 Urban Geography
GEO 221 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS 222)
GEO 321 Geographic Information and Spatial Analysis (GIS 331)
POL 310 Introduction to Political Theory
SOC 325 Social Inequality
SOC 342 Deviance: Crime, Sex and Drugs
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