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Undergaduate Degree
Students Graduating Must Satisfy The Following Course Work Requirements:
The following degree requirements are subject to change. Students are bound by the requirements of the catalog enforce at the time of their initial admittance to the University.
General Education Core (42 hours)
English 1301
English 1302
Sophomore Literature
Speech 1304 or 3306
Math 1301 or Math 1310 (or equivalent)
Natural Science I
Natural Science II
Computer Science
Fine Arts (Appreciation Course)
Behavioral Science
History I
History II
Political Science (State and Local)
Political Science (Federal)
General Education Requirements (9 hours)
ENGL 3302 (Business and Technical Report Writing) or ENGL 3308 (Legal Writing)
CJ 3320 (Statistics in Criminal Justice) or
SOS 3312 (Statistics in the Social Sciences)
CJ 3311 (Ethics of Social Control) or
PHIL 3301 (Moral Issues: Personal and Professional)
Criminal Justice Core (18 hours)
CJ 1301 (Crime, Law, and Society)
CJ 2301 (The Police System)
CJ 2302 (The Criminal Court System)
CJ 2303 (The Correctional System)
CJ 3300 (Research Methods in Criminal Justice)
CJ 3301 (Criminology)
Criminal Justice Electives (27 hours)
Of the Criminal Justice hours required, a minimum of 24 hours must be upper level CJ courses. Additionally, 24 of the hours must have been taken at UHD.
Students transferring from a community college should not take courses in this component that they have previously taken at a lower level at a community college. For example, if a student has taken a criminal investigation course at a community college they should not take a criminal investigation course in the upper level at UHD. (See Community College Transfer Guide)
Supplemental Concentration (12 Non-CJ hours)
Students must take 12 hours of non-criminal justice hours, nine of which must be upper level and should be in one concentration. The courses the student selects should complement his/her criminal justice course work. These courses cannot be criminal justice courses and be authorized by an academic advisor.
Free Electives (15 hours) or 6 to 15 hours with minor
Students majoring in criminal justice have 15 hours of free electives.
Additional Requirements
Students graduating with a BS degree in criminal justice must have satisfied a world community requirement and pass the Writing Proficiency Exam (WPE).
For more information about admission to the University of Houston - Downtown, use the link below. The Admissions page contains the most recent catalog, course schedule, and student handbook information.
http://www.uhd.edu/admissions/
Criminal Justice Course Descriptions
For additional information contact
Phone: (713) 221-8194
Fax: (713) 226-5274
ahmadj@uhd.edu
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