The Bachelor of Arts degree with a Criminal Justice major prepares individuals who want to work in the justice field. This major seeks to equip the student for a fulfilling career with a foundational understanding of human behavior within criminal, transformative, and restorative justice systems. Students will be prepared to serve society as ethical, caring, service minded individuals. A major in Criminal Justice opens the door to many jobs in law enforcement, corrections, court-related positions, and security.
Concentration (Optional):
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- Forensic Biology (Circleville Campus Only)
Objectives:
Upon graduating from the program, students should be able to:
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- Integrate Christian principles in critical thinking and decision-making.
- Apply current and historical justice principles and practices to real-life situations.
- Function within chosen area(s) of justice system with the insight of the functions and interdependencies of various areas.
- Analyze procedural rules and statutes through the criminal process.
- Examine alternatives to the conventional penal approaches through the lenses of transformative and restorative justice.
