| Subject | Number | Title | Hours | Catalog Description | General Education Category |
| CLJ | 101 | Introduction to Criminology, Law, and Justice | 3 hours. | The study of the development and contemporary operations of criminal justice agencies, from police through probation and parole, focusing upon "power elites" and the use of discretion. | US Society course. |
| CLJ | 102 | Foundations of Law and Justice | 3 hours. | The philosophical and historical foundations of American and non-American criminology, law, and justice. Focus on diversity, due process, equality, liberty, punishment, social control and legal institutions and procedures. | US Society course. |
| CLJ | 110 | Rights, Justice and the Law | 3 hours. | The historical evolution, philosophical justification and political context of human rights is examined. The balance between individual rights and social responsibility is analyzed. | US Society course. |
| CLJ | 114 | Race, Class, Gender and the Law | 3 hours. | A review of criminological theories, organizational decision-making, and a consideration of contemporary criminology, law, and justice policies with specific attention to race, class, and gender. | US Society course. |
| CLJ | 120 | Crime and Society | 3 hours. | Provides an introduction to theories of social deviance and control. The historical development, empirical basis, strengths, and limitations of various theories are analyzed. This course may be taught in a blended-online and classroom format. When that is the case, use of a computer and Internet access will be required. A high-speed connection is strongly recommended. Please check the online class schedule for blended-online sections. | US Society course. |
| CLJ | 121 | Violence in Society | 3 hours. | Causes and consequences of violence in the United States and in other societies. Various theories of violence are discussed and used to analyze individual, group, and governmental violence. This is a blended-online and classroom course. Use of a computer and Internet access is required. A high-speed connection, while not required, is strongly suggested. | US Society course. |
| CLJ | 122 | Gangs and the Media | 3 hours. | Popular images of gangs in the mass media are contrasted with perspectives from social science literature. Blended online and classroom course. Use of computer and internet access is required. A high speed connection, while not required, is strongly suggested. | US Society course. |
| CLJ | 200 | Law in Society | 3 hours. | Development of law and legal institutions from historical, comparative, and contemporary perspectives; interrelationships of law, custom, morality, and social change; the legal profession. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101. | US Society course. |
| CLJ | 210 | Principles of Criminal Law | 3 hours. | A survey of the basic principles of criminal law and procedure: proof of fact, act and intent, responsibility. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101. | |
| CLJ | 220 | Criminology | 3 hours. | Introductory survey of the literature developed by criminologists in their study of crime in American society. Same as SOC 231. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101. | |
| CLJ | 240 | Criminal Justice Organizations | 3 hours. | Theories of complex organizations, organization behavior, and administration relating to criminal justice and other rule-applying agencies. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101. | |
| CLJ | 261 | Research Methods I | 3 hours. | Introduction to research in criminology, law, and justice. From conceptualization to description of results. Research design, observation, archival, survey, and experimental methodologies in criminal justice related settings. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101. | |
| CLJ | 262 | Research Methods II | 3 hours. | Statistical data analysis in the criminology, law, and justice context. Probability, t-tests, correlation, regression, sampling theory, tests of significance. Problems with police and crime survey data. Prerequisite(s): MATH 090 or MATH 118. | |
| CLJ | 271 | African Americans and the Politics of Incarceration | 3 hours. | Examination of the status of African Americans as offenders, victims, and personnel within the criminal justice system. Same as AAST 271 and SOC 271. Prerequisite(s): AAST 100 or CLJ 101 or SOC 100; or consent of the instructor. | Individual and Society, and US Society course. |
| CLJ | 301 | Writing in the Discipline | 0 hours. | This course will be used to identify the Writing-in-the-Discipline requirement. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing; and approval of the department. | |
| CLJ | 303 | Introduction to Forensic Science | 3 hours. | Examines the basic principles and judicial uses of forensic science. Reviews the applications of the biological, physical, and behavioral sciences to questions of evidence and the law. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and major in either criminology, law and justice, or a natural sciences discipline; or consent of the instructor. | |
| CLJ | 310 | Substantive Criminal Law | 3 hours. | General doctrines of criminal liability in the U.S.; classification of crimes against persons, property, and the public welfare; the concept of governmental sanctions of an individual's conduct. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 210 and one other 200-level criminology, law, and justice course. | |
| CLJ | 311 | Criminal Procedure | 3 hours. | Legal problems associated with the investigation of crime, acquisition of evidence, commencement of adjudication, sentencing and appellate rights. Prerequisite(s): One 200-level criminology, law, and justice course. | |
| CLJ | 345 | Police in Society | 3 hours. | The functions and organization of police/investigative agencies, especially those on the local level, the nature of the experience of being a police officer. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101 and CLJ 240 and one other 200-level criminology, law, and justice course; or consent of the instructor. | |
| CLJ | 350 | Courts in Society | 3 hours. | Behavior and structure of state and federal criminal courts including preadjudication processing, prosecutorial and defense decisions, guilty-plea processes, bench and jury trials, sentencing, judicial selection, court administration. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101 and two 200-level criminology, law, and justice courses; or consent of the instructor. | |
| CLJ | 355 | Punishment, Prisons and Corrections | 3 hours. | A survey of American corrections from local jails to mega prisons; correctional field services; probation and parole and recent developments in alternatives to incarceration. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101 and two 200-level criminology, law, and justice courses; or consent of the instructor. | |
| CLJ | 361 | Criminal Investigation | 3 hours. | Methods for reconstructing criminal acts using information derived from people, physical evidence and records; scientific, organizational and legal considerations in conducting such inquiries. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101 and two 200-level criminology, law, and justice courses; or consent of the instructor. | |
| CLJ | 394 | Senior Studies in Criminology, Law, and Justice | 3 hours. | The analysis and exposition of historical or contemporary issues in the criminology field. Topics may vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite(s): Senior standing. | |
| CLJ | 395 | Internship | 3 hours. | Observation of and participation in the daily work of a criminal justice agency, private or public. Work is supervised by a faculty member and the managment of personnel of the agency. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. A maximum of three hours may be counted toward the undergraduate major in criminology, law, and justice. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 200 and CLJ 210 and CLJ 220 and CLJ 240 and CLJ 261 and CLJ 262; and one from among CLJ 345 or CLJ 350 or CLJ 355 and junior standing; and consent of the instructor; and preregistration in the department. | |
| CLJ | 399 | Independent Study | 2 TO 8 hours. | Independent study and research under the supervision of a faculty member, on a subject not covered in the regular curriculum. May be repeated. Repeating course for more than 6 hours must be approved by the head of the department. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 200 and CLJ 210 and CLJ 220 and CLJ 240 and CLJ 261 and CLJ 262; and one course from among CLJ 345 or CLJ 350 or CLJ 355; and a 3.50 overall grade point average, and a 3.00 grade point average in criminology, law, and justice coursework. For criminology, law, and justice majors only. | |
| CLJ | 402 | Trial Interaction | 3 OR 4 hours. | Language use, culture, and law in the trial process. Analysis of qualitative methods applied to legal processes and change. Same as LING 402. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 261 and CLJ 350; or consent of the instructor. | |
| CLJ | 404 | Roman Law and the Civil Tradition | 3 OR 4 hours. | Roman law and its relationship to values and social structure; social analysis through law; continental law tradition. Same as CL 404, and HIST 404. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 200 or CL 203 or HIST 203 or consent of the instructor. | |
| CLJ | 405 | The Problem of Justice | 3 OR 4 hours. | Premodern and modern views of justice and their practical utility in analyzing legislative, executive, and judicial programs for enhancing or restricting justice. Same as POLS 405. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101, plus two 200-level courses in criminology, law, and justice or two 200-level courses in political science. | |
| CLJ | 421 | Youth, Crime, Law and Justice in Society | 3 OR 4 hours. | Theories of juvenile delinquency and rule-breaking; juvenile rights; organization and administration of the juvenile justice system in the U.S. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 210 and CLJ 220. | |
| CLJ | 422 | Victimization | 3 OR 4 hours. | Survey of criminal victimization theory and research. Examination of causes, consequences, and prevention of violent crime and of victims' experiences in the criminal justice system. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101 and two 200-level criminology, law, and justice courses. | |
| CLJ | 423 | Violence | 3 OR 4 hours. | Explores how men and women have experienced violence historically and in modern times. Students examine how violence is perpetrated through words, pictures, physical harm, and silences. Same as ANTH 424. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101 and CLJ 200. | |
| CLJ | 424 | Gender, Crime, and Justice | 3 OR 4 hours. | An in-depth examination of the etiology of female crime and the involvement of females in the criminal justice system as offenders, victims, and workers/professionals. Same as GWS 424. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101 and CLJ 220; or consent of the instructor. | |
| CLJ | 435 | Organized and White Collar Crime in the United States | 3 OR 4 hours. | Analysis and evaluation of organized crime, including its public perception; sociological, political, and economic impacts as well as past and present enforcement strategies. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level criminology, law, and justice courses. | |
| CLJ | 442 | Comparative Criminal Justice Institutions | 3 OR 4 hours. | Comparative study of law, jurisprudence, enforcement, and punishment in Western and non-Western societies, including civil law, common law, and Islamic systems. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level criminology, law, and justice courses. | |
| CLJ | 456 | Community Corrections | 3 OR 4 hours. | History, processes, and functions of programs organized for sanctioning offenders in community settings, such as probation, parole, halfway houses, restitution, community service, home confinement. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 350 or CLJ 355; plus one 200-level criminology, law, and justice course. | |
| CLJ | 480 | Application of Science to the Law | 4 hours. | Issues affecting the development, accessibility and admissibility of forensic science services by the criminal justice system; problems which may compromise the quality, fairness and effectiveness of scientific inquiries. Same as BPS 480. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 210 and CLJ 260; or graduate standing. | |
| CLJ | 491 | Topics in Rule Breaking | 3 OR 4 hours. | Content of course varies, addressing major issues. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s). Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Six 200- or 300-level criminology, law, and justice courses. | |
| CLJ | 492 | Topics in Rule Application | 3 OR 4 hours. | Content of course varies, addressing major issues. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s). Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Six 200- or 300- level criminology, law, and justice courses. |