2024-2025 LSUA Catalog
Criminal Justice, Certificate
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The Certificate in Criminal Justice is to designed to meet the needs of entry-level students, including recent high school graduates, who do not wish to earn a degree but instead take courses that would allow them to either begin a career in the criminal justice system or earn the credentials needed for promotion or advancement within the system.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of the philosophy, theories, policies, practices, processes, reforms, and inter-dependent operations of the major components of the criminal justice system.
- Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of and the ability to analyze, interpret, and critique the application of judicial, legislative, and administrative civil and criminal law to criminal justice subject matter.
Admission Requirements
Students must meet all requirements for admission to the university. The Certificate in Criminal Justice has no separate or special admission requirements.
Graduation Requirements
- Each required course must be completed with a grade of “C’ or higher.
- At least six of the required 18 hours must be earned from LSUA.
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Total Credits: 18
- CJUS 1107 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Credits: 3
- Two courses from the list below: Credits: 6
CJUS 2002 , CJUS 2131 , CJUS 2132 , CJUS 2216 , CJUS 2275 , CJUS 2092 , CJUS 2094 , and CJUS 2265
- Three courses from the following list: Credits: 9
CJUS 3025 , CJUS 3030 , CJUS 3075 , CJUS 3152 , CJUS 3206 , CJUS 3215 , CJUS 3310 , CJUS 3530 , CJUS 4001 , CJUS 4018 , CJUS 4029 , CJUS 4045 , CJUS 4310 , CJUS 4390 , CJUS 4461 , CJUS 4465 , and CJUS 4518
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