Criminal Justice, A.S. to B.S. Track (B.S.)

General Education Program (GEP) (36 Credit Hours)

• Students will complete 18 hours of selected General Education courses. The specific courses will be determined in coordination with General Education courses completed as part of the articulated A.S. and come from the following areas:

Common Program Prerequisites (CPP)

• Completed as part of the approved A.S. program
• See “Common Prerequisites ” in the Transfer and Transition Services section.

Core Requirements: Basic Level

• None

Core Requirements: Advanced Level (30 Credit Hours)

• CJE 3001 - Careers in Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 4
• CCJ 3024 - Criminal Justice System Credit Hours: 3
• CCJ 3014 - Crime in America Credit Hours: 3
• CCJ 4701C - Research Methods in Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 4
• CCJ 4746C - Data Analysis for Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 4
• CJL 3510 - Prosecution and Adjudication Credit Hours: 3
• CJC 3010 - Corrections and Penology Credit Hours: 3
• CJE 4014 - Police and Society Credit Hours: 3
• CCJ 4054 - Capstone: Criminal Justice Ethics Credit Hours: 3

Restricted Electives (21 Credit Hours)

• 21 hours of upper criminal justice course work. Seniors can satisfy up to six hours of this requirement with internship and up to six hours with directed independent study; however, the combination of these non-class options shall not exceed nine hours. Program standards must be met to be eligible for either internship or independent study credit.
• 9 additional semester hours of supporting courses to be selected with and approved by the student’s advisor. These courses may vary from student to student depending upon individual needs or objectives, but include selected courses from public administration, legal studies, sociology, statistics, and psychology.

Capstone Requirements

• CCJ 4054 - Capstone: Criminal Justice Ethics Credit Hours: 3 (is required for this major.)

Electives

• None

Foreign Language Requirements

Admissions

• Two years of one foreign language in high school, or one year of one foreign language in college (or equivalent proficiency exam) prior to graduation.

Graduation

• None

Additional Requirements

• None

Required Minors

• None

Departmental Exit Requirements

• Students must take a minimum of 36 hours from the department to obtain the UCF degree in Criminal Justice

University Minimum Exit Requirements

• A 2.0 UCF GPA
• 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
• 48 semester hours of upper division credit completed
• 30 of the last 39 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF.
• A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted.
• Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, and nine hours of Summer credit.

Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 130

Additional Information

Honors In Major

• None

Related Programs

• Legal Studies (B.A. or B.S.) 

Certificates

• Crime Analysis and Crime Mapping Certificate  
• Criminal Profiling Certificate  
• Security Management Certficate  
• Crime Scene Investigation Certificate  
• Victim Advocacy Certificate  
• Criminal Justice Management and Leadership Certificate  

Related Minors

• Legal Studies Minor  
• Public Administration Minor  
• Psychology Minor  

Advising Notes

• None

Transfer Notes

• Courses transferred from private and out-of-state schools must be evaluated for equivalency credit. The student must provide all supporting information.
• Lower division courses do not substitute for upper division courses.

Acceptable Substitutes for Transfer Courses

• None

Plan of Study

• None

Program Academic Learning Compacts

• Program Academic Learning Compacts (student learning outcomes) for undergraduate programs are located at: http://www.oeas.ucf.edu/alc/academic_learning_compacts.htm