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Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice
Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice

Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice

  • ID:UH10050
  • Level:4-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry requirements:

  • Complete your Application
  • Submit your Academic Records: All transcripts presented in a language other than English must include a translation.

English requirements:

  • IELTS - 6.5
  • TOEFL - 80 IBT
  • Pearsons - 58

Other requirements:

Alternative methods for proving English proficiency

  • Successful completion of English Composition at a regionally accredited College or University in the United States with a grade of B or higher. Must be a traditional in class format online classes will NOT be accepted.
  • International Baccalaureate - English A1 or A2 with grade of 3 or higher
  • Advanced Placement English with a grade of 3 or higher
  • SAT Evidence based reading / writing 480 or higher
  • GCSE or GCE English Pass (syllabus A) with grade of A, B or C
  • A HKCEE English Pass with a grade of (Syllabus A) with a grade of A, B, C or D
  • Trinity ISE II Level - Pass in All module areas
  • EC Higher Education - Level B2+ Pre advanced

Course Information

Our criminal justice program focuses on the interdisciplinary view of crime and its control, including policing, crime prevention through personal change and community development. You develop broad skills and take classes in criminology, law, policing, sociology, and forensic studies.

Criminal justice courses are taught by faculty who have deptsexperience as criminal justice attorneys, gang unit and state police officers, medical examiners, and probation administrators. The program offers you opportunities to study within agencies dealing with crime and justice and take courses that study the full range of issues related to the social nature of crime, criminal law, and social control.

Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice students will demonstrate:

  • Knowledge of theory on the crime pattern of their choice.
  • Knowledge of the current research on the crime pattern of their choice.
  • Evidence of critical thinking, drawing logical conclusions in the analysis of that pattern of behavior.
  • Evidence of the ability to communicate effectively their knowledge of theory and current research and their critical thinking about the crime pattern of their choice.
  • Knowledge of theory on crime and on a component of the criminal justice system.
  • Knowledge of the current research on crime and that system component.
  • Evidence of critical thinking, drawing logical conclusions in the analysis of that policy.
  • Evidence of the ability to communicate effectively their knowledge and critical thinking.

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Required courses
(seven courses, 22 credits)

  • SOC 170 - Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 242 - Methods of Social Research 4 credit(s)
  • SOC 271 - Deviance 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 318P - Internships 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 470 - Criminology 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 473W - Crime, Law, and Administration of Justice 3 credit(s)
  • POL 250 - Law and the Justice System 3 credit(s)

Electives

Group A: Perspectives on Human Behavior
(three courses, 9 credits)

  • SOC 273 - International Organized Crime 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 278 - Drugs and Society 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 372 - Women and Crime 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 376 - Juvenile Delinquency 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 378 - Studies in Criminal Behavior 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 382 - Race and Ethnic Relations 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 475 - Race, Ethnicity, and Crime 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 476 - Street Gangs 3 credit(s)
  • PHI 233 - Organizational Ethics 3 credit(s)
  • POL 421 - Political Violence 3 credit(s)
  • PSY 262 - Abnormal Psychology 3 credit(s)

Group B: Law and the Response to Social Conflict
(three courses, 9 credits)

  • SOC 274 - Sociological Analysis of Prisons and Corrections 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 277 - Policing Society 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 319 - Internships 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 330 - The Law and Forensic Evidence 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 375 - Social Control 3 credit(s)
  • SOC 379 - Studies in Crime Control 3 credit(s)
  • POL 351 - Criminal Law and Procedure 3 credit(s)
  • POL 450 - Constitutional Law 3 credit(s)
  • POL 451 - Civil Rights and Liberties 3 credit(s)
  • POL 452 - Jurisprudence 3 credit(s)
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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

Some of our criminal justice graduates are working as:

  • Special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Investigators for insurance claims management firms
  • U.S. probation officers
  • U.S. Secret Service agents

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Overseas Student Health Cover

Sickness insurance - USD $2464 per year

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