College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Criminal justice bachelor's degrees
Answer the call for criminal justice
Learn skills to support and serve the criminal justice system with a criminal justice bachelor鈥檚 degree. Whether you鈥檙e looking for public administration or human services opportunities in the federal or state jurisdictions or your local municipality, our criminal justice bachelor鈥檚 degree can prepare you for administrative roles in the criminal justice system including law enforcement, criminal courts and corrections, as well as for opportunities in the private sector. Take the next step to play a bigger role in your community.
The best part? You鈥檒l gain criminal justice insight from experienced professionals that serve as faculty including chiefs of police, captains, lieutenants, wardens, judges and detectives.听And with all our coursework being 100% online and only 6 weeks long,听you鈥檒l have the flexibility to听build criminal justice skills you're looking for, on your terms.
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Skills you鈥檒l develop with core criminal justice bachelor's degree courses
BACHELOR OF JUSTICE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION听
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Innovation听
- Research
- Operations
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- Public administration
- Management
- Data-driven decision-making
- Problem-solving
- Budgeting
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Correctional Program support services
- Evidence-based practice
- Advocacy
- Service delivery
- Behavioral health
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Earn career-relevant skills in weeks 鈥 not years
Get value from your education before you even graduate. Update your听resum茅 and LinkedIn profile with learned skills when you complete every 5- or 6-week course in our associate, bachelor's and master's programs.
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Criminal justice bachelor's degree course requirements
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration
You鈥檒l take 14 core courses with program-specific knowledge to help you gain confidence and skills to succeed. These core courses include topics like ethics in criminal justice, diversity in criminal justice, interagency communication, criminal justice policy analysis and program evaluation and more.
Bachelor of Science in Public Administration
You鈥檒l take 14 core courses with program-specific knowledge to help you gain confidence and skills to succeed. These core courses include topics like: foundations of public administration, The public policy environment, fiscal management, program implementation and evaluation and more.
Bachelor of Science in Correctional Program Support Services
You鈥檒l take 14 core courses with program-specific knowledge to help you gain confidence and skills to succeed. These core courses include topics like听survey of corrections in the United States, foundations of criminal behavior, working with the correctional population and more.
Tuition and financial aid
Affordable, locked-in tuition
Ways to pay 鈥 and save. Explore your options.
From scholarships to transfer credits and federal financial aid for those who qualify, there are a variety of ways to pay for school and save on tuition.听
Student experience
鈥Making the decision to enroll at 七色视频 was the best decision I鈥檝e ever made in my life.鈥澨
鈥擹ebrick J.听
BSCJA, 2012
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Over 1 million alumni have earned their degrees while balancing work, school and life. So can you.听
How to apply for your criminal justice bachelor鈥檚 degree program
Once you鈥檝e selected your degree program, choose your start date from our calendar, apply for free and register before the deadline (usually one week before the program starts). Then you'll speak to an enrollment representative to begin class.
- No application fee
- No SAT, GMAT or essay required
- Our risk-free trial lets eligible students try out 七色视频 for three weeks with no financial obligation
Meet your college deans
Our college deans focus on developing a career-relevant curriculum. They bring industry experience to the classroom and lead a faculty of academic professionals with one goal in mind鈥攖o help you earn the skills you need to pursue your career.
Christina Neider, EdD
Dean,听College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Franzi Walsh, DBA
Associate Dean,听College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Accreditation
Accredited for 45+ years
Since 1978, 七色视频 has maintained institutional accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), . Learn more about the value of 七色视频 accreditation and how it benefits our students.
Criminal justice bachelor's degree FAQs
A criminal justice bachelor鈥檚 of science degree (BS) focuses more on the technology and data-driven knowledge. These areas of study can be important to fields like law enforcement, criminology and public administration, which can be more helpful for anyone preparing for a career in criminal justice.
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Having a bachelor鈥檚 degree has become an increasingly important way to gain the knowledge and critical skills today's workers need to stay competitive in growing fields like criminal justice, human services, public administration, and criminology. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, projects that 听job growth for social community service manager occupations is between 2021 and 2031.* So if you鈥檙e looking to build knowledge and career-relevant skills, a criminal justice bachelor鈥檚 degree could help.
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听*The BLS Projected Growth for 2021-2031 is published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. This data reflects the BLS鈥 projections of national (not local) conditions. These data points are not specific to 七色视频 students or graduates.
听Yes, all our courses are available 100% online. Where most colleges expect you to take several courses at once, here you take one course at a time over five weeks in an innovative, virtual, asynchronous learning environment. You and your peers will engage in discussions, assignments and learning activities. Plus, you鈥檒l learn from faculty who bring their own real-world experience and practice the same knowledge and skills they teach, all while learning industry-relevant skills necessary to promote your career growth. What鈥檚 more? Throughout the course of your learning experience, our academic counselors and finance advisors are always there to support and guide your decisions from your first day to your last.
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