Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice Major: The criminal justice major consists of 45 hours, including 36-39 hours of required courses and 6-9 hours of elective courses. In addition to the general undergraduate admission and graduation requirements for William Carey University, students majoring in criminal justice who have successfully completed the National FBI Academy or the Southern Police Institute may have their coursework from those institutions transferred to William Carey University to apply toward their degree. Students majoring in criminal justice who have graduated from any Mississippi state certified law enforcement academy may receive credit for the following courses: CRJ 220 Introduction to Criminal Justice(3 hrs); CRJ 340 Criminal Investigations (3 hrs), CRJ 498 Internship in Criminal Justice (6 hrs) for a total of 12 hours.

Criminal Justice Minor: A criminal justice minor consists of 18 hours of criminal justice courses, excluding CRJ 497 and CRJ 498.