The course of study requires 14 Criminal Justice courses (42 credit hours). Of these 10 are required, and four are electives. We assume that many students entering the program will have completed most of the 100- and 200-level courses.

In addition 49 credits must be taken in Liberal Arts Core courses. These include-- Mount Seminar, Theology (2), Philosophy (3), and Nonwestern culture, available at Mount St. Mary's. College Writing, Arts/Humanities (2), History (2), Social Science (2), Natural Science w/lab, and Statistics can be taken at the Mount or other community college or four-year accredited schools.

Four 100-and 200-level CJ courses (12 credits) are required:

• CJ 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice
• CJ 105 Law Enforcement
• CJ 200 Criminal Law
• CJ 205 Criminal Evidence and Procedure
  

Six 300-and 400-level required CJ courses (18 credits) must be taken at Mount St. Mary's.

• CJ 300 Crime and Justice in America
• CJ 305 Technical/Report Writing
• CJ 310 Media Relations/Oral Communications
• CJ 315 Ethics in Criminal Justice
  
• CJ 400 Criminal Justice Research Methods
• CJ 405 Statistics and Information Technology

Four CJ Electives (12 credits) must be completed from this group. All 300-and 400-level electives must be taken at the Mount. At least two of the electives must be 300- or 400-level.

• CJ 110 Criminal Investigation
• CJ 210 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
• CJ 220 Crime-Gun Interdiction
• CJ 235 Drugs and Crime
• CJ 240 Organized Crime
• CJ 245 Forensics
• CJ 250 Constitutional Law
• CJ 320 Police-Community Relations
• CJ 325 Cultural Diversity and Sensitivity
• CJ 330 White Collar Crime
• CJ 335 Juvenile Delinquency
• CJ 340 Law Enforcement Management
• CJ 405 Deviant Behavior
• CJ 415 Probation and Parole