Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice and Criminology

A Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice & Criminology from the University of Central Missouri will provide students with the knowledge and skills to excel in their chosen career field. The learning outcomes provide Criminal Justice & Criminology majors with the ability to:

• Identify moral and ethical issues inherent in the administration of justice and the practice of criminal justice. • Explore the importance of the history, development, and current operation of our principal criminal justice institutions and their relationship to each other, the causes and prevention of crime, and the process of criminalization. • Produce articulate, comprehensible, and grammatically correct oral and written communications using appropriate criminal justice information and resources. • Analyze and critique qualitative and quantitative social science research. • Analyze problems and develop solutions of issues regarding diversity and discrimination situations found in the criminal justice system.