BS Criminal Justice

School: Southern University at New Orleans - SUNO

SUNO Online offers a 100% online Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. The undergraduate program in Criminal Justice is designed to provide students with core foundational knowledge of the criminal justice system and its operations. The program introduces concepts related to legal, legislative, and social processes and their influence on the criminal justice system. The program further addresses current methods in criminal justice processes and analyzes their impact, strengths and weaknesses. Students are also exposed to topics in criminal justice research with a goal toward understanding how empirical research informs criminal justice policies and practices. The online degree is a 120-semester credit hour accelerated program that includes courses in the following core areas as well as specialized electives:

• criminal justice system and juvenile justice system processes
• criminology
• law enforcement
• adjudication
• corrections