CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT PHILADELPHIA

The Criminal Justice Department is dedicated to providing the theoretical, practical and professional knowledge needed in today’s environment to be successful in the fields of law enforcement, corrections, courts, probation, parole, private security and the related service careers. Emphasis is placed upon preparing the student to enter the professional workplace or continue studies in graduate school. The curriculum is designed to provide the student with expert instruction on the most current trends, policies and practices in the field. This is not a “one size fits all”major, but one that provides the variety offered in the course selections to encourage each individual to build a personal program for the future with the assistance of a faculty advisor. Class sizes are small with opportunities that are large.

Alvernia has recruited faculty who are professionals in their respective fields within the criminal justice system. In addition to academic accreditation, our full time faculty have extensive experience in the criminal justice system. All of the part time faculty are practicing professionals in the area in which they teach. The strength of the department lies in the philosophy that faculty are at the present time working in the specific field as the course that they teach. Class instruction is therefore as current as the events of that day. They include but are not limited to professionals from federal, state and local law enforcement, judges from the courts of common pleas, probation department supervisors, criminalists from state crime laboratories, forensic psychiatry, and attorneys with prosecutorial, administrative and defense experience. The curriculum of the Criminal Justice Administration major is innovative and demands intensive classroom learning combined with extensive research and required field experience.

Course Listings

CJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice

CJ 104 Introduction to Security Management

CJ 171 Policing in America

CJ 175 Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation

CJ 201 Criminal Law

CJ 203 Criminalistics

CJ 207 Rules of Evidence

CJ 218 Multicultural Issues

CJ 235 Community Policing

CJ 272 Probation and Parole

CJ 274 Corrections and Rehabilitation

CJ 275 Criminology

CJ 285 Victimology

CJ 301 Organized Crime

CJ 302 Judicial Process and Procedure

CJ 307 Court Administration

CJ 308 Commercial Security

CJ 309 White Collar Crime

CJ 346 Terrorism

CJ 377 Juvenile Justice System

CJ 379 Ethics in Criminal Justice

CJ 401 Legal Aspects of Drug Abuse

CJ 403 Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice

CJ 408 Agency Practicum

CJ 411 Domestic Violence

CJ 412 Undercover Investigations

CJ 422 Crisis Management

CJ 444 Violent Crime

Required Courses

CJ 101, 175, 201, 218, 272 or 274, 275, 301 or 309, 302, 377, 401, 403, 408, 422 and two CJ electives.

The CJ major requires 42 core credits and 6 elective credits and a 6 credit field practicum/internship of 200 hours with an agency within the criminal justice system. The CJ minor is comprised of 18 credits.

 

 

Updated: September 23, 2005

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