John Jay College Of Criminal Justice | The City University of New York

The major in police studies is designed for students who intend to pursue careers in law enforcement or who currently serve as law enforcement professionals in operations, management, teaching, or research.  The major is also appropriate for students who plan to attend graduate or professional school.

Some details:
Part 1.  Core Courses
Part 2.  Computer Skills
Part 3.  Police Science
Part 4.  Law
Part 5.  Interdisciplinary Skills And Foundations
Part 6.  Senior Requirement

Credits required:  39

Prerequisites: SOC 101 and GOV 101.  These courses fulfill the College’s general education requirements in the social sciences.  In addition, PSC 101 must be taken by students without law enforcement experience.

Advisor:  Professor Peter Moskos, Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration (212.237.8393, pmoskos@jjay.cuny.edu)

Baccalaureate/Master’s Program in Police Studies:  Qualified undergraduate students may enter the Baccalaureate/Master’s Program and thereby graduate with both a bachelor’s in police studies and a master’s in criminal justice.  For additional information, please contact Professor Chitra Raghavan, Department of Psychology (212.237.8417, bamadirector@jjay.cuny.edu).

Additional information:  Students who enrolled for the first time at the College in September 2001 or thereafter must complete the major in the form presented here.  Students who enrolled prior to that date may choose either the form shown here or the earlier version of the major.  A copy of the earlier version can be obtained at the Office of Undergraduate Studies or at the Lloyd George Sealy Library.

Required
Students with law enforcement experience may obtain an exemption for Police Science 101
Criminal Justice 321/Philosophy 321 Police Ethics
Law 203 Constitutional Law
Police Science 101 Introduction to Police Studies
Police Science 201 Police Organization and Administration

Select one
Criminal Justice 255 Computer Applications in Criminal Justice
Police Science 220/Mathematics 220/Fire Science 200 Survey of the Concepts of Operations Research
Police Science 216 Crime Mapping
Security 270/Mathematics 270 Security of Computers and Their Data

Select four courses.  One must be at the 300-level.
Police Science 202 Police and Community Relations
Police Science 204 The Patrol Function
Police Science 205 The Traffic Control Function
Police Science 207 The Investigative Function
Police Science 210 Colloquium on Criminal Justice Literature
Police Science 213/Forensic Science 213 Survey of Criminalistics
Police Science 223 Personnel Administration and Supervision
Police Science 227 Police Training Programs
Police Science 230/Corrections 230 Sex Offenders in the Criminal Justice System
Police Science 235 Women in Policing
Police Science 245 Community Policing
Police Science 250 Criminal Justice in Eastern Europe
Police Science 271/Psychology 271 Psychological Foundations of Police Work
Police Science 301 The Police Manager
Police Science 306 Police Work with Juveniles
Police Science 309 Comparative Police Systems
Police Science 315/Economics 315 Economic Analysis of Crime
Police Science 340 Planning for Police Operations and Management
Police Science 350 Police Labor Relations
Police Science 355 Money and the Police Manager

Select two
Law 202 Law and Evidence
Law 204 Criminal Law of New York
Law 206 The American Judiciary
Law 209 Criminal Law
Law 212 The Criminal Process and the Criminal Procedure Law
Law 301 Jurisprudence
Law 313/Government 313 The Law and Politics of Race Relations
Law 320 Seminar in the Law of Search and Seizure
Law 340 Employment Discrimination Law, Affirmative Action and Police Organization

Select one
African-American Studies Sociology 215 African-American Community Issues
Anthropology 208 Cities and Culture
Economics 170 Introduction to the Economics of Crime and Social Problems
English 235 Advanced Writing for Management, Business and Public Administration
Physical Education 230 Stress Management in Law Enforcement
Psychology 213 Race and Ethnic Relations
Puerto Rican/Latin American Studies Sociology 241 The Puerto Rican/Latina/o Experience in Urban United States Settings
Security 310 Emergency Planning
Social Science Research 325 Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences
Sociology 203 Criminology
Sociology 206 The Sociology of Conflict and Dispute Resolution
Speech 204 Group Discussion and Conference Techniques
Speech 218 Managerial Communication
Statistics 250 Principles and Methods of Statistics

Select one
Police Science 401 Seminar on Police Problems
Police Science 405 Organized Crime in America
Police Science 415 Seminar on Terrorism

Total: 39 credits