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Contact us to learn more about the application process, financial aid, or any of our career-focused programs. Fall 2023 Early Action Deadline! Domestic freshmen submit your completed application by November 15 to receive an admissions decision by the holidays and priority consideration for scholarships — UB is test optional!

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Apply to University of Bridgeport before our Early Action Deadline on November 15 and receive priority consideration for a merit scholarship. Merit scholarship awards are based on a 4.0 cumulative GPA scale. If your high school uses a different GPA scale, Admissions will convert this to a 4.0 during the application review process.

Here’s a snapshot at what you could be awarded:

• Trustee Scholarship - $25,000
• Presidential Scholarship - $20,000
• Provost Scholarship - $17,500
• Dean Scholarship - $15,000

There’s no better time to submit your UB application than now — we are test optional and it’s free to apply! Take the next step toward becoming a Purple Knight and submit your application today!

Criminal Justice Courses

The Criminal Justice and Human Security (CJHS) program requires 39 semester credit hours including 18 credit hours in the program core, 15 credit hours in one of the concentrations, and an additional 6 credit hours in a diversity requirement (one course from each of the other two concentrations). The program will require students to show modern language competency in Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, French or Spanish through the intermediate level (four semesters). Students are required to complete 120 credit hours to graduate. Explore our criminal justice courses in CT below.

Criminal Justice Program Core Courses

CJHS 118	Introduction to Criminal Justice
CJHS 218	Human Security
SOC 315	Criminology
SOSC 300	Research Methods
CJHS 395	Senior Thesis*
CJHS 398	Internship

*Subject to approval of the Department Chair, a student may choose an additional CJHS elective in lieu of the Senior Thesis.

Criminology Concentration

Comparative Justice Concentration

Human Security Concentration

 

View all courses offered and read full course descriptions in our online course catalog system.

Criminal Justice Career Outcomes

Careers with a Criminal Justice Degree

Our program introduces you to the emergence and implications of human security as a dimension of criminal justice. We explore its impact on both domestic and international levels. You will become part of a corps of security professionals who demonstrate the language skills and intercultural understanding required for effective law enforcement in today’s society.

Based on your performance, you may be eligible for admission to graduate study in Criminal Justice and Homeland Security programs and for careers in domestic and international security.

Program for Criminal Justice Learning Outcomes

The BA Program in Criminal Justice & Human Security has the following learning outcomes:

• Students will demonstrate the progressive acquisition of the oral, written critical thinking skills needed to succeed in graduate level study as well as the required skills for careers in domestic and international security
• Students will be able to identify the essential elements of criminal justice
• Students will be able to articulate the importance of Human Security and explore its impact on domestic and international security
• Students will demonstrate the language skills and intercultural understanding required for effective law enforcement in today’s globalized society
• Students will be able to describe the role played by religious, ideological, and cultural views; ethnic and tribal identities; and economic status in rationalizing criminal behavior
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the role played in criminal behavior by socioeconomic inequities and societal injustice, resulting from domestic and non-domestic events
• Students will be able to comment on the role played by non-state actors in areas such as the identification of norms, the acceptability of violence and terrorism in promoting policy changes and in preventing crime

A portfolio is collected to track progress in programmatic outcomes.

Criminal Justice Careers

• ATF Agent
• CIA Agent
• Coast Guard Officer
• Corrections Officer
• Crime Scene Investigation
• Criminologist
• Customs Agent
• DEA Agent
• FBI Agent
• INS Agent
• Police Officer
• Probation Officer
• Secret Service
• Sheriff
• U.S. Marshall

Career Services at UB

Career Development connects you with career opportunities. Our knowledgeable and skilled career counselors are available to meet with you on a one-on-one basis to assist with resume writing, internship search, job hunting for post-graduation opportunities, and anything else that will help you to land your dream job.